niversity’s 2026 list of the world’s top 2% of scientists, highlighting the international impact of their research.
The Stanford ranking comprises two categories: “Single Recent Year” and “Career”. The former measures research impact based on citations received in the most recent calendar year (2025), while the latter assesses citation impact over the course of an academic career, drawing on data up to the end of 2025.
The following ten CBI professors feature in at least one of the two categories (listed alphabetically):
- Prof. Michael Engel
- Prof. Oliver Friedrich
- Prof. Martin Hartmann
- Prof. Jürgen Karl
- Prof. Karl Mayrhofer
- Prof. Philipp Schlatter
- Prof. Simon Thiele
- Prof. Matthias Thommes
- Prof. Nicolas Vogel
- Prof. Peter Wasserscheid
Prof. Matthias Thommes, Head of the Institute of Separation Science and Technology, has been among the 50 most-cited researchers in his field worldwide for several years. In the 2026 edition, he placed 41st in the broader subject area of Physics & Astronomy.