Mark Anthony CAMILLERI, Ph.D. (Edinburgh) is a Full Professor in the Department of Corporate Communication at the University of Malta. He was a Fulbrighter (Visiting Scholar) at Northwestern University in Evanston, U.S.A (in 2022).
Prof. Camilleri has been identified among the world’s top 2% scientists since 2021. His latest recognition appears in Elsevier’s August 2026 update of the Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators.
The 2026 database indicated that he achieved a global rank (ns) of 693. He placed 23rd worldwide among researchers in Business and Management; 2nd worldwide (featured as subfield 2) among scholars in Sport, Leisure and Tourism AND 1st in Malta for his career-long research impact and research impact based on 2025 citation data.
In September 2026, he was listed as one of Scilit's Top Cited Scholars.
Recently, his publications ranked him 1st in Curriculum and Teaching, 3rd in Education, 18th in Sustainability, and 397th overall across all disciplines, according to ScholarGPS data that cover the past five years.
He is regularly engaged as a Foreign Expert Reviewer of Horizon Europe including of Pathfinder AND of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), as well as of several European Research Councils. Prof. Camilleri has been recognised as an "excellent reviewer" as well as a "top peer reviewer" by Web of Science and Publons. He also received a Literati Award by Emerald, for his "outstanding reviews".
He is an Associate Editor / Coordinating Editor of:
◉ Business Strategy and the Environment ◉ Expert Systems ◉ International Journal of Hospitality Management ◉ Sustainable Development, among others.
He published 9 highly cited books through Emerald, IGI Global and Springer, among others, as well as 150+ articles in Scopus-indexed journals and 120+ contributions in Web of Science outlets.
Currently, he is serving as the Principal Investigator of a research project, entitled, "Generative AI Usage, Impact, Development and Ethics in Higher Education (GUIDE]", funded through the SPIRE International Research Programme, administered by Xjenza Malta, in collaboration with the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) Italy.
Prof. Camilleri is guest editing the following special issues, entitled:
"Ethical implications of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation in service industries", published through The Services Industries Journal (deadline 31st January 2027).
"Theoretical perspectives on Generative and Agentic AI adoption in service environments", published through the Journal of Services Marketing (deadline 26th February 2027).
"Strategic Governance and Ecosystem Management in AI-enabled Digital Marketplaces", published through the Journal of Strategy and Management (deadline 10 July 2027).
"Digital transformation and AI-enabled accommodation platforms: Implications for destination marketing, governance and development" published through the Journal of Destination Marketing & Management (deadline 31 August 2028).
Recently, he co-edited the following special issues, among others: (i) "Creating value through open innovation approaches: Implications for corporate sustainability and responsibility" (Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility Journal).
(ii) “Transition from Linear to Circular Economy through Open Innovation” (Journal of Innovation & Knowledge).
(iii) "Corporate sustainability and stakeholder management in tourism and hospitality" (Sustainable Development Journal).
____________________ He is a member in the technical committee of the following academic conferences:
◉ Asia Conference on Computers and Communications - ACCC ◉ International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism - IACuDiT ◉ International Conference on Big Data and Computational Intelligence - BDCI ◉ International Conference on Digital Media and Information Processing - DMIP ◉ International Conference on Communications and Information Technology - ICCIT ◉ International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning - IC4E ◉ International Conference on E-Education, E-Business and E-Technology - ICEBT ◉ International Conference on E-Society, E-Learning and E-Technologies - ICSLT ◉ International Conference on Education and Service Sciences - ICESS ◉ International Conference on Education and Training Technologies - ICETT ◉ International Conference on Education Development and Studies - ICEDS ◉ International Conference on Educational Technology - ICET ◉ International Conference of Machine Learning Technologies - ICMLT ◉ International Conference on Modern Educational Technology - ICMET ◉ International Conference on Modern Trends in Business, Hospitality and Tourism - ICMTBHT ◉ Mediterranean Tourism Knowledge Exchange and Policy Forum - MED LIFE ◉ Tourism, Hospitality & Events International Conference - THE INC
-Member in the Association for Computing Machinery - ACM (USA) -Member in the Academy of Management - AOM (USA)
