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Life Sciences research in Austria

Medical University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Life Sciences research in 2022–2025 (#168 worldwide), followed by University of Vienna and Universität Innsbruck.

Austria's world rank
#27
of 149 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
10k
Top-10% rate
22.2%
Ranked institutions
27

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Medical University of ViennaVienna #16842.820.4%1,208
2University of ViennaVienna #31935.725.4%1,110
3Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #59428.723.3%754
4Medical University of GrazGraz #59528.718.5%420
5Innsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruck #90624.018.8%387
6Institute of Science and Technology AustriaKlosterneuburg #1,16521.241.2%188
7BOKU UniversityVienna #1,26920.329.2%662
8Austrian Academy of SciencesVienna #1,29920.038.4%123
9Vienna BiocenterVienna #1,50518.442.8%104
10University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaVienna #1,51818.321.3%515
11TU WienVienna #1,77716.517.9%286
12University of SalzburgSalzburg #1,88915.824.7%224
13Max Perutz LabsVienna #2,09714.729.0%98
14BioTechMed-GrazGraz #2,12314.526.9%112
15University of GrazGraz #2,19814.118.9%369
16Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #2,25413.917.5%167
17Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg #2,30413.618.2%156
18Research Institute of Molecular PathologyVienna #2,81011.440.9%62
19Graz University of TechnologyGraz #2,86111.221.6%232
20Institute of Molecular BiotechnologyVienna #3,11110.333.1%70
21Comprehensive Cancer Center ViennaVienna #3,5378.822.7%78
22Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant BiologyVienna #4,4766.250.5%69
23Austrian Institute of TechnologyVienna #4,5306.126.5%71
24Austrian Agency for Health and Food SafetyVienna #5,8213.323.9%62
25Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (Austria)Graz #6,0032.922.2%66
26International Atomic Energy AgencyVienna #6,1282.723.7%83
27Natural History Museum ViennaVienna #7,25181.010.0%64

Institutions in Austria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Austria?

Rudolf Bauer, Hans Lassmann and Peter F. Stadler rank highest among researchers based in Austria.

  1. 1Rudolf Bauer#2,462 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 70 works
  2. 2Hans Lassmann#19,193 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 109 works
  3. 3Peter F. Stadler#30,884 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 153 works
  4. 4K. A. Jellinger#31,393 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 99 works
  5. 5Tod F. Stuessy#84,070 worldwide overall572 citations · 126 works
  6. 6Kurt Faber#201,015 worldwide overall562 citations · 93 works
  7. 7Martín Grube#240,265 worldwide overall265 citations · 79 works
  8. 8Siegfried Kasper#246,782 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 117 works
  9. 9Wolfgang Kroutil#321,929 worldwide overall447 citations · 86 works
  10. 10Friedrich Ehrendorfer#349,714 worldwide overall167 citations · 85 works
  11. 11Г. Брем#445,333 worldwide overall215 citations · 89 works
  12. 12Dietmar Fuchs#541,250 worldwide overall318 citations · 86 works
  13. 13Johann Sölkner#639,191 worldwide overall161 citations · 99 works
  14. 14Jürgen Roth#643,391 worldwide overall386 citations · 119 works
  15. 15Gerhard Nahler#671,845 worldwide overall797 citations · 110 works

How Austria compares with other countries in Life Sciences