German Cancer Research Center 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).
160
researchers on the list
22
rank in Germany
404
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenner, Hermann | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 17 / 377,791 | 1,146 / 377,791 |
| Zur Hausen, Harald | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 57 / 377,791 | 477 / 377,791 |
| Kaaks, Rudolf J. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 142 / 377,791 | 468 / 377,791 |
| Bartenschlager, Ralf F.W. | Virology | 24 / 79,508 | 90 / 79,508 |
| Wick, Wolfgang | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 450 / 377,791 | 176 / 377,791 |
| Franke, Werner Wilhelm | Developmental Biology | 387 / 167,121 | 3,231 / 167,121 |
| Rammensee, Hans Georg | Immunology | 334 / 176,292 | 1,105 / 176,292 |
| Brüne, Bernhard | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 430 / 216,826 | 485 / 216,826 |
| Lichter, Peter | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 464 / 377,791 | 1,959 / 377,791 |
| Keppler, Dietrich O.R. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 499 / 216,826 | 1,263 / 216,826 |
| Hermeking, Heiko | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 515 / 377,791 | 971 / 377,791 |
| Grummt, Ingrid | Developmental Biology | 564 / 167,121 | 1,617 / 167,121 |
| Isensee, Fabian | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 2,639 / 129,561 | 41 / 129,561 |
| Pfister, Stefan M. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,046 / 377,791 | 487 / 377,791 |
| Platten, Michael | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,794 / 377,791 | 506 / 377,791 |
| von Deimling, Andreas | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 726 / 377,791 | 811 / 377,791 |
| Stegle, Oliver | Developmental Biology | 3,258 / 167,121 | 405 / 167,121 |
| Maier-Hein, Klaus Hermann | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,492 / 129,561 | 53 / 129,561 |
| Hartmann, Gunther H. | Immunology | 637 / 176,292 | 545 / 176,292 |
| Plate, Karl Heinz | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,508 / 379,830 | 4,251 / 379,830 |
| Bartsch, Herbert | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 829 / 377,791 | — |
| De-Villiers, Ethel Michele | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 877 / 377,791 | 4,748 / 377,791 |
| Northcott, Paul A. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,253 / 377,791 | 792 / 377,791 |
| Suhai, Sándor | Chemical Physics | 695 / 121,889 | — |
| Capper, David | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,301 / 379,830 | 1,466 / 379,830 |
| Gerhäuser, Clarissa | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,400 / 377,791 | 1,209 / 377,791 |
| Plass, Christoph | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,458 / 377,791 | 3,235 / 377,791 |
| Schwab, Manfred R. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,519 / 377,791 | — |
| Schöttker, Ben | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,467 / 377,791 | 1,068 / 377,791 |
| Knapp, Stefan | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 109 / 120,621 | 206 / 120,621 |
| Korbel, Jan O. | Developmental Biology | 3,045 / 167,121 | 799 / 167,121 |
| Strebhardt, Klaus I. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,654 / 377,791 | 1,989 / 377,791 |
| Hoheisel, Jörg D. | Developmental Biology | 1,293 / 167,121 | — |
| Rodewald, Hans Reimer | Immunology | 1,202 / 176,292 | 1,379 / 176,292 |
| Goldschmidt, Hartmut M. | Immunology | 2,014 / 176,292 | 742 / 176,292 |
| Boukamp, Petra | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,749 / 377,791 | 6,170 / 377,791 |
| Schlenk, Richard Friedrich | Immunology | 1,272 / 176,292 | 849 / 176,292 |
| Kool, Marcel | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,404 / 377,791 | 1,331 / 377,791 |
| Rödel, Claus Michael | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,859 / 377,791 | 2,311 / 377,791 |
| Albers, Peter A. | Urology & Nephrology | 461 / 96,288 | 651 / 96,288 |
| Schneeweiß, Andreas | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,274 / 377,791 | 1,392 / 377,791 |
| Heikenwälder, Mathias F. | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 1,719 / 113,536 | 514 / 113,536 |
| Maier-Hein, Lena | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 2,526 / 129,561 | 205 / 129,561 |
| Korshunov, Andrey G. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,891 / 377,791 | 1,580 / 377,791 |
| Brinker, Titus Josef | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 1,653 / 377,791 |
| Herrmann, Ken | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 221 / 129,561 |
| Li-Weber, Min | Immunology | 1,645 / 176,292 | 2,531 / 176,292 |
| Gerstung, Moritz | Developmental Biology | — | 1,256 / 167,121 |
| Hoffmeister, Michael | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,067 / 377,791 | 1,879 / 377,791 |
