Universität Freiburg 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).
200
researchers on the list
11
rank in Germany
309
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dormann, Carsten F. | Ecology | 132 / 82,882 | 33 / 82,882 |
| Brox, Thomas | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 429 / 517,648 | 276 / 517,648 |
| Prinz, Marco R. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,957 / 379,830 | 306 / 379,830 |
| Renkl, Alexander R. | Education | 80 / 115,687 | 109 / 115,687 |
| Ambacher, Oliver S. | Applied Physics | 204 / 323,282 | 268 / 323,282 |
| Breuer, Heinz Peter | General Physics | 79 / 87,024 | 76 / 87,024 |
| Breit, Bernhard | Organic Chemistry | 264 / 188,664 | 687 / 188,664 |
| Czerny, Martin | Respiratory System | 479 / 71,926 | 68 / 71,926 |
| Pauliuk, Stefan | Environmental Sciences | 583 / 140,934 | 274 / 140,934 |
| Schulz, Georg E. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 538 / 216,826 | 1,572 / 216,826 |
| Reiter, Günter | Polymers | 122 / 133,253 | 859 / 133,253 |
| Bauhus, Jürgen | Forestry | 21 / 36,413 | 17 / 36,413 |
| Wiek, Arnim | Environmental Sciences | 350 / 140,934 | 372 / 140,934 |
| Schulze-Bonhage, Andreas H.J. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,942 / 379,830 | 840 / 379,830 |
| Hoskin, Paul W.O. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 824 / 108,013 | 245 / 108,013 |
| Krossing, Ingo | Organic Chemistry | 401 / 188,664 | 321 / 188,664 |
| Fuchs, Georg | Microbiology | 483 / 232,186 | 553 / 232,186 |
| Rensing, Stefan Andreas | Plant Biology & Botany | 485 / 204,373 | 263 / 204,373 |
| Strobl, Gert R. | Polymers | 190 / 133,253 | 354 / 133,253 |
| Diehl, Moritz Mathias | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 299 / 131,085 | 239 / 131,085 |
| Wiendl, Heinz S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,829 / 379,830 | 1,367 / 379,830 |
| Granacher, Urs | Sport Sciences | 337 / 41,112 | 123 / 41,112 |
| Scherer-Lorenzen, Michael | Ecology | 1,175 / 82,882 | 550 / 82,882 |
| Neumann, Hartmut P.H. | Urology & Nephrology | 262 / 96,288 | 604 / 96,288 |
| Stieglitz, Thomas C. | Biomedical Engineering | 127 / 74,543 | 88 / 74,543 |
| Unsicker, Klaus | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,023 / 379,830 | — |
| Greger, Rainer F. | Physiology | 108 / 26,472 | — |
| Heinze, Jürgen | Organic Chemistry | 591 / 188,664 | 1,768 / 188,664 |
| Kern, Winfried Vincenz | Microbiology | 741 / 232,186 | 852 / 232,186 |
| Einsle, Oliver | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,296 / 216,826 | 413 / 216,826 |
| Mentzel, Thomas | Pathology | 85 / 26,003 | 149 / 26,003 |
| Dittmaier, Stefan | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 567 / 164,120 | 1,325 / 164,120 |
| Biere, Armin | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 859 / 517,648 | 1,617 / 517,648 |
| Weiler, Markus F. | Environmental Engineering | 190 / 68,664 | 181 / 68,664 |
| Gardiner, Barry A. | Forestry | 95 / 36,413 | 34 / 36,413 |
| Timmer, Jens | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,666 / 379,830 | 7,152 / 379,830 |
| Heurich, Marco | Ecology | 1,397 / 82,882 | 816 / 82,882 |
| Vahrenkamp, Heinrich | Organic Chemistry | 773 / 188,664 | — |
| Klauer, Karl Christoph | Experimental Psychology | 530 / 37,808 | 927 / 37,808 |
| Stock, Gerhard | Chemical Physics | 883 / 121,889 | 1,228 / 121,889 |
| Stahl, Kerstin | Environmental Engineering | 543 / 68,664 | 215 / 68,664 |
| Driever, Wolfgang | Developmental Biology | 1,317 / 167,121 | — |
| Langer, Markus | Business & Management | — | 1,029 / 68,786 |
| Reski, Ralf | Plant Biology & Botany | 539 / 204,373 | 1,690 / 204,373 |
| Mockenhaupt, Maja | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 273 / 64,751 | 162 / 64,751 |
| Borner, Christoph M.B. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,699 / 216,826 | — |
| Burchard, Walther | Polymers | 463 / 133,253 | — |
