GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences 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).
33
researchers on the list
103
rank in Germany
1,759
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herold, M. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 194 / 82,760 | 156 / 82,760 |
| von Blanckenburg, Friedhelm V. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 351 / 108,013 | 325 / 108,013 |
| Wirth, Richard | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 370 / 108,013 | 561 / 108,013 |
| Kreibich, Heidi | Environmental Engineering | 407 / 68,664 | 132 / 68,664 |
| Romer, Rolf L. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 440 / 108,013 | 350 / 108,013 |
| Merz, Bruno | Environmental Engineering | 502 / 68,664 | 143 / 68,664 |
| Steinberger, Bernhard | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 619 / 108,013 | 546 / 108,013 |
| Dulski, Peter | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 697 / 108,013 | 678 / 108,013 |
| Wiedenbeck, Michael | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 760 / 108,013 | 578 / 108,013 |
| Kokhanovsky, Alexander A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 806 / 84,638 | 1,432 / 84,638 |
| Bindi, D. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 805 / 108,013 |
| Förster, Hans Jürgen | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,063 / 108,013 | 815 / 108,013 |
| Benning, Liane G. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 886 / 108,013 |
| Oncken, Onno | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,160 / 108,013 | 2,001 / 108,013 |
| Brune, Sascha | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,003 / 108,013 |
| Cotton, Fabrice | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,228 / 108,013 |
| Zang, Arno | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,085 / 82,760 | 1,013 / 82,760 |
| Möller, Peter | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,854 / 108,013 | 1,395 / 108,013 |
| Turowski, Jens Martin | Geography | 404 / 21,559 | — |
| Güntner, Andreas | Environmental Engineering | 619 / 68,664 | 631 / 68,664 |
| Cesca, Simone | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,519 / 108,013 |
| Berger, Katja | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,271 / 82,760 |
| Veksler, Ilya V. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,250 / 108,013 | 1,606 / 108,013 |
| Trumbull, Robert B. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,039 / 108,013 | 1,620 / 108,013 |
| Chabrillat, Sabine | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,328 / 82,760 |
| Motagh, Mahdi | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,435 / 82,760 |
| Gallen, Sean F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,983 / 108,013 |
| Rivalta, Eleonora | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,089 / 108,013 |
| Kallmeyer, Jens | Microbiology | — | 2,887 / 232,186 |
| Apel, Heiko | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,172 / 68,664 |
| Saberioon, M. M. | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,483 / 95,377 |
| Vuillemin, Aurèle | Microbiology | — | 4,065 / 232,186 |
| Schicks, Judith Maria | Energy | 6,831 / 371,959 | — |
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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