| Schlemmer, Heinz Peter Wilhelm | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 457 / 129,561 | 638 / 129,561 |
| Gissmann, Lutz Martin | Virology | 496 / 79,508 | — |
| Becker, Nikolaus | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,659 / 377,791 | 6,062 / 377,791 |
| Schütz, Günther X.N. | Developmental Biology | 2,016 / 167,121 | — |
| Debus, Jürgen P. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,773 / 377,791 | 3,045 / 377,791 |
| Trumpp, Andreas | Developmental Biology | 2,399 / 167,121 | 1,464 / 167,121 |
| Reuss, David E. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 3,174 / 379,830 |
| Belka, Claus | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,912 / 377,791 | 3,300 / 377,791 |
| Palm, Wilhelm | Developmental Biology | — | 1,523 / 167,121 |
| Schwab, Matthias M. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 643 / 166,116 | 489 / 166,116 |
| Ladd, Mark E. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 577 / 129,561 | 467 / 129,561 |
| Teleman, Aurelio A. | Developmental Biology | 2,355 / 167,121 | 1,594 / 167,121 |
| Langowski, Jörg | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,899 / 216,826 | — |
| Schulze, Almut | Developmental Biology | — | 1,660 / 167,121 |
| Vollmuth, Philipp | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 355 / 129,561 |
| Ivics, Zoltán | Developmental Biology | 2,354 / 167,121 | — |
| Arndt, Volker R. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,791 / 377,791 | 2,544 / 377,791 |
| Knop, Michael | Developmental Biology | 2,443 / 167,121 | — |
| Höfer, Thomas | Immunology | 2,308 / 176,292 | 2,955 / 176,292 |
| Strauss, Ludwig G. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 682 / 129,561 | — |
| Canzian, Federico | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,371 / 377,791 | 7,465 / 377,791 |
| Kulozik, Andreas E. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,548 / 377,791 | — |
| Hämmerling, Günter J. | Immunology | 2,466 / 176,292 | — |
| Kyewski, Bruno A. | Immunology | 2,484 / 176,292 | — |
| Offringa, Rienk | Immunology | 2,496 / 176,292 | — |
| Frye, Michaela | Developmental Biology | — | 1,958 / 167,121 |
| Angel, Peter E. | Developmental Biology | 2,714 / 167,121 | — |
| Lehmann, Wolf Dieter | Analytical Chemistry | 732 / 137,328 | — |
| Carlsson, Sigrid V. | Urology & Nephrology | — | 634 / 96,288 |
| Bannasch, Peter | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,770 / 377,791 | — |
| Fröhling, Stefan | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,834 / 377,791 | 3,056 / 377,791 |
| Dimitrakopoulou-Strauss, Antonia D. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 838 / 129,561 | 565 / 129,561 |
| Schackert, Gabriele G. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,881 / 377,791 | 7,645 / 377,791 |
| Bauer, Sebastian Johannes | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,170 / 377,791 |
| Charoentong, Pornpimol | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,206 / 377,791 |
| Kachelrieß, Marc | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 912 / 129,561 | 786 / 129,561 |
| Kübler, Wolfgang E. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,531 / 249,410 | — |
| Martínez-Reyes, Inmaculada | Developmental Biology | — | 2,293 / 167,121 |
| Sturm, Dominik | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,434 / 377,791 |
| Delorme, Stefan | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,010 / 129,561 | — |
| Cordes, N. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,442 / 377,791 | — |
| Heiland, Dieter Henrik | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,649 / 377,791 |
| Fokas, Emmanouil | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,745 / 377,791 |
| Kirchner, Thomas W. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,592 / 377,791 | — |
| Odom, Duncan T. | Developmental Biology | 3,462 / 167,121 | 3,028 / 167,121 |
| Brors, Benedikt | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,971 / 377,791 |
| Nair, Jagadeesan | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,839 / 377,791 | — |
| Arnold, Bernd | Immunology | 3,414 / 176,292 | — |
| Kumar, Rajiv | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,111 / 377,791 | — |
| Hecker, Erich | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,141 / 377,791 | — |
| Galy, Bruno | Developmental Biology | — | 2,903 / 167,121 |
| Jentzen, Walter | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,250 / 129,561 | 1,581 / 129,561 |
| Opitz, Christiane A. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 4,315 / 377,791 |
| Weigert, Andreas | Immunology | — | 2,417 / 176,292 |
| Okonechnikov, Konstantin V. | Developmental Biology | — | 2,981 / 167,121 |
| Kleesiek, Jens | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 745 / 129,561 |
