Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute 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
212
rank in Germany
4,523
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poeplau, Christopher | Agronomy & Agriculture | 560 / 95,377 | 85 / 95,377 |
| Don, Axel | Agronomy & Agriculture | 652 / 95,377 | 151 / 95,377 |
| Flessa, Heinz | Agronomy & Agriculture | 335 / 95,377 | 1,062 / 95,377 |
| Weiland, Peter | Biotechnology | 206 / 69,700 | 845 / 69,700 |
| Peters, Andre | Environmental Engineering | 1,262 / 68,664 | 430 / 68,664 |
| Fladung, Matthias | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,140 / 204,373 | — |
| Umstätter, Christina | Dairy & Animal Science | — | 434 / 78,455 |
| Padel, Susanne | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,267 / 95,377 | 1,615 / 95,377 |
| Well, Reinhard | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,810 / 95,377 |
| Vorlop, Klaus Dieter | Biotechnology | 1,502 / 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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