Universität Stuttgart 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).
198
researchers on the list
12
rank in Germany
314
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Werner, Hans Joachim | Chemical Physics | 57 / 121,889 | 78 / 121,889 |
| Seifert, Udo | Fluids & Plasmas | 19 / 58,297 | 15 / 58,297 |
| Gross, Joachim | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 617 / 379,830 | 145 / 379,830 |
| Saliba, Michael A. | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 229 / 177,859 | 104 / 177,859 |
| Miehe, Christian | Applied Mathematics | 22 / 23,982 | 18 / 23,982 |
| Renn, O. | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 11 / 32,161 | 10 / 32,161 |
| Kaim, Wolfgang | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 28 / 86,991 | 204 / 86,991 |
| Brem, Alexander Michael | Business & Management | 398 / 68,786 | 222 / 68,786 |
| Mughrabi, Haeel | Materials | 104 / 330,896 | 185 / 330,896 |
| Hagendorff, Thilo | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,525 / 517,648 | 480 / 517,648 |
| Buchmeiser, Michael Rudolf | Polymers | 68 / 133,253 | 747 / 133,253 |
| Kästner, Johannes | Chemical Physics | 750 / 121,889 | 168 / 121,889 |
| Jeltsch, Albert | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 557 / 216,826 | 444 / 216,826 |
| Mittemeijer, E. J. | Materials | 174 / 330,896 | 1,125 / 330,896 |
| Birkmann, Jörn | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 62 / 32,161 | 24 / 32,161 |
| Weitkamp, Jens H. | Physical Chemistry | 61 / 44,088 | 198 / 44,088 |
| Strathmann, Heinrich S. | Chemical Engineering | 75 / 97,821 | 137 / 97,821 |
| Ten Brink, Stephan I. | Networking & Telecommunications | 141 / 228,312 | 475 / 228,312 |
| Liu, Laura Na | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 632 / 177,859 | 590 / 177,859 |
| Hunger, Michael | Physical Chemistry | 79 / 44,088 | 163 / 44,088 |
| Reinhardt, Hans Wolf | Building & Construction | 65 / 56,454 | 181 / 56,454 |
| Bárdossy, András | Environmental Engineering | 76 / 68,664 | 178 / 68,664 |
| Kontermann, Roland E. | Immunology | 890 / 176,292 | 415 / 176,292 |
| Haken, Hermann P.J. | Fluids & Plasmas | 187 / 58,297 | 403 / 58,297 |
| Speck, Thomas | Fluids & Plasmas | 613 / 58,297 | 166 / 58,297 |
| Werner, Jürgen H. | Applied Physics | 615 / 323,282 | 1,358 / 323,282 |
| Effenberger, Franz Xaver | Organic Chemistry | 535 / 188,664 | — |
| Förster, Th | Chemical Physics | 594 / 121,889 | 376 / 121,889 |
| Scherer, Carsten W. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 233 / 131,085 | 668 / 131,085 |
| Wrachtrup, J. | Applied Physics | 740 / 323,282 | 635 / 323,282 |
| Yang, Bin | Networking & Telecommunications | 345 / 228,312 | 345 / 228,312 |
| Roduner, Emil | Chemical Physics | 733 / 121,889 | 600 / 121,889 |
| Bulling, Andreas | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,212 / 517,648 | 1,614 / 517,648 |
| Hilfer, Rudolf | Fluids & Plasmas | 293 / 58,297 | 335 / 58,297 |
| Dressel, Martin | Applied Physics | 964 / 323,282 | 1,884 / 323,282 |
| Jendrossek, Dieter | Microbiology | 990 / 232,186 | 1,444 / 232,186 |
| Seeger, Alfred K. | Applied Physics | 981 / 323,282 | 3,580 / 323,282 |
| Lutz, Eric | General Physics | 335 / 87,024 | 253 / 87,024 |
| Allgöwer, Frank | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 511 / 131,085 | 434 / 131,085 |
| Osten, Wolfgang | Optics | 184 / 83,504 | 355 / 83,504 |
| Staab, Steffen | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 987 / 517,648 | 7,110 / 517,648 |
| Rauhut, Guntram | Chemical Physics | 956 / 121,889 | 2,421 / 121,889 |
| Stolz, Andreas | Microbiology | 1,147 / 232,186 | — |
| Leymann, Frank | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,140 / 517,648 | 5,421 / 517,648 |
| Krueger, Anke | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 665 / 177,859 | — |
| Rump, Wolfgang | General Mathematics | 827 / 76,268 | 267 / 76,268 |
