Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry 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).
16
researchers on the list
160
rank in Germany
3,173
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schulze, Ernest Detlef | Ecology | 77 / 82,882 | 291 / 82,882 |
| Reichstein, Markus | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 232 / 84,638 | 58 / 84,638 |
| Trumbore, Susan Elizabeth | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 45 / 84,638 | 70 / 84,638 |
| Zaehle, Sönke | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 436 / 84,638 | 119 / 84,638 |
| Kattge, Jens | Ecology | 1,585 / 82,882 | 310 / 82,882 |
| Hartmann, Henrik | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,181 / 204,373 | 228 / 204,373 |
| Gleixner, Gerd | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 583 / 108,013 | 324 / 108,013 |
| Heimann, Martin | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 421 / 84,638 | 1,300 / 84,638 |
| Jung, Martin | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 560 / 84,638 |
| Sierra, Carlos A. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 725 / 84,638 |
| Duveiller, Grégory | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,033 / 84,638 |
| Kleidon, Axel | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 949 / 84,638 | 1,246 / 84,638 |
| Brand, Willi A. | Analytical Chemistry | 394 / 137,328 | 685 / 137,328 |
| Wirth, Christian B. | Ecology | — | 1,269 / 82,882 |
| Carvalhais, Nuno | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,729 / 84,638 |
| Schrumpf, Marion | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,109 / 95,377 |
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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