Top-cited scientists by field in Germany

20 fields · 171 subfields · Germany

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In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Germany?

10,942 researchers whose current affiliation is in Germany are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 20 fields and 171 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (3,770, 34.5%), followed by Physics & Astronomy (1,534) and Biomedical Research (1,009); the largest subfield is Neurology & Neurosurgery (566). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfield	Listed authors	Share	Top 100k	Highest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 3,770 listed authors (34.5%)
Neurology & Neurosurgery	566	5.2%	275	Fries, Pascal #1,819
Oncology & Carcinogenesis	351	3.2%	128	Brenner, Hermann #726
Cardiovascular System & Hematology	307	2.8%	141	Anker, Stefan D. #1,011
Immunology	275	2.5%	120	Murray, Peter J. #919
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	243	2.2%	43	Ntziachristos, Vasilis #5,434
General & Internal Medicine	169	1.5%	20	Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi #3,138
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	155	1.4%	47	Bieber, Thomas #1,822
Surgery	137	1.3%	16	Hackert, Thilo H. #21,241
Pharmacology & Pharmacy	129	1.2%	50	Keam, Susan J. #611
Urology & Nephrology	120	1.1%	37	Anders, Hans Joachim #2,275
Dentistry	114	1.0%	19	Schwendicke, Falk #862
Gastroenterology & Hepatology	114	1.0%	44	Neurath, Markus Friedrich #304
Psychiatry	113	1.0%	96	Correll, Christophe U. #2,167
Endocrinology & Metabolism	105	1.0%	69	Blüher, Matthias #346
Anesthesiology	83	0.8%	12	Treede, Rolf Detlef #2,650
Orthopedics	79	0.7%	15	Migliorini, Filippo #14,239
Respiratory System	75	0.7%	32	Hoeper, Marius M. #4,084
Ophthalmology & Optometry	71	0.6%	20	Sankaridurg, Padmaja R. #21,221
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	53	0.5%	6	Alkatout, Ibrahim #38,659
Otorhinolaryngology	45	0.4%	3	Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando #63,248
Allergy	44	0.4%	20	Maurer, Marcus #8,203
Arthritis & Rheumatology	39	0.4%	16	Schett, Georg Andreas #736
Sport Sciences	32	0.3%	14	Memmert, Daniel #13,613
Pediatrics	29	0.3%	1	Poets, Christian Friedrich #46,796
Environmental & Occupational Health	27	0.2%	3	Groneberg, David Alexander #81,820
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	26	0.2%	7	Gattinoni, Luciano G. #7,955
Legal & Forensic Medicine	26	0.2%	2	Madea, Burkhard #20,483
General Clinical Medicine	23	0.2%	1	Coşkun, Abdurrahman #74,035
Pathology	15	0.1%	3	Agaimy, Abbas #9,570
Complementary & Alternative Medicine	13	0.1%	3	Cramer, Holger #9,780
Tropical Medicine	13	0.1%	1	Wilder-Smith, Annelies #17,233
Geriatrics	5	0.0%	2	Hajek, André #27,321
Physics & Astronomy · 1,534 listed authors (14.0%)
Applied Physics	431	3.9%	119	Blöchl, Peter E. #181
Nuclear & Particle Physics	309	2.8%	117	Raffelt, Georg G. #3,521
Chemical Physics	205	1.9%	101	Grimme, Stefan #5
General Physics	155	1.4%	49	Plenio, Martin B. #1,388
Astronomy & Astrophysics	141	1.3%	100	Springel, Volker #205
Optics	113	1.0%	27	Hell, Stefan W. #2,627
Fluids & Plasmas	112	1.0%	52	Seifert, Udo #1,966
Acoustics	31	0.3%	4	Babisch, Wolfgang #26,388
Mathematical Physics	12	0.1%	3	Uhlmann, Armin #52,263
Biomedical Research · 1,009 listed authors (9.2%)
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	271	2.5%	91	Sies, Helmult #164
Microbiology	269	2.5%	103	Ley, Ruth E. #912
Developmental Biology	221	2.0%	134	Mann, Matthias #574
Virology	78	0.7%	11	Mettenleiter, Thomas C. #23,935
Toxicology	51	0.5%	10	Luch, Andreas #36,994
Genetics & Heredity	46	0.4%	12	Wirth, Brunhilde #37,391
Nutrition & Dietetics	44	0.4%	26	Zimmermann, Michaël Bruce #1,505
Mycology & Parasitology	37	0.3%	8	Lücking, Robert K. #23,588
Biophysics	35	0.3%	10	Häder, Donat Peter #10,752
Physiology	18	0.2%	7	Pörtner, Hans-O. Otto #921