| Kröner, Ekkehart | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 410 / 157,792 | 652 / 157,792 |
| Sedlmair, Michael | Software Engineering | — | 92 / 24,083 |
| Weiskopf, Daniel M. | Software Engineering | 151 / 24,083 | 93 / 24,083 |
| Dietrich, Siegfried | Fluids & Plasmas | 543 / 58,297 | — |
| Menges, Achim | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,917 / 517,648 | 2,746 / 517,648 |
| Helmig, Rainer | Environmental Engineering | 261 / 68,664 | 603 / 68,664 |
| Argyris, John H. | Applied Mathematics | 155 / 23,982 | — |
| Stubenrauch, Cosima | Chemical Physics | 1,309 / 121,889 | 1,299 / 121,889 |
| Tiziani, Hans J. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 186 / 140,272 | 2,155 / 140,272 |
| Schmid, Rolf Dieter | Biotechnology | 191 / 69,700 | — |
| Giessen, Harald W. | Optics | 286 / 83,504 | 307 / 83,504 |
| Sprenger, Georg A. | Biotechnology | 196 / 69,700 | 819 / 69,700 |
| Wolf, Dieter H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2,537 / 216,826 | — |
| Pleiss, Jürgen | Organic Chemistry | 1,334 / 188,664 | 1,069 / 188,664 |
| Vermeer, Pieter A. | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 446 / 82,760 | 804 / 82,760 |
| Weiss, Ulrich | Fluids & Plasmas | 689 / 58,297 | 830 / 58,297 |
| Gaul, Lothar | Acoustics | 170 / 38,987 | 552 / 38,987 |
| Weyrich, Michael | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,607 / 131,085 | 849 / 131,085 |
| Hesselmann, Andreas | Chemical Physics | 1,553 / 121,889 | 1,768 / 121,889 |
| Sahu, J. N. | Chemical Engineering | 1,114 / 97,821 | 660 / 97,821 |
| Steinwart, Ingo | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,792 / 517,648 | 3,732 / 517,648 |
| Friedrich, K. Andreas | Energy | 1,879 / 371,959 | 2,457 / 371,959 |
| Schleid, Thomas | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 503 / 86,991 | — |
| Knackmuss, Hans Joachim | Microbiology | 2,057 / 232,186 | — |
| Jazdi, Nasser | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,599 / 131,085 | 952 / 131,085 |
| Laschat, Sabine | Organic Chemistry | 1,611 / 188,664 | — |
| Berberich, Julian | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 983 / 131,085 |
| Gudat, Dietrich | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 576 / 86,991 | 1,430 / 86,991 |
| Köhn, Andreas | Chemical Physics | 1,873 / 121,889 | 1,129 / 121,889 |
| Rehm, Markus | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,527 / 216,826 | 2,765 / 216,826 |
| Weigand, Bernhard | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 778 / 157,792 | 976 / 157,792 |
| Schaefer, Hans Eckhardt | Applied Physics | 2,586 / 323,282 | — |
| Kasper, Erich | Applied Physics | 2,588 / 323,282 | — |
| Xiao, Heng | Applied Mathematics | — | 285 / 23,982 |
| Krack, Malte | Acoustics | 761 / 38,987 | 216 / 38,987 |
| Engelhardt, Guenter | Organic Chemistry | 1,894 / 188,664 | — |
| Schmalstieg, Dieter | Software Engineering | 210 / 24,083 | — |
| Altenbuchner, Josef | Microbiology | 2,601 / 232,186 | 3,639 / 232,186 |
| Verl, Alexander W. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,855 / 131,085 | 1,180 / 131,085 |
| Eigenberger, Gerhart | Chemical Engineering | 510 / 97,821 | — |
| Büchler, Hans Peter Peter | General Physics | 733 / 87,024 | 1,033 / 87,024 |
| Schiehlen, Werner O. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 834 / 157,792 | — |
| Busse, Gerhard | Applied Physics | 2,882 / 323,282 | — |
| Herrmann, Hans J. | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,034 / 58,297 | — |
| Körmann, Fritz | Materials | — | 2,651 / 330,896 |
| Peters, Rene | Organic Chemistry | 2,018 / 188,664 | — |
| Jeske, Holger | Virology | 889 / 79,508 | — |
| Ramm, Ekkehard | Applied Mathematics | 287 / 23,982 | — |
| Munz, Claus Dieter | Applied Mathematics | 289 / 23,982 | 315 / 23,982 |
| Olayioye, Monilola A. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 4,220 / 216,826 | — |
| Schneider, Guido | General Mathematics | 744 / 76,268 | — |
