Max Planck Institute for Medical Research 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
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kabsch, Wolfgang | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 98 / 216,826 | 45 / 216,826 |
| Seeburg, Peter H. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 293 / 379,830 | 3,063 / 379,830 |
| Betz, Heinrich | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,166 / 379,830 | — |
| Schlichting, Ilme | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 912 / 216,826 | 1,149 / 216,826 |
| Spatz, Joachim Pius | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 361 / 177,859 | — |
| Sprengel, Rolf | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,960 / 379,830 | 8,399 / 379,830 |
| Holmes, Kenneth C. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,350 / 216,826 | — |
| Johnsson, Kai P. | Organic Chemistry | 1,261 / 188,664 | 2,156 / 188,664 |
| Zimmermann, Herbert W. | Chemical Physics | 2,050 / 121,889 | — |
| Staab, Heinz A. | Organic Chemistry | 1,925 / 188,664 | — |
| Wieland, Theodor | Materials | 2,371 / 330,896 | — |
| Kuhn, Richard | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,378 / 86,991 | — |
| Neugebauer, Franz Alfred | Organic Chemistry | 3,927 / 188,664 | — |
| Barends, Thomas Reinier M. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,998 / 216,826 |
| Fischer, Matthias G. | Virology | — | 1,391 / 79,508 |
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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