Rate My Professor Cassidy Sugimoto

Sugimoto's research examines the formal and informal ways in which knowledge is produced, disseminated, consumed, and supported, with a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her academic interests span science policy, education policy, ethics and philosophy of science and technology, science and engineering organizations, science and technology studies, and science, technology, and innovation policy. She has authored key books such as Equity for Women in Science (Harvard University Press, 2023), Measuring Research: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2018), Open Knowledge Institutions: Reinventing Universities (2021), and edited volumes including Beyond Bibliometrics: Harnessing Multidimensional Indicators of Scholarly Impact (MIT Press, 2014). Influential articles include "Intersectional inequalities in science" (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2022), "The latent structure of global scientific development" (Nature Human Behaviour, 2022), "Bias in peer review" (2013, cited over 1,400 times), "Do altmetrics work? Twitter and ten other social web services" (2013, cited over 1,300 times), and "Factors affecting sex-related reporting in medical research" (The Lancet, 2019). With over 21,000 citations on Google Scholar, her work has profoundly influenced scientometrics, scholarly communication, and science policy. Major awards include the Bicentennial Award for service from Indiana University (2020), Committee on Institutional Cooperation Academic Leadership Program Fellowship (2014-2015), Indiana University Trustees Excellence in Teaching Award (2014), James M. Cretsos Leadership Award from ASIS&T (2009), and ALISE/Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award (2011). Sugimoto has contributed extensively through committee leadership, editorial roles, and service in academic governance at Indiana University and beyond.