Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover 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).
143
researchers on the list
31
rank in Germany
471
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ismael, Mohamed H. | Chemical Physics | 1,195 / 121,889 | 41 / 121,889 |
| Mortazavi, Bohayra | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 362 / 177,859 | 101 / 177,859 |
| Schutz, Bernard F. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 147 / 164,120 | 44 / 164,120 |
| Wriggers, Peter | Applied Mathematics | 20 / 23,982 | 13 / 23,982 |
| Kabisch, Nadja | Ecology | 1,084 / 82,882 | 181 / 82,882 |
| Allen, Bruce | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 477 / 164,120 | 104 / 164,120 |
| Caro, Jürgen | Chemical Engineering | 37 / 97,821 | 38 / 97,821 |
| Zhuang, Xiaoying | Applied Mathematics | 233 / 23,982 | 30 / 23,982 |
| Danzmann, Karsten V. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 459 / 164,120 | 144 / 164,120 |
| Domènech, Guillem | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,895 / 164,120 | 255 / 164,120 |
| Raussendorf, Robert | General Physics | 260 / 87,024 | 151 / 87,024 |
| Elias, Said | Civil Engineering | 537 / 67,736 | 102 / 67,736 |
| Dill, Harald G. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 615 / 108,013 | 341 / 108,013 |
| Ghafoori, Elyas S. | Civil Engineering | 342 / 67,736 | 134 / 67,736 |
| Horst, Walter Johannes | Agronomy & Agriculture | 132 / 95,377 | 824 / 95,377 |
| Guggenberger, Georg | Agronomy & Agriculture | 142 / 95,377 | 263 / 95,377 |
| Behrens, Harald | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 618 / 108,013 | 1,587 / 108,013 |
| Brendel, Rolf | Applied Physics | 956 / 323,282 | 1,899 / 323,282 |
| Chichkov, Boris N. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 101 / 140,272 | 78 / 140,272 |
| Lankeit, Johannes | General Mathematics | 1,048 / 76,268 | 186 / 76,268 |
| Walsh, Gianfranco | Marketing | 126 / 15,920 | 225 / 15,920 |
| Beer, Michael | Civil Engineering | 225 / 67,736 | 208 / 67,736 |
| Vahlbruch, Henning | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 628 / 164,120 |
| Esatbeyoglu, Tuba | Food Science | — | 546 / 107,913 |
| Grote, Ulrike | Agricultural Economics & Policy | — | 61 / 6,741 |
| Schönherr, Jörg | Plant Biology & Botany | 661 / 204,373 | — |
| Escher, Joachim | General Mathematics | 238 / 76,268 | 615 / 76,268 |
| Sternberg, Rolf G. | Geography | 208 / 21,559 | 266 / 21,559 |
| Hoffmann, Hans Martin Rudolf | Organic Chemistry | 1,018 / 188,664 | — |
| Berger, Ralf Günter | Food Science | 298 / 107,913 | 1,075 / 107,913 |
| Denkena, Berend | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 899 / 131,085 | 589 / 131,085 |
| Pichlmayr, Rudolf | Surgery | 404 / 146,713 | — |
| Wick, Thomas | Applied Mathematics | 285 / 23,982 | 172 / 23,982 |
| Imbihl, Ronald | Chemical Physics | 1,214 / 121,889 | — |
| Holtz, François M. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,112 / 108,013 | 1,261 / 108,013 |
| Krishnan, Badri | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,631 / 164,120 | 971 / 164,120 |
| Maier, Hans Jürgen | Materials | 922 / 330,896 | 2,417 / 330,896 |
| Jug, Karl | Chemical Physics | 1,341 / 121,889 | — |
| Braun, Hans Peter | Plant Biology & Botany | 890 / 204,373 | 1,490 / 204,373 |
| Müller, Matthias A. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,277 / 131,085 | 726 / 131,085 |
| van Haasteren, Rutger | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,166 / 58,202 |
| Osborne, Tobias J. | General Physics | 522 / 87,024 | 417 / 87,024 |
| Aldakheel, Fadi | Applied Mathematics | — | 207 / 23,982 |
| Feldhoff, Armin | Materials | 1,438 / 330,896 | 1,650 / 330,896 |
| Schügerl, Karl | Biotechnology | 225 / 69,700 | — |
| Knoche, Moritz | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,155 / 204,373 | 1,241 / 204,373 |
| Johannes, Wilhelm | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,391 / 108,013 | — |
