SFB-TRR 161 Researchers Among World’s Top 2% Scientists

October 17, 2025; Christina Warren

In the 8th version of the Stanford/Elsevier science-wide author database of standardized citation indicators, SFB-TRR 161 researchers were once again highly successful. Since 2019, the list annually identifies and ranks the world’s top 2% scientists across a large number of subfields. The database provides two separate rankings: one for career-long impact and one for  single-year impact.

Single year citation data

For the year 2024 and the subfield “Human Factors”, Albrecht Schmidt (C06) reaches rank 51 out of a total of 15.260 researchers, while Andreas Bulling (A07) occupies rank 64. Out of 23.235 most cited researchers in the subfield “Software Engineering”, Daniel Keim (A03) reaches rank 12, while Daniel Weiskopf (A01, B01, INF, MGK, Ö) places 166 ^th and Michael Sedlmair (A08) 183 ^rd. In the subfield “Experimental Psychology”, Marc Ernst (C05) ranks 416 ^th out of 36.527 researchers.

Career long citation data

With regard to overall, lifetime contribution and influence, our researchers also perform very well in their individual subfields:

• Software Engineering (23.235)
  • Daniel Keim (A03): Rank 6
  • Daniel Weiskopf (A01, B01, INF, MGK, Ö): Rank 159
  • Oliver Deussen (A01): Rank 324
• Human Factors (15.260)
  • Albrecht Schmidt (C06): Rank 32
  • Andreas Bulling (A07): Rank 95
• Bioinformatics (23.358)
  • Falk Schreiber (D04, INF, MGK, Ö): Rank 369
• Experimental Psychology (36.527)
  • Marc Ernst (C05): Rank 506

Congratulations to all!