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Which institutions in Germany have the most top-cited scientists in Astronomy & Astrophysics?

141 researchers in Germany whose main subfield is Astronomy & Astrophysics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 1.3% of all listed authors in Germany, and 3rd of 42 countries in the subfield. 100 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Max Planck Institute for Astronomy has the most (19), followed by Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (18) and Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (16). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
141
1.3% of all in Germany
In the global top 100,000
100
70.9% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 42 countries in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Highest-ranked
#205
Springel, Volker
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Max Planck Institute for Astronomy1910#7Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L. #6,536
2Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics1814#9Buchner, Johannes #6,374
3Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics1612#10Springel, Volker #205
4Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy109#34Kramer, Michael #12,712
5Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam106#39Chiappini, Cristina #41,046
6Universität Heidelberg86#46Mapelli, Michela #9,193
7Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München64#73Birnstiel, Tilman #16,630
8Universität Bonn53#87Kroupa, Pavel #2,664
9European Southern Observatory53#103Padovani, Paolo #24,188
10Universität Hamburg42#123Rosswog, Stephan K. #20,179
11Georg-August-Universität Göttingen33#162Reiners, Ansgar #24,994
12Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research33#169Solanki, Sarni K. #29,733
13Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg31#182Wilms, Joern #49,734
14Ruhr-Universitat Bochum30#203Schlickeiser, Reinhard #101,465

The top 100 in Astronomy & Astrophysics in Germany, in order

  1. 1
    Springel, Volker
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  2. 2
    Kroupa, Pavel
    Universität Bonn
  3. 3
    Janka, Hans Thomas H.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  4. 4
    Buchner, Johannes
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  5. 5
    Bailer-Jones, Coryn A.L.
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  6. 6
    Langer, Norbert
    Universität Bonn
  7. 7
    Beloborodov, Andrei M.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  8. 8
    Mapelli, Michela
    Universität Heidelberg
  9. 9
    Komatsu, Eiichiro
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  10. 10
    Kauffmann, Guinevere
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  11. 11
    Aharonian, F. A.
    Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  12. 12
    Burkert, Andreas
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  13. 13
    Henning, Thomas K.
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  14. 14
    Kramer, Michael
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  15. 15
    Kreidberg, Laura
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  16. 16
    Kruijssen, Diederik M.
    Technische Universität München
  17. 17
    Rix, Hans Walter R.
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  18. 18
    Birnstiel, Tilman
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  19. 19
    Aerts, Conny
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  20. 20
    Genzel, Reinhardt
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial PhysicsNobel laureate
  21. 21
    Rosswog, Stephan K.
    Universität Hamburg
  22. 22
    Cantat-Gaudin, T.
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  23. 23
    Merloni, Andrea
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  24. 24
  25. 25
    Dehnen, Walter
    Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
  26. 26
    Pillepich, Annalisa
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  27. 27
    Menten, Karlm M.
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  28. 28
    Nelson, Dylan
    Universität Heidelberg
  29. 29
    Sunyaev, Rashid A.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  30. 30
    Padovani, Paolo
    European Southern Observatory
  31. 31
    Reiners, Ansgar
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  32. 32
    Pakmor, R̈udiger
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  33. 33
    Glover, Simon C.O.
    Universität Heidelberg
  34. 34
    Solanki, Sarni K.
    Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
  35. 35
    Ensslin, Torsten A.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  36. 36
    Klessen, Ralf S.
    Universität Heidelberg
  37. 37
    Beck, Rainer
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  38. 38
    Bartelmann, Matthias
    Institut für Theoretische Physik Heidelberg
  39. 39
    Kormendy, John
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  40. 40
    Erwin, Peter
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  41. 41
    Dullemond, Cornellis Petrus
    Universität Heidelberg
  42. 42
    Spruit, Hendrik C.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  43. 43
    Komossa, Stefanie
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  44. 44
    Walter, Fabian
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  45. 45
    Heng, Kevin
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  46. 46
    Chiappini, Cristina
    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
  47. 47
    de Mink, Selma E.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  48. 48
    Strong, Andrew W.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  49. 49
    Hasinger, Guenther H.
    Technische Universität Dresden
  50. 50
    Lobanov, Andrei P.
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  51. 51
    Niemeyer, Jens C.
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  52. 52
    Greiner, Jochen
    Diakonie Hospital Stuttgart
  53. 53
    Wilms, Joern
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  54. 54
    Dolag, Klaus
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  55. 55
    Rieger, Frank M.
    Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
  56. 56
    Caselli, Paola P.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  57. 57
    Bergemann, Maria
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  58. 58
    Koester, Detlev G.
    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
  59. 59
    Naab, Thorsten
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  60. 60
    Blum, Jürgen
    Technische Universität Braunschweig
  61. 61
  62. 62
    Weinberger, Rainer
    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
  63. 63
    Wiegelmann, Thomas
    Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
  64. 64
    Sánchez, Arielg G.
    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
  65. 65
    Tacconi, Linda J.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  66. 66
    Klioner, Sergei A.
    Technische Universität Dresden
  67. 67
    Nandra, Kirpaul P.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  68. 68
    Gerhard, Ortwin E.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  69. 69
    Kley, Wilhelm
    Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
  70. 70
    Hauschildt, Peter H.
    Universität Hamburg
  71. 71
    Klessen, Ralf S.
    Universität Heidelberg
  72. 72
    Davies, Richard I.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  73. 73
    Neukum, Gerhard
    Freie Universität Berlin
  74. 74
    Wex, Norbert
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  75. 75
    Saintonge, Amélie
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  76. 76
    Hiesinger, Harald H.
    University of Münster
  77. 77
    Steinmetz, Matthias
    Universität Potsdam
  78. 78
    Salvato, Mara
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  79. 79
    Barnes, Sydney A.
    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
  80. 80
    Gil’fanov, Marat R.
    Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
  81. 81
    Andrae, René
    Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
  82. 82
    Gadotti, Dimitri Alexei
    European Southern Observatory
  83. 83
    Zechmeister, Mathias
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  84. 84
    Mizuno, Yosuke
    Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
  85. 85
    Hekker, Saskia
    Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
  86. 86
    Schwope, Axel D.
    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
  87. 87
    Siegel, Daniel M.
    Universität Greifswald
  88. 88
    Feulner, Georg
    Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
  89. 89
    Curti, Mirko
    European Southern Observatory
  90. 90
    Potgieter, Marius S.
    Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
  91. 91
    Förster-Schreiber, Natascha M.F.
    Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  92. 92
    van Haasteren, Rutger
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
  93. 93
    Wicht, Johannes
    Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
  94. 94
    Quirrenbach, Andreas
    Landessternwarte Heidelberg
  95. 95
    Böhringer, Hans
    Max Planck Institute for Physics (Werner Heisenberg Institute)
  96. 96
    Riechers, Dominick A.
    Universität zu Köln
  97. 97
    Pfrommer, Christoph
    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
  98. 98
    Zensus, Anton J.
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  99. 99
    Freire, Paulo C.C.
    Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
  100. 100
    Scholz, Ralf Dieter
    Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

141 listed scientists in Astronomy & Astrophysics in Germany

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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