Professor named among top 0.5% of scholars worldwide

Professor Roya Rahimi, from the University of Wolverhampton Business School, has been recognised as a 2024 Top Scholar by ScholarGPS, placing her among an elite group representing the top 0.5% of scholars globally.

This prestigious acknowledgment celebrates Professor Rahimi's profound scholarly contributions, which are rigorously measured by the impact, quality, and volume of her research publications. With ScholarGPS evaluating over 30 million scholar profiles worldwide, this distinction underscores her exceptional influence within the global academic community.

ScholarGPS is a leading analytics platform that provides comprehensive, data-driven insights into scholarly performance. Its rankings are based on robust, quantitative metrics that encompass research productivity (publication count), impact (citation count), and quality (h-index). This evaluation spans 14 academic fields, 177 disciplines, and more than 350,000 specialties, offering one of the most granular and transparent assessments of academic excellence available today.

Reflecting on the recognition, Professor Rahimi said: “I’m truly honoured to be named a Top Scholar by ScholarGPS. This recognition speaks to much more than individual effort it’s about the late nights spent shaping ideas with co-authors, the encouragement of mentors who believed in me at the right moments, the thoughtful questions from students that opened new directions, and the many conversations and citations that helped these ideas travel beyond the page..”

Professor Rahimi's recent work includes:

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs via Digital Upskilling in Post-Earthquake Türkiye, which explores how digital tools can support women-led recovery and economic resilience in disaster-affected regions
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/132042/html/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAVYV8nzkZA

This accolade highlights Professor Rahimi’s continued leadership and innovation in her field, reinforcing her status as a globally respected academic voice.