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03/05/2025 | Campus-Meldung

More researchers from the University of Kassel represented in the Stanford ranking

The University of Kassel is once again strongly represented in the current ranking of the world's most cited scientists - with a positive development compared to the previous year. The list of the top 2% most frequently cited scientists updated by Stanford University in September 2024 lists a total of 33 researchers from the University of Kassel for 2023 - seven more than in the previous year. The publicly accessible database lists a large number of standardized citation indicators.

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For the year 2023, 33 scientists from the University of Kassel are on Stanford University's list. Among them, 14 are among the 100,000 most cited (excluding self-citations). Prof. Dr. Stefan Seuring (rank 1747) and Prof. Dr. Rainer Georg Jörgensen (rank 5,955) achieved top rankings. Also represented in the top 100,000 are: Prof. Dr. Willis Gwenzi (visiting professor), Prof. Dr. Tobias Plieninger, Prof. Dr. Andreas Ziegler, Prof. Dr. Stefan Gold, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ulrich Teichler (emeritus), Prof. Dr. Christoph Flückiger, Prof. Dr. Claudia Backes, Prof. Dr. Johannes Zimmermann, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Niendorf, Prof. Dr. Stefan Bringezu as well as Prof. Dr. Sandra Ohly and Prof. Dr. Patrick Spieth.

Another eleven researchers from Kassel are among the 200,000 most cited: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Braun, Prof. em. Dr. Werner Blum, Anna Gunina, Prof. Dr. Georg Krücken, Dr. Christoph Steiner, Prof. Dr. Sigrid James, Mogens Niss, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Bernard Sick, Prof. Dr. Bernard Ludwig, Dr. habil. Abozar Nasirahmadi and Prof. Dr. Andreas Bürkert.

There is also an improvement in the category "Most cited researchers by entire career (until 2023)": instead of 24 researchers in the previous year, 29 researchers from the University of Kassel are now listed. This also includes Seuring, Jörgensen, Plieninger and Teichler with rankings in the top 50,000 (including self-citations).

"The increasing presence of our researchers in this ranking is a great success. It shows that the scientific work at the University of Kassel is recognized and appreciated internationally," emphasizes Prof. Dr. Michael Wachendorf, Vice President for Research.

About the ranking

The Stanford University database shows separate data on the influence of researchers over their entire career and for a single current year. The selection is based on the top 100,000 researchers by c-score (both with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or more in the respective sub-field. The c-score focuses on importance (i.e. number of citations) rather than productivity (number of publications) and also takes into account information on co-authorship and author position (single, first and last author).

You can find the entire database and all lists here: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7