McMaster University, 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).
54
researchers on the list
38
rank in Canada
1,159
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kearon, Clive B. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 165 / 249,410 | 249 / 249,410 |
| Epand, Richard M. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 218 / 216,826 | 365 / 216,826 |
| Kelton, John Greenhow | Immunology | 447 / 176,292 | 2,361 / 176,292 |
| Boyle, Michael | Developmental & Child Psychology | 119 / 25,365 | 341 / 25,365 |
| Gauldie, Jack | Immunology | 720 / 176,292 | — |
| Stratford, Paul W. | Rehabilitation | 39 / 31,889 | 76 / 31,889 |
| Lavis, John Norman | Health Policy & Services | 71 / 23,941 | 98 / 23,941 |
| Li, Yingfu | Organic Chemistry | 891 / 188,664 | 353 / 188,664 |
| Hargreave, Frederick Ernest | Respiratory System | 290 / 71,926 | — |
| Kolb, Martin R.J. | Respiratory System | 718 / 71,926 | 213 / 71,926 |
| Boamah, Sheila A. | Nursing | 918 / 73,697 | 96 / 73,697 |
| Bhatia, Mickie | Immunology | 1,370 / 176,292 | — |
| Verdu, Elena Francisca | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 734 / 113,536 | 614 / 113,536 |
| Agarwal, Gina | General & Internal Medicine | 1,977 / 360,081 | 770 / 360,081 |
| Mahony, James B. | Microbiology | 1,417 / 232,186 | — |
| Smaill, Fiona Mary | Virology | 528 / 79,508 | 707 / 79,508 |
| Turkstra, Lyn Siobhan | Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology | 88 / 13,500 | 79 / 13,500 |
| Kho, Michelle E. | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | — | 280 / 44,281 |
| Links, Paul S. | Psychiatry | 1,696 / 90,846 | — |
| Newhouse, Michael T. | Respiratory System | 939 / 71,926 | — |
| Holbrook, Anne Marie | General & Internal Medicine | 1,270 / 360,081 | 3,156 / 360,081 |
| Singh, Gurmit | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,026 / 377,791 | — |
| Smieja, Marek J. | Microbiology | 2,748 / 232,186 | 3,865 / 232,186 |
| Akhtar-Danesh, Noori | Nursing | 541 / 73,697 | 301 / 73,697 |
| Kwan, Chiuyin | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,035 / 166,116 | — |
| Beauchamp, M. K. | Respiratory System | — | 706 / 71,926 |
| Ploeg, Jenny | Nursing | 317 / 73,697 | 324 / 73,697 |
| Carter, Nancy | Nursing | — | 348 / 73,697 |
| Solomon, Patricia E. | Rehabilitation | 309 / 31,889 | — |
| Ofosu, Frederick A. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,409 / 249,410 | — |
| Gardner, Martin J. | General & Internal Medicine | 1,789 / 360,081 | — |
| Goldsmith, Charles Harry | Arthritis & Rheumatology | 866 / 45,980 | — |
| Wilson, Michael G. | Health Policy & Services | — | 342 / 23,941 |
| Santaguida, Pasqualina | General & Internal Medicine | 4,554 / 360,081 | 2,249 / 360,081 |
| Dobbins, Maureen J. | Health Policy & Services | — | 364 / 23,941 |
| Kaushic, Charu | Virology | 1,487 / 79,508 | — |
| Sword, Wendy A. | Nursing | 528 / 73,697 | — |
| MacEdo, Luciana Gazzi | Rehabilitation | — | 410 / 31,889 |
| Kaasalainen, Sharon J. | Nursing | 663 / 73,697 | 631 / 73,697 |
| Hutton, Eileen K. | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,933 / 105,735 | 1,816 / 105,735 |
| Ciliska, Donna K. | Nursing | 609 / 73,697 | — |
| Satia, Imran | Respiratory System | — | 1,231 / 71,926 |
| Hasan, Mohammad Rubayet | Microbiology | — | 4,281 / 232,186 |
| Pollock, Nancy A. | Rehabilitation | 587 / 31,889 | — |
| Patterson, Christopher James S. | General & Internal Medicine | 3,127 / 360,081 | — |
| Wessel, Jean | Rehabilitation | 657 / 31,889 | — |
| Hawke, Thomas J. | Physiology | — | 505 / 26,472 |
| Valaitis, Ruta Kristina | Nursing | 887 / 73,697 | 1,295 / 73,697 |
| Tang, Ada | Rehabilitation | — | 596 / 31,889 |
| Harris, Jocelyn E. | Rehabilitation | — | 628 / 31,889 |
| Rosenfeld, Jack M. | Analytical Chemistry | 2,539 / 137,328 | — |
| Kirubarajan, Abirami | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,671 / 105,735 |
| Ganann, Rebecca | Nursing | — | 1,333 / 73,697 |
| Balion, Cynthia M. | General Clinical Medicine | — | 314 / 24,038 |
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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