Professor Lim Weng Marc is an Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University of Technology’s home campus in Melbourne, Australia, and international branch campus in Sarawak, Malaysia, which offers business degrees accredited by Australia’s Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency (TEQSA), Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA), and the United States’ Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). He also serves as the Editor in Chief of Activities, Adaptation & Aging (Routledge), Global Business and Organizational Excellence (Wiley), and International Journal of Quality and Innovation (Inderscience).
Professor Lim is an award-winning multipotentialite who is ranked in the Top 2% of Scientists in the World based on the Science-wide Author Database developed by Elsevier BV and Stanford University in 2020 and 2021. He is the Record Holder for “Youngest Professor” in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) since 2020, and an Honoree of the 2019 Ten Outstanding Young Malaysians by Junior Chamber International (JCI).
Professor Lim is a disciplinary expert in behavioral science and strategic marketing and a methodological expert in scientometrics and experimental research. He has received thousands of citations for ± 100 manuscripts that he has published in journals ranked “A*” and “A” by the Australian Business Deans Council, such as Annals of Operations Research, Business Strategy and the Environment, Economic Modelling, European Journal of Marketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Advertising Research, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Journal of Business Research, Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, International Journal of Consumer Studies, Journal of International Marketing, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Marketing Theory, Psychology and Marketing, Social Indicators Research, Current Issues in Tourism, Tourism Management Perspectives, Tourism Recreation Research, International Journal of Hospitality Management, Journal of Hospitality Marketing and Management, Journal of Leisure Research, Behaviour and Information Technology, Computers and Education, Electronic Commerce Research, Electronic Markets, Internet Research, Journal of Information Science, Journal of Information Systems, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change, among others. His prolific publication record in “A*” and “A” journals by the Australian Business Deans Council backed by more than $10 million of grant monies places him as No. 1 in Malaysia and No. 18 in the World in the List of Top Individual Business Researchers according to P-Rank 2022 (https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3998541).
Professor Lim has also led high-level public policy discussions at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Economic Forum (WEF). He is a regular keynote and plenary speaker for international conference on:
Professor Lim holds a Bachelor with First Class Honors and a PhD with Full Scholarship + Stipend from Monash University, and multiple certificates post-PhD, including a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (Higher Education) with High Distinction (GPA 4.0) from Swinburne University and a Certificate in School Management and Leadership from Harvard University.
Learn more about Professor Lim at https://www.wengmarc.com and contact him at @limwengmarc on social media or marclim@swin.edu.au or wlim@swinburne.edu.my via email.
Editor in Chief, Activities, Adaptation and Aging (Routledge)
Editor in Chief, Global Business and Organizational Excellence (Wiley)
Editor in Chief, International Journal of Quality and Innovation (Inderscience)
Associate Editor, Journal of Strategic Marketing (Routledge)
Guest Editor, Electronic Commerce Research (Springer)
Guest Editor, International Journal of Consumer Studies (Wiley)
Editorial Advisory Board, Asia Pacific Journal of Business Administration (Emerald)
Editorial Advisory Board, The Total Quality Management Journal (Emerald)
Editorial Board, Journal of Consumer Behaviour (Wiley)
Editorial Board, Journal of Computer Information Systems (Taylor and Francis)
Section Editor, Australasian Journal of Information Systems (Australian Computer Society)
Advisor, Nation Building School
Assessor, Malaysian Higher Education Institutions Quality Assurance Network
Discussion Leader, United Nations Education, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Discussion Leader, World Economic Forum
Founding Curator, Global Shapers Community Kuching Hub
Secretary, IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (Malaysia Chapter)
Treasurer, Malaysian Civic Society2021, International, Top 1,000 Contributors, Top 1,000 Collaborators, and Top 250 Individuals in Business Research in the World, Australia Business Deans Council List, P-Rank.
2021, International, Top 2% of Scientists in the World, Science-wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators, Elsevier and Stanford University.
2020, National, Youngest Professor (Record Holder), Malaysia Book of Records (MBR).
2020, Institutional, Swinburne Sarawak Teaching Excellence Award (Winner), Swinburne University.
Nov 20, 2020, Swinburne Sarawak’s academics rank among world’s top scientists, The Borneo Post (Borneo News Agency).
Nov 19, 2020, Swinburne academics top two percent of world’s scientists, New Sarawak Tribune (Borneo News Agency).
Mar 7, 2020, Young, accomplished professionals must come forward to be leaders. Free Malaysia Today (Malaysia News Agency).
Jan 2, 2020, An education manifesto for 2020, New Straits Times (Malaysia News Agency).
Oct 29, 2019, Forward-thinking Strategies Key to Success in IR4.0, The Borneo Post (Borneo News Agency).
Sep 26, 2019, Swinburne Business School Head Receives JCI Award, The Borneo Post (Borneo News Agency).
Jun 20, 2019, Swinburne Rejoices with Associate Professor, New Sarawak Tribune (Sarawak News Agency).
Jun 20, 2019, Swinburne’s School of Business Head Wins Educator Award, The Borneo Post (Borneo News Agency).
Feb 18, 2019, Hold Ministers to High Standards, New Straits Times (Malaysia News Agency).
Oct 7, 2018, Academic Leads Discussion at Forum, The Star (Malaysia News Agency)
Sep 29, 2018, Head of Business School Makes Swinburne Proud, The Borneo Post (Borneo News Agency)
Sep 28, 2018, Swinburne Prof Talked on Women Entrepreneurs at WEF, Daily Tribune (Philippines News Agency)
Jul 23, 2018, Being Published in A-journals Matters, The Star (Malaysia News Agency)
Jun 25, 2018, Kuala Lumpur “Living Library” Bridges Generation Gap in Aging Asia, Reuters (UK News Agency)