The latest update of a database published by Elsevier provides information on the most cited researchers in 2023 for each scientific field, including extensive figures on publications, citations, self-citation rates, and indices. The dataset contains more than 220,000 authors and takes into account the different publication cultures of the individual subject areas by including the top 2 percent of the world's most frequently cited researchers in their field in the list.
These include 131 academics from the University of Stuttgart, which are spread across a total of 12 departments and listed as follows.
| Discipline | Number of scientists at the University of Stuttgart in the top 2% |
| Physics & Astronomy | 41 |
| Engineering | 26 |
| Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 17 |
| Information & Communication Technologies | 17 |
| Chemistry | 13 |
| Biomedical Research | 6 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 6 |
| Built Environment & Design | 2 |
| Clinical Medicine | 1 |
| Psychology & Cognitive Sciences | 1 |
| Economics & Business | 1 |
| Philosophy & Theology | 1 |
| Total number | 131 |
Strong individual performances in a global comparison
Over 20 percent of the University of Stuttgart's current faculty members are accounted for.
The researchers from the University of Stuttgart, active in the year under review, are listed below as the most frequently cited in their respective fields (in alphabetical order):
| Scientists | occupies place ... of the world's...most cited scientists in the field of ... |
| Allgöwer, Frank | 462 of 113.906 in Industrial Engineering & Automation |
| Bárdossy, András |
210 of 60.423 in Environmental Engineering |
| Birkmann, Joern | 34 of 25.048 in Strategic, Defence & Security Studies |
| Brem, Alexander | 195 of 57.191 in Business & Management |
| Brink, Stephan ten | 360 of 206.482 in Networking & Telecommunications |
| Buchmeiser, Michael R. | 281 of 116.445 in Polymers |
| Bulling, Andreas | 54 of 14.904 in Human Factors |
| Bürkner, Paul Christian | 26 of 21.194 in Statistics & Probability |
| Dressel, Martin | 1593 of 304.738 in Applied Physics |
| Giessen, Harald | 204 of 78.127 in Optics |
| Graf, Thomas | 656 of 120.816 in Optoelectronics & Photonics |
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Hagendorff, Thilo |
1.639 of 399.064 in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing |
| Hauer, Bernhard | 678 of 170.049 in Organic Chemistry |
|
Hilfer, Rudolf |
176 of 52.450 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| Jeltsch, Albert | 432 of 208.384 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Kaim, Wolfgang | 105 of 75.463 in Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry |
| Kästner, Johannes | 242 of 106.831 in Chemical Physics |
| Kontermann, Roland E. | 540 of 157.372 in Immunology |
| Knippers, Jan | 986 of 57.831 in Civil Engineering |
| Liu, Na |
364 of 135.958 in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Lutz, Eric |
265 of 78.538 in General Physics |
| Menges, Achim | 3 of 1.798 in Architecture |
| Rademacher, Georg | 471 of 120.816 in Optoelectronics & Photonics |
| Rump, Wolfgang | 272 of 68.528 in General Mathematics |
| Saliba, Michael | 96 of 135.958 in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Scherer, Carsten | 532 of 113.906 in Industrial Engineering & Automation |
| Seifert, Udo | 20 of 52.450 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| Speck, Thomas | 260 of 52.450 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| Weitkamp, Jens |
131 of 40.704 in Physical Chemistry |
| Werner, Hans Joachim | 53 of 106.831 in Chemical Physics |
| Werner, Jürgen | 1.167 of 304.738 in Applied Physics |
| Wrachtrup, Jörg |
500 of 304.738 in Applied Physics |
| Yang, Bin |
308 of 206.482 in Networking & Telecommunications |
More names of top-cited scientists can be found in the database.
The University would like to congratulate these and all other researchers on their success!
The University of Stuttgart is a university with a high level of external funding and outstanding achievements in research, teaching and transfer. This is reflected in numerous national and international rankings.
Further news on frequently cited researchers:
The University of Stuttgart achieved outstanding performance in the QS World University Ranking Europe 2025, particularly in citations per researcher and the number of students going abroad.
Four scientists ranked as "highly cited researchers"
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart in the Stanford/Elsevier database on citations in 2022