Paul Scherrer 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).
85
researchers on the list
14
rank in Switzerland
791
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provis, John Lloyd | Building & Construction | 5 / 56,454 | 3 / 56,454 |
| Delley, Bernard T. | Applied Physics | 37 / 323,282 | 31 / 323,282 |
| Marzari, Nicola | Applied Physics | 253 / 323,282 | 76 / 323,282 |
| van Swygenhoven, Helena | Materials | 225 / 330,896 | 982 / 330,896 |
| Wokaun, Alexander | Energy | 211 / 371,959 | 4,777 / 371,959 |
| Baltensperger, Urs | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 452 / 84,638 | 1,238 / 84,638 |
| McKenna, Russell C. | Energy | 2,285 / 371,959 | 797 / 371,959 |
| Spira, Michael | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 592 / 164,120 | 1,362 / 164,120 |
| Krack, Matthias | Chemical Physics | 1,817 / 121,889 | 484 / 121,889 |
| Koetz, E. R. | Energy | 495 / 371,959 | 3,186 / 371,959 |
| Kulik, Dmitrii A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,520 / 108,013 | 551 / 108,013 |
| Fabbri, Emiliana | Energy | 2,617 / 371,959 | 1,194 / 371,959 |
| Müller, Cristina | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 648 / 129,561 | 169 / 129,561 |
| Yukihara, Eduardo Gardenali | Applied Physics | 2,174 / 323,282 | 843 / 323,282 |
| Renker, Dieter | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 846 / 164,120 | 2,373 / 164,120 |
| David, Christian | Applied Physics | 1,444 / 323,282 | 3,320 / 323,282 |
| Gubler, Lorenz | Energy | 1,607 / 371,959 | 1,721 / 371,959 |
| Bauer, Christian | Energy | 6,759 / 371,959 | 1,851 / 371,959 |
| Latychevskaia, Tatiana Yu | Optics | 631 / 83,504 | 251 / 83,504 |
| Sushkevich, Vitaly L. | Organic Chemistry | — | 757 / 188,664 |
| Strocov, Vladimir N. | Applied Physics | 1,926 / 323,282 | 1,245 / 323,282 |
| Vaz, Carlos Antonio Fernandes | Applied Physics | 1,684 / 323,282 | 2,355 / 323,282 |
| Steinmetz, Michel Olivier | Developmental Biology | 2,021 / 167,121 | 1,885 / 167,121 |
| Schertler, Gebhard FX X. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,627 / 216,826 | — |
| Derlet, Peter Michael | Materials | 1,069 / 330,896 | 2,868 / 330,896 |
| Pizzi, Giovanni | Applied Physics | — | 1,454 / 323,282 |
| Guizar-Sicairos, Manuel | Optics | 919 / 83,504 | 304 / 83,504 |
| Scherer, Günther Georg | Energy | 1,224 / 371,959 | — |
| Reiche, Sven | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 1,708 / 164,120 | 2,160 / 164,120 |
| Kröcher, Oliver | Physical Chemistry | 322 / 44,088 | 349 / 44,088 |
| Amato, Alex | General Physics | 640 / 87,024 | 1,390 / 87,024 |
| Timrov, Iurii | Applied Physics | — | 1,829 / 323,282 |
| Schift, Helmut | Applied Physics | 2,623 / 323,282 | 5,585 / 323,282 |
| Guguchia, Zurab | Applied Physics | — | 2,003 / 323,282 |
| Willmott, Phillip R. | Applied Physics | 2,848 / 323,282 | 3,979 / 323,282 |
| Marone, Federica | Energy | 1,628 / 371,959 | 5,107 / 371,959 |
| Aeppli, Gabriel | General Physics | 738 / 87,024 | 1,673 / 87,024 |
| Sacchi, Romain | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,496 / 140,934 |
| Khasanov, Rustem I. | Applied Physics | 3,915 / 323,282 | 2,097 / 323,282 |
| Medarde, Marisa Luisa | Applied Physics | 3,478 / 323,282 | 2,120 / 323,282 |
| van der Veen, Johannes Friso | Applied Physics | 3,024 / 323,282 | — |
| Krämer, Karl W. | Applied Physics | 3,270 / 323,282 | 3,855 / 323,282 |
| Büchi, Felix N. | Energy | 1,997 / 371,959 | 3,853 / 371,959 |
| Churakov, Sergey V. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,823 / 108,013 |
| Mantzaras, John T. | Energy | 2,001 / 371,959 | — |
| Heyderman, Laura Jane | Applied Physics | 3,756 / 323,282 | 2,783 / 323,282 |
| Banerjee, Sarbajit | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,788 / 177,859 | — |
| Ferri, Davide | Physical Chemistry | 551 / 44,088 | 498 / 44,088 |
| Conder, Kaziemerzh | Applied Physics | 3,938 / 323,282 | — |
| Stampanoni, Marco F.M. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,332 / 129,561 | 873 / 129,561 |
| Stoffer, Peter | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,155 / 164,120 |
| Shivashankar, G. V. | Developmental Biology | — | 3,339 / 167,121 |
| Morf, Rudolf H. | Applied Physics | 4,623 / 323,282 | — |
| Grimmer, Hans | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,113 / 86,991 | — |
| Safonova, Olga V. | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,279 / 188,664 |
| Terlouw, Tom | Energy | — | 5,647 / 371,959 |
| Elben, Andreas | General Physics | — | 1,000 / 87,024 |
| Akbashev, Andrew R. | Applied Physics | — | 3,474 / 323,282 |
| Ekinci, Yasin | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,441 / 140,272 | 593 / 140,272 |
| Normand, Bruce | Applied Physics | 5,392 / 323,282 | — |
| Kaestner, Anders P. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,814 / 164,120 |
| Holler, Mirko | Optics | — | 876 / 83,504 |
| Dehbi, Abdelouahab | Energy | 3,476 / 371,959 | — |
| Nachtegaal, Maarten | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,052 / 188,664 |
| Follath, Rolf | General Physics | 1,665 / 87,024 | — |
| Burgherr, Peter | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 306 / 32,161 | 689 / 32,161 |
| Müller, Markus | General Physics | 1,703 / 87,024 | — |
| Van Der Meulen, Nicholas P. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,402 / 129,561 |
| Mesot, Joël | General Physics | 1,720 / 87,024 | — |
| Kober, Tom | Energy | — | 8,410 / 371,959 |
| Ita, Harald | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,423 / 164,120 |
| Vogel, Frëdëric | Chemical Engineering | 1,561 / 97,821 | — |
| Pedroni, Eros S. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 2,528 / 129,561 | — |
| Prota, Andrea Enrico | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,927 / 216,826 |
| Deupi, X. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,965 / 216,826 |
| Zhang, Ye | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,689 / 129,561 |
| Albertini, Francesca | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,751 / 129,561 |
| Kannan, Ramachandran | Energy | 5,284 / 371,959 | — |
| Standfuss, Jörg | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,218 / 216,826 |
| Nass, Karol J. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 1,388 / 86,991 |
| Bostedt, Christoph F.O. | General Physics | — | 1,714 / 87,024 |
| Mikityuk, Konstantin | Energy | 5,855 / 371,959 | — |
| Dai, Yong | Energy | 6,287 / 371,959 | — |
| Podofillini, Luca | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 616 / 32,161 | — |
| Kazazis, Dimitrios | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,231 / 140,272 |
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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