Universität Heidelberg 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).
201
researchers on the list
10
rank in Germany
308
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
Share it with your department
The full list, with each person's rank, subfield, c-score, h-index and citations, in a file for Excel.
Click a name to see the full record. The columns give each person’s rank in their subfield on each list.
| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hashmi, A. Stephen K. | Organic Chemistry | 21 / 188,664 | 76 / 188,664 |
| Wink, Michael | Plant Biology & Botany | 11 / 204,373 | 20 / 204,373 |
| Ritz, Eberhardt R. | Urology & Nephrology | 19 / 96,288 | 245 / 96,288 |
| Treede, Rolf Detlef | Anesthesiology | 12 / 59,383 | 7 / 59,383 |
| Dreher, Axel | Economics | 79 / 54,592 | 64 / 54,592 |
| Bunz, Uwe Heiko Franz | Organic Chemistry | 83 / 188,664 | 320 / 188,664 |
| Anders, Simon | Developmental Biology | 814 / 167,121 | 81 / 167,121 |
| Letunić, Ivica | Developmental Biology | 1,809 / 167,121 | 96 / 167,121 |
| Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas S. | Psychiatry | 132 / 90,846 | 198 / 90,846 |
| Cedérbaum, Lorenz S. | Chemical Physics | 139 / 121,889 | 300 / 121,889 |
| Mapelli, Michela | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 438 / 58,202 | 65 / 58,202 |
| Amendola, Luca | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 121 / 164,120 | 139 / 164,120 |
| Klessen, Ralf S. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 144 / 58,202 | 683 / 58,202 |
| Glover, Simon C.O. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 362 / 58,202 | 212 / 58,202 |
| Rother, Carsten | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 328 / 517,648 | 1,021 / 517,648 |
| Nelson, Dylan | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 245 / 58,202 |
| Winkler, Frank | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,717 / 377,791 | 479 / 377,791 |
| Meyer, Hans Dieter | Chemical Physics | 411 / 121,889 | 722 / 121,889 |
| Fiedler, Klaus | Social Psychology | 206 / 27,908 | 400 / 27,908 |
| Mense, Siegfried S. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,386 / 379,830 | 3,806 / 379,830 |
| Wilder-Smith, Annelies | Tropical Medicine | 119 / 39,335 | 12 / 39,335 |
| Gade, Lutz H. | Organic Chemistry | 406 / 188,664 | 3,117 / 188,664 |
| Augustin, Hellmut G. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 866 / 377,791 | 862 / 377,791 |
| Dullemond, Cornellis Petrus | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 265 / 58,202 | 514 / 58,202 |
| Kuner, Rohini | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,751 / 379,830 | 1,027 / 379,830 |
| Tosun, Jale | Political Science & Public Administration | 264 / 27,183 | 170 / 27,183 |
| Helmchen, Günter | Organic Chemistry | 487 / 188,664 | — |
| Mastalerz, Michael | Organic Chemistry | 854 / 188,664 | 258 / 188,664 |
| Dreuw, Andreas | Chemical Physics | 543 / 121,889 | 458 / 121,889 |
| Bauer, Jürgen M. | Gerontology | 100 / 13,096 | 39 / 13,096 |
| Platt, Ulrich F. | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 386 / 84,638 | — |
| Russell, Rob B. | Developmental Biology | 928 / 167,121 | 2,990 / 167,121 |
| Wahl, Hans Werner | Gerontology | 81 / 13,096 | 48 / 13,096 |
| Clayton, Christine E. | Mycology & Parasitology | 47 / 29,175 | 256 / 29,175 |
| Herpertz, Sabine Christiane | Psychiatry | 668 / 90,846 | 1,043 / 90,846 |
| Bading, Hilmar | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 2,266 / 379,830 | 2,560 / 379,830 |
| Vogt, Günter | Fisheries | 136 / 47,614 | 59 / 47,614 |
| Ho, Anthony Dick | Immunology | 1,003 / 176,292 | — |
| Kraüsslich, Hans Georg | Virology | 222 / 79,508 | 524 / 79,508 |
| Zaumseil, Jana | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 546 / 177,859 | 1,245 / 177,859 |
| Rippe, Karsten | Developmental Biology | 1,287 / 167,121 | 779 / 167,121 |
| Häfner, Heinz | Psychiatry | 823 / 90,846 | — |
| Gleiter, Rolf G. | Organic Chemistry | 754 / 188,664 | 3,635 / 188,664 |
| Grimm, Dirk | Biotechnology | 107 / 69,700 | 135 / 69,700 |
| Koch, Marcus A. | Evolutionary Biology | 368 / 31,128 | 286 / 31,128 |
