Universität des Saarlandes 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).
83
researchers on the list
54
rank in Germany
807
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi | General & Internal Medicine | 289 / 360,081 | 66 / 360,081 |
| Arzt, Eduard | Materials | 95 / 330,896 | 380 / 330,896 |
| Maurer, Hans H. | Analytical Chemistry | 54 / 137,328 | 341 / 137,328 |
| Schneider, Häns Jörg | Organic Chemistry | 234 / 188,664 | 534 / 188,664 |
| Grosse, Eric H. | Operations Research | 575 / 31,951 | 55 / 31,951 |
| Weickert, Joachim A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 393 / 517,648 | 5,864 / 517,648 |
| Wittmann, Christoph | Biotechnology | 56 / 69,700 | 114 / 69,700 |
| Kickelbick, Guido | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 159 / 86,991 | 355 / 86,991 |
| Madry, Henning | Orthopedics | 277 / 98,781 | 91 / 98,781 |
| Kazmaier, Uli | Organic Chemistry | 601 / 188,664 | 1,350 / 188,664 |
| Pongs, Olaf | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,208 / 216,826 | — |
| Bernhardt, Rita | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,264 / 216,826 | 1,050 / 216,826 |
| Meyer, Tim F. | Sport Sciences | 229 / 41,112 | 211 / 41,112 |
| Wenz, Gerhard | Organic Chemistry | 795 / 188,664 | — |
| Mecklinger, Axel | Experimental Psychology | 551 / 37,808 | — |
| Jacob, Claus | Organic Chemistry | 831 / 188,664 | 856 / 188,664 |
| Schafers, Joachim Hans | Respiratory System | 431 / 71,926 | 435 / 71,926 |
| Müser, Martin H. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 392 / 157,792 | 485 / 157,792 |
| Strohmeier, Stefan | Business & Management | — | 1,200 / 68,786 |
| Rieger, Heiko | Fluids & Plasmas | 444 / 58,297 | 1,139 / 58,297 |
| König, Cornelius J. | Business & Management | — | 1,261 / 68,786 |
| Olsen, Thomas K. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 336 / 86,157 | 488 / 86,157 |
| Hoffmann, Jörg | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,217 / 517,648 | 3,916 / 517,648 |
| Birringer, Rainer | Materials | 792 / 330,896 | — |
| Hub, Jochen S. | Chemical Physics | 2,110 / 121,889 | 732 / 121,889 |
| Busch, Ralf | Materials | 830 / 330,896 | 1,884 / 330,896 |
| Kindermann, Willfried | Sport Sciences | 194 / 41,112 | — |
| Hüfner, Stefan | Applied Physics | 1,578 / 323,282 | 5,703 / 323,282 |
| Lindemann, Bernd | Physiology | 365 / 26,472 | — |
| Maier, Wilhelm F. | Organic Chemistry | 1,544 / 188,664 | — |
| Wentura, Dirk | Experimental Psychology | 984 / 37,808 | — |
| Seidel, Raimund G. | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 209 / 20,721 | 181 / 20,721 |
| Zufall, Frank | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,685 / 379,830 | — |
| Speicher, Roland | General Mathematics | 531 / 76,268 | 1,363 / 76,268 |
| Apel, Sven | Software Engineering | 191 / 24,083 | 420 / 24,083 |
| Friese, Malte | Social Psychology | — | 1,036 / 27,908 |
| Hempelmann, Rolf | Chemical Physics | 1,986 / 121,889 | — |
| Scheschkewitz, David | Organic Chemistry | 1,839 / 188,664 | — |
| Norrick, Neal R. | Languages & Linguistics | 239 / 25,930 | — |
| Heidenreich, Sven | Business & Management | — | 2,149 / 68,786 |
| Steimle, Jürgen | Human Factors | — | 245 / 16,381 |
| Helms, Volkhard | Bioinformatics | 254 / 24,357 | — |
| Wenzelburger, Georg | Political Science & Public Administration | — | 906 / 27,183 |
| Dürr, Heinz G.C. | Organic Chemistry | 2,156 / 188,664 | — |
| Hartmann, Uwe | Applied Physics | 3,248 / 323,282 | — |
| Hermanns, Holger | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,026 / 517,648 | — |
| Becker, Judith | Biotechnology | 1,048 / 69,700 | 543 / 69,700 |
| Mücklich, Frank T. | Materials | 3,354 / 330,896 | 3,384 / 330,896 |
| Hahn, Michael | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,381 / 517,648 |
| Wilhelm-Mauch, Frank K. | General Physics | 976 / 87,024 | 1,070 / 87,024 |
| Graf, Norbert M. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 5,115 / 377,791 | 5,045 / 377,791 |
| Munz, Dominik | Organic Chemistry | 3,757 / 188,664 | 1,851 / 188,664 |
| Ehrhardt, Hendrik | Applied Physics | 3,962 / 323,282 | — |
| Wilhelm, Reinhard | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 3,365 / 517,648 | — |
| Morigi, Giovanna | General Physics | 1,011 / 87,024 | 1,648 / 87,024 |
| Çiçek, Ozgun | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,951 / 517,648 |
| Tschöpe, Andreas | Applied Physics | 4,352 / 323,282 | — |
| Koblischka, Michael Rudolf | General Physics | 1,094 / 87,024 | — |
| Louis, Alfred K. | Applied Mathematics | 454 / 23,982 | — |
| Rizzello, Gianluca | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 1,938 / 131,085 |
| Engelhardt, Heinz | Analytical Chemistry | 1,399 / 137,328 | — |
| Boller, Christian | Acoustics | 472 / 38,987 | 610 / 38,987 |
| Haferkamp, Jonas | General Physics | — | 1,030 / 87,024 |
| Gallei, Markus | Polymers | 1,735 / 133,253 | — |
| Becher, C. | Optics | 1,400 / 83,504 | 818 / 83,504 |
| Hegetschweiler, Kaspar | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,301 / 86,991 | — |
| Buecker, Arno | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,819 / 129,561 | — |
| Nachtigall, Werner | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,210 / 204,373 | — |
| Weber, Ingmar G. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,772 / 517,648 | 9,608 / 517,648 |
| Seidel, Helmut | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,961 / 177,859 | — |
| Weber, Wilfried | Biotechnology | 758 / 69,700 | 1,298 / 69,700 |
| Morgan, Bruce | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,352 / 216,826 |
| Demberg, Vera | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,856 / 517,648 | — |
| FREY, Georg | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,163 / 131,085 | — |
| Eschner, JuÃrgen H. | Optics | 1,207 / 83,504 | — |
| Vehoff, Horst | Materials | 4,502 / 330,896 | — |
| Diebels, Stefan | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,533 / 157,792 | — |
| Hutter, Michael Christopher | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,590 / 120,621 | — |
| Janocha, Hartmut | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,813 / 131,085 | — |
| Motz, Christian | Materials | 6,005 / 330,896 | — |
| Smolka, Gert | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,475 / 517,648 | — |
| Engel, Matthias | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,884 / 120,621 | — |
| Koller, Alexander | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,066 / 517,648 | — |
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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