Helmholtz Zentrum für Umweltforschung 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).
56
researchers on the list
67
rank in Germany
1,117
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haase, Dagmar | Ecology | 244 / 82,882 | 108 / 82,882 |
| Reemtsma, Thorsten | Environmental Sciences | 99 / 140,934 | 402 / 140,934 |
| Escher, Beate Isabella | Environmental Sciences | 459 / 140,934 | 500 / 140,934 |
| Vogel, Hans Jörg | Environmental Engineering | 173 / 68,664 | 130 / 68,664 |
| Blagodatskaya, Evgenia V. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 798 / 95,377 | 191 / 95,377 |
| Kühn, Ingolf | Ecology | 702 / 82,882 | 601 / 82,882 |
| Neu, Thomas R. | Microbiology | 798 / 232,186 | 1,801 / 232,186 |
| Leipold, Sina | Environmental Sciences | 2,416 / 140,934 | 924 / 140,934 |
| Knight, Tiffany M. | Ecology | 824 / 82,882 | 884 / 82,882 |
| Kästner, Matthias | Environmental Sciences | 498 / 140,934 | 953 / 140,934 |
| Böhning-Gaese, Katrin | Ecology | 802 / 82,882 | 1,331 / 82,882 |
| Settele, Josef | Ecology | — | 985 / 82,882 |
| Schlüter, Steffen | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,873 / 95,377 | 348 / 95,377 |
| Kolditz, Olaf | Environmental Engineering | 240 / 68,664 | 281 / 68,664 |
| Bonn, Aletta | Ecology | — | 1,045 / 82,882 |
| Harms, Hauke Arne | Microbiology | 1,332 / 232,186 | 2,533 / 232,186 |
| Peng, Jian | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 631 / 82,760 |
| Kumar, Rohini | Environmental Engineering | — | 327 / 68,664 |
| Buscot, François | Microbiology | 1,588 / 232,186 | 1,329 / 232,186 |
| Thraen, Daniela | Energy | 2,357 / 371,959 | 1,935 / 371,959 |
| Zenclussen, Ana Claudia | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 583 / 105,735 | 496 / 105,735 |
| Von-Bergen, Martin V. | Microbiology | 3,461 / 232,186 | 1,284 / 232,186 |
| Krauss, Martin | Environmental Sciences | 1,329 / 140,934 | 1,514 / 140,934 |
| Anderson, Traute Heidi | Agronomy & Agriculture | 421 / 95,377 | 550 / 95,377 |
| Roscher, Christiane | Ecology | — | 1,511 / 82,882 |
| Wolff, Manuel | Urban & Regional Planning | — | 233 / 15,338 |
| Kopinke, Frank Dieter | Environmental Sciences | 772 / 140,934 | 1,787 / 140,934 |
| Bevacqua, Emanuele | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,737 / 84,638 |
| Jax, Kurt | Ecology | — | 1,792 / 82,882 |
| de Brito, Mariana Madruga | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | — | 171 / 32,161 |
| Merz, Ralf Ralf M. | Environmental Engineering | 1,121 / 68,664 | 549 / 68,664 |
| Jahnke, Annika | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,740 / 140,934 |
| Purahong, Witoon | Microbiology | — | 2,253 / 232,186 |
| Rakovec, Oldrich | Environmental Engineering | — | 840 / 68,664 |
| Bernt, Matthias | Bioinformatics | — | 385 / 24,357 |
| Harnisch, Falk | Energy | 3,453 / 371,959 | 4,458 / 371,959 |
| Vetterlein, Doris | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,510 / 95,377 | 1,084 / 95,377 |
| Neue, Heinz Ulrich | Agronomy & Agriculture | 828 / 95,377 | — |
| Scholz, Stefan | Toxicology | 700 / 69,049 | 597 / 69,049 |
| Wick, Lukas Y. | Environmental Sciences | 1,337 / 140,934 | — |
| Richnow, Hans Hermann | Environmental Sciences | 1,497 / 140,934 | — |
| Koschorreck, Matthias | Environmental Sciences | 1,513 / 140,934 | — |
| Müller, Susann | Microbiology | 4,131 / 232,186 | — |
| Heipieper, Hermann Josef | Microbiology | 4,447 / 232,186 | 4,619 / 232,186 |
| Jehmlich, Nico | Microbiology | — | 3,644 / 232,186 |
| Miltner, Anja | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,504 / 95,377 |
| Dietrich, Peter | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,235 / 68,664 |
| Popp, Peter J. | Analytical Chemistry | 1,610 / 137,328 | — |
| Gehre, Matthias | Analytical Chemistry | 1,635 / 137,328 | — |
| Moeder, Monika | Analytical Chemistry | 1,668 / 137,328 | — |
| Beketov, Mikhail A. | Environmental Sciences | 2,038 / 140,934 | — |
| Schmidt, Christian | Environmental Engineering | — | 1,449 / 68,664 |
| Rocha, Ulisses | Microbiology | — | 4,369 / 232,186 |
| Paschke, Albrecht | Environmental Sciences | 2,657 / 140,934 | — |
| Poerschmann, Juergen | Analytical Chemistry | 2,474 / 137,328 | — |
| Stottmeister, Ullrich | Biotechnology | 1,479 / 69,700 | — |
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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