02.01.2026
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MCML Researchers in Highly-Ranked Journals
50 Papers in 2026 Highlight Scientific Impact
We are happy to announce that MCML researchers are represented in 2026 with 50 papers in highly-ranked journals. Congrats to our researchers!
B. Lange
Calibrated Epistemic Deference to Conversational AI in Mental Healthcare.
American Journal of Bioethics. May. 2026. To be published. Preprint available. URL
Calibrated Epistemic Deference to Conversational AI in Mental Healthcare.
American Journal of Bioethics. May. 2026. To be published. Preprint available. URL
Q. Xu • D. Rügamer • A. Bender • M. E. Maros
Deep generative models in digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and X-ray angiography: a systematic review.
Artificial Intelligence Review 59.2. Jan. 2026. DOI
Deep generative models in digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and X-ray angiography: a systematic review.
Artificial Intelligence Review 59.2. Jan. 2026. DOI
L. Burk • J. Zobolas • B. Bischl • A. Bender • M. N. Wright • R. Sonabend
A Large-Scale Neutral Comparison Study of Survival Models on Low-Dimensional Data.
Bioinformatics.btag186. Apr. 2026. DOI GitHub
A Large-Scale Neutral Comparison Study of Survival Models on Low-Dimensional Data.
Bioinformatics.btag186. Apr. 2026. DOI GitHub
M. Rave • G. Kauermann
Deriving Duration Time From Occupancy Data—A Case Study in the Length of Stay in Intensive Care Units for COVID-19 Patients.
Biometrical Journal 68.1. Feb. 2026. DOI
Deriving Duration Time From Occupancy Data—A Case Study in the Length of Stay in Intensive Care Units for COVID-19 Patients.
Biometrical Journal 68.1. Feb. 2026. DOI
T. Richter • W. Wang • A. Palma • F. J. Theis
Generative models of cell dynamics: from Neural ODEs to flow matching.
Communications Biology. Jan. 2026. DOI
Generative models of cell dynamics: from Neural ODEs to flow matching.
Communications Biology. Jan. 2026. DOI
D. S. Bové • H. Seibold • A.-L. Boulesteix • J. Manitz • A. Gasparini • B. K. Günhan • O. Boix • A. Schüler • S. Fillinger • S. Nahnsen • A. E. Jacob • T. Jaki
The statistical software revolution in pharmaceutical development: challenges and opportunities in open source.
Drug Discovery Today. Feb. 2026. DOI
The statistical software revolution in pharmaceutical development: challenges and opportunities in open source.
Drug Discovery Today. Feb. 2026. DOI
Y. Mu • Z. Xiong • Y. Wang • M. Shahzad • F. Essl • H. Kreft • M. van Kleunen • X. Zhu
GlobalGeoTree: A Multi-Granular Vision-Language Dataset for Global Tree Species Classification.
Earth System Science Data 18.2. Feb. 2026. DOI GitHub
GlobalGeoTree: A Multi-Granular Vision-Language Dataset for Global Tree Species Classification.
Earth System Science Data 18.2. Feb. 2026. DOI GitHub
P. Garthen • H. S. C. Mudragada • S. Schwarz • . Edelhoff • M. J. Steinbauer • W. Peters • K. Kuecuekaytekin • L. Bothmann
Distance-based population density estimates from camera traps: Strong impact of technical choices in automated pipelines.
Ecological Informatics 95.103682. May. 2026. DOI
Distance-based population density estimates from camera traps: Strong impact of technical choices in automated pipelines.
Ecological Informatics 95.103682. May. 2026. DOI
J. K. Throm • M. Milling • A. Triantafyllopoulos • A. Kathan • A. F. Dörsam • J. Löchner • B. W. Schuller • K. E. Giel
Affective Dimensions in Maternal Voice During Child Feeding in Mothers With and Without Eating Disorder History—Findings From a Machine Learning Analysis of Speech Data.
European Eating Disorders Review 34.2. Mar. 2026. DOI
Affective Dimensions in Maternal Voice During Child Feeding in Mothers With and Without Eating Disorder History—Findings From a Machine Learning Analysis of Speech Data.
European Eating Disorders Review 34.2. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. M. Heimer • J. Dexl • J. Ta • R. Ebner • F. L. Herr • L. Orasanin • K. Jeblick • L. C. Adams • L. K. Shiyam Sundar • A. Tufman • R. A. Werner • G. Sheikh • J. Ricke • M. Ingrisch • M. P. Fabritius • C. C. Cyran
Artificial intelligence for TNM staging in NSCLC: a critical appraisal of segmentation utility in [1⁸F]FDG PET/CT.
