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Health Professions research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Health Professions research in 2022-now (#57 worldwide), followed by Universität Hamburg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Germany's world rank
#3
of 106 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
18k
Top-10% rate
10.9%
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
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #5746.413.8%453
2Universität HamburgHamburg #5946.014.4%457
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #6844.110.4%425
4Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #8840.710.6%398
5Technische Universität DresdenDresden #9240.112.8%209
6Technical University of MunichMunich #9439.812.7%276
7Max Planck SocietyMunich #9839.214.8%180
8Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #10538.316.3%152
9University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #11137.614.1%209
10Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #11537.114.1%141
11University of CologneCologne #12536.012.3%256
12Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #13035.518.0%109
13Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #13435.113.9%218
14Leibniz AssociationBerlin #14434.215.3%252
15Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #14534.111.1%238
16Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #14733.98.9%391
17Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #16132.713.2%273
18University of BonnBonn #17831.313.3%181
19University of GöttingenGöttingen #19829.914.1%149
20University of TübingenTübingen #20229.712.2%184
21Ruhr University BochumBochum #21029.114.9%131
22Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #22328.416.0%226
23University of MünsterMünster #24926.910.6%162
24Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #25026.812.8%262
25Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #25926.412.5%207
26University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #26526.112.3%194
27Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #26626.010.5%117
28Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #28725.015.9%184
29Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #29024.910.1%177
30University of WürzburgWürzburg #29124.814.1%112
31University of BremenBremen #30524.215.6%157
32TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #33323.010.1%84
33University of RegensburgRegensburg #35922.09.4%122
34RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #36521.810.1%188
35Universität UlmUlm #38521.112.6%119
36Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #39420.811.9%116
37Robert Koch InstituteBerlin #41320.219.8%117
38University of LübeckLübeck #42020.012.7%126
39Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #43719.410.6%108
40University of PotsdamPotsdam #43919.412.8%97
41University of AugsburgAugsburg #46818.59.1%96
42Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #49617.811.3%211
43Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #53916.714.7%142
44Universität GreifswaldGreifswald #57615.813.2%135
45Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrück #59415.411.8%63
46Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #59915.39.2%74
47German Sport University CologneCologne #61514.912.7%83
48Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #63714.413.1%112
49Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #68413.57.1%63
50Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #69613.310.8%68
51Fulda University of Applied SciencesFulda #70613.17.3%102
52GesundheitsamtFrankfurt am Main #70913.05.2%122
53University of KasselKassel #80411.410.1%77
54Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and HealthDortmund #81511.213.1%66
55München KlinikMunich #84810.63.5%118
56University of RostockRostock #87610.29.5%73
57Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #9199.610.8%118
58Bayer (Germany)Leverkusen #9848.76.4%68
59Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und WohlfahrtspflegeHamburg #1,0228.22.8%79
60IZA - Institute of Labor EconomicsBonn #1,1416.77.8%75

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

Who are the top Health Professions researchers in Germany?

Johannés Siegrist, Till Bärnighausen and Michel Wensing rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Health Professions that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Johannés Siegrist#89,546 worldwide overall64.4 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Till Bärnighausen#9,020 worldwide overall47.6 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Michel Wensing#634,874 worldwide overall60.2 of 254 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Thomas Münzel#43,557 worldwide overall33.7 of 81 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Martin Christian Härter#188,993 worldwide overall39.2 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Orkan Okan#78,828 worldwide overall39.3 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Hermann Burr#102,737 worldwide overall32.9 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Joachim Heinrich#34,182 worldwide overall31.7 of 102 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Walter Maetzler#79,716 worldwide overall31.0 of 67 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Isabelle Scholl#93,323 worldwide overall27.3 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Rainer Dziewas#104,179 worldwide overall28.1 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Annette Peters#14,815 worldwide overall28.4 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Reinhard Busse#103,596 worldwide overall36.4 of 177 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Nico Dragano#108,561 worldwide overall29.5 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15David Daniel Ebert#10,849 worldwide overall21.5 of 41 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Health Professions 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 Health Professions