Highly Cited Researchers 2025

Seventeen LMU scientists and academics feature in the latest Highly Cited Researchers 2025 analysis of publications, recognizing them as among the most successful in their field.

The analysis divides publications into 21 fields and one interdisciplinary category and assigns the cited researchers to these rubrics accordingly.

Prof. Veit Hornung (Chair of Immunobiochemistry, Gene Center at LMU) and Prof. Marion Subklewe (Gene Center at LMU and Medical Clinic and Polyclinic III, LMU University Hospital) were ranked among the most highly cited researchers in the interdisciplinary category (Cross-Field). In the Immunology field, Prof. Christoph Klein (Director of Pediatric Clinic and Polyclinic, Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital and Gene Center at LMU) was recognized as one of the most highly cited researchers.

• More about Veit Hornung's research
• More about Marion Subklewe's research
• More about Christoph Klein's research

Highly Cited Researchers 2025

About the ranking
The Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list identifies and celebrates individuals who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research. Through rigorous selection criteria and comprehensive analysis, we recognize researchers whose exceptional and community-wide contributions shape the future of science, technology and academia globally.
This year Clarivate has designated 7,131 Highly Cited Researcher awards to 6,868 individuals. Some researchers have been recognized in more than one Essential Science Indicators (ESI) field, resulting in more designations than individual awardees. This analysis, which includes the distribution of designations across nations and institutions, reflects the impact of these 6,868 individuals, distributed across fields, in accordance with the size of each. More