Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants 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
160
rank in Germany
3,173
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smalla, Kornelia | Microbiology | 928 / 232,186 | 1,193 / 232,186 |
| Trapp, Oliver M. | Organic Chemistry | 1,004 / 188,664 | 1,227 / 188,664 |
| Zimmermann, Gisbert | Entomology | 359 / 40,595 | 128 / 40,595 |
| Heuer, Holger | Microbiology | 4,018 / 232,186 | 2,663 / 232,186 |
| Keilwagen, Jens | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,523 / 204,373 |
| Bòttcher, Christoph | Organic Chemistry | 2,828 / 188,664 | — |
| Koenig, Renate | Virology | 1,573 / 79,508 | — |
| Jehle, Johannes A. | Virology | 1,575 / 79,508 | — |
| Hassan, Sherif Ali | Entomology | 695 / 40,595 | — |
| Jelkmann, Wilhelm | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,155 / 204,373 | — |
| Domsch, Klaus Heinz | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,323 / 95,377 | — |
| Schnug, Ewald W. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,490 / 95,377 | 1,828 / 95,377 |
| Zadraẑil, František | Biotechnology | 869 / 69,700 | — |
| Nirenberg, Helgard I. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,872 / 204,373 | — |
| Haider, Konrad M. | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,931 / 95,377 | — |
| Kiewnick, Sebastian | Zoology | 380 / 19,073 | 356 / 19,073 |
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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