Uniklinik Köln 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).
41
researchers on the list
84
rank in Germany
1,457
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoeijmakers, Jan H.J. | Developmental Biology | 126 / 167,121 | 297 / 167,121 |
| Rosenkranz, Stephan H. | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 988 / 249,410 | 333 / 249,410 |
| Heidenreich, Axel | Urology & Nephrology | 123 / 96,288 | 171 / 96,288 |
| Diehl, Volker | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 707 / 377,791 | 6,304 / 377,791 |
| Horn, Andreas G. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,237 / 379,830 | 1,045 / 379,830 |
| Wirth, Brunhilde | Genetics & Heredity | 167 / 42,273 | 76 / 42,273 |
| Böttiger, Bernd W. | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | 130 / 44,281 | 162 / 44,281 |
| Schöenau, Eckhard | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 933 / 100,693 | 2,229 / 100,693 |
| Büettner, Reinhard H. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,872 / 377,791 | 1,285 / 377,791 |
| Baldus, Stephan Ernst | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 1,674 / 249,410 | 1,668 / 249,410 |
| Fuhr, U. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 397 / 166,116 | 2,020 / 166,116 |
| Krönke, Martin | Immunology | 1,637 / 176,292 | — |
| Schumacher, Björn | Developmental Biology | — | 1,448 / 167,121 |
| Quaas, Alexander M. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 2,484 / 377,791 |
| Thomas, Roman Kurt | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,499 / 377,791 | 5,979 / 377,791 |
| Koehler, Philipp A. | Microbiology | — | 1,841 / 232,186 |
| Ringe, Johann Diederich | General & Internal Medicine | 1,377 / 360,081 | — |
| Herb, Marc | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 1,693 / 216,826 |
| Erren, Thomas Christoph | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,505 / 379,830 | — |
| Kalbe, Elke | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,253 / 379,830 |
| Hunzelmann, Nicolas | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 835 / 64,751 | — |
| Stennert, Eberhard | Otorhinolaryngology | 401 / 54,521 | — |
| Mauch, Cornelia | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 925 / 64,751 | — |
| Schneider, Peter M. | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 59 / 15,674 | 263 / 15,674 |
| Krieglstein, Guenther Karl | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,132 / 86,157 | — |
| Pfister, Roman | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 4,142 / 249,410 |
| Chmielewski, Markus Martin | Immunology | — | 3,102 / 176,292 |
| Schmutzler, Rita Katharina | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,739 / 377,791 | — |
| Hahnen, Eric T. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 6,663 / 377,791 |
| von Karstedt, Silvia | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,094 / 216,826 |
| Koebke, Juergen | Orthopedics | 1,736 / 98,781 | — |
| Lennartz, Simon | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,319 / 129,561 |
| Koch, Manuel | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,293 / 216,826 |
| Dietlein, Thomas Stefan | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,712 / 86,157 | — |
| Fauser, Sascha | Ophthalmology & Optometry | — | 1,181 / 86,157 |
| Eysel, Peer | Orthopedics | 1,846 / 98,781 | — |
| Rothschild, Markus Alexander | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 119 / 15,674 | — |
| Taran, Florin Andrei | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,779 / 105,735 |
| Bachmann, B. Olov | Ophthalmology & Optometry | — | 1,631 / 86,157 |
| Peinemann, Frank | General & Internal Medicine | 7,047 / 360,081 | — |
| Andresen-Streichert, Hilke | Legal & Forensic Medicine | — | 344 / 15,674 |
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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