Leuphana Universität Lüneburg 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).
22
researchers on the list
136
rank in Germany
2,443
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velte, Patrick | Business & Management | 385 / 68,786 | 26 / 68,786 |
| Schaltegger, Stefan C. | Business & Management | 96 / 68,786 | 42 / 68,786 |
| Kümmerer, Klaus | Environmental Sciences | 16 / 140,934 | 37 / 140,934 |
| Welzel, Christian | Political Science & Public Administration | 97 / 27,183 | 47 / 27,183 |
| Klein, Alexandra Maria | Ecology | 399 / 82,882 | 184 / 82,882 |
| Hörisch, Jacob | Business & Management | 1,218 / 68,786 | 404 / 68,786 |
| Newig, Jens | Urban & Regional Planning | 81 / 15,338 | 55 / 15,338 |
| Fischer, Joern | Ecology | 957 / 82,882 | 545 / 82,882 |
| Wagner, Joachim | Economics | 216 / 54,592 | 759 / 54,592 |
| Martín-López, Berta | Ecology | — | 577 / 82,882 |
| Abson, David James | Ecology | — | 626 / 82,882 |
| Mercorelli, Paolo | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 642 / 131,085 | 407 / 131,085 |
| Scheel, Stephan | Geography | — | 230 / 21,559 |
| Lang, Daniel J. | Environmental Sciences | 2,481 / 140,934 | 1,259 / 140,934 |
| Wallot, Sebastian | Experimental Psychology | — | 781 / 37,808 |
| Pleissner, Daniel | Biotechnology | 515 / 69,700 | 265 / 69,700 |
| Zeidler, Vânia G.Zuin | Organic Chemistry | — | 909 / 188,664 |
| Wehrden, Henrik Von | Ecology | — | 1,849 / 82,882 |
| Wenzel, Matthias | Business & Management | — | 2,089 / 68,786 |
| Fischer, Daniel | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,625 / 140,934 |
| Hahnel, Ulf Joachim Jonas | Energy | — | 4,431 / 371,959 |
| Rücker, Christoph | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 700 / 120,621 | — |
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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