MORE THAN 2,000 NOMINATIONS AND 160 PROFESSORS WERE CONSIDERED THIS YEAR
For each of these stellar young professors, it was another highly competitive year to gain recognition and a spot on the 2020 list. In total, we received just over 2,000 nominations — compared to 2,643 last year and less than 800 the year before that. Some 160 professors were considered, compared to 188 last year and 91 the prior year. To whittle down the list of nominations, we spread all 2,000 or so nominations across our editorial staff to read and research. Each professor is graded on two categories — research and teaching — and given a score on a 1 to 10 scale
For research, we consider the volume of Google Scholar citations, especially in the past five years. Then, we take into account research grants and awards as well as major media appearances or mentions, evidence that a professor’s research has made some impact. tIn some cases, research led to courses being created or certificate programs launched. To evaluate a professor’s teaching prowess, we carefully read every nomination and consider teaching awards, recognitions and grants. The sheer volume of recommendations is important but not enough. After all, some professors on this year’s list attracted as many as 200 nominations, while others had just one or two.
After each professor is given scores for research and teaching, the research score is given a 30% weight while teaching receives the remaining 70%. Once we have a list of about 60 professors, we do a final review among all editorial staff to select the final 40 professors. It doesn’t happen often, but it is possible for a single school to get multiple professors on the list. Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Imperial College Business School, UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, the University of California-Riverside’s Anderson Graduate School of Management, and the University of Texas-Austin McCombs School of Business all pulled off that feat this year.
MOST INTERNATIONAL B-SCHOOL PROFESSORS EVER ON THE LIST
The 2020 honor roll includes 12 women, four fewer than last year’s reccord 16. There are 12 professors on the list from international schools, up from 11 last year, and the highest ever represented.
The two Iranian professors, Ali Reza Ahmad Simab and Maryam Kouchaki Nejad, were selected among the top 40 young professors under 40 years of age in the branch of administration in the world.
The public relations of the “Sharif” Industrial University in Tehran stated that according to the classification of the (Poets & Quants) website, the graduates were chosen from this university, Ali Reza Ahmad Simab, a professor at HIC Montreal, and Maryam Kouchaki Nejad, a professor at Norton University, Among the best 40 young professors under 40 in the world in the branch of administration.
The Poets & Quants site is considered one of the most prominent sites in the branch of administration in the world and is interested in news related to high schools in the world, especially the MBA branch.
In addition to covering the news, this site publishes various classifications, including the most prestigious universities in the branch of administration in the world, and during recent years it has also begun to introduce the best young professors in the field of management.
A specialized committee handles the process of selecting the 40 best professors based on teaching skills and the quality of research articles.
According to this site, more than 2000 professors have been nominated for the current year 2020, to be chosen 40 of them in the final list.
(source: Poets&Quants)