McMaster University, Faculty of Science 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).
38
researchers on the list
51
rank in Canada
1,562
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bader, Richard Frederick William | Chemical Physics | 23 / 121,889 | 14 / 121,889 |
| Phillips, Stuart Martin | Sport Sciences | 3 / 41,112 | 2 / 41,112 |
| Balakrishnan, Narayanaswamy | Statistics & Probability | 32 / 24,695 | 39 / 24,695 |
| Ayers, Paul W. | Chemical Physics | 191 / 121,889 | 138 / 121,889 |
| Harris, William E. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 122 / 58,202 | 376 / 58,202 |
| Gibala, Martin J. | Sport Sciences | 66 / 41,112 | 72 / 41,112 |
| Greedan, John E. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 146 / 86,991 | 378 / 86,991 |
| Hitchcock, Adam P.H. | Chemical Physics | 586 / 121,889 | 1,065 / 121,889 |
| Sale, Digby G. | Sport Sciences | 81 / 41,112 | 199 / 41,112 |
| Pelinovsky, Dmitry E. | Fluids & Plasmas | 345 / 58,297 | 287 / 58,297 |
| Wilson, Christine D. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 712 / 58,202 | — |
| Elliott, Digby J. | Experimental Psychology | 664 / 37,808 | — |
| Higgs, Paul G. | Evolutionary Biology | 467 / 31,128 | — |
| Ford, Derek C. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 937 / 108,013 | 2,151 / 108,013 |
| Brook, Michael A. | Organic Chemistry | 1,124 / 188,664 | 1,111 / 188,664 |
| Mcnicholas, Paul D. | Statistics & Probability | 397 / 24,695 | 340 / 24,695 |
| Singh, Balraj | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,583 / 164,120 | 4,044 / 164,120 |
| Lee, Timothy D. | Experimental Psychology | 1,051 / 37,808 | — |
| Timusk, Thomas | Applied Physics | 2,352 / 323,282 | — |
| Bray, Steven Russell | Sport Sciences | 349 / 41,112 | — |
| Bain, Alex D. | Chemical Physics | 2,092 / 121,889 | — |
| Lee, Sung-sik | Applied Physics | 3,334 / 323,282 | 2,233 / 323,282 |
| Hicks, A. L. | Rehabilitation | 285 / 31,889 | 578 / 31,889 |
| Kallin, Catherine | Applied Physics | 3,581 / 323,282 | — |
| Singh, Balraj K. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,869 / 164,120 | 1,959 / 164,120 |
| Britz-McKibbin, Philip | Analytical Chemistry | 1,148 / 137,328 | — |
| Schrobilgen, Gary J. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 977 / 86,991 | — |
| Kidd, Karen A. | Environmental Sciences | 1,561 / 140,934 | — |
| Leigh, William J. | General Chemistry | 436 / 57,505 | — |
| Morton, Robert W. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 2,383 / 360,081 |
| Sawyer, Eric T. | General Mathematics | 1,384 / 76,268 | — |
| Imai, Takashi | General Physics | 1,404 / 87,024 | — |
| Valliant, John F. | Organic Chemistry | 3,560 / 188,664 | — |
| Starkes, Janet L. | Sport Sciences | 821 / 41,112 | — |
| Adronov, Alex | Polymers | 2,332 / 133,253 | — |
| Chettle, David R. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 2,236 / 129,561 | — |
| Warkentin, John | General Chemistry | 717 / 57,505 | — |
| Childs, Ronald F. | General Chemistry | 747 / 57,505 | — |
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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