Microscopy	8	0.1%	1	de Jonge, Niels #80,718
Anatomy & Morphology	4	0.0%	0	Winkelmann, Andreas #249,005
Chemistry · 712 listed authors (6.5%)
Organic Chemistry	282	2.6%	116	Würthner, Frank #1,281
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	125	1.1%	22	Sheldrick, George Michael #70
Analytical Chemistry	87	0.8%	31	Tsikas, D. S. #6,248
Polymers	85	0.8%	35	Schubert, Ulrich S. #2,490
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	64	0.6%	18	Efferth, Thomas H. #1,195
General Chemistry	27	0.2%	0	Bursch, Markus #112,238
Physical Chemistry	26	0.2%	10	Schlögl, Robert F. #915
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 681 listed authors (6.2%)
Materials	234	2.1%	75	Raabe, Dierk #87
Energy	221	2.0%	98	Winter, Martin #1,487
Optoelectronics & Photonics	111	1.0%	9	Vogel, Alfred #24,885
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	84	0.8%	79	Janek, Jürgen #2,006
Biotechnology	41	0.4%	12	Bar-Even, Arren #12,732
Bioinformatics	28	0.3%	12	Stamatakis, Alexandros P. #195
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	18	0.2%	8	Renn, O. #5,084
Biology · 518 listed authors (4.7%)
Plant Biology & Botany	250	2.3%	115	Fernie, Alisdair Robert #1,333
Ecology	114	1.0%	106	Rillig, Matthias C. #79
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	49	0.4%	20	Dittmar, Thorsten #3,439
Zoology	35	0.3%	1	Vences, Miguel #37,263
Entomology	34	0.3%	11	Nauen, Ralf #5,603
Evolutionary Biology	31	0.3%	25	Martin, William F. #4,914
Ornithology	6	0.1%	1	Bairlein, Franz #40,458
Information & Communication Technologies · 512 listed authors (4.7%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	326	3.0%	131	van der Aalst, Wil M.P. #342
Networking & Telecommunications	89	0.8%	25	Winter, Andreas J. #6,581
Information Systems	29	0.3%	25	Benlian, Alexander #4,434
Software Engineering	27	0.2%	12	Keim, Daniel A. #19,021
Computation Theory & Mathematics	23	0.2%	8	Grohe, Martin #11,943
Computer Hardware & Architecture	15	0.1%	1	Wille, Robert #73,347
Medical Informatics	12	0.1%	2	Gilbert, Stephen Henry #43,488
Distributed Computing	3	0.0%	0	Schmidt, Bertil #235,320
Engineering · 497 listed authors (4.5%)
Industrial Engineering & Automation	104	1.0%	39	Ding, Steven Xianchun #2,943
Environmental Engineering	60	0.5%	27	Flemming, Hans Curt #1,626
Mechanical Engineering & Transports	60	0.5%	24	Khosravani, Mohammad Reza #12,658
Biomedical Engineering	54	0.5%	15	Witte, Frank #9,222
Chemical Engineering	52	0.5%	27	Caro, Jürgen #9,071
Electrical & Electronic Engineering	48	0.4%	9	Liserre, Marco #12,170
Aerospace & Aeronautics	47	0.4%	2	Menter, Florian R. #381
Geological & Geomatics Engineering	44	0.4%	26	Pebesma, Edzer #1,988
Operations Research	28	0.3%	14	Ivanov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich #44
Civil Engineering	16	0.1%	5	Straub, Daniel #19,360
Mining & Metallurgy	10	0.1%	2	Reuter, Markus A. #69,612
Automobile Design & Engineering	3	0.0%	0	Woschni, Gerhard #586,084
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 435 listed authors (4.0%)
Geochemistry & Geophysics	143	1.3%	89	Bau, Michael #2,539
Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	133	1.2%	114	Rockström, Johan #653
Environmental Sciences	73	0.7%	54	Filho, Walter Leal #344
Paleontology	42	0.4%	13	Kiessling, Wolfgang #23,382
Oceanography	15	0.1%	1	Burchard, Hans #52,007
Geology	8	0.1%	4	Kron̈er, Alfred #12,640
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 280 listed authors (2.6%)
Agronomy & Agriculture	114	1.0%	52	KUZYAKOV, Yakov V. #66
Veterinary Sciences	49	0.4%	2	Hartmann, Katrin #18,283
Food Science	46	0.4%	27	Knorr, Dietrich #10,501
Forestry	46	0.4%	11	Pretzsch, Hans #1,448
Dairy & Animal Science	45	0.4%	8	Pfaffl, Michael W. #1,041
Fisheries	17	0.2%	4	Froese, Rainer #5,036
Horticulture	1	0.0%	0	Saure, Max C. #211,269
Social Sciences · 229 listed authors (2.1%)
Education	96	0.9%	57	Frenzel, Anne Christiane #5,658
Political Science & Public Administration	38	0.3%	36	Mergel, Ines A. #4,134