| Kattenborn, Teja | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 558 / 82,760 |
| Auer, Peter | Languages & Linguistics | 209 / 25,930 | 277 / 25,930 |
| Weis, Joachim B. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,143 / 377,791 | 1,522 / 377,791 |
| Steinhoff, Bernhard Jochen | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,748 / 379,830 | 2,292 / 379,830 |
| Daumiller, Martin H. | Education | — | 741 / 115,687 |
| Weber, Stefan A.L. | Chemical Physics | 1,212 / 121,889 | 692 / 121,889 |
| Grabert, Hermann | General Physics | 358 / 87,024 | 1,676 / 87,024 |
| Schöpfer, Peter | Plant Biology & Botany | 743 / 204,373 | 3,212 / 204,373 |
| Schumann, Marc | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,936 / 164,120 | 864 / 164,120 |
| Rühe, Jürgen | Polymers | 525 / 133,253 | 2,467 / 133,253 |
| Mayer, Helmut | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,071 / 84,638 | 1,157 / 84,638 |
| Heerklotz, Heiko H. | Biophysics | 111 / 21,025 | 98 / 21,025 |
| Blumen, Alexander | Chemical Physics | 1,265 / 121,889 | — |
| Hess, Wolfgang R. | Microbiology | 1,496 / 232,186 | 4,276 / 232,186 |
| Walz, Gerd | Urology & Nephrology | 636 / 96,288 | 1,271 / 96,288 |
| Preusser, Frank | Paleontology | 253 / 23,292 | 220 / 23,292 |
| Laux, Thomas | Developmental Biology | 1,874 / 167,121 | 1,586 / 167,121 |
| Dzubiella, Joachim | Chemical Physics | 1,376 / 121,889 | — |
| Korb, Judith | Evolutionary Biology | 581 / 31,128 | 465 / 31,128 |
| Haberland, Hellmut | Chemical Physics | 1,400 / 121,889 | — |
| Jung, Christopher | Energy | 4,672 / 371,959 | 2,158 / 371,959 |
| Kühn, Fabian | Computation Theory & Mathematics | 185 / 20,721 | 204 / 20,721 |
| Friedrich, Christian H. | Polymers | 672 / 133,253 | 1,754 / 133,253 |
| Werz, Daniel B. | Organic Chemistry | 1,386 / 188,664 | 1,055 / 188,664 |
| Rapp, Bastian Ernst | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,666 / 177,859 | 2,759 / 177,859 |
| Friedrich, Thorsten | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,773 / 216,826 | — |
| Backofen, Rolf | Bioinformatics | 186 / 24,357 | — |
| Decker, Karl Friedrich A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,828 / 216,826 | — |
| Rüschendorf, Ludger R. | Statistics & Probability | 415 / 24,695 | 371 / 24,695 |
| Hanewinkel, Marc | Forestry | 110 / 36,413 | 85 / 36,413 |
| Merfort, Irmgard | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 2,532 / 120,621 | 1,654 / 120,621 |
| Heinrichs, Markus | Psychiatry | — | 1,386 / 90,846 |
| Valada, Abhinav | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 975 / 131,085 |
| Waldmann, Oliver | Applied Physics | 2,320 / 323,282 | — |
| Woias, Peter | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,127 / 177,859 | — |
| Krieglstein, Kerstin | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,678 / 379,830 | — |
| Bassenge, Eberhard | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,929 / 249,410 | — |
| Reindl, Leonhard Michael | Networking & Telecommunications | 796 / 228,312 | 3,894 / 228,312 |
| Gross, Olaf | Immunology | — | 1,613 / 176,292 |
| Bode, Christoph | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 3,030 / 249,410 | — |
| Schneider, Rolf | General Mathematics | 515 / 76,268 | 850 / 76,268 |
| Christ, Bodo | Developmental Biology | 2,662 / 167,121 | — |
| Brundiers, Katja | Environmental Sciences | — | 2,160 / 140,934 |
| Orth, Rene | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,929 / 84,638 |
| Speck, Thomas | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,412 / 204,373 | 1,832 / 204,373 |
| Steurer, Reinhard | Urban & Regional Planning | 205 / 15,338 | 303 / 15,338 |
| Amft, Oliver | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,187 / 517,648 | 7,798 / 517,648 |
| Briggs, John S. | General Physics | 674 / 87,024 | — |
| Mair, Christian | Languages & Linguistics | 367 / 25,930 | 493 / 25,930 |
| Hunte, Carola | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,648 / 216,826 | — |
