Germany in the Top 2% Scientists list 2026: 10,933 scholars, fields, and institutions
Live ABS Nexora analytics: Germany lists 10,933 Top 2% scientists in the 2026 single-year cohort (~4.42% of the SY analytics total), led by Clinical Medicine (3,767) and Technische Universität München (334).
How many Top 2% scientists are from Germany?
Direct answer: ABS Nexora’s latest single-year country profile for Germany (deu) lists 10,933 Top 2% scientists for selected year 2026 — about 4.42% of the Directory’s single-year country-analytics cohort (~247,376 researchers). Average citations in this snapshot are about 1,324, with average h-index near 13.9, across 1,423 distinct institutions.
Germany combines a large Clinical Medicine cohort with a strong Physics & Astronomy and Chemistry footprint, distributed across Technische Universität München, Charité, and other research-intensive universities.
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Who are the top 10 Top 2% scientists in Germany?
Direct answer: In ABS Nexora’s Germany country profile (deu, single-year 2026), the top 10 listed scholars by Directory ranking start with Grimme, Stefan (Universität Bonn; Chemistry; global rank 5; ~25,096 citations). The table below uses # in country for order within this national list and Global rank for the scholar’s overall rank_all in the single-year listing.
| # in country | Researcher | Institution | Field | Global rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grimme, Stefan | Universität Bonn | Chemistry | 5 | 25,096 |
| 2 | Neese, Frank | Max Planck Institute for Coal Research | Chemistry | 20 | 12,547 |
| 3 | Ivanov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich | Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin | Engineering | 31 | 7,491 |
| 4 | KUZYAKOV, Yakov V. | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry | 56 | 16,372 |
| 5 | Sheldrick, George Michael | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Chemistry | 75 | 11,909 |
| 6 | Rillig, Matthias C. | Freie Universität Berlin | Biology | 77 | 13,108 |
| 7 | Raabe, Dierk | Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH | Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 83 | 15,732 |
| 8 | Sarstedt, Marko | Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg | Economics & Business | 124 | 36,798 |
| 9 | Springel, Volker | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics | Physics & Astronomy | 155 | 9,702 |
| 10 | Sies, Helmult | Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf | Biomedical Research | 176 | 5,076 |
Open any linked name for the full Directory scholar profile. Country order follows the live top_researchers panel on Germany analytics.
What are Germany’s strongest fields?
Germany’s largest Top 2% field cohort is Clinical Medicine with 3,767 listed scholars. The next fields in the live profile are:
| Field | Listed scholars |
|---|---|
| Clinical Medicine | 3,767 |
| Physics & Astronomy | 1,534 |
| Biomedical Research | 1,009 |
| Chemistry | 712 |
| Enabling & Strategic Technologies | 681 |
Which institutions lead in Germany?
The largest institutional cohort in the Germany profile is Technische Universität München (334 listed scholars). Other leading affiliations:
| Institution | Listed scholars |
|---|---|
| Technische Universität München | 334 |
| Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin | 201 |
| Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 195 |
| Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | 182 |
| Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen | 167 |
How has Germany’s Top 2% cohort changed from 2020 to 2026?
In the country-profile timeline, Germany moved from 8,174 listed scholars (2020) to 10,933 (2026) — a change of 2,759 (~+34%).
| Edition year | Listed scholars |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8,174 |
| 2021 | 9,428 |
| 2022 | 9,951 |
| 2023 | 10,083 |
| 2024 | 10,412 |
| 2025 | 10,659 |
| 2026 | 10,933 |
Snapshot metrics (single-year 2026)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Listed scholars | 10,933 |
| Share of global (SY analytics) | 4.42% |
| Avg. citations | 1,324 |
| Avg. h-index | 13.9 |
| Best rank (in profile) | 5 |
| Distinct institutions | 1,423 |
| Leading field | Clinical Medicine (3,767) |
One highly ranked profile example in this snapshot: Grimme, Stefan (Universität Bonn; Chemistry). Rankings shift with listing type and year — always verify on the live Directory.
Explore Germany on ABS Nexora
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FAQ
How many Top 2% scientists does Germany have in 2026? 10,933 listed scholars in ABS Nexora’s single-year country profile for selected year 2026.
What share of the global list is that? About 4.42% of the single-year country-analytics cohort (~247,376 researchers in the matching dashboard snapshot).
Which field is strongest in Germany? Clinical Medicine, with 3,767 listed scholars in the live profile.
Which institution has the most listed scholars? Technische Universität München, with 334 in this snapshot (affiliation coding follows the underlying dataset).
Did Germany grow between 2020 and 2026? Yes — from 8,174 to 10,933 listed scholars (~+34%) in the country timeline.
Who ranks highest among Germany’s Top 2% scientists? In this snapshot, Grimme, Stefan leads the country top_researchers list (see the top-10 table above for linked profiles).
Where can I verify these figures? Open the live Germany country page or Analytics on ABS Nexora; numbers refresh with the Directory database. Data source: Elsevier / Stanford–Ioannidis World’s Top 2% Scientists lists via ABS Nexora.