Sociology	22	0.2%	22	Vertovec, Steven #2,462
Law	17	0.2%	7	Wachter, Sandra #16,552
Geography	14	0.1%	13	Korup, Oliver #11,223
Cultural Studies	8	0.1%	2	Kostka, Genia #15,272
Science Studies	8	0.1%	8	Blind, Knut #13,280
Information & Library Sciences	7	0.1%	1	Bornmann, Lutz #1,412
International Relations	7	0.1%	6	Goldthau, Andreas C. #29,613
Demography	5	0.0%	2	Xiang, Biao #22,456
Social Sciences Methods	4	0.0%	4	Robitzsch, Alexander #18,401
Criminology	3	0.0%	3	Tonry, Michael #82,222
Gender Studies	1	0.0%	1	Mies, Maria #99,375
Social Work	1	0.0%	0	James, Sigrid S. #158,346
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 192 listed authors (1.8%)
Experimental Psychology	72	0.7%	70	Gigerenzer, Gerd #1,187
Social Psychology	49	0.4%	47	Bamberg, Sebastian #3,903
Developmental & Child Psychology	21	0.2%	20	Pinquart, Martin #489
Clinical Psychology	15	0.1%	11	Hofmann, Stefan G. #496
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	14	0.1%	8	Couzin, Iain D. #4,279
Human Factors	13	0.1%	7	Hassenzahl, Marc #7,501
Psychoanalysis	10	0.1%	2	Braehler, E. #18,272
Economics & Business · 188 listed authors (1.7%)
Business & Management	73	0.7%	71	Kraus, Sascha #666
Economics	45	0.4%	45	Dreher, Axel #3,031
Logistics & Transportation	16	0.1%	7	Mattioli, Giulio #15,204
Agricultural Economics & Policy	13	0.1%	11	Qaim, Matin #3,009
Marketing	12	0.1%	12	Sarstedt, Marko #119
Finance	8	0.1%	8	Laeven, Luc #4,315
Sport, Leisure & Tourism	4	0.0%	4	Wicker, Pamela #22,545
Development Studies	2	0.0%	2	Hoeffler, Anke E. #62,145
Econometrics	2	0.0%	2	Lütkepohl, Helmut #15,707
Economic Theory	2	0.0%	1	Selten, Reinhard #65,632
Accounting	1	0.0%	1	Reichelstein, Stefan J. #68,151
Industrial Relations	1	0.0%	1	Hauff, Sven #83,562
Mathematics & Statistics · 166 listed authors (1.5%)
General Mathematics	81	0.7%	29	Winkler, Michael #279
Applied Mathematics	41	0.4%	19	Rabczuk, Timon #2,951
Numerical & Computational Mathematics	32	0.3%	11	Diethelm, Kai #3,529
Statistics & Probability	20	0.2%	19	Bürkner, Paul Christian #544
Communication & Textual Studies · 59 listed authors (0.5%)
Communication & Media Studies	28	0.3%	26	Fuchs, Christian #6,101
Literary Studies	16	0.1%	2	Erll, Astrid #16,882
Languages & Linguistics	14	0.1%	14	Haspelmath, Martin #7,035
Historical Studies · 57 listed authors (0.5%)
History	21	0.2%	2	Assmann, Jan #31,636
Archaeology	18	0.2%	6	Boivin, Nicole L. #35,619
Anthropology	11	0.1%	4	Glick-Schiller, Nina Click #15,433
History of Science, Technology & Medicine	6	0.1%	1	Daston, Lorraine J. #24,851
Classics	2	0.0%	0	Grethlein, Jonas #133,574
History of Social Sciences	2	0.0%	0	Baten, Jöerg #161,370
Public Health & Health Services · 46 listed authors (0.4%)
Public Health	18	0.2%	9	Schwarzer, Ralf #2,222
Health Policy & Services	13	0.1%	4	Busse, Reinhard #17,845
Gerontology	10	0.1%	4	Bauer, Jürgen M. #22,378
Rehabilitation	6	0.1%	0	Rüpp, Rùdiger U. #108,844
Nursing	5	0.0%	1	Kottner, Jan #47,623
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology	3	0.0%	1	Schultz, Tanja #73,172
Substance Abuse	3	0.0%	3	Manthey, Jakob #40,184
Epidemiology	2	0.0%	2	Kampf, Günter #29,428
Built Environment & Design · 32 listed authors (0.3%)
Building & Construction	17	0.2%	15	Mechtcherine, Viktor #2,388
Urban & Regional Planning	12	0.1%	11	Hassink, Robert #15,568
Design Practice & Management	6	0.1%	0	Zhu, Benliang #150,725
Philosophy & Theology · 21 listed authors (0.2%)
Applied Ethics	9	0.1%	6	Mittelstadt, Brent Daniel #6,125
Religions & Theology	8	0.1%	1	Knoblauch, Hubert #78,836
Philosophy	6	0.1%	3	Habermas, Jürgen #11,781
Visual & Performing Arts · 4 listed authors (0.0%)
Drama & Theater	3	0.0%	1	Fischer-Lichte, Erika #79,170
Folklore	2	0.0%	0	Bendix, Regina F. #549,545
Art Practice, History & Theory	1	0.0%	0	Ernst, Wolfgang #298,681
Music	1	0.0%	1	Adorno, Theodor W. #98,499

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