Max Rubner-Institut, Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthäus, Bertrand W. | Nutrition & Dietetics | 213 / 59,506 | 195 / 59,506 |
| Meisel, Hans | Dairy & Animal Science | 94 / 78,455 | 1,065 / 78,455 |
| Greiner, Ralf | Food Science | 348 / 107,913 | 1,173 / 107,913 |
| Honikel, Karl Otto | General & Internal Medicine | 861 / 360,081 | 1,510 / 360,081 |
| Schillinger, Ulrich | Microbiology | 2,090 / 232,186 | — |
| Heller, Knut Jochem | Microbiology | 2,305 / 232,186 | — |
| Franz, Charles M.A.P. | Microbiology | 3,187 / 232,186 | 1,867 / 232,186 |
| Geisen, Rolf M. | Microbiology | 2,829 / 232,186 | — |
| Leistner, Lothar | Microbiology | 3,329 / 232,186 | — |
| Rehbein, Hartmut Walter | Food Science | 862 / 107,913 | — |
| Molkentin, Joachim | Dairy & Animal Science | 552 / 78,455 | — |
| Steinberg, Pablo | Toxicology | 1,028 / 69,049 | — |
| Lorenzen, Peter Chr | Dairy & Animal Science | 834 / 78,455 | — |
| Bockelmann, Wilhelm | Dairy & Animal Science | 1,080 / 78,455 | — |
| Hamm, Reiner | Food Science | 2,422 / 107,913 | — |
| Schwägele, Fredi C. | General & Internal Medicine | 6,236 / 360,081 | — |
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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