Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Professor emerita of Soil Science and Dean of the TUM School of Life Sciences until September 2025, is among the most cited researchers for the eleventh time in a row. Rupert Seidl, Professor of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes, is included for the sixth time in a row.
In their publications, scientists refer to the most important studies that have been published on the topic. Therefore, the total number of times a paper is cited is a good indicator of its research quality and relevance.
The latest evaluation lists the scientists who were cited most frequently in their respective subject areas between 2014 and 2024. Researchers who are frequently cited across multiple fields are listed in the “Cross-Field” category. The current list contains a total of around 7,100 individuals, listed in no particular order.
The Highly Cited Researchers from the TUM School of Life Sciences are the following scientists:
Cross-Field:
- Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller, Chair of Nutrition and Immunology
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Küster, Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics
- Prof. Dr. Anja Rammig, Professorship of Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions
- Prof. Dr. Melanie Schirmer, Professorship of Translational Microbiome Data Integration
- Prof. Dr. Bärbel Stecher-Letsch, Chair of Intestinal Microbiome
- Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weisser, Chair of Terrestrial Ecology
Agricultural Sciences:
- Prof. Dr. Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, Chair of Soil Science
Biology und Biochemistry:
- Prof. Dr. Fabian Theis, Chair of Mathematical Modelling of Biological Systems
Immunology:
- Prof. Dr. Dietmar Zehn, Chair of Animal Physiology and Immunology
Environment and Ecology:
- Prof. Dr. Rupert Seidl, Chair of Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management in Mountain Landscapes
The other researchers from TUM:
- Prof. Dr. Hubert Gasteiger, Chair of Technical Electrochemistry
- Prof. Dr. Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Chair of Functional Materials
- Prof. Dr. Daniel Rückert, Chair of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Medicine
- Prof. Dr. Mikael Simons, Chair of Molecular Neurobiology
- Prof. Dr. Matthias Eiber, Clinic for Nuclear Medicine, TUM University Hospital
- Prof. Dr. Marcus Conrad, Chair of Translational Redox Biology
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Leucht, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, TUM University Hospital