| Nyström, Alexander | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | — | 370 / 64,751 |
| Rohrbach, Alexander | Optics | 463 / 83,504 | 919 / 83,504 |
| Shastri, V. Prasad | Biomedical Engineering | 467 / 74,543 | 670 / 74,543 |
| Feld, Lars P. | Economics | 840 / 54,592 | — |
| F́ludernik, Monika | Languages & Linguistics | 315 / 25,930 | 530 / 25,930 |
| Kornhuber, Hans Helmut | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,782 / 379,830 | — |
| Schindler, Dirk | Energy | 3,527 / 371,959 | 3,527 / 371,959 |
| Fischer, Burkhart | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,921 / 379,830 | — |
| Siebert, Friedrich | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,029 / 216,826 | — |
| Koch, Barbara | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 638 / 82,760 | 1,336 / 82,760 |
| Korinthenberg, Rudolf | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,127 / 379,830 | — |
| Schäfer, Eberhard | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,706 / 204,373 | — |
| Biedermann, Peter H.W. | Entomology | — | 246 / 40,595 |
| Gollhofer, Albert | Sport Sciences | 422 / 41,112 | 777 / 41,112 |
| Boll, Matthias | Microbiology | 2,977 / 232,186 | 3,798 / 232,186 |
| Spiecker, Heinrich | Forestry | 150 / 36,413 | 181 / 36,413 |
| Ghai, Ishan | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,179 / 379,830 |
| Urban, Gerald Anton | Analytical Chemistry | 987 / 137,328 | 1,901 / 137,328 |
| Dziuk, Gerhard | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 333 / 17,431 | 208 / 17,431 |
| Sansone, Giuseppe | Optics | 551 / 83,504 | 1,320 / 83,504 |
| Nückles, Matthias | Education | — | 1,810 / 115,687 |
| Rimner, Andreas | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,925 / 377,791 |
| Helm, H. | General Physics | 909 / 87,024 | — |
| Voss, Thamar | Education | — | 1,835 / 115,687 |
| Prűtz, Walter A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,708 / 216,826 | — |
| Kierdorf, Katrin | Immunology | — | 2,249 / 176,292 |
| Brückner, Reinhard | Organic Chemistry | 2,417 / 188,664 | — |
| Schröder, Joachim | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,744 / 216,826 | — |
| Bannwarth, Willi | Organic Chemistry | 2,446 / 188,664 | — |
| Albers, Sonja Verena | Microbiology | 3,363 / 232,186 | 3,062 / 232,186 |
| Chrubasik, Sigrun A. | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 527 / 120,621 | — |
| Kenkmann, Thomas | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,951 / 108,013 |
| Pastewka, Lars | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,051 / 157,792 | 1,400 / 157,792 |
| van der Bij, Jochum Johan | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,549 / 164,120 | — |
| Zappe, Hans P. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 517 / 140,272 | 1,227 / 140,272 |
| Zacharias, Margit | Applied Physics | 3,931 / 323,282 | — |
| Schmitt-Gräeff, Annette Hildegard | Immunology | 3,602 / 176,292 | — |
| Honerkamp, Josef | Polymers | 1,368 / 133,253 | — |
| Feucht, Matthias J. | Orthopedics | — | 742 / 98,781 |
| Werner, Christiane | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,728 / 204,373 | 2,569 / 204,373 |
| Růžička, Michael | General Mathematics | 1,247 / 76,268 | 847 / 76,268 |
| Paul, Oliver M. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,993 / 177,859 | — |
| Bartels, Sören | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 339 / 17,431 | 322 / 17,431 |
| Scherer, Gerd | Genetics & Heredity | 773 / 42,273 | — |
| Jessen, Henning Jacob | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,070 / 188,664 |
| Cieplik, Fabian | Dentistry | — | 733 / 101,728 |
| Sundmacher, Rainer | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 1,177 / 86,157 | — |
| Thorn, Kurt S. | Developmental Biology | — | 3,308 / 167,121 |
| Schilling, Tanja | Fluids & Plasmas | — | 1,120 / 58,297 |
| Yousefpour, Rasoul | Forestry | — | 255 / 36,413 |
| Boppré, Michael | Entomology | 572 / 40,595 | — |