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 53. Apr. 2026. DOI
Artificial intelligence for TNM staging in NSCLC: a critical appraisal of segmentation utility in [1⁸F]FDG PET/CT.
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 53. Apr. 2026. DOI
E. O. Riedel • S. Schramm • F. Bongratz • M. J. Gruber • D. Sepp • K. J. Paprottka • C. Zimmer • B. Wiestler • D. M. Hedderich
Deep learning-based synthetic brain MRI for the assessment of regional atrophy patterns in neurodegenerative diseases.
European Radiology. Feb. 2026. DOI
Deep learning-based synthetic brain MRI for the assessment of regional atrophy patterns in neurodegenerative diseases.
European Radiology. Feb. 2026. DOI
J. Lonardi • S. Halimeh • S. von Mackensen • L. Kleinlein • J. Fleischer • H. Funk • J. Hölz • J. Holzapfel • S. Juranek • V. Lieftüchter • C. Bidlingmaier • M. Olivieri
HAEMFIX: Impact of Switching From SHL‐FIX to EHL‐FIX in Patients With Haemophilia B.
Haemophilia 32.1. Jan. 2026. DOI
HAEMFIX: Impact of Switching From SHL‐FIX to EHL‐FIX in Patients With Haemophilia B.
Haemophilia 32.1. Jan. 2026. DOI
L. Yang • Y. Bai • Y. Wang • I. Alsarraj • G. Kutyniok • Z. Wang • K. Wu
Lightweight Learning from Actuation-Space Demonstrations via Flow Matching for Whole-Body Soft Robotic Grasping.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 11.6. Jun. 2026. DOI
Lightweight Learning from Actuation-Space Demonstrations via Flow Matching for Whole-Body Soft Robotic Grasping.
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 11.6. Jun. 2026. DOI
A. Triantafyllopoulos • A. Batliner • B. W. Schuller
Charting 15 years of progress in deep learning for speech emotion recognition: A replication study.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing Early Access. Apr. 2026. DOI
Charting 15 years of progress in deep learning for speech emotion recognition: A replication study.
IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing Early Access. Apr. 2026. DOI
C. Liu • G. Perantoni • L. Bruzzone • X. Zhu
Adaptive Gradient Calibration for Single-Positive Multi-Label Learning in Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Early Access. Feb. 2026. DOI GitHub
Adaptive Gradient Calibration for Single-Positive Multi-Label Learning in Remote Sensing Image Scene Classification.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Early Access. Feb. 2026. DOI GitHub
Z. Chen • Y. Wang • Y. Shi • X. Zhu
Reconstructing Building Height from Spaceborne TomoSAR Point Clouds Using a Dual-Topology Network.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Early Access. Jan. 2026. DOI GitHub
Reconstructing Building Height from Spaceborne TomoSAR Point Clouds Using a Dual-Topology Network.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing Early Access. Jan. 2026. DOI GitHub
B. Jian • J. Pan • Y. Li • F. Bongratz • R. Li • D. Rückert • B. Wiestler • C. Wachinger
Temporal Conditioning for Longitudinal Brain MRI Registration and Aging Analysis.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Early Access. Mar. 2026. DOI
Temporal Conditioning for Longitudinal Brain MRI Registration and Aging Analysis.
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging Early Access. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. Fuest • P. Ma • M. Gui • J. Schusterbauer • V. T. Hu • B. Ommer
Diffusion Models and Representation Learning: A Survey.
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Early Access. Jan. 2026. DOI GitHub
Diffusion Models and Representation Learning: A Survey.
IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Early Access. Jan. 2026. DOI GitHub
Y. Ni • R. Liang • X. Hao • J. Cheng • Q. Wang • C. Huang • C. Zou • W. Zhou • W. Ding • B. W. Schuller
Affine Modulation-based Audiogram Fusion Network for Joint Noise Reduction and Hearing Loss Compensation.
Information Fusion 127. Part A.103726. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
Affine Modulation-based Audiogram Fusion Network for Joint Noise Reduction and Hearing Loss Compensation.
Information Fusion 127. Part A.103726. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
M. Li • E. Nie • H. Huang • X. Lv • G. Zhou
Dual-layer prompt ensembles: Leveraging system- and user-level instructions for robust LLM-based query expansion and rank fusion.