| Behrens, Peter | Materials | 1,176 / 330,896 | — |
| Prix, Reinhard | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,578 / 164,120 | 1,230 / 164,120 |
| Zamanian, Kazem | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 645 / 95,377 |
| Heipke, Christian | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 450 / 82,760 | 1,447 / 82,760 |
| Burkhard, Benjamin | Ecology | — | 1,669 / 82,882 |
| Pfannschmidt, Thomas | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,242 / 204,373 | — |
| Evlyukhin, Andrey B. | Applied Physics | 3,859 / 323,282 | 1,685 / 323,282 |
| Witte, Claus Peter | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,469 / 204,373 | 1,467 / 204,373 |
| Weyer, Stefan | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,286 / 108,013 |
| Dergachev, Vladimir | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,378 / 164,120 |
| Ohme, Frank | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,386 / 164,120 |
| Meyer, Robert G. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 264 / 133,072 | — |
| Heitjans, Paul | Chemical Physics | 1,877 / 121,889 | — |
| Albert, Christian | Ecology | — | 1,876 / 82,882 |
| Polarz, Sebastian | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,237 / 177,859 | — |
| Scheper, Thomas Helmut | Biotechnology | 286 / 69,700 | 911 / 69,700 |
| Nejdl, Wolfgang | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,193 / 517,648 | — |
| Boch, Jens | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,503 / 204,373 | 2,201 / 204,373 |
| Henzler, Martin | Applied Physics | 2,781 / 323,282 | — |
| Wiedmann, Klaus Peter | Marketing | — | 568 / 15,920 |
| Ostermann, Jörn | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,325 / 517,648 | — |
| Osten, Hans Jörg | Applied Physics | 2,878 / 323,282 | — |
| Herrmann, Karl | Food Science | 627 / 107,913 | — |
| Nguyen, Trung Thanh | Agricultural Economics & Policy | — | 121 / 6,741 |
| Rosenhahn, Bodo | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,007 / 517,648 | 5,002 / 517,648 |
| Lindauer, Marius | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 5,124 / 517,648 |
| Wanner, Gudrun | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,643 / 164,120 |
| Rottensteiner, Franz | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 609 / 82,760 | 1,422 / 82,760 |
| Duddeck, Helmut | Organic Chemistry | 2,066 / 188,664 | — |
| Sester, Monika | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 754 / 82,760 | 1,319 / 82,760 |
| Ren, Huilong | Applied Mathematics | — | 343 / 23,982 |
| Mader, Wolfgang | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 319 / 20,721 | 281 / 20,721 |
| Kastaun, Wolfgang | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,797 / 164,120 |
| Wallaschek, Jörg | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 973 / 157,792 | 3,172 / 157,792 |
| Mitschke, Fedor M. | Optics | 544 / 83,504 | 1,337 / 83,504 |
| Rinas, Ursula | Biotechnology | 412 / 69,700 | — |
| Ridolfi, F. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,878 / 108,013 |
| Lück, Harald | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,440 / 164,120 | 2,825 / 164,120 |
| Winterfeldt, Ekkehard | Organic Chemistry | 2,408 / 188,664 | — |
| Morgner, Uwe | Optics | 590 / 83,504 | — |
| Hezel, Rudolf | Applied Physics | 3,763 / 323,282 | — |
| Kalesse, Markus | Organic Chemistry | 2,499 / 188,664 | — |
| Behrens, Bernd Arno | Materials | 2,146 / 330,896 | — |
| Hahn, Andreas | Nutrition & Dietetics | 947 / 59,506 | — |
| Mehmet, Moritz | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,072 / 164,120 |
| Stephan, Ernst P. | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 316 / 17,431 | — |
| Debener, Thomas | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,193 / 204,373 | — |
| Jeckelmann, Eric | Applied Physics | 4,041 / 323,282 | 6,349 / 323,282 |
| Fissel, Andreas | Applied Physics | 4,431 / 323,282 | — |