| Matthys, Heinrich | General & Internal Medicine | 2,086 / 360,081 | — |
| Grüning, Björn Andreas | Bioinformatics | — | 458 / 24,357 |
| Feuerstein, Thomas J. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 1,629 / 166,116 | — |
| Schmidt, Volker | General Physics | 1,250 / 87,024 | — |
| Rüchardt, Christoph F. | Organic Chemistry | 3,196 / 188,664 | — |
| Podelski, Andreas | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,395 / 517,648 | — |
| Helpap, Burkhard G.T. | Pathology | 501 / 26,003 | — |
| Becker, Bernd W. | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 185 / 21,014 | — |
| Naumann, Stefan | Polymers | 2,523 / 133,253 | 2,114 / 133,253 |
| Kreuzwieser, Jürgen Frohn | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,531 / 204,373 |
| Prinzbach, Horst | Organic Chemistry | 3,483 / 188,664 | — |
| Lode, Axel U.J. | General Physics | — | 1,143 / 87,024 |
| Thoss, Michael | Chemical Physics | — | 2,292 / 121,889 |
| Beck, Christoph F. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,092 / 204,373 | — |
| Blauhut, Veit | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | — | 391 / 32,161 |
| Strub, Joerg Rudolf | Dentistry | 1,233 / 101,728 | 1,683 / 101,728 |
| Schnitzler, Jörg Peter | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,303 / 204,373 | 3,709 / 204,373 |
| Kleine-Vehn, Jürgen | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,743 / 204,373 |
| Müller, Michael A. | Organic Chemistry | 3,729 / 188,664 | 3,618 / 188,664 |
| Fink, Siegfried | Forestry | 333 / 36,413 | 739 / 36,413 |
| Manoli, Yiannos | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 739 / 133,072 | — |
| Schneider, Juergen | Applied Physics | 6,246 / 323,282 | — |
| de Jong, Wil D. | Forestry | 351 / 36,413 | 407 / 36,413 |
| Wintgen, Dieter | General Physics | 1,571 / 87,024 | — |
| Sotirov, Metodi | Forestry | — | 369 / 36,413 |
| Osterhammel, Jürgen | History | 66 / 20,299 | 65 / 20,299 |
| Soergel, Wolfgang | General Mathematics | 1,794 / 76,268 | 1,505 / 76,268 |
| Schaetz, Tobias | General Physics | 1,726 / 87,024 | — |
| Bianchi, Leonardo | General & Internal Medicine | 3,064 / 360,081 | — |
| Ott, Thomas | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,844 / 204,373 | — |
| Hartmann, Laura | Polymers | 2,499 / 133,253 | — |
| Nitsche, Rudolf N. | Applied Physics | 7,626 / 323,282 | — |
| Kurz, Philipp | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,759 / 86,991 | — |
| Thomann, Ralf | Polymers | 2,559 / 133,253 | — |
| Thiemann, Peter | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,633 / 517,648 | — |
| Klar, Hubert | General Physics | 1,891 / 87,024 | — |
| Brauer, Georg | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,883 / 86,991 | — |
| Guess, Petra Christine | Dentistry | 1,808 / 101,728 | 2,212 / 101,728 |
| Seifert, Thomas | Forestry | — | 506 / 36,413 |
| Schubert, Rolf | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,847 / 166,116 | — |
| Buchleitner, Andreas | General Physics | — | 1,614 / 87,024 |
| Hiermaier, Stefan Josef | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,446 / 157,792 | — |
| Rupitsch, Stefan Johann | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,493 / 137,328 |
| Bast, Hannah | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,496 / 517,648 | — |
| Plattner, Dietmar A. | General Chemistry | 722 / 57,505 | — |
| Breunig, Ingo | Optics | 1,343 / 83,504 | — |
| Ganzenmüller, Georg C. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 3,164 / 157,792 |
| Gerok, Wolfgang | General & Internal Medicine | 4,862 / 360,081 | — |
| Kochen, Michael M. | General & Internal Medicine | 5,083 / 360,081 | — |
| Lausen, Georg | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 10,672 / 517,648 | — |
| Walther, Markus | Optics | 1,811 / 83,504 | — |
| Kittler, Friedrich A. | Literary Studies | 427 / 21,141 | 216 / 21,141 |
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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