Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Domain · Life Sciences · Germany

Life Sciences research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#4 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Leibniz Association.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
85k
Top-10% rate
11.3%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #484.217.8%4,081
2Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #3758.812.8%3,903
3Leibniz AssociationBerlin #4357.113.4%3,131
4Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #4955.611.6%2,759
5Technical University of MunichMunich #5055.414.0%2,022
6Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #5753.912.6%2,671
7University of GöttingenGöttingen #5853.714.8%1,641
8European Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelberg #8050.020.6%573
9University of BonnBonn #9548.013.5%1,857
10University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #10247.211.9%1,733
11Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #11845.612.7%1,109
12University of CologneCologne #11945.512.7%1,316
13Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #12445.011.4%1,283
14University of TübingenTübingen #14843.012.6%1,555
15Universität HamburgHamburg #15342.610.9%1,877
16Technische Universität DresdenDresden #17241.310.5%1,235
17Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #17641.09.7%1,332
18Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #18940.211.0%1,267
19University of WürzburgWürzburg #19439.911.8%1,208
20University of MünsterMünster #19939.610.5%1,285
21Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #20239.411.0%1,452
22Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #22838.011.4%1,160
23Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #26036.510.6%1,419
24Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #30234.812.0%1,179
25Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #30934.611.5%998
26Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #33333.710.6%1,033
27Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #35533.010.3%500
28University of KonstanzKonstanz #36532.712.3%362
29RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #38232.29.6%1,404
30Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #38632.016.0%256
31German Center for Infection ResearchBraunschweig #40731.415.0%218
32University of RegensburgRegensburg #43830.69.2%808
33University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #47329.710.8%813
34Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #48329.510.8%1,071
35Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #50529.08.1%866
36Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrück #50928.912.5%236
37Ruhr University BochumBochum #51228.88.8%842
38Leibniz University HannoverHanover #53328.413.5%456
39German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin #55327.916.3%253
40University of PotsdamPotsdam #57727.512.9%490
41Bayer (Germany)Leverkusen #59227.214.3%520
42Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #59427.17.7%1,014
43Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #61326.812.5%336
44Universität GreifswaldGreifswald #62226.610.1%568
45TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #62826.58.2%359
46University of LübeckLübeck #63026.510.5%530
47Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #63926.39.7%543
48University of BayreuthBayreuth #64226.211.2%341
49Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #68225.58.6%684
50Institute of Molecular BiologyMainz #69325.414.5%114
51Universität UlmUlm #69425.48.8%714
52Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #71325.010.4%740
53Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #73624.79.5%390
54Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #73724.710.9%712
55State Museum of Natural History KarlsruheKarlsruhe #74424.61.0%702
56University of HohenheimStuttgart #76724.213.1%934
57Loewe Center for Synthetic MicrobiologyMarburg #78324.013.3%93
58German Center for Diabetes ResearchMunich #81723.518.0%87
59University of StuttgartStuttgart #81923.56.8%306
60Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)Ingelheim #90522.311.1%475

Institutions in Germany above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Germany?

Alisdair Robert Fernie, Matthias Mann and Yakov V. Kuzyakov rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Alisdair Robert Fernie#3,811 worldwide overall444.3 of 1,188 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Matthias Mann#32 worldwide overall300.7 of 569 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yakov V. Kuzyakov#1,822 worldwide overall290.4 of 644 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Detlef Weigel#185 worldwide overall258.4 of 472 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Peer Bork#127 worldwide overall260.1 of 492 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Mark Stitt#847 worldwide overall218.7 of 408 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Teja Tscharntke#201 worldwide overall181.7 of 317 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ian Thomas Baldwin#22,839 worldwide overall199.0 of 554 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Thomas Meitinger#5,030 worldwide overall191.8 of 486 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Christian Gieger#1,356 worldwide overall177.2 of 379 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Stefan Schreiber#25,964 worldwide overall205.6 of 668 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Jonathan Gershenzon#7,723 worldwide overall182.0 of 451 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Matthias C. Rillig#721 worldwide overall171.7 of 348 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Fabian Joachim Theis#7,038 worldwide overall165.2 of 349 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Marco Prinz#8,167 worldwide overall155.4 of 334 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Germany compares with other countries in Life Sciences