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Health Professions research in Germany

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ranks first in Germany for Health Professions research in 2022–2025 (#233 worldwide), followed by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Universität Hamburg.

Germany's world rank
#8
of 108 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
18k
Top-10% rate
16.3%
Ranked institutions
60

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Health Professions in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #23327.915.0%398
2Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #31024.224.2%192
3Universität HamburgHamburg #32523.524.5%274
4Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #35322.420.4%268
5Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #35822.314.8%283
6Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #36022.216.5%197
7University Hospital BonnBonn #37721.623.4%88
8Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #38521.316.5%272
9Technical University of MunichMunich #41020.523.3%228
10Technische Universität DresdenDresden #43719.619.9%134
11Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #46918.718.1%155
12University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #48218.322.9%173
13Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #49717.928.9%142
14University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #52217.323.7%156
15Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #55216.519.8%211
16Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #56616.235.7%109
17University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #60015.425.3%127
18University of PotsdamPotsdam #60315.418.5%88
19University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #61915.026.2%62
20RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #62814.818.7%140
21University of CologneCologne #62914.821.7%184
22Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrück #66014.223.4%63
23Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe #67213.922.0%66
24University of TübingenTübingen #68513.719.5%128
25Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #68713.625.3%143
26Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #71213.218.6%187
27University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #71513.123.6%138
28LMU KlinikumMunich #71913.018.3%85
29Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #73212.814.2%141
30Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #75712.421.9%135
31Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #80011.624.0%184
32University of MünsterMünster #80611.516.8%113
33University of GöttingenGöttingen #81111.422.7%70
34University of LübeckLübeck #82211.315.9%126
35University of BremenBremen #83611.123.7%154
36University of BonnBonn #84510.923.0%82
37Robert Koch InstituteBerlin #9319.616.9%117
38Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #9359.615.8%63
39Universität UlmUlm #9769.027.7%67
40Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #9779.014.3%61
41Ruhr University BochumBochum #9978.719.9%111
42Universitätsmedizin GreifswaldGreifswald #1,0028.615.7%108
43Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthDortmund #1,0158.525.2%66
44Jena University HospitalJena #1,0268.317.6%63
45Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #1,0448.118.2%110
46Universitätsmedizin GöttingenGöttingen #1,1157.217.1%74
47University Hospital CologneCologne #1,1387.024.5%69
48University Medical Center FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #1,1446.915.1%82
49Universitätsklinikum ErlangenErlangen #1,2266.015.7%71
50Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #1,2375.916.2%118
51German Sport University CologneCologne #1,2825.422.5%83
52Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #1,3185.020.7%107
53Düsseldorf University HospitalDüsseldorf #1,3844.417.3%65
54Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #1,4104.118.5%67
55University of AugsburgAugsburg #1,4593.722.5%67
56Fulda University of Applied SciencesFulda #1,4993.319.5%102
57University of RegensburgRegensburg #1,5492.911.3%62
58TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #1,5662.820.7%84
59University of KasselKassel #1,5742.718.9%77
60IZA - Institute of Labor EconomicsBonn #1,6222.319.4%75

Institutions in Germany above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health Professions, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Health Professions researchers in Germany?

Hermann Brenner, Reinhard Busse and Erika von Mutius rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Hermann Brenner#461 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 23 works
  2. 2Reinhard Busse#480 worldwide overall3.1k citations · 60 works
  3. 3Erika von Mutius#2,140 worldwide overall888 citations · 17 works
  4. 4Alexander Krämer#6,165 worldwide overall759 citations · 23 works
  5. 5Axel Börsch‐Supan#9,139 worldwide overall814 citations · 44 works
  6. 6Thomas Hofmann#10,717 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 16 works
  7. 7Joachim Heinrich#12,372 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 29 works
  8. 8Stefan Zeuzem#13,612 worldwide overall2k citations · 21 works
  9. 9Susanne Moebus#15,375 worldwide overall728 citations · 18 works
  10. 10Hendrik van den Bussche#19,583 worldwide overall386 citations · 17 works
  11. 11Kayvan Bozorgmehr#20,042 worldwide overall974 citations · 18 works
  12. 12Bernd Löwe#27,923 worldwide overall809 citations · 21 works
  13. 13Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer#33,287 worldwide overall342 citations · 36 works
  14. 14Thomas Rauschenbach#35,190 worldwide overall141 citations · 16 works
  15. 15James W. Vaupel#38,131 worldwide overall538 citations · 18 works

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