[MIS Editorial Talk] Getting the First R&R and Responding to Reviewers
October 9th, 2025
2pm – 4pm in Vauban Building (V403) & on Zoom
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Speaker: Viswanath VENKATESH, Eminent Scholar and Verizon Chair of Business Information Technology, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech, USA
abstract
Viswanath Venkatesh, who completed his PhD at the University of Minnesota in 1997, is an Eminent Scholar and Verizon Chair of Business Information Technology at the Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech. From 2021-’24, he also served as the Director of Pamplin’s Executive PhD program. He is also an affiliate faculty member at Virginia Tech India. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential scholars in business and economics, both in terms of premier journal publications and citations. His research focuses on understanding the diffusion of technologies in organizations and society.
He has worked with several companies and government agencies. His most impactful project focuses on rural India and improving the quality of life of the poorest of the poor—which he has presented in various forums including at the United Nations. The sponsorship of his research has been about US$10M. His work has appeared in leading journals in human-computer interaction, information systems, organizational behavior, psychology, marketing, medical informatics, and operations management. Over various 5-, 10-, 15-, and 20-year periods (since 2001), he has been the most productive in terms of publications in the premier journals in information systems (i.e., Information Systems Research and MIS
Quarterly) and best paper awards (e.g., Academy of Management Journal). His works have been cited over 200,000 times and over 60,000 times per Google Scholar and Web of Science, respectively, with an h-index of 96 and i-10 index of 158, with 23 papers being cited over 1,000 times per Google Scholar.