University of Bern, Institute of Applied Physics 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).
7
researchers on the list
58
rank in Switzerland
5,717
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibert, Yann | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,399 / 58,202 | 924 / 58,202 |
| Thomas, Nicholas | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 1,243 / 58,202 | — |
| Weber, Heinz P. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 534 / 140,272 | — |
| Feurer, Thomas | Optics | 767 / 83,504 | — |
| Heidt, Alexander M. | Optics | 797 / 83,504 | 918 / 83,504 |
| Müller, David R. | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 3,685 / 164,120 | — |
| Frenz, Martin F. | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 922 / 140,272 | — |
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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