| Troost, Esther G.C. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 4,424 / 377,791 |
| Müller-Decker, Karin Mü | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,393 / 377,791 | — |
| Kopp-Schneider, Annette | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,503 / 377,791 | 5,642 / 377,791 |
| Mairani, Andrea | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 801 / 129,561 |
| Poustka, Annemarie | Genetics & Heredity | 786 / 42,273 | — |
| Edler, Lutz | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,774 / 377,791 | — |
| Rad, Roland R. | Immunology | — | 2,685 / 176,292 |
| Jaeger, Paul Ferdinand | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 7,406 / 517,648 |
| Eder, Matthias | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 881 / 129,561 |
| Schweizer, Jürgen | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 995 / 64,751 | — |
| von Bergwelt-Baildon, Michael S. | Immunology | — | 2,769 / 176,292 |
| Eisenhut, Michael | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,511 / 129,561 | — |
| Dirksen, Uta | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,213 / 377,791 |
| Wimberger, Pauline | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,230 / 377,791 |
| Frei, Eva | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,311 / 377,791 | — |
| Wardemann, Hedda | Immunology | — | 2,934 / 176,292 |
| Zips, Daniel | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,441 / 377,791 | — |
| Bachert, Peter | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,618 / 129,561 | — |
| Buettner, Florian A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 8,187 / 517,648 |
| Müller, Martin J. | Virology | 1,526 / 79,508 | — |
| Hübschmann, Daniel | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,755 / 377,791 |
| Huber, Peter Ernst | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,757 / 377,791 | — |
| Dubrovska, Anna | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 5,772 / 377,791 |
| Fürstenberger, Gerhard | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,786 / 377,791 | — |
| Bazhin, Alexandr V. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,001 / 377,791 |
| Burwinkel, Barbara | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 7,055 / 377,791 | 7,356 / 377,791 |
| Modest, Dominik Paul | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,087 / 377,791 |
| Preussmann, Rudolf A. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 7,109 / 377,791 | — |
| Wahrendorf, Jiirgen | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 7,189 / 377,791 | — |
| Waterboer, Tim | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,507 / 377,791 |
| Zapatka, Marc | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,669 / 377,791 |
| Thong, Melissa Suk Yin | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,812 / 377,791 |
| Bonekamp, David | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,278 / 129,561 |
| Benešová-Schäfer, Martina | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,280 / 129,561 |
| Olde-Damink, Steven W.M. | Surgery | 2,852 / 146,713 | 1,140 / 146,713 |
| Milde, Till | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,934 / 377,791 |
| Schmeiser, Heinz Hans | Toxicology | 1,091 / 69,049 | — |
| Katzke, Verena Andrea | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,115 / 377,791 |
| Jansen, Lina | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,178 / 377,791 |
| Timmermann, Beate | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,264 / 377,791 |
| Schröder, Leif | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 2,225 / 129,561 | — |
| Saur, Dieter | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,541 / 377,791 |
| Braren, Rickmer Früdd | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,417 / 129,561 |
| Kowalewski, Karl Friedrich | Urology & Nephrology | — | 1,569 / 96,288 |
| Schmidt, Manfred | Biotechnology | 899 / 69,700 | 1,117 / 69,700 |
| Renz, Bernhard Willibald | Surgery | — | 1,266 / 146,713 |
| Sandhoff, Roger | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,570 / 216,826 |
| Lauber, Kirsten | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,866 / 377,791 |
| Ali, Syed Azmal | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,895 / 216,826 |
| Saum, Kai Uwe | General & Internal Medicine | — | 3,517 / 360,081 |
| Reschke, Robin | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | — | 1,033 / 64,751 |
| Nägel, Armin Michael | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,871 / 129,561 |
| Nicklas, Werner | Veterinary Sciences | 1,427 / 72,388 | — |
| Kunz, Wolfgang Gerhard | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 2,021 / 129,561 |
| Sawall, Stefan | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 2,253 / 129,561 |
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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