Universität Kassel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seuring, Stefan A. | Business & Management | 49 / 68,786 | 67 / 68,786 |
| Joergensen, Rainer Georg | Agronomy & Agriculture | 40 / 95,377 | 24 / 95,377 |
| Plieninger, Tobias | Ecology | 481 / 82,882 | 230 / 82,882 |
| Gwenzi, Willis | Environmental Sciences | 529 / 140,934 | 246 / 140,934 |
| Zimmermann, Johannes | Clinical Psychology | — | 135 / 19,306 |
| Ziegler, Andreas | Agricultural Economics & Policy | 111 / 6,741 | 42 / 6,741 |
| Flückiger, Christoph | Clinical Psychology | — | 163 / 19,306 |
| Teichler, Ulrich | Education | 231 / 115,687 | 1,088 / 115,687 |
| Leimeister, Jan Marco | Information Systems | 266 / 19,463 | 199 / 19,463 |
| Bringezu, Stefan | Environmental Sciences | 1,137 / 140,934 | 1,389 / 140,934 |
| Niendorf, Thomas | Materials | 3,188 / 330,896 | 1,497 / 330,896 |
| Hussein, Hussam | Environmental Engineering | 1,315 / 68,664 | 410 / 68,664 |
| Hammer, Karl | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,113 / 204,373 | 1,701 / 204,373 |
| Horcea-Milcu, Andra Ioana | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,774 / 140,934 |
| Blum, Werner | Education | 2,187 / 115,687 | 1,119 / 115,687 |
| Backes, Claudia | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,272 / 177,859 | 3,085 / 177,859 |
| Reithmaïer, Johannes Peter P. | Applied Physics | 2,227 / 323,282 | — |
| Salem, Mohammed Zedan Yehia | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 525 / 32,161 | 166 / 32,161 |
| Siemeling, Ulrich | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 569 / 86,991 | — |
| Hanelt, Andre | Information Systems | — | 339 / 19,463 |
| Stumme, Gerd | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,271 / 517,648 | — |
| Sick, Bernhard | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,797 / 517,648 | 7,702 / 517,648 |
| Salbeck, Josef | Applied Physics | 3,560 / 323,282 | — |
| Ludwig, Bernard | Agronomy & Agriculture | 770 / 95,377 | 1,661 / 95,377 |
| James, Sigrid S. | Social Work | 90 / 9,659 | 105 / 9,659 |
| Kreisselmeier, Gerhard | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,328 / 131,085 | — |
| Krücken, Georg | Education | — | 2,252 / 115,687 |
| Steiner, Christoph | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,604 / 95,377 | 1,300 / 95,377 |
| Faust, Rüdiger | Organic Chemistry | 3,557 / 188,664 | — |
| Buerkert, Andreas | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,538 / 95,377 | 1,821 / 95,377 |
| Sundrum, Albert | Dairy & Animal Science | 811 / 78,455 | 729 / 78,455 |
| Otto, Friedrich | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,155 / 517,648 | — |
| Demekhin, Ph V. | General Physics | — | 1,455 / 87,024 |
| Finckh, M. R. | Plant Biology & Botany | 3,947 / 204,373 | — |
| Träger, Frank | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,151 / 140,272 | — |
| MacHmüller, Andrea | Dairy & Animal Science | 997 / 78,455 | — |
| Stursberg, Olaf | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,338 / 131,085 | — |
| Geihs, Kurt | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,974 / 517,648 | — |
| Lehmann, Peter H. | Optics | — | 1,439 / 83,504 |
| Haupt, Peter | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,962 / 157,792 | — |
| Hollederer, Alfons | General & Internal Medicine | — | 5,340 / 360,081 |
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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