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Institutional development · Research, innovation and assessment · Germany

Five Hochschule Bielefeld researchers named on Stanford list of most-cited scientists

Hochschule Bielefeld (HSBI) in Germany says five of its researchers, spanning physics, psychology, electrical engineering and business informatics, appear this year on Stanford's list of the world's most-cited scientists.

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Why it matters: Hochschule Bielefeld and its five named researchers in physics, psychology, electrical engineering, business informatics and business psychology gain recognition on this year's Stanford citation list.

Hochschule Bielefeld (HSBI) announced that five of its researchers appear in this year's edition of the Stanford list of the most-cited scientists worldwide, across different categories.

According to HSBI, those listed are physicist Andrea Ehrmann, psychologist Sebastian Bamberg, electrical engineer Alaa Othman, business informatics specialist Jochen Malte Küster and business psychologist Gerrit Hirschfeld.

The institution described the Stanford list as prestigious.

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Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor

Five HSBI researchers from five different disciplines appear on this year's Stanford list of highly cited scientists, according to the institution.

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