Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt 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).
32
researchers on the list
108
rank in Germany
1,800
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riehle, Fritz | Optics | 393 / 83,504 | 298 / 83,504 |
| Ullrich, Joachim Hermann | General Physics | 598 / 87,024 | 1,244 / 87,024 |
| Kück, Stefan | Optics | 442 / 83,504 | 1,695 / 83,504 |
| Peik, Ekkehard | General Physics | 929 / 87,024 | 624 / 87,024 |
| Sauerbrey, Günter | Applied Physics | 2,676 / 323,282 | 4,097 / 323,282 |
| Drung, Dietemar | General Physics | 752 / 87,024 | 1,608 / 87,024 |
| Elster, Clemens | Optics | 582 / 83,504 | 1,149 / 83,504 |
| Haufe, Stefan | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 6,268 / 379,830 |
| Krumrey, Michael K. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 627 / 140,272 | 1,532 / 140,272 |
| Kossert, Karsten | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,544 / 129,561 | 1,549 / 129,561 |
| Becker, Peter | Applied Physics | 4,930 / 323,282 | — |
| Ulm, Gerhard | Optics | 779 / 83,504 | — |
| Bär, Markus | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 1,249 / 58,297 |
| Reginatto, Marcel | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,712 / 129,561 | — |
| Trahms, Lutz | Biomedical Engineering | 880 / 74,543 | — |
| Denz, Cornelia | Optics | 903 / 83,504 | 1,335 / 83,504 |
| Beckhoff, Burkhard | Analytical Chemistry | 1,746 / 137,328 | — |
| Tamm, Chr | General Physics | 1,566 / 87,024 | — |
| Lisdat, Christian | General Physics | — | 1,383 / 87,024 |
| Koch, Christian P. | Acoustics | 735 / 38,987 | — |
| Bauch, Andreas | Acoustics | 778 / 38,987 | — |
| Telle, Harald R. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,252 / 140,272 | — |
| Wynands, Robert | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,411 / 140,272 | — |
| Rinneberg, Herbert H. | Optics | 1,380 / 83,504 | — |
| Fischer, Joachim | Optics | 1,439 / 83,504 | — |
| Ebert, Volker | Optics | 1,503 / 83,504 | — |
| Sterr, Uwe | Optics | — | 1,534 / 83,504 |
| Kleine-Ostmann, Thomas | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,134 / 228,312 | — |
| Geckeler, Ralf D. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,903 / 140,272 | — |
| Kibble, Bryan P. | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,881 / 133,072 | — |
| von Martens, Hans J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,732 / 140,272 | — |
| Stumper, Ulrich | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,466 / 133,072 | — |
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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