Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionäre Anthropologie 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).
18
researchers on the list
147
rank in Germany
2,890
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pääbo, Svante H. | Developmental Biology | 105 / 167,121 | 123 / 167,121 |
| Boesch, Christophe | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 10 / 13,044 | 16 / 13,044 |
| Haspelmath, Martin | Languages & Linguistics | 20 / 25,930 | 52 / 25,930 |
| McElreath, Richard L. | Evolutionary Biology | 312 / 31,128 | 72 / 31,128 |
| Stoneking, Mark | Genetics & Heredity | 58 / 42,273 | 188 / 42,273 |
| Meyer, Matthias | Developmental Biology | — | 637 / 167,121 |
| Krause, Johannes | Developmental Biology | — | 861 / 167,121 |
| Prüfer, Kay | Developmental Biology | — | 1,204 / 167,121 |
| Vigilant, Linda H. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 257 / 13,044 | — |
| Robbins, Martha M. | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 274 / 13,044 | — |
| Haak, Wolfgang | Developmental Biology | — | 1,595 / 167,121 |
| Kivell, Tracy L. | Anthropology | — | 97 / 10,039 |
| McPherron, Shannon Patrick P. | Archaeology | 82 / 21,336 | 106 / 21,336 |
| Spoor, Fred | Anthropology | 130 / 10,039 | 125 / 10,039 |
| Peter, Benjamin Marco | Developmental Biology | — | 2,078 / 167,121 |
| Gunz, Philipp | Anthropology | 175 / 10,039 | 122 / 10,039 |
| Schiffels, Stephan | Developmental Biology | — | 2,949 / 167,121 |
| Ringbauer, Harald | Archaeology | — | 295 / 21,336 |
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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