Information Fusion 131.104160. Jul. 2026. DOI
Dual-layer prompt ensembles: Leveraging system- and user-level instructions for robust LLM-based query expansion and rank fusion.
Information Fusion 131.104160. Jul. 2026. DOI
L. Benz • U. Pul • T. Brock • F. Schwendicke • E. Walter
Cost-Effectiveness of AI-Assisted Detection of Apical Periodontitis on Panoramic Radiographs.
International Endodontic Journal. Mar. 2026. DOI
Cost-Effectiveness of AI-Assisted Detection of Apical Periodontitis on Panoramic Radiographs.
International Endodontic Journal. Mar. 2026. DOI
J. He • X. Zhu
Reverse degradation for remote sensing pan-sharpening.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 146.105085. Feb. 2026. DOI
Reverse degradation for remote sensing pan-sharpening.
International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 146.105085. Feb. 2026. DOI
Y. Xia • R. Ding • Z. Qin • G. Zhan • K. Zhou • L. Yang • H. Dong • D. Cremers
TARGO and TARGO-Net: Benchmarking Target-Driven Object Grasping Under Occlusions.
International Journal of Computer Vision 134.170. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
TARGO and TARGO-Net: Benchmarking Target-Driven Object Grasping Under Occlusions.
International Journal of Computer Vision 134.170. Mar. 2026. DOI GitHub
C. Naumzik • A. Maarouf • S. Feuerriegel • M. Weinmann
Beyond Means: A Dynamic Framework for Predicting Customer Satisfaction.
International Journal of Research in Marketing In press. Mar. 2026. DOI
Beyond Means: A Dynamic Framework for Predicting Customer Satisfaction.
International Journal of Research in Marketing In press. Mar. 2026. DOI
P. Ricci • C. Bonaudo • I. Ezhov • A. Toaha • D. Nardini • M. Camelia • F. Lucidi • F. Nozzoli • T. Mach • I. Tachtsidis • D. Rückert • A. Della Puppa • L. Giannoni • F. S. Pavone
A Label-Free Hyperspectral Imaging Device for Ex Vivo Characterization and Grading of Meningioma Tissues.
Journal of Biophotonics 19.3. Mar. 2026. DOI
A Label-Free Hyperspectral Imaging Device for Ex Vivo Characterization and Grading of Meningioma Tissues.
Journal of Biophotonics 19.3. Mar. 2026. DOI
J. Dexl • S. Gatidis • M. Früh • K. Jeblick • A. Mittermeier • A. T. Stüber • B. Schachtner • J. Topalis • M. P. Fabritius • S. Gu • G. K. Murugesan • J. VanOss • J. Ye • J. He • A. Alloula • B. W. Papież • Z. Mesbah • R. Modzelewski • M. Hadlich • Z. Marinov • R. Stiefelhagen • F. Isensee • K. H. Maier-Hein • A. Galdran • K. Nikolaou • C. la Fougère • M. Kim • N. Kallenberg • J. Kleesiek • K. Herrmann • R. Werner • M. Ingrisch • C. C. Cyran • T. Küstner
AutoPET Challenge on Fully Automated Lesion Segmentation in Oncologic PET/CT Imaging, Part 2: Domain Generalization.
Journal of Nuclear Medicine 67.3. Mar. 2026. DOI
AutoPET Challenge on Fully Automated Lesion Segmentation in Oncologic PET/CT Imaging, Part 2: Domain Generalization.
Journal of Nuclear Medicine 67.3. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. Fornasier • J. Klemenc • A. Scagliotti
Trade-off Invariance Principle for Minimizers of Regularized Functionals.
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 208.78. Jan. 2026. DOI
Trade-off Invariance Principle for Minimizers of Regularized Functionals.
Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 208.78. Jan. 2026. DOI
M. Fischer • A. Muckenhuber • R. Peretzke • L. Farah • C. Ulrich • S. Ziegler • P. Schader • L. Feineis • H. Gao • S. Xiao • M. Götz • M. Nolden • K. Steiger • J. T. Sieveke • L. Endrös • R. Braren • J. Kleesiek • P. J. Schüffler • P. Neher • K. Maier-Hein
Contrastive virtual staining enhances deep learning-based PDAC subtyping from H&E-stained tissue cores.
Journal of Pathology 268.1. Jan. 2026. DOI
Contrastive virtual staining enhances deep learning-based PDAC subtyping from H&E-stained tissue cores.
