SFB-TRR 161 Researchers Among World's Top Scientists

October 27, 2026; Christina Warren

In the 9th 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. The latest update of the database was published in October 2026.

Single year citation data for 2025

Out of 24.083 most cited researchers in the subfield “Software Engineering”, Daniel Keim (A03) reaches rank 17, while Michael Sedlmair (A08) places 92 ^nd and Daniel Weiskopf (A01, B01, INF, MGK, Ö) 93 ^rd. In the subfield “Human Factors”, Albrecht Schmidt (C06) reaches rank 37 out of a total of 16.381 researchers. In the subfield “ Experimental Psychology”, Marc Ernst (C05) ranks 536 ^th out of 37.808 researchers. Andreas Bulling (A07) occupies rank 1.614 out of 517.648 authors in the category Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing.

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 151
  • Oliver Deussen (A01): Rank 328
• Human Factors (16.381)
• • Albrecht Schmidt (C06): Rank 27
• Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing (517.648)
• • Andreas Bulling (A07): Rank 1.212
• Bioinformatics (24.357)
• • Falk Schreiber (D04, INF, MGK, Ö): Rank 367
• Experimental Psychology (37.808)
• • Marc Ernst (C05): Rank 504

Congratulations to all!