In 2019, researchers from Stanford University (Ioannidis et al. 2019) published a ranking of the world's most-cited scholars. This was highly acclaimed for its methodology and scope because it combined various citation indicators calculated based on data from Scopus (Elsevier).
In the most recent edition, the freely accessible, comprehensive dataset of the Stanford study shows which scholars are among the top 2% of each individual scientific field in terms of citations for 22 disciplines with 176 subfields. The study takes into account the fact that citation densities can vary considerably between individual disciplines – and also makes researchers at the top of their field within a rather low-citation area more visible.
The Stanford dataset on citations in 2021 lists a total of 121 scientists from the University of Stuttgart who are among the top 2% of the world’s most cited in their field. They are distributed as follows among 11 (of 22) disciplines:
| Discipline | Number of scientists at the University of Stuttgart in the top 2% |
| Physics & Astronomy | 39 |
| Engineering | 20 |
| Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 19 |
| Chemistry | 15 |
| Information & Communication Technologies | 10 |
| Biomedical Research | 6 |
| Mathematics & Statistics | 6 |
| Psychology & Cognitive Sciences | 2 |
| Built Environment & Design | 2 |
| Clinical Medicine | 1 |
| Economics & Business | 1 |
| Total number | 121 |
Strong individual performances in a global comparison
We cannot list all 121 scientists of the University of Stuttgart who made it into the “Who's Who” of the top area for citations in 2021. But some examples from different fields of science are given below (Order alphabetically):
|
Scientists |
occupies place ... of the world's...most cited scientists in the field of ... |
| Birkmann, Joern | 39 of 19.234 in Strategic, Defence & Security Studies |
| Brem, Alexander | 319 of 48.100 in Business & Management |
| Bulling, Andreas | 43 of 14.025 in Human Factors |
| Bürkner, Paul Christian | 31of 20.301 in Statistics & Probability |
| Jeltsch, Albert | 455 of 201.173 in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| Kästner, Johannes | 305 of 95.895 in Chemical Physics |
| Liu, Na | 301 of 103.235 in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Menges, Achim | 2 of 1.576 in Architecture |
| Saliba, Michael | 72 of 103.235 in Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Seifert, Udo | 14 of 48.581 in Fluids & Plasmas |
| ten Brink, Stephan | 163 of 190.154 in Networking & Telecommunications |
| Werner, Hans Joachim | 56 of 95.895 in Chemical Physics |
| Wrachtrup, Jörg | 253 of 289.917 in Applied Physics |