The latest update of a database published by Elsevier provides information on the most cited researchers in 2022 for each scientific field, including extensive figures on publications, citations, self-citation rates, and indices. The dataset contains more than 200,000 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 119 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 | 35 |
| Engineering | 21 |
| Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 16 |
| Chemistry | 12 |
| Information & Communication Technologies | 11 |
| Biomedical Research | 7 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 7 |
| Built Environment & Design | 3 |
| Clinical Medicine | 3 |
| Psychology & Cognitive Sciences | 2 |
| Economics & Business | 1 |
| Philosophy & Theology | 1 |
| Total number | 119 |
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 | 605 of 106.863 in Industrial Engineering & Automation |
| Bárdossy, András | 148 of 57.175 in Environmental Engineering |
| Birkmann, Joern | 41 of 21.624 in Strategic, Defence & Security Studies |
| Brem, Alexander | 209 of 52.318 in Business & Management |
| Brink, Stephan ten | 310 of 197.500 in Networking & Telecommunications |
| Buchmeiser, Michael R. | 345 of 108.979 in Polymers |
| Bulling, Andreas | 60 of 14.370 in Human Factors |
| Bürkner, Paul Christian | 26 of 21.194 in Statistics & Probability |
| Dressel, Martin | 1595 of 295.432 in Applied Physics |
| Giessen, Harald | 205 of 64.789 in Optics |
| Hauer, Bernhard | 570 of 161.671 in Organic Chemistry |
| Hilfer, Rudolf | 277 of 50.409 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| Jeltsch, Albert | 334 of 204.091 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Kaim, Wolfgang | 70 of 72.729 in Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry |
| Kästner, Johannes | 271 of 100.804 in Chemical Physics |
| Kontermann, Roland E. | 646 of 147.556 in Immunology |
| Liu, Na | 474 of 117.692 in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Lutz, Eric | 191 of 73.580 in General Physics |
| Menges, Achim | 2 of 1.681 in Architecture |
| Seifert, Udo | 17 of 50.409 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| Speck, Thomas | 253 of 50.409 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| Steinwart, Ingo | 1578 of 356.955 in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing |
| Weitkamp, Jens | 127 of 38.735 in Physical Chemistry |
| Werner, Hans Joachim | 97 of 100.804 in Chemical Physics |
| Wrachtrup, Jörg | 371 of 295.432 in Applied Physics |
| Yang, Bin | 335 of 197.500 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!