Nobel Prize winners in Germany

2025 single-year list · 27 laureates, by prize and field

How many Nobel Prize winners in Germany are top-cited scientists?

27 Nobel laureates whose current affiliation is in Germany are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list: 7 in physics, 9 in chemistry, 10 in physiology or medicine and 1 in economic sciences. 22 rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Under each prize are the laureates’ main fields in the list, which can differ from the prize: pick a row to see its laureates ranked in the table of all authors.

Prize and fieldLaureatesTop 100kPrize yearsMost recent laureate
Physics761901–2023Krausz, Ferenc 2023
Physics & Astronomy541901–2023Krausz, Ferenc 2023
Enabling & Strategic Technologies111932Heisenberg, Werner 1932
Earth & Environmental Sciences112021Hasselmann, Klaus L. 2021
Chemistry971967–2021List, Benjamin 2021
Biomedical Research431967–2020Charpentier, Emmanuelle M. 2020
Physics & Astronomy222007–2014Hell, Stefan W. 2014
Chemistry211973–2021List, Benjamin 2021
Earth & Environmental Sciences111995Crutzen, Paul Jozef 1995
Physiology or Medicine1081931–2026Hegemann, Peter 2026
Biomedical Research541991–2026Hegemann, Peter 2026
Clinical Medicine331991–2023Karikó, Katalin 2023
Chemistry111931Warburg, Otto H. 1931
Biology101973Lorenz, Konrad 1973
Economic Sciences111994Selten, Reinhard 1994
Economics & Business111994Selten, Reinhard 1994

27 Nobel laureates in Germany

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