Maynooth 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).
35
researchers on the list
8
rank in Ireland
1,679
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biesta, Gert J.J. | Education | 8 / 115,687 | 8 / 115,687 |
| Kitchin, Rob | Geography | 10 / 21,559 | 4 / 21,559 |
| Daly, Michael J. | Public Health | 523 / 82,273 | 79 / 82,273 |
| Stephens, Jennie Catherine | Energy | 1,378 / 371,959 | 542 / 371,959 |
| Ringwood, John V. | Energy | 674 / 371,959 | 564 / 371,959 |
| Hyland, Philip E. | Psychiatry | 1,746 / 90,846 | 396 / 90,846 |
| Brunsdon, Chris F. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 235 / 82,760 | 274 / 82,760 |
| Ohlendieck, Kay | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,637 / 216,826 | 1,942 / 216,826 |
| Kavanagh, Kevin A. | Microbiology | 1,433 / 232,186 | 1,149 / 232,186 |
| Connell, L. | Experimental Psychology | — | 867 / 37,808 |
| Foley, Ronan | Geography | — | 419 / 21,559 |
| Thompson, T. J.U. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 56 / 15,674 | 22 / 15,674 |
| Pearlmutter, Barak A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,771 / 517,648 | — |
| English, Karen | Immunology | 3,549 / 176,292 | 2,807 / 176,292 |
| Karthik, Raj | Energy | — | 4,557 / 371,959 |
| Waseem, Muhammad | Energy | — | 4,680 / 371,959 |
| Fitzpatrick, David A. | Microbiology | 3,884 / 232,186 | 3,923 / 232,186 |
| Walsh, Fiona M. | Microbiology | — | 3,087 / 232,186 |
| Kishk, Mustafa A. | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 2,016 / 228,312 |
| Todd, Sharon | Education | 2,340 / 115,687 | 2,297 / 115,687 |
| Griffin, Christine T. | Entomology | 584 / 40,595 | 883 / 40,595 |
| Harrigan, Shaun | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,337 / 68,664 |
| Ali, Zain Anwar | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 2,639 / 228,312 |
| Wellstead, Peter Eric | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,742 / 131,085 | — |
| Pallonetto, Fabiano | Energy | — | 7,271 / 371,959 |
| Mason, Oliver | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,845 / 131,085 | — |
| Naughton, Thomas J. | Optics | 979 / 83,504 | — |
| Elmes, Robert B.P. | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,179 / 188,664 |
| Dowling, Paul | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,447 / 216,826 |
| Breslin, Carmel B. | Energy | 5,549 / 371,959 | — |
| Hennelly, Bryan M. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,525 / 140,272 | 2,649 / 140,272 |
| Malone, David W. | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,849 / 228,312 | — |
| Cooney, Adeline | Nursing | 1,428 / 73,697 | — |
| Lu, Zhouxiang | History of Science, Technology & Medicine | — | 41 / 3,157 |
| Wyse, C. A. | Veterinary Sciences | — | 1,197 / 72,388 |
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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