University of Fribourg 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).
49
researchers on the list
18
rank in Switzerland
1,269
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Szabo, Csaba S. | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 4 / 166,116 | 10 / 166,116 |
| Patrice, Nordmann L. | Microbiology | 26 / 232,186 | 60 / 232,186 |
| Giese, Bernd | Organic Chemistry | 214 / 188,664 | 435 / 188,664 |
| Boya, Patricia | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,288 / 216,826 | 220 / 216,826 |
| Klok, Harm Anton | Polymers | 150 / 133,253 | 557 / 133,253 |
| Dulloo, Abdul G. | Endocrinology & Metabolism | 529 / 100,693 | 666 / 100,693 |
| Flatt, Thomas | Evolutionary Biology | 474 / 31,128 | 186 / 31,128 |
| Walter, Yoshija | Business & Management | — | 785 / 68,786 |
| Métraux, Jean Pierre | Plant Biology & Botany | 427 / 204,373 | 1,453 / 204,373 |
| Zhang, Yicheng | Fluids & Plasmas | 315 / 58,297 | 502 / 58,297 |
| Fromm, Katharina M. | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 257 / 86,991 | 242 / 86,991 |
| Bacher, Sven | Ecology | — | 996 / 82,882 |
| Trudgill, Peter J. | Languages & Linguistics | 99 / 25,930 | 396 / 25,930 |
| Allan, Michael | General Physics | 332 / 87,024 | — |
| Coskun, Ali | Organic Chemistry | 2,111 / 188,664 | 616 / 188,664 |
| Joyce, Walter G. | Paleontology | 390 / 23,292 | 135 / 23,292 |
| Rasch , Bjoern H. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 7,638 / 379,830 | 2,499 / 379,830 |
| Geisler, Markus M. | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,792 / 204,373 | 922 / 204,373 |
| Werner, Philipp | Applied Physics | 2,935 / 323,282 | 1,152 / 323,282 |
| Albrecht, Urs | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,199 / 379,830 | — |
| Stocker, Reinhard F. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,874 / 379,830 | — |
| Scheffold, Frank | Chemical Physics | 1,982 / 121,889 | 919 / 121,889 |
| Rouiller, Eric Michel | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 4,904 / 379,830 | — |
| De Virgilio, Claudio | Developmental Biology | 2,284 / 167,121 | — |
| Strasser, André | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 1,447 / 108,013 | — |
| von Zelewsky, Alex | General Chemistry | 242 / 57,505 | — |
| Camos, Valérie | Experimental Psychology | 1,121 / 37,808 | 944 / 37,808 |
| Aybek, Selma | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 3,779 / 379,830 |
| Borcard, Daniel | Ecology | — | 1,749 / 82,882 |
| Reinhardt, Didier | Plant Biology & Botany | 1,288 / 204,373 | 1,655 / 204,373 |
| Hoelzle, Martin | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | 1,616 / 84,638 | — |
| Huber, Martin | Econometrics | — | 81 / 1,427 |
| Cudre-Mauroux, Philippe | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,044 / 517,648 | 4,776 / 517,648 |
| Schneiter, Roger | Developmental Biology | 2,977 / 167,121 | — |
| Weisskopf, Laure | Microbiology | — | 2,073 / 232,186 |
| Bally, Thomas | General Chemistry | 319 / 57,505 | 1,040 / 57,505 |
| Daul, Claude August E. | Chemical Physics | 2,347 / 121,889 | — |
| Parisod, Christian N. | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,928 / 204,373 | 2,438 / 204,373 |
| Taube, Wolfgang | Sport Sciences | 598 / 41,112 | 731 / 41,112 |
| Cullati, Stéphane | Public Health | — | 1,559 / 82,273 |
| Ranf, Stefanie | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 3,493 / 204,373 |
| Pourrahmani, Hossein | Energy | — | 6,520 / 371,959 |
| Zobi, Fabio | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,315 / 86,991 | 929 / 86,991 |
| Berrut, Jean Paul | Numerical & Computational Mathematics | — | 406 / 17,431 |
| Weis, Antoine | General Physics | 1,699 / 87,024 | — |
| Hug, Werner | General Chemistry | 771 / 57,505 | — |
| Belser, Peter | General Chemistry | 783 / 57,505 | — |
| Fill, Hans Georg | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 9,580 / 517,648 | — |
| Haselbach, Edwin | General Chemistry | 870 / 57,505 | — |
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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