| Söllner, Thomas H. | Developmental Biology | 1,308 / 167,121 | — |
| Warnatz, Juergen H. | Energy | 561 / 371,959 | 5,993 / 371,959 |
| Plehn, Tilman | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 731 / 164,120 | 1,348 / 164,120 |
| Stachel, Johanna | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 733 / 164,120 | 1,723 / 164,120 |
| Zharnikov, Michael | Chemical Physics | 961 / 121,889 | 856 / 121,889 |
| Hell, Rüdiger | Plant Biology & Botany | 594 / 204,373 | 1,629 / 204,373 |
| Kann, Oliver | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 2,146 / 379,830 |
| Nickel, Walter | Developmental Biology | 1,546 / 167,121 | — |
| Unterberg, Andreas Wilhelm | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,461 / 379,830 | 3,215 / 379,830 |
| Peters, Anne | Law | 48 / 18,707 | 37 / 18,707 |
| Wrzus, Cornelia | Social Psychology | — | 694 / 27,908 |
| Greb, Lutz | Organic Chemistry | 2,740 / 188,664 | 621 / 188,664 |
| Müller, Ulrike C. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,711 / 379,830 | — |
| Reinelt, Gerhard | Operations Research | 195 / 31,951 | 220 / 31,951 |
| Himmel, Hans Jörg | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 339 / 86,991 | 601 / 86,991 |
| Volm, Manfred | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 2,385 / 377,791 | — |
| Marti, Hugo H. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 3,998 / 379,830 | — |
| Robinson, David G. | Plant Biology & Botany | 803 / 204,373 | 2,916 / 204,373 |
| Ringleb, Peter Arthur | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,061 / 379,830 | 5,294 / 379,830 |
| van den Berg, Thomas J.T.P. | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 394 / 86,157 | 1,398 / 86,157 |
| Panayi, Adriana C. | Surgery | — | 244 / 146,713 |
| Haefeli, Walter Emil | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 548 / 166,116 | 1,477 / 166,116 |
| Köppel, Horst | Chemical Physics | 1,413 / 121,889 | — |
| Gruber, Oliver | Psychiatry | 1,269 / 90,846 | — |
| Krämer, Roland | Organic Chemistry | 1,292 / 188,664 | — |
| Gruss, Peter | Developmental Biology | 2,043 / 167,121 | — |
| Schneider, Fabian R.N. | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,245 / 58,202 |
| Brügger, Britta | Developmental Biology | 2,100 / 167,121 | 3,003 / 167,121 |
| Boutros, Michael C. | Developmental Biology | 2,943 / 167,121 | 1,466 / 167,121 |
| Reichling, Jürgen | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 848 / 166,116 | 453 / 166,116 |
| Schiebel, Elmar | Developmental Biology | 2,127 / 167,121 | — |
| Dahlhaus, Rainer | Statistics & Probability | 371 / 24,695 | 360 / 24,695 |
| Spinath, Birgit | Education | 724 / 115,687 | 1,072 / 115,687 |
| Rannacher, Rolf | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | 134 / 17,431 | 324 / 17,431 |
| Schmidt, Hanns Ludwig | Analytical Chemistry | 573 / 137,328 | — |
| Hecker, Markus | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 2,623 / 249,410 | — |
| Ròpke, Friedrich Konrad | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,335 / 58,202 | — |
| Braunbeck, Thomas A. | Environmental Sciences | 636 / 140,934 | — |
| Wadepohl, Hubert | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 508 / 86,991 | — |
| Mueller, Sebastian | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | 1,182 / 113,536 | 892 / 113,536 |
| Kirschfink, Michael | Immunology | 2,243 / 176,292 | — |
| Allgayer, Heike | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 3,303 / 377,791 | — |
| Buck, Tobias | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,538 / 58,202 |
| Wühl, Elke | Urology & Nephrology | 920 / 96,288 | 707 / 96,288 |
| Holstein, Thomas W. | Developmental Biology | 2,496 / 167,121 | 1,970 / 167,121 |
| Jähne, Bernd | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,956 / 517,648 | 5,219 / 517,648 |
| Denkinger, Claudia Maria | Microbiology | — | 1,694 / 232,186 |
| Levin, Ingeborg | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,562 / 84,638 | — |
| Auffarth, Gerd Uwe | Ophthalmology & Optometry | 895 / 86,157 | 461 / 86,157 |
| Venkataramani, Varun | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 3,931 / 379,830 |
| Schnitzler, Paul | Virology | 784 / 79,508 | 303 / 79,508 |
