George Mason University 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).
131
researchers on the list
189
rank in United States
512
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashdan, Todd Barrett | Social Psychology | 104 / 27,908 | 92 / 27,908 |
| Ács, Zoltán J. | Business & Management | 118 / 68,786 | 128 / 68,786 |
| Parasuraman, Raja | Human Factors | 3 / 16,381 | 12 / 16,381 |
| Mazin, Igor I. | Applied Physics | 140 / 323,282 | 117 / 323,282 |
| Mishin, Yuri M. | Materials | 143 / 330,896 | 111 / 330,896 |
| Tangney, June Price | Social Psychology | 192 / 27,908 | 149 / 27,908 |
| Lade, Poul V. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 27 / 82,760 | 120 / 82,760 |
| Dirmeyer, Paul A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 213 / 84,638 | 181 / 84,638 |
| Mooney, Harold A. | Ecology | 188 / 82,882 | 425 / 82,882 |
| Matthews, Gerald A. | Human Factors | 14 / 16,381 | 32 / 16,381 |
| Haq, Bilal Ul | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 382 / 108,013 | 160 / 108,013 |
| Maibach, Edward W. | Public Health | 256 / 82,273 | 128 / 82,273 |
| Denham, Susanne Ayers | Developmental & Child Psychology | 225 / 25,365 | 152 / 25,365 |
| Shukla, Jagadish | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 275 / 84,638 | 923 / 84,638 |
| Gorski, Paul C. | Education | 630 / 115,687 | 290 / 115,687 |
| Bilitza, Dieter K. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 23 / 66,382 | 21 / 66,382 |
| Maxwell, Joseph Alex | Social Sciences Methods | — | 62 / 3,363 |
| Rupp, Deborah E. | Business & Management | 826 / 68,786 | 678 / 68,786 |
| Dalal, Reeshad S. | Business & Management | 892 / 68,786 | 698 / 68,786 |
| Hinnov, Linda A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,042 / 108,013 | 420 / 108,013 |
| Tyrovolas, Stefanos | General & Internal Medicine | 2,755 / 360,081 | 489 / 360,081 |
| Leeson, Peter T. | Economics | 277 / 54,592 | 418 / 54,592 |
| Zaccaro, Stephen J. | Business & Management | 402 / 68,786 | 891 / 68,786 |
| Chaplin, Tara M. | Developmental & Child Psychology | — | 271 / 25,365 |
| Unruh, Gregory C. | Business & Management | 1,067 / 68,786 | 951 / 68,786 |
| Albus, James S. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 330 / 131,085 | 1,563 / 131,085 |
| Leeman, Jennifer | Languages & Linguistics | 422 / 25,930 | 242 / 25,930 |
| Wright, Kevin Bradley | Communication & Media Studies | 54 / 16,468 | 199 / 16,468 |
| Lovejoy, Thomas E. | Ecology | 1,210 / 82,882 | 910 / 82,882 |
| Chalip, Laurence | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | 69 / 11,605 | 260 / 11,605 |
| Warfield, John N. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,754 / 517,648 | 2,248 / 517,648 |
| Taxman, Faye S. | Criminology | 82 / 14,394 | 95 / 14,394 |
| Jajodia, Sushil | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,115 / 517,648 | — |
| Cummings, Missy L. | Human Factors | 161 / 16,381 | 111 / 16,381 |
| Dere, Kenneth P. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 819 / 58,202 | 1,449 / 58,202 |
| Kitsantas, Anastasia | Education | 435 / 115,687 | 718 / 115,687 |
| Uzuner, Özlem | Medical Informatics | 60 / 22,436 | 83 / 22,436 |
| Zampieri, Marcos | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,486 / 517,648 | 2,549 / 517,648 |
| Winsler, Adam | Developmental & Child Psychology | 461 / 25,365 | 402 / 25,365 |
| Kreps, Gary L. | Public Health | 529 / 82,273 | 636 / 82,273 |
| Zhao, Xiaoquan | Public Health | 1,198 / 82,273 | 538 / 82,273 |
| Buchanan, James M. | Economics | 465 / 54,592 | 1,158 / 54,592 |
| Zeng, Kai | Networking & Telecommunications | 914 / 228,312 | 656 / 228,312 |
| Sauer, Timothy D. | Fluids & Plasmas | 556 / 58,297 | 1,115 / 58,297 |
| Lum, Cynthia M. | Criminology | — | 120 / 14,394 |
| Button, Kenneth John | Logistics & Transportation | 85 / 32,287 | 457 / 32,287 |
| Papaconstantopoulos, Dimitrios A. | Applied Physics | 1,588 / 323,282 | 3,060 / 323,282 |
| Mason, Tyler B. | Clinical Psychology | — | 247 / 19,306 |
| Helton, William S. | Human Factors | 109 / 16,381 | 193 / 16,381 |
| DelSole, Timothy M. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,169 / 84,638 | 1,659 / 84,638 |
| Odstrĉil, Dušan | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,249 / 58,202 | 1,585 / 58,202 |
| Naglieri, Jack A. | Education | 444 / 115,687 | — |
| Hines, Denise A. | Criminology | 223 / 14,394 | 160 / 14,394 |
| Myers, Teresa Ann | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,558 / 84,638 |
| Bloom, Michael S. | Toxicology | 901 / 69,049 | 300 / 69,049 |
| Doebel, Sabine | Developmental & Child Psychology | — | 562 / 25,365 |
| Butler, Ann B. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,453 / 379,830 | — |
| Stearns, Peter N. | History | 6 / 20,299 | 16 / 20,299 |
| Han, Bo | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,446 / 228,312 | 1,049 / 228,312 |
| Redlich, Allison D. | Criminology | 172 / 14,394 | — |
| Caplan, Bryan | Economics | 748 / 54,592 | — |
| Maddux, James E. | Social Psychology | — | 1,028 / 27,908 |
| Hadley, Jack L. | Health Policy & Services | 240 / 23,941 | — |