| Holm, Christian | Chemical Physics | 2,375 / 121,889 | 2,432 / 121,889 |
| Grabowski, Blazej | Materials | 6,470 / 330,896 | 3,048 / 330,896 |
| Leine, Remco I. | Acoustics | 306 / 38,987 | 389 / 38,987 |
| Schott, Nadja | Sport Sciences | — | 610 / 41,112 |
| Wunderlich, Hans Joachim | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 114 / 21,014 | — |
| Hauber, Wolfgang | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,670 / 379,830 | — |
| Takors, Ralf | Biotechnology | 495 / 69,700 | 497 / 69,700 |
| Pradel, Michael | Software Engineering | — | 243 / 24,083 |
| Möhring, Hans Christian | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 1,497 / 131,085 |
| Solodov, Igor Yu | Acoustics | 329 / 38,987 | 443 / 38,987 |
| Rademacher, Georg | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,599 / 140,272 | 382 / 140,272 |
| Karl, Norbert | Applied Physics | 3,683 / 323,282 | — |
| Schmauder, Siegfried | Materials | 2,060 / 330,896 | — |
| Nowak, Wolfgang | Environmental Engineering | 722 / 68,664 | — |
| Groll, Manfred | Energy | 2,133 / 371,959 | 5,752 / 371,959 |
| Reuß, Matthias | Biotechnology | 436 / 69,700 | — |
| Preuss, Heinzwerner | Chemical Physics | 2,659 / 121,889 | 2,793 / 121,889 |
| Stephan, Karl | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,125 / 157,792 | — |
| Gilles, Ernst Dieter | Chemical Engineering | 750 / 97,821 | — |
| Kuchenbecker, Katherine J. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,336 / 131,085 | 1,636 / 131,085 |
| Pott, Andreas | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,789 / 131,085 | 1,649 / 131,085 |
| Haasdonk, Bernard | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | — | 237 / 17,431 |
| Niewa, Rainer | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 981 / 86,991 | 1,017 / 86,991 |
| Wortmann, Thomas | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 6,807 / 517,648 |
| Pfau, Tilman | General Physics | 1,051 / 87,024 | 1,088 / 87,024 |
| Clemens, Oliver | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 609 / 86,991 |
| Predel, Bruno | Materials | 2,361 / 330,896 | — |
| Geck, Meinolf | General Mathematics | 1,017 / 76,268 | — |
| Ehlers, Wolfgang | Applied Mathematics | 408 / 23,982 | — |
| Grosse, Christian U. | Building & Construction | 477 / 56,454 | — |
| Smiatek, Jens | Chemical Physics | — | 1,823 / 121,889 |
| Pöschel, Jürgen | General Mathematics | 1,337 / 76,268 | 897 / 76,268 |
| Bolse, Wolfgang | Applied Physics | 4,544 / 323,282 | — |
| Trebin, Hans Rainer | Applied Physics | 4,742 / 323,282 | — |
| Aiello, Marco | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,746 / 517,648 | 7,745 / 517,648 |
| Gadow, Rainer | Materials | 2,641 / 330,896 | — |
| Michler, Peter | Applied Physics | 5,192 / 323,282 | 3,418 / 323,282 |
| Niepert, Mathias | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,809 / 517,648 | 8,090 / 517,648 |
| Sauer, Rolf | Applied Physics | 5,183 / 323,282 | — |
| Kirchner, Helmut O.K. | Materials | 2,942 / 330,896 | — |
| Rittel, Horst W.J. | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 7,320 / 517,648 | 8,657 / 517,648 |
| Popp, Karl | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,598 / 157,792 | — |
| Essmann, Uwe | Applied Physics | 5,533 / 323,282 | — |
| Main, Jörg | General Physics | 1,372 / 87,024 | — |
| Pedrini, Giancarlo | Optics | 855 / 83,504 | 1,587 / 83,504 |
| Zeitz, Michael | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,642 / 131,085 | — |
| Pritschow, Guenter | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,657 / 131,085 | — |
| Eberhard, Peter | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,670 / 131,085 | — |
| Tenbohlen, Stefan | Energy | 5,540 / 371,959 | 6,680 / 371,959 |
| von Szentpály, Läszlö | Chemical Physics | — | 2,314 / 121,889 |
| Zotov, Nikolay S. | Applied Physics | 5,857 / 323,282 | — |
| Eisenbach, Claus Dieter | Polymers | 1,971 / 133,253 | — |