| Beyreuther, Konrad T. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 5,878 / 379,830 | — |
| Wieland, Felix Theodor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,464 / 216,826 | — |
| Kopitz, Jürgen | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,475 / 216,826 | — |
| Fricker, Gert | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 868 / 166,116 | 1,351 / 166,116 |
| Herfarth, Christian H. | Surgery | 834 / 146,713 | — |
| Schrod̈er, Johannes M. | Psychiatry | 1,764 / 90,846 | — |
| Linderkamp, Otwein | Pediatrics | 524 / 81,129 | — |
| Blasco, Eva | Polymers | — | 1,033 / 133,253 |
| Kromer, Bernd | Paleontology | 502 / 23,292 | — |
| Stellos, Konstantinos | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | 4,437 / 249,410 | 2,559 / 249,410 |
| Oberthaler, Markus K. | General Physics | 741 / 87,024 | 732 / 87,024 |
| Vendrell, Oriol | Chemical Physics | — | 1,261 / 121,889 |
| Hess, Peter | Applied Physics | 2,893 / 323,282 | — |
| Becker, Norbert | Tropical Medicine | 229 / 39,335 | 121 / 39,335 |
| Wagner, Guenther A. | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,948 / 108,013 | — |
| Fahimi, Hussein Dariush | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,926 / 216,826 | — |
| Schneider, Miriam | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 6,962 / 379,830 | 7,147 / 379,830 |
| Bâldea, I. S. | Applied Physics | 3,089 / 323,282 | 5,147 / 323,282 |
| Straub, Bernd F. | Organic Chemistry | 2,091 / 188,664 | — |
| Schenk, Volker | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 2,138 / 108,013 | — |
| Boehm, Hanns Petter | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 763 / 86,991 | — |
| Gross, Jürgen H. | Analytical Chemistry | 949 / 137,328 | 1,054 / 137,328 |
| Strowitzki, Thomas | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,127 / 105,735 | 1,278 / 105,735 |
| Dick, Tobias P. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,363 / 216,826 | 1,924 / 216,826 |
| Wolfrum, Juergen M. | Chemical Physics | 2,408 / 121,889 | — |
| Sauerland, Stefan T.S. | Surgery | 1,050 / 146,713 | 1,403 / 146,713 |
| Schnörr, Christoph | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,934 / 517,648 | — |
| Mehrabi, Arianeb | Surgery | 1,875 / 146,713 | 557 / 146,713 |
| Sartor, Klaus J. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,114 / 129,561 | — |
| Kuschinsky, Wolfgang | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,831 / 379,830 | — |
| Xie, Ruijie | Endocrinology & Metabolism | — | 1,703 / 100,693 |
| Schnepf, Eberhard | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,959 / 204,373 | — |
| Roth, Kurt W. | Environmental Engineering | 705 / 68,664 | — |
| Kram̈er, Alwin Johannes | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 4,972 / 377,791 | — |
| Kohl, Thomas | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | 1,265 / 105,735 | 1,508 / 105,735 |
| Bommer, Juergen | Urology & Nephrology | 1,412 / 96,288 | — |
| Huttner, Gottfried | Organic Chemistry | 2,560 / 188,664 | — |
| Jäschke, Andres | Organic Chemistry | 2,574 / 188,664 | — |
| Fackler, Oliver Till | Virology | 1,198 / 79,508 | — |
| Grethlein, Jonas | Classics | 20 / 3,682 | 9 / 3,682 |
| Höfle, Bernhard | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 833 / 82,760 | — |
| Becker, Clemens | Gerontology | 247 / 13,096 | 235 / 13,096 |
| Hamprecht, Fred A. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,131 / 517,648 | 7,059 / 517,648 |
| Fischer, Peter A. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,815 / 164,120 | — |
| Kahlert, Christoph | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 7,137 / 377,791 | 4,679 / 377,791 |
| TaheriNejad, Nima | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 1,601 / 133,072 | 651 / 133,072 |
| Pereira, Philippe L. | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | 1,378 / 129,561 | — |
| Lohmann, Jan U. | Developmental Biology | — | 3,174 / 167,121 |
| Dosch, Hans Günter | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,902 / 164,120 | — |
| Siebert, Walter S. | Organic Chemistry | 2,888 / 188,664 | — |
| Magerl, Walter | Anesthesiology | 649 / 59,383 | 681 / 59,383 |
