Faculty of Health Sciences in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
43
researchers on the list
12
rank in South Africa
1,403
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Donnell, Denis Einan | Respiratory System | 79 / 71,926 | 231 / 71,926 |
| Iwu, Chidozie Declan | General & Internal Medicine | 6,085 / 360,081 | 632 / 360,081 |
| Anderson, Ronald | Immunology | 1,436 / 176,292 | 2,062 / 176,292 |
| Stuart, Heather L. | Psychiatry | 1,483 / 90,846 | 936 / 90,846 |
| Neder, José Alberto | Respiratory System | 824 / 71,926 | 335 / 71,926 |
| Doherty, Alison Jayne | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | 177 / 11,605 | 300 / 11,605 |
| Hadjipavlou-Litina, Dimitra J. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 231 / 120,621 | 848 / 120,621 |
| Battié, Michele Crites | Orthopedics | 460 / 98,781 | 809 / 98,781 |
| Rushton, Alison Beverley | General & Internal Medicine | 1,837 / 360,081 | 1,069 / 360,081 |
| McColl, Mary Ann H. | Rehabilitation | 154 / 31,889 | 303 / 31,889 |
| Godfrey, Christina M. | Nursing | — | 217 / 73,697 |
| Nikolakopoulou, Adriani | General & Internal Medicine | — | 1,191 / 360,081 |
| Eyles, John D. | Public Health | 968 / 82,273 | — |
| Wang, Haitao | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,042 / 379,830 |
| Zheng, Wenhua | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,223 / 379,830 |
| Tsakiridis, Ioannis G. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 728 / 105,735 |
| Bamidis, Panagiotis D. | Medical Informatics | 167 / 22,436 | 205 / 22,436 |
| Hall, Craig R. | Sport Sciences | 498 / 41,112 | — |
| Vanderloo, Leigh M. | Public Health | — | 1,526 / 82,273 |
| Prapavessis, Harry | Sport Sciences | 546 / 41,112 | — |
| Fatouros, Dimitrios G. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,770 / 166,116 | 1,165 / 166,116 |
| Tam, Kin Yip | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 719 / 120,621 | 743 / 120,621 |
| Van Rensburg, Constance Elizabeth Jansen | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,977 / 377,791 | — |
| Brooks, Steven C. | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | — | 639 / 44,281 |
| McWilliam, Carol L. | Nursing | 723 / 73,697 | — |
| Tsiftsoglou, Asterios S. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,274 / 166,116 | 2,129 / 166,116 |
| Schellack, Natalie | General & Internal Medicine | — | 3,120 / 360,081 |
| Harrison, Margaret B. | Nursing | 891 / 73,697 | — |
| Premji, Shahirose Sadrudin J.E. | Nursing | 1,085 / 73,697 | 994 / 73,697 |
| Ward-Griffin, Catherine | Nursing | 1,024 / 73,697 | — |
| Wichmann, Janine | Toxicology | — | 1,184 / 69,049 |
| Dastiridou, Anna I. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | — | 1,534 / 86,157 |
| Giouleka, Sonia | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,917 / 105,735 |
| Stull, Kyra E. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | — | 144 / 15,674 |
| Caxaj, Claudia Susana | Nursing | — | 1,425 / 73,697 |
| Rheeder, Paul | General & Internal Medicine | 5,717 / 360,081 | — |
| L'Abbé, Ericka Nöelle Nöelle | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 253 / 15,674 | — |
| Musekiwa, Alfred | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,251 / 360,081 |
| Blumenthal, Ryan | Legal & Forensic Medicine | — | 201 / 15,674 |
| Rotter, Thomas | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,887 / 360,081 |
| Green, Robin John | General & Internal Medicine | 6,833 / 360,081 | — |
| Shahil-Feroz, Anam | General & Internal Medicine | — | 6,376 / 360,081 |
| Rossouw, Theresa Marié | General & Internal Medicine | — | 6,667 / 360,081 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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