2026 Timothy A. McKay: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	112	1070	1009	566	525	404	115439

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Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Timothy A. McKay is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within the social sciences and psychology, with particular emphasis on education and learning processes.

The primary fields of study associated with McKay include:

Social Sciences
Psychology

Their work further specializes into subfields such as:

Education
Safety Research
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Social Psychology
Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

McKay's research addresses several key topics, including:

Career Development and Diversity
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Higher Education Research Studies
Psychological and Educational Research Studies
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Online Learning and Analytics
Online and Blended Learning

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by McKay include:

"Systemic advantage has a meaningful relationship with grade outcomes in students' early STEM courses at six research universities" (2024) published in International Journal of STEM Education
"Campus Connections: Student and Course Networks in Higher Education" (2020) published in Innovative Higher Education
"It's Not That You Said It, It's How You Said It: Exploring the Linguistic Mechanisms Underlying Values Affirmation Interventions at Scale" (2021) published in AERA Open
"Real-world effectiveness of a social-psychological intervention translated from controlled trials to classrooms" (2022) published in npj Science of Learning
"Harnessing Data for Inclusive Ecology Education: Building Programs to Move the Discipline Toward Systemic Change" (2021) published in Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

McKay frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

W. Carson Byrd
Benjamin P. Koester
Nita A. Tarchinski
Kameryn Denaro
Stefano Fiorini

Their publications appear across a variety of venues, notably:

International Journal of STEM Education
Innovative Higher Education
AERA Open
npj Science of Learning
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America

Among the recognitions received, McKay was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2015.

Best Publications

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical Summary

D. G. York

15186
Citations
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Technical summary

Donald G. York;J. Adelman;John E. Anderson;Scott F. Anderson

12112
Citations
The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork N. Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-Mccarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam

6145
Citations
Cosmological parameters from SDSS and WMAP

Max Tegmark;Max Tegmark;Michael Abram Strauss;Michael R. Blanton;Kevork Abazajian

5345
Citations
Detection of the baryon acoustic peak in the large-scale correlation function of SDSS luminous red galaxies

Daniel J. Eisenstein;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Idit Zehavi;David W. Hogg;Roman Scoccimarro

5180
Citations
Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Early data release

C. Stoughton;R. H. Lupton;M. Bernardi;M. R. Blanton

3515
Citations
Sloan digital sky survey: Early data release

Chris Stoughton;Robert H. Lupton;Mariangela Bernardi;Michael R. Blanton;Michael R. Blanton

3126
Citations
The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Carlos Allende Prieto

3091
Citations
The fourth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam;Sahar S. Allam;Kurt S.J. Anderson

3023
Citations
The u'g'r'i'z' Standard-Star System

J. Allyn Smith;J. Allyn Smith;Douglas L. Tucker;Stephen Kent;Michael W. Richmond

2455
Citations
THE THREE-DIMENSIONAL POWER SPECTRUM OF GALAXIES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY

Max Tegmark;Michael R. Blanton;Michael A. Strauss;Fiona Hoyle

2387
Citations
The u'g'r'i'z' Standard Star Network

J. A. Smith;D. L. Tucker;S. Kent;M. W. Richmond

2363
Citations
The 3D power spectrum of galaxies from the SDSS

M Tegmark;M Blanton;M Strauss;F Hoyle

2350
Citations
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample

Will J. Percival;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Beth A. Reid;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Neta Bahcall

2205
Citations
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 7 Galaxy Sample

Will J. Percival;Beth A. Reid;Daniel J. Eisenstein;Neta A. Bahcall

2179
Citations
Color Separation of Galaxy Types in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging Data

Iskra Strateva;Željko Ivezić;Gillian R. Knapp;Vijay K. Narayanan

1987
Citations
The Second Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

1501
Citations
Evidence for reionization at z ∼ 6: Detection of a gunn-peterson trough in a z = 6.28 quasar

Robert H. Becker;Robert H. Becker;Xiaohui Fan;Richard L. White;Michael Abram Strauss

1415
Citations
The first data release of the sloan digital sky survey

Kevork Abazajian;Jennifer K. Adelman-McCarthy;Marcel A. Agüeros;Sahar S. Allam

1314
Citations
Evidence for Reionization at z ~ 6: Detection of a Gunn-Peterson Trough in a z=6.28 Quasar

Robert H. Becker;Xiaohui Fan;Richard L. White;Michael A. Strauss

1257
Citations