Cited worldwide
Four Göttingen Max Planck researchers are among the most frequently cited scientists
In a nutshell
- Top one percent in their field: Clarivate Analytics determines the most influential researchers worldwide each year based on publication and citation data.
- Max Planck success: The Max Planck Society ranks seventh in the global ranking, and is the only German organization in the top 10.
- Success for the Göttingen Campus: In addition to four Max Planck researchers, four scientists from the University of Göttingen were honored.
Four researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences have been recognized as “Highly Cited Researchers 2025”: Molecular biologist Patrick Cramer, physicist Stefan Hell, neurobiologist Klaus-Armin Nave, and bioinformatician Johannes Söding are among the world’s most influential scientists of the past decade in their respective fields.
Clarivate Analytics’ analysis of Highly Cited Researchers covers those scientists who have published the most highly cited papers between 2014 and 2024. This represents the top one percent of frequently cited publications and includes 6,868 scientists from 60 countries. Germany ranks fourth with 363 entries, behind the US, China and the UK. With 66 scientists listed, the Max Planck Society improved from ninth place last year to seventh. It is the only German research institution in the top 10.
The analysis considers not only the number of publications and citations, but also whether the work has advanced knowledge in frontier areas of research and had a significant impact on the scientific community. Original articles are therefore given more weight than review articles. (cr/cb)