European Southern Observatory 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).
15
researchers on the list
168
rank in Germany
3,348
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padovani, Paolo | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 541 / 58,202 | 343 / 58,202 |
| Curti, Mirko | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 865 / 58,202 |
| Gadotti, Dimitri Alexei | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 940 / 58,202 |
| Schmid, Christian H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 406 / 140,272 | 146 / 140,272 |
| Patat, Ferdinando | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,074 / 58,202 | — |
| Leibundgut, Bruno | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,203 / 58,202 | — |
| Hilker, Michael J. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,382 / 58,202 | — |
| Küntschner, Harald | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,404 / 58,202 | — |
| Manara, Carlo Felice | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,602 / 58,202 |
| Popping, Gergö | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,686 / 58,202 |
| Kasper, Markus E. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 825 / 140,272 | 1,598 / 140,272 |
| Hubin, Norbert N. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,704 / 140,272 | — |
| Vérinaud, Christophe | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,819 / 140,272 | — |
| Le Louarn, Miska | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,297 / 140,272 | — |
| Madec, Pierre Yves | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,582 / 140,272 | — |
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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