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Materials Science research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Materials Science research in 2022-now (#11 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 87 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
20k
Top-10% rate
7.9%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Materials Science in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #1169.013.9%1,283
2Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #5049.48.4%2,641
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #10040.410.7%340
4Technical University of MunichMunich #12737.39.8%486
5Technische Universität DresdenDresden #14136.08.0%620
6RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #18032.87.4%936
7Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #20731.06.5%614
8Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #21730.48.8%223
9Universität HamburgHamburg #22030.28.9%263
10Ruhr University BochumBochum #25728.210.6%295
11Leibniz AssociationBerlin #25828.27.0%804
12Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #26327.910.3%270
13University of WürzburgWürzburg #27027.612.1%150
14Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #27327.410.0%153
15University of KonstanzKonstanz #28227.011.2%109
16Federal Institute For Materials Research and TestingBerlin #29026.69.7%189
17University of GöttingenGöttingen #29726.311.2%152
18Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #31125.88.4%103
19University of MünsterMünster #35124.27.7%227
20University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #37723.38.2%308
21University of StuttgartStuttgart #38323.07.3%367
22Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #38822.99.8%463
23Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #39022.810.9%188
24University of RegensburgRegensburg #42721.69.3%117
25Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #43521.46.4%199
26University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #43821.37.6%192
27Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #46220.66.6%123
28University of AugsburgAugsburg #48120.16.3%77
29Leibniz University HannoverHanover #50819.48.6%272
30Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #59117.46.7%99
31University of BayreuthBayreuth #60217.26.6%301
32Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #60717.17.1%162
33University of TübingenTübingen #60917.05.6%130
34TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #63316.56.6%190
35University of PotsdamPotsdam #63516.57.5%99
36Schott (Germany)Mainz #64616.38.1%72
37Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #65716.16.3%154
38Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg #65916.09.9%65
39University of CologneCologne #67315.86.2%110
40Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #68515.55.5%247
41Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #69215.46.3%736
42Universität UlmUlm #73614.65.5%128
43Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #76714.18.4%171
44University of SiegenSiegen #77513.910.1%92
45University of BremenBremen #80613.46.0%146
46University of RostockRostock #89512.15.4%125
47Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #1,02010.46.9%152
48University of BonnBonn #1,04710.07.6%113
49University of WuppertalWuppertal #1,1109.36.0%62
50BASF (Germany)Ludwigshafen am Rhein #1,1199.212.2%63
51Clausthal University of TechnologyClausthal-Zellerfeld #1,1708.64.3%97
52Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #1,1888.48.1%97
53Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #1,1978.34.7%158
54University of KasselKassel #1,2158.14.0%113
55Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #1,2357.96.4%171
56Technische Universität IlmenauIlmenau #1,2737.56.8%102
57Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #1,3816.57.3%87
58University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #1,3876.47.0%73
59Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #1,4026.35.7%102
60TU Bergakademie FreibergFreiberg #1,4865.55.3%195

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

Who are the top Materials Science researchers in Germany?

Markus Antonietti, Xinliang Feng and Kläus Müllen rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Materials Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Markus Antonietti#1,897 worldwide overall195.2 of 465 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Xinliang Feng#3,682 worldwide overall184.1 of 467 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Kläus Müllen#18,689 worldwide overall207.9 of 806 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Dierk Raabe#21,795 worldwide overall152.1 of 562 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Helmuth Möhwald#57,920 worldwide overall129.0 of 411 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Joachim Maier#18,232 worldwide overall127.0 of 434 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Christoph Josef Brabec#12,553 worldwide overall115.9 of 345 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Frank Würthner#14,123 worldwide overall98.9 of 299 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Patrik Schmuki#60,592 worldwide overall97.4 of 315 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Wolfgang Johann Parak#24,765 worldwide overall89.7 of 253 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Robert Schlögl#67,025 worldwide overall110.5 of 463 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Ferdi Schüth#21,379 worldwide overall83.4 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Thomas Bein#28,752 worldwide overall87.2 of 261 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Claudia Felser#53,467 worldwide overall113.8 of 574 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Stefan Kaskel#29,722 worldwide overall91.0 of 348 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Materials Science 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 Materials Science