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Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Laura B McGrath
Temple University
2
Marlène Koffi
University of Toronto
3
Claire Grossman
Stanford University
4
Kari Spjeldnæs
Høyskolen Kristiania
5
Walter Greulich
Index Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre
6
Jochen Fassbender
WilderShares (United States)
7
Muhammad Zahid Raza
University of the Punjab
8
Ashraf Maleki
University of Turku
9
Patricia Alonso-Álvarez
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
10
Mahmoud Sherif Zakaria
Ain Shams University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Exploring research quality and journal representation: a comparative study of African Journals Online, Scopus, and Web of Science
Research Evaluation|2024
13 cit.
2
Innovative Ideas and Gender (In)Equality
American Economic Review|2025
10 cit.
3
The cost of open access: comparing public projects’ budgets and article processing charges expenditure
Scientometrics|2024
9 cit.
4
Tweeting and retweeting scientific articles: implications for altmetrics
Scientometrics|2024
5 cit.
5
Racial Inequality and Publication in Economics
AEA Papers and Proceedings|2024
4 cit.
6
Review of Linked Data and Open Educational Resources in Academia: Potential Benefits and Challenges
Journal of Development and Social Sciences|2024
2 cit.
7
Indexing with Excel, Part 4. Conversions 2
The Indexer|2024
2 cit.
8
Readiness of Pakistani journals for open access publishing
The Electronic Library|2024
2 cit.
9
Dictionary of basic indexing terminology: Japanese
The Indexer|2024
2 cit.
10
Picardy book-indexing software: an appraisal for professional indexers
The Indexer|2024
2 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Feng Jiang
University of Hong Kong
2
John Folayan Bolu
The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti
3
Richard Pears
Durham University
4
Tianyu Gu
Ningbo University
5
Matthew Farmer
Unknown
6
Leon Benadé
Edith Cowan University
7
Xin Ru
Xi'an Jiaotong University
8
Sodiq Onaolapo
Western University
9
Niels Stern
European Commission
10
Jinwang Zou
Unknown

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
A comparative study of the coverage of African journals in Web of Science, Scopus, and CrossRef
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology|2023
63 cit.
2
Does ChatGPT Argue Like Students? Bundles in Argumentative Essays
Applied Linguistics|2024
58 cit.
3
Metadiscourse choices in EAP: An intra-journal study of JEAP
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2022
46 cit.
4
Titles in research articles: Changes across time and discipline
Learned Publishing|2022
40 cit.
5
Metadiscourse: the evolution of an approach to texts
Text and Talk|2022
35 cit.
6
“The datasets do not agree”: Negation in research abstracts
English for Specific Purposes|2022
34 cit.
7
Rhetorical distinctions: Comparing metadiscourse in essays by ChatGPT and students
English for Specific Purposes|2025
32 cit.
8
Hyping the REF: promotional elements in impact submissions
Higher Education|2023
31 cit.
9
Does ChatGPT Write Like a Student? Engagement Markers in Argumentative Essays
Written Communication|2025
30 cit.
10
Metadiscursive nouns in academic argument: ChatGPT vs student practices
Journal of English for Academic Purposes|2025
27 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
René van der Wal
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
2
Charles Oppenheim
Robert Gordon University
3
Jennifer Rowley
Manchester Metropolitan University
4
David R. Russell
University of Arizona
5
Ian Rowlands
University of Waterloo
6
Peter Willett
University of Sheffield
7
Anne Sigismund Huff
Dublin City University
8
Walter W. Powell
Stanford University
9
Carol Lefebvre
Cochrane
10
Mike Thelwall
University of Sheffield

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields
American Sociological Review|1983
36k cit.
2
Interorganizational Collaboration and the Locus of Innovation: Networks of Learning in Biotechnology
Administrative Science Quarterly|1996
8.5k cit.
3
PRESS Peer Review of Electronic Search Strategies: 2015 Guideline Statement
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology|2016
5.6k cit.
4
The Nonprofit sector: a research handbook
Choice Reviews Online|2007
2.6k cit.
5
Knowledge Networks as Channels and Conduits: The Effects of Spillovers in the Boston Biotechnology Community
Organization Science|2004
2.2k cit.
6
Network Dynamics and Field Evolution: The Growth of Interorganizational Collaboration in the Life Sciences
American Journal of Sociology|2005
2k cit.
7
The Knowledge Economy
Annual Review of Sociology|2004
1.9k cit.
8
Chemical Similarity Searching
Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences|1998
1.8k cit.
9
The wisdom hierarchy: representations of the DIKW hierarchy
Journal of Information Science|2007
1.7k cit.
10
Sentiment strength detection in short informal text
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology|2010
1.4k cit.

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