2026 Marie C. Thursby: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	47	1134	1054	496	450	104	14181

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Marie C. Thursby is affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and medicine, focusing on topics related to health, medical research impacts, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientific communities.

The scientist's body of work includes four papers, reflecting a concentration on scientometrics, bibliometrics, and the intersection of healthcare and education during the pandemic. Notable recent publications include:

Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
Quantifying the Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
New Facts and Data about Professors and their Research, 2023, arXiv (Cornell University)
Quantifying the Immediate Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Scientists, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Marie C. Thursby include Kyle Myers, Wei Yang Tham, Nina Cohodes, Jerry G. Thursby, and Karim R. Lakhani, each appearing consistently across multiple publications.

The research venues associated with their work are:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Human Behaviour
SSRN Electronic Journal

Research topics addressed by Marie C. Thursby include:

Health and Medical Research Impacts
Scientometrics and Bibliometrics Research
Diversity and Career in Medicine
Conferences and Exhibitions Management
Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Innovations in Educational Methods
COVID-19 and Healthcare Impacts

Within their main fields of study, the subfields explored are:

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Education
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Gender Studies
Sociology and Political Science

Marie C. Thursby has been recognized with the distinction of Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) awarded in 2015.

Best Publications

Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Licensing of University Inventions

Richard Jensen;Marie Thursby

1583
Citations
Who Is Selling the Ivory Tower? Sources of Growth in University Licensing

Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

1497
Citations
Objectives, Characteristics and Outcomes of University Licensing: A Survey of Major U.S. Universities

Jerry G. Thursby;Richard Jensen;Marie C. Thursby

980
Citations
Unequal effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on scientists.

Kyle R. Myers;Wei Yang Tham;Yian Yin;Nina Cohodes

724
Citations
BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS, THE LINDER HYPOTHESIS, AND EXCHANGE RISK

Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

708
Citations
University–incubator firm knowledge flows: assessing their impact on incubator firm performance

Frank T. Rothaermel;Marie Thursby

625
Citations
Disclosure and licensing of University inventions: ‘The best we can do with the s**t we get to work with’

Richard A. Jensen;Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

569
Citations
Incubator firm failure or graduation? The role of university linkages

Frank T. Rothaermel;Marie Thursby

566
Citations
Proofs and Prototypes for Sale: The Tale of University Licensing

Richard Jensen;Marie Thursby

472
Citations
US Faculty Patenting: Inside and Outside the University

Jerry Thursby;Anne W. Fuller;Marie Thursby

417
Citations
Are Faculty Critical? Their Role in University–Industry Licensing

Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

323
Citations
Are there real effects of licensing on academic research? A life cycle view

Marie C Thursby;Jerry Thursby;Swasti Gupta-Mukherjee

256
Citations
The nanotech versus the biotech revolution: Sources of productivity in incumbent firm research

Frank T. Rothaermel;Marie Thursby

249
Citations
University Licensing and the Bayh-Dole Act

Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

233
Citations
Show Me the Right Stuff: Signals for High Tech Startups

Annamaria Conti;Marie Thursby;Frank T. Rothaermel

229
Citations
Gender Patterns of Research and Licensing Activity of Science and Engineering Faculty

Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

223
Citations
PATENTS AS SIGNALS FOR STARTUP FINANCING

Annamaria Conti;Jerry Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

200
Citations
Who is Selling the Ivory Tower

Jerry G. Thursby;Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

199
Citations
Patents as Signals for Startup Financing: Patents as Signals for Startup Financing

Annamaria Conti;Jerry Thursby;Marie Thursby

191
Citations
Has the Bayh-Dole act compromised basic research?

Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

181
Citations
Incumbent firm invention in emerging fields: evidence from the semiconductor industry

Lin Jiang;Lin Jiang;Justin Tan;Marie Thursby

177
Citations
Here or There? A Survey of Factors in Multinational R&D Location: Report to the Government/University/Industry Research Roundtable

Jerry G. Thursby;Jerry G. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby;Marie C. Thursby

137
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry G. Thursby Harvard University

Kala Krishna Pennsylvania State University

Frank T. Rothaermel Georgia Institute of Technology

Scott Shane Case Western Reserve University

Dan Kovenock Chapman University

Karim R. Lakhani Harvard University

Scott Stern MIT

Adam B. Jaffe Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

Josh Lerner Harvard University

Thomas W. Hertel Purdue University West Lafayette

External Links

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