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Eighteen McMaster researchers have been named on the 2020 international list of highly cited researchers, 4 more than last year. Among them are contributors to the McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine.
The list, which is compiled annually by Clarivate Analytics, recognizes researchers who have had significant and broad influence within their fields, or across disciplines. Researchers whose work is on the list are in the top 1% of citations for field and year in Web of Science, a citation index.
This year, more than 6000 were included on the list, including 26 Nobel laureates. Those named represent approximately 1 in every 1000 researchers in the sciences and social sciences.
We are truly delighted to see the names of so many contributors to the McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine in this prestigious group.
The McMaster researchers on the list are:
- Elie Akl (Clinical scholar, Department of Medicine)
- Altaf Arain (School of Earth, Environment and Society)
- Jan Brozek (Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact; author in the McMaster Textbook)
- Stuart Connolly (Department of Medicine)
- Mark Crowther (Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine; editor of hematology and author in the McMaster Textbook)
- P. J. Devereaux (Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact; editor of cardiology and author in the McMaster Textbook)
- John Eikelboom (Department of Medicine)
- Gordon Guyatt (Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact; named in 2 fields; associate editor in the McMaster Textbook)
- Roman Jaeschke (Department of Medicine; editor in chief and author in the McMaster Textbook)
- Glenda MacQueen (Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences)
- Paul Moayyedi (Department of Medicine; editor of gastroenterology and author in the McMaster Textbook)
- Stuart Phillips (Department of Kinesiology)
- Walter Reinisch (Department of Medicine)
- Holger Schünemann (Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact; featured in the McMaster Perspective)
- Gregory Steinberg (Department of Medicine)
- Stephen Walter (Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact)
- Gerald Wright (Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences)
- Salim Yusuf (Department of Medicine; featured in the McMaster Perspective)
“Congratulations to our highly cited researchers, who have had significant influence and impact across a number of fields,” says Karen Mossman, McMaster’s vice-president, research. “As we all continue to grapple with the ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, the important role of research in the world has never been more evident.”