Journal of Pathology 268.1. Jan. 2026. DOI
M. F. Dasdelen • I. Kukuljan • P. Lienemann • F. Ozlugedik • A. Sadafi • M. Hehr • K. Spiekermann • C. Pohlkamp • C. Marr
AI-based hematological malignancy prediction from peripheral blood smears in a large diagnostic laboratory cohort.
Leukemia. Mar. 2026. DOI
AI-based hematological malignancy prediction from peripheral blood smears in a large diagnostic laboratory cohort.
Leukemia. Mar. 2026. DOI
M. K. Belaid • M. Rabus • E. Hüllermeier
Uncertainty Quantification in Pairwise Difference Learning for Classification.
Machine Learning 115.12. Jan. 2026. DOI
Uncertainty Quantification in Pairwise Difference Learning for Classification.
Machine Learning 115.12. Jan. 2026. DOI
S. M. A. R. Thies • J. C. Alfaro • V. Bengs
MORE–PLR: Multi-Output Regression Employed for Partial Label Ranking.
Machine Learning 115.18. Jan. 2026. DOI
MORE–PLR: Multi-Output Regression Employed for Partial Label Ranking.
Machine Learning 115.18. Jan. 2026. DOI
S. Haas • E. Hüllermeier
Aleatoric and Epistemic Uncertainty Measures for Ordinal Classification through Binary Reduction.
Machine Learning 115.63. Mar. 2026. DOI
Aleatoric and Epistemic Uncertainty Measures for Ordinal Classification through Binary Reduction.
Machine Learning 115.63. Mar. 2026. DOI
C. Kolb • C. L. Müller • B. Bischl • D. Rügamer
Smoothing the Edges: Smooth Optimization for Sparse Regularization Using Hadamard Overparametrization.
Machine Learning 115.87. Apr. 2026. DOI
Smoothing the Edges: Smooth Optimization for Sparse Regularization Using Hadamard Overparametrization.
Machine Learning 115.87. Apr. 2026. DOI
Y. Li • I. Yakushev • D. M. Hedderich • C. Wachinger
Translating MRI to PET through conditional diffusion models with enhanced pathology awareness.
Medical Image Analysis 111.104035. Jun. 2026. DOI GitHub
Translating MRI to PET through conditional diffusion models with enhanced pathology awareness.
Medical Image Analysis 111.104035. Jun. 2026. DOI GitHub
H. Li • J. Liu • Z. Huang • Z. Li • X. Ma • P. J. Schüffler • N. Navab • S. K. Zhou
PASS-Tr: PAtch-wise swin slice attention to leverage generalization of 2D large vision model to universal lesion detection.
Medical Image Analysis 111.104036. Jun. 2026. DOI
PASS-Tr: PAtch-wise swin slice attention to leverage generalization of 2D large vision model to universal lesion detection.
Medical Image Analysis 111.104036. Jun. 2026. DOI
B. Schmitz-Koep • V. Schultz • F. Bongratz • A. Menegaux • M. Thalhammer • S. Schramm • S. H. Kim • C. Zimmer • C. Sorg • C. Wachinger • P. Giannakopoulos • M.-L. Montandon • C. Rodriguez • S. Haller • D. M. Hedderich
Longitudinal assessment of cortical thickness in healthy older individuals: a comparison between CAT12 and freesurfer.
Neuroradiology 68.2. Feb. 2026. DOI
Longitudinal assessment of cortical thickness in healthy older individuals: a comparison between CAT12 and freesurfer.
Neuroradiology 68.2. Feb. 2026. DOI
A. Holz • M. Karmann • S. Deli • V. Neumaier • M. Bonhoeffer • F. Bongratz • B. Schmitz-Koep • P. Rossmueller • B. Zott • B. Wiestler • C. Sorg • C. Zimmer • C. Wachinger • D. M. Hedderich
Artificial intelligence-based segmentation of perisinusoidal tissue along the superior sagittal sinus in human brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Neuroradiology. Apr. 2026. DOI
Artificial intelligence-based segmentation of perisinusoidal tissue along the superior sagittal sinus in human brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Neuroradiology. Apr. 2026. DOI
P. Spitzer • D. Hendriks • J. Rudolph • S. Schläger • J. Ricke • N. Kühl • B. F. Hoppe • S. Feuerriegel
The effect of medical explanations from large language models on diagnostic accuracy in radiology.
npj Digital Medicine 9.333. Apr. 2026. DOI
The effect of medical explanations from large language models on diagnostic accuracy in radiology.
npj Digital Medicine 9.333. Apr. 2026. DOI
E. Özsoy • C. Pellegrini • D. Bani-Harouni • K. Yuan • M. Keicher • N. Navab
Specialized foundation models for intelligent operating rooms.
npj Digital Medicine. Apr. 2026. DOI
Specialized foundation models for intelligent operating rooms.
npj Digital Medicine. Apr. 2026. DOI
A. Varma • D. Scholz • A. C. Erdur • J. C. Peeken • D. Rückert • B. Wiestler
Improving out-of-domain generalization in Multiple Sclerosis detection and segmentation using Random Convolutions.