| Rudolph, Matthias | Organic Chemistry | 2,964 / 188,664 | — |
| Meier, Karlheinz H. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,079 / 164,120 | — |
| Chomaz, Lauriane | General Physics | — | 985 / 87,024 |
| Hüfner, Jörg | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,143 / 164,120 | — |
| Rausch, Thomas | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,643 / 204,373 | — |
| Weidemüller, Matthias | General Physics | 1,232 / 87,024 | — |
| Moog, Ute | Genetics & Heredity | 868 / 42,273 | 871 / 42,273 |
| Chang, Lijia | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 7,370 / 379,830 |
| Sinn, Peter Peter | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,597 / 377,791 | — |
| Dienemann, Hendrick C. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,734 / 377,791 | — |
| Pritzkow, Hans | Organic Chemistry | 3,315 / 188,664 | — |
| Schroten, Horst | Pediatrics | 1,077 / 81,129 | 1,745 / 81,129 |
| Freudenberg, Karl | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,278 / 86,991 | — |
| Weigand, Markus Alexander | Anesthesiology | 961 / 59,383 | 534 / 59,383 |
| Linti, Gerald W. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,293 / 86,991 | — |
| Greb, Thomas | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,571 / 204,373 |
| Herr, Ingrid | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 7,269 / 377,791 | — |
| Schäkel, Knut | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | 1,227 / 64,751 | 717 / 64,751 |
| Langenbruch, Christoph | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 2,911 / 164,120 |
| Köhler, Klaus | Applied Physics | 6,048 / 323,282 | — |
| Wirtz, Markus | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,821 / 204,373 |
| Büttner, Michael | Plant Biology & Botany | 4,334 / 204,373 | 3,850 / 204,373 |
| Pucci, Annemarie | Applied Physics | 6,225 / 323,282 | — |
| Seco, Joao Carlos | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | — | 1,275 / 129,561 |
| Kemerink, Martijn | Applied Physics | 6,324 / 323,282 | 5,275 / 323,282 |
| Koethe, Ullrich | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,771 / 517,648 | — |
| Herth, Werner | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,718 / 204,373 | — |
| Zipf, A. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,374 / 82,760 | — |
| Reich, Gabriele | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 2,394 / 166,116 | — |
| Daniel, Volker | Surgery | 2,356 / 146,713 | — |
| Giovanazzi, Stefano | General Physics | 1,904 / 87,024 | — |
| Weiss, Johannes J. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,860 / 86,991 | — |
| Herbrechter, Stefan | Literary Studies | 376 / 21,141 | 101 / 21,141 |
| Labuz, Grzegorz | Ophthalmology & Optometry | — | 1,451 / 86,157 |
| Loos, Martin | Surgery | — | 1,647 / 146,713 |
| Ries, Markus | Genetics & Heredity | — | 834 / 42,273 |
| Peng, Ke | Virology | — | 1,356 / 79,508 |
| Mueller, German | Energy | 6,116 / 371,959 | — |
| Gutheil, Eva | Energy | 6,420 / 371,959 | — |
| Riezler, Stefan | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 8,867 / 517,648 | — |
| Schildknecht, Hermann | Materials | 6,202 / 330,896 | — |
| Klemm, Klaus W. | General & Internal Medicine | 4,785 / 360,081 | — |
| Brenner, Karl Heinz | Optics | 1,737 / 83,504 | — |
| Zenthöfer, Andreas | Dentistry | — | 1,998 / 101,728 |
| Pötsch, Lucia | Legal & Forensic Medicine | 227 / 15,674 | — |
| Niemz, Markolf H. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,098 / 140,272 | — |
| Kenngott, Hannes Götz | Surgery | — | 2,421 / 146,713 |
| Hundeshagen, Gabriel | Surgery | — | 2,948 / 146,713 |
| Schlierf, Guenter | General & Internal Medicine | 6,832 / 360,081 | — |
| Bergunder, Michael | Religions & Theology | 242 / 11,748 | 191 / 11,748 |
| Kather, Horst | General & Internal Medicine | 7,074 / 360,081 | — |
| Jani, Anant R. | General & Internal Medicine | — | 6,189 / 360,081 |
| Kohler, Stefan | General & Internal Medicine | — | 7,331 / 360,081 |
| Nünning, Vera | Literary Studies | — | 407 / 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
Explore Labs is not affiliated with Stanford University or Elsevier. This tool is free.