THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE’S College of Business is one of the top 100 colleges in the world for research in the field of information systems, and one of its IS faculty members is among the top 100 IS research worldwide, according to a study conducted by a professor at the University of Arkansas.

For 2007-09, UW-Eau Claire’s College if Business currently is ranked among the top 100 universities internationally for ongoing IS research, and Dr.Matt Germonprez, assistance  professor of information system at UW-Eau Claire, currently is ranked among the top 10 individual IS researches. This follows a top 100 rating for 2006-2008.

“The ranking is another mark of excellence that distinguishes our IS program from others across the country.” Germonprez says, noting it also shows how the college is competing on a national level. Dr.Viswanath Venkatesh developed the top 100 lists by tracking research articles published between 2007 and 2009 in six journals identified by the Association for Information System as the premier journals in the IS field. UW-Eau Claire’s IS department had four papers published in the Journals during the study’s timeframe.

“Research always keeps faculty members involved in the the practices of our field,” Germonprez says. “We are able to understand and explain emerging phenomena that don’t always make it into our textbooks. We are able to learn what new industry trends are and bring those to the classroom so we can best prepare our students for careers in their chosen fields.”

Only two other UW system business schools are currently in the top 100 list: UW-Milwaukee’s Sheldon B. Lubar School of Business and UW-Madison’s School of Business.