Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM 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).
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researchers on the list
248
rank in Germany
5,717
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gumbsch, Peter | Materials | 346 / 330,896 | 667 / 330,896 |
| Ince, Ayhan | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,930 / 157,792 | 949 / 157,792 |
| Moseler, Michael | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 795 / 157,792 | 2,356 / 157,792 |
| Michler, Thorsten | Materials | 3,693 / 330,896 | 2,842 / 330,896 |
| Riedel, Hermann | Materials | 1,784 / 330,896 | — |
| Elsässer, Christian | Applied Physics | 6,320 / 323,282 | — |
| Hohe, Jörg | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,866 / 157,792 | — |
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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