| Graf von der Schulenburg, J. Matthias | Health Policy & Services | 427 / 23,941 | — |
| Cabero, Miriam | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,349 / 164,120 |
| Schneider, Kurt | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,972 / 517,648 | — |
| Hanke-Rauschenbach, Richard | Energy | — | 5,536 / 371,959 |
| Hammerer, Klemens | General Physics | 1,702 / 87,024 | 991 / 87,024 |
| Peth, Stephan | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,011 / 95,377 | 1,430 / 95,377 |
| Mikeska, Hans Jürgen | Applied Physics | 4,908 / 323,282 | — |
| Bachmann, Jörg Rg | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,049 / 95,377 | — |
| Schmidt, Piet O. | General Physics | — | 1,049 / 87,024 |
| Scherer, Günther F.E. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,855 / 204,373 | — |
| Haberlandt, Uwe | Environmental Engineering | 1,088 / 68,664 | — |
| Heurs, Michele | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,723 / 164,120 |
| Rolfes, Raimund J. | Materials | 5,181 / 330,896 | 5,218 / 330,896 |
| Jöchle, Wolfgang | Dairy & Animal Science | 659 / 78,455 | — |
| Tönshoff, Hans Kurt | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,702 / 131,085 | — |
| Winkelmann, Traud | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,198 / 204,373 | — |
| Walther, Clemens | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,381 / 86,991 | 1,544 / 86,991 |
| Oestreich, Michael | Applied Physics | 6,194 / 323,282 | — |
| Giulini, Domenico | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,016 / 164,120 |
| Mueller, Guido | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,030 / 164,120 |
| Papenbrock, Jutta | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,013 / 204,373 |
| Brenner, Claus | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,277 / 82,760 | — |
| Papa, Maria Alessandra | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,197 / 164,120 |
| Buhl, Josef Christian | Materials | 3,792 / 330,896 | — |
| Mikutta, Christian | Environmental Sciences | 2,263 / 140,934 | — |
| Wessels, Peter | Optics | — | 1,046 / 83,504 |
| Fidler, Markus | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,558 / 228,312 | — |
| Ertmer, Wolfgang A. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,015 / 140,272 | — |
| Gockenbach, Ernst | Applied Physics | 6,983 / 323,282 | — |
| Rüscher, Claus Henning | Materials | 3,975 / 330,896 | — |
| Horn, Marcus A. | Microbiology | — | 4,770 / 232,186 |
| Kloppstech, Klaus | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,959 / 204,373 | — |
| Winkler, Walter | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,473 / 164,120 |
| Wiebcke, Michael | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,739 / 86,991 | — |
| Mertens, Axel | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 930 / 133,072 | 2,252 / 133,072 |
| Roth, Bernhard Wilhelm | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,595 / 140,272 | 977 / 140,272 |
| Otte, Dietmar | Logistics & Transportation | 619 / 32,287 | — |
| Kues, Michael | Optics | — | 1,350 / 83,504 |
| Wiendahl, Hans Peter | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,649 / 131,085 | — |
| Kabelac, Stephan | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,710 / 157,792 | — |
| Manteuffel, Dirk | Networking & Telecommunications | 3,828 / 228,312 | — |
| Wicht, Bernhard | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,350 / 133,072 | 1,754 / 133,072 |
| Overmeyer, Ludger Hannover | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,289 / 140,272 |
| Gerhardt, Ilja | Optics | — | 1,837 / 83,504 |
| Einecke, Gunilla | Surgery | — | 2,564 / 146,713 |
| Schaate, Andreas | General Chemistry | — | 973 / 57,505 |
| Calà Lesina, Antonio | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,741 / 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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