Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut) 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).
15
researchers on the list
168
rank in Germany
3,348
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gair, Jonathan R. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 464 / 164,120 | 84 / 164,120 |
| Pfeiffer, Harald P. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 977 / 164,120 | 296 / 164,120 |
| Nicolai, Hermann | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 644 / 164,120 | 1,525 / 164,120 |
| Willke, Benno | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,033 / 164,120 | 635 / 164,120 |
| Steinhoff, Jan | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,992 / 164,120 | 748 / 164,120 |
| Zumalacárregui, Miguel | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,241 / 164,120 | 878 / 164,120 |
| Ossokine, Serguei | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,291 / 164,120 |
| Friedrich, Helmut | Mathematical Physics | 54 / 6,761 | 61 / 6,761 |
| Cotesta, Roberto | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 1,461 / 164,120 |
| Lehners, Jean Luc | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,787 / 164,120 | 2,082 / 164,120 |
| Estellés, Héctor | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,067 / 164,120 |
| Heinzel, Gerhard | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,182 / 164,120 |
| Lackey, Benjamin D. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,321 / 164,120 |
| Muratore, Martina | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,253 / 164,120 |
| Matas, Andrew | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,275 / 164,120 |
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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