| Sawodny, Oliver O. | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,410 / 131,085 |
| Birke, Kai Peter | Energy | — | 7,146 / 371,959 |
| Becker, Gernot | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,442 / 86,991 | — |
| Näfe, Helfried | Energy | 3,785 / 371,959 | — |
| Küsters, Ralf | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,480 / 517,648 | — |
| Scheffknecht, Günter | Energy | 3,854 / 371,959 | — |
| Ožbolt, Joško | Civil Engineering | 925 / 67,736 | 1,518 / 67,736 |
| Kronenburg, Andreas | Energy | 4,027 / 371,959 | — |
| Graf, Thomas | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,105 / 140,272 | 767 / 140,272 |
| Lukas, Hans Léo | Materials | 3,902 / 330,896 | — |
| Hahn, Harry | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,599 / 86,991 | — |
| Haala, Norbert | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,380 / 82,760 | — |
| Eisenmenger, Wolfgang | Applied Physics | 7,061 / 323,282 | — |
| Ikeda, Yuji | Materials | — | 6,769 / 330,896 |
| Funke, Stefan | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,111 / 517,648 | — |
| Vu, Ngocthang | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,188 / 517,648 | — |
| Schulte Im Walde, Sabine | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,593 / 517,648 | — |
| Kern, Frank | Materials | 4,559 / 330,896 | — |
| Kallfass, Ingmar | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,007 / 228,312 | 3,720 / 228,312 |
| Takayama, Tomohiro | Applied Physics | — | 5,914 / 323,282 |
| Cramer, Michael | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,695 / 82,760 | — |
| Jamshed, Ali | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | — | 548 / 32,161 |
| Weber, Rudolf | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,502 / 140,272 | 1,000 / 140,272 |
| Bill, Joachim | Materials | 5,002 / 330,896 | — |
| Eppler, Richard | Materials | 5,138 / 330,896 | — |
| Polian, Ilia | Computer Hardware & Architecture | 352 / 21,014 | — |
| Barz, Stefanie | General Physics | — | 1,705 / 87,024 |
| Abhat, Ashok | Energy | 5,717 / 371,959 | — |
| Quack, Niels | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 1,079 / 140,272 |
| Schmitz, Guido | Materials | 5,567 / 330,896 | — |
| Eligehausen, Rolf | Civil Engineering | 1,113 / 67,736 | — |
| Arras, Kai Oliver | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,820 / 131,085 | — |
| Weidlich, Wolfgang | Materials | 5,780 / 330,896 | — |
| von Wolfersdorf, Jens | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,901 / 157,792 | — |
| Knippers, Jan | Civil Engineering | 1,159 / 67,736 | — |
| Becker, Steffen | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,277 / 517,648 | — |
| Hahne, Erich W.P. | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 3,227 / 157,792 | — |
| Herdrich, Georg H. | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 789 / 66,382 |
| Anders, Jens | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,464 / 133,072 | 1,964 / 133,072 |
| Rothermel, Kurt | Networking & Telecommunications | 4,320 / 228,312 | — |
| Hügel, Helmut E. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,035 / 140,272 | — |
| Reichelt, Stephan | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,116 / 140,272 | 1,840 / 140,272 |
| Ovchinnikov, Yu B. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,216 / 140,272 | — |
| Knoppe, Stefan | General Chemistry | 1,040 / 57,505 | — |
| Weiss, Ingrid Maria | Biophysics | — | 389 / 21,025 |
| Roeser, Hans Peter | Aerospace & Aeronautics | 1,326 / 66,382 | — |
| Annighoefer, Bjoern | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,177 / 66,382 |
| Fichter, Walter | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,397 / 66,382 |
| Berroth, Manfred | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,670 / 133,072 | — |
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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