Pattern Recognition Letters 199. Jan. 2026. DOI
Improving out-of-domain generalization in Multiple Sclerosis detection and segmentation using Random Convolutions.
Pattern Recognition Letters 199. Jan. 2026. DOI
J. He • L. Lin • Z. Zheng • Q. Yuan • J. Li • L. Zhang • X. Zhu
Spatial-X fusion for multi-source satellite imageries.
Remote Sensing of Environment 334.115214. Mar. 2026. DOI
Spatial-X fusion for multi-source satellite imageries.
Remote Sensing of Environment 334.115214. Mar. 2026. DOI
Á. I. Toldy • P. Pisal • O. Krejčí • P. Rinke • A. Santasalo-Aarnio
TheMeCat: Dataset of Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Methanol.
Scientific Data 13.165. Jan. 2026. DOI
TheMeCat: Dataset of Thermocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Methanol.
Scientific Data 13.165. Jan. 2026. DOI
X. Zhu • Q. Li • Y. Shi • Y. Wang • A. J. Stewart • J. Prexl • F. Zhang
GlobalBuildingMap — Unveiling the mystery of global buildings.
Scientific Data 13.71. Jan. 2026. DOI
GlobalBuildingMap — Unveiling the mystery of global buildings.
Scientific Data 13.71. Jan. 2026. DOI
A. Höhl • S. Ofori-Ampofo • M.-Á. Fernández-Torres • R. S. Kuzu • X.
A large-scale, multitask, multisensory dataset for climate-aware crop monitoring in the US from 2018–2022.
Scientific Data 13.72. Jan. 2026. DOI
A large-scale, multitask, multisensory dataset for climate-aware crop monitoring in the US from 2018–2022.
Scientific Data 13.72. Jan. 2026. DOI
T. T. Trần • M. Oesten • S. G. Griesshammer • A. Malessa • K. Shi • M. Heckel • B. M. Eskofier • A. Koelpin • C. Ostgathe • T. Steigleder
Radar-based inspiratory-to-expiratory time ratio estimation: a validation study.
Scientific Reports 16.8256. Mar. 2026. DOI
Radar-based inspiratory-to-expiratory time ratio estimation: a validation study.
Scientific Reports 16.8256. Mar. 2026. DOI
Y. Li • H. Li • L. Specia • B. W. Schuller
M6: multi-generator, multi-domain, multi-lingual and cultural, multi-genres, multi-instrument machine-generated music detection databases.
Scientific Reports In press. Feb. 2026. DOI
M6: multi-generator, multi-domain, multi-lingual and cultural, multi-genres, multi-instrument machine-generated music detection databases.
Scientific Reports In press. Feb. 2026. DOI
R. Schwank • M. Drton
On the distance between mean and geometric median in high dimensions.
Statistics and Probability Letters Early Access.110679. Feb. 2026. DOI
On the distance between mean and geometric median in high dimensions.
Statistics and Probability Letters Early Access.110679. Feb. 2026. DOI
X. Zhu • Y. Zeng • J. Guo
Enhancing the Understanding of Urban Green Space Cooling Effects in China's Major Cities with a Sub-Meter Dataset.
Sustainable Cities and Society 136.107051. Jan. 2026. DOI
Enhancing the Understanding of Urban Green Space Cooling Effects in China's Major Cities with a Sub-Meter Dataset.
Sustainable Cities and Society 136.107051. Jan. 2026. DOI
L. Lind • H. Sandström • P. Rinke
An interpretable molecular descriptor for machine learning predictions in atmospheric science.
The Journal of Chemical Physics 164.084115. Feb. 2026. DOI
An interpretable molecular descriptor for machine learning predictions in atmospheric science.
The Journal of Chemical Physics 164.084115. Feb. 2026. DOI
M. Ingrisch
The architectural gap in clinical artificial intelligence.
The Lancet Digital Healths 8.2. Apr. 2026. DOI
The architectural gap in clinical artificial intelligence.
The Lancet Digital Healths 8.2. Apr. 2026. DOI
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