| Riskind, John H. | Clinical Psychology | 343 / 19,306 | — |
| McCabe, Kevin A. | Economics | 784 / 54,592 | — |
| McKnight, Patrick E. | Social Psychology | — | 1,047 / 27,908 |
| Pruitt, Dean G. | Social Psychology | 822 / 27,908 | — |
| Cronin, Matthew A. | Business & Management | — | 2,133 / 68,786 |
| Stratmann, Thomas | Economics | 823 / 54,592 | — |
| Olds, James L. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,442 / 379,830 | — |
| Wechsler, Harry | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,320 / 517,648 | — |
| Baranova, Ancha V. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 1,509 / 216,826 |
| George Mwangi, Chrystal A. | Education | — | 1,466 / 115,687 |
| Farvid, Maryam S. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 1,415 / 360,081 |
| Mastropieri, Margo A. | Education | 704 / 115,687 | — |
| Gertler, Janos J. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 898 / 131,085 | — |
| Di, Liping | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 607 / 82,760 | 1,722 / 82,760 |
| Perry, Melissa J. | Toxicology | 521 / 69,049 | 788 / 69,049 |
| Jones, Christopher K.R.T. | General Mathematics | 665 / 76,268 | 1,749 / 76,268 |
| Wagner, Richard E. | Economics | 916 / 54,592 | — |
| Green, B. Christine | Sport, Leisure & Tourism | 222 / 11,605 | — |
| Mastrofski, Stephen D. | Criminology | 235 / 14,394 | — |
| Koper, Christopher S. | Criminology | — | 277 / 14,394 |
| Krueger, Frank | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 4,902 / 379,830 |
| Garoupa, Nuno R. | Economics | 964 / 54,592 | — |
| Sheng, H. W. | Applied Physics | 6,539 / 323,282 | 2,269 / 323,282 |
| Rosenblum, David S. | Software Engineering | 271 / 24,083 | — |
| Tetrick, Lois E. | Business & Management | 1,303 / 68,786 | — |
| Leon, Roberto T. | Civil Engineering | 326 / 67,736 | 1,554 / 67,736 |
| Rojahn, Johannes | Rehabilitation | 281 / 31,889 | — |
| Thompson, James C. | Surgery | 1,160 / 146,713 | — |
| Ammann, Paul E. | Software Engineering | 311 / 24,083 | — |
| Tang, Jinshan | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,327 / 517,648 | 8,556 / 517,648 |
| Ghimire, Nirmal Jeevi | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,129 / 164,120 |
| Luke, Sean | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,716 / 517,648 | — |
| Guccione, Andrew A. | Rehabilitation | 376 / 31,889 | — |
| Borup, Jered | Education | — | 2,248 / 115,687 |
| Roesler, Eileen | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 1,887 / 131,085 |
| Hayes, Monson H. | Networking & Telecommunications | 1,657 / 228,312 | — |
| Lawrey, James D. | Mycology & Parasitology | 419 / 29,175 | 417 / 29,175 |
| Aydin, Hakan | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 182 / 21,014 | — |
| Kosěcká, Jana | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,513 / 517,648 | — |
| Yang, Chaowei Phil | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,116 / 82,760 | — |
| Warma, Mahamadi | General Mathematics | — | 1,150 / 76,268 |
| Scruggs, Thomas E. | Education | 1,654 / 115,687 | — |
| Zhu, Zhuangdi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 9,408 / 517,648 |
| Kubik, Martha Young | General & Internal Medicine | 2,747 / 360,081 | 2,716 / 360,081 |
| Pollock, Steven James | Education | 1,789 / 115,687 | — |
| Chang, Kuochu | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,513 / 517,648 | — |
| Rothman, Dale S. | Environmental Sciences | 2,197 / 140,934 | — |
| Yao, Shuochao | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,024 / 228,312 |
| Pathak, Parth H. | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 3,101 / 228,312 |
| Sage, Andrew P.S. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,187 / 517,648 | — |
| Kornack, Thomas W. | General Physics | — | 1,449 / 87,024 |
| Mason, Linda H. | Education | 2,155 / 115,687 | — |
| Limaye, Rupali Jayant | Virology | — | 1,082 / 79,508 |
| Wang, Zhengdao | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,914 / 228,312 | — |
| Somin, Ilya | Law | 342 / 18,707 | — |
| Kowitlawakul, Yanika | Nursing | — | 915 / 73,697 |
| Miller, Douglas R. | Polymers | 2,887 / 133,253 | — |
| Wijesekera, Duminda | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,582 / 517,648 | — |
| Pfoser, Dieter | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,585 / 517,648 | — |
| Washington, Gregory N. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,424 / 140,272 | — |
| Kashanchi, Fatah | Virology | — | 1,427 / 79,508 |
| Chen, Songqing | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,799 / 228,312 | — |
| Pollack, Anna Z. | Toxicology | — | 1,395 / 69,049 |
| Buck Louis, Germaine M. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,954 / 105,735 |
| Maughan, Erin D. | Nursing | — | 1,362 / 73,697 |
| Koblentz, Gregory D. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 515 / 32,161 | — |
| Jiang, Weiwen | Computer Hardware & Architecture | — | 382 / 21,014 |
| Wiener, Martin J. | History | 327 / 20,299 | — |
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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