Seven Goethe U. Researchers Among World's Most Cited

In most cases, it is fundamental scientific findings that result in a paper being cited frequently by other scientists. That is why citation frequency serves as an indicator of the published articles' scientific significance as well as the authors' visibility in the scientific community.

Once a year, information and technology company Clarivate Analytics evaluates its "Web of Science" citation database and publishes the "Highly Cited Researchers" ranking. The current ranking includes around 6,868 scientists, in no particular order, who belonged to the one percent of authors whose scientific articles in the natural and engineering sciences, medicine, and the categories "Economics and Business" and "Social Sciences" were cited most frequently between 2014 and 2024, either within their own category or in different subjects ("cross-field").

The ranking only takes into account journal articles and not book contributions. Further, articles with more than 30 authors or so-called group authorships in large international research consortia are also not included in the study.

Here are the "highly cited" Goethe University researchers of 2025:

Professor Florian Büttner

DKTK-Professor for "Bioinformatics in Oncology" at Goethe University / German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) / German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

https://mlo-lab.github.io/

in the "cross-field" category

Professor Ivan Đikić

Director of Goethe University's Institute for Biochemistry II (Molecular Cell Biochemistry)

https://biochem2.com/management

in the "Biology and Biochemistry" and "Molecular Biology and Genetics" categories

Professor Florian Greten

Director of Georg Speyer Haus - Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy / Professor of Tumor Biology at Goethe University / Spokesperson of the LOEWE Center Frankfurt Cancer Institute

https://georg-speyer-haus.de/

https://fci.health/

in the "cross field" category

Professor Gerhard Hummer

Director of tthe Max Planck Institute of Biophysics / Professor at Goethe University's Institute of Biophysics

https://www.biophys.mpg.de/theoretical-biophysics

in the "cross field" category

Professor Sibylle Loibl

Goethe University's Faculty of Medicine / German Breast Group Forschungs GmbH, Neu-Isenburg

http://www.onkologie-bethanien.de/unser-centrum/aerzteteam/prof-dr-med-sibylle-loibl.php

in the "clinical medicine" category

Professor Stefan Offermanns

Director at the Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim / Professor of Pharmacology at the Center for Molecular Medicine, Goethe University Frankfurt

https://www.mpg.de/457037/herz-lungenforschung-offermanns

in the "cross field" category

Professor Klement Tockner

Director General of the Senckenberg Society / Professor for Ecosystem Research at Goethe University Frankfurt

https://www.senckenberg.de/en/about-us/organisation/director-general/

in the „cross field" category

Picture download:

https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/180364698

Captions:

Professor Florian Büttner, Photo: private

Professor Ivan Đikić, Photo: Uwe Dettmar for Goethe University

Professor Florian Greten, Photo: Uwe Dettmar for Goethe University

Professor Gerhard Hummer, Photo Shau Chun Shin for Max Planck Institute of Biophysics

Professor Sibylle Loibl, Photo: Joppen for GBG Forschungs GmbH

Professor Stefan Offermanns, Photo: private

Professor Klement Tockner, Photo: Sven Tränkner for Senckenberg

Further Information:

https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers/