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Medicine research in Austria

Medical University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Medicine research in 2022–2025 (#24 worldwide), followed by Medical University of Graz and Innsbruck Medical University.

Austria's world rank
#27
of 155 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
17k
Top-10% rate
17.4%
Ranked institutions
51

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

What is the best university for Medicine in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Medical University of ViennaVienna #2465.718.8%3,957
2Medical University of GrazGraz #28039.117.6%1,630
3Innsbruck Medical UniversityInnsbruck #37735.918.5%1,192
4Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #39135.521.2%909
5Paracelsus Medical UniversitySalzburg #1,14523.919.3%678
6University of ViennaVienna #1,15523.822.6%572
7Vienna General HospitalVienna #2,00017.917.5%133
8University of SalzburgSalzburg #2,23016.715.6%240
9Comprehensive Cancer Center ViennaVienna #2,38216.025.8%209
10Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienVienna #2,48515.515.6%214
11Karl Landsteiner University of Health SciencesKrems #2,57515.117.5%186
12University of Veterinary Medicine ViennaVienna #2,78614.315.6%264
13Kepler UniversitätsklinikumLinz #2,99113.513.9%304
14Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #3,05113.318.9%312
15UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und TechnikHall in Tirol #3,19712.823.7%92
16Statistics AustriaVienna #3,45412.021.0%76
17Universität für Weiterbildung KremsKrems #3,56611.621.4%74
18BOKU UniversityVienna #3,70611.225.0%78
19Graz University of TechnologyGraz #3,97210.423.3%146
20University of GrazGraz #3,98310.415.7%278
21Karl Landsteiner SocietySt. Pölten #4,10410.115.2%145
22Klinikum Wels-GrieskirchenWels #4,3159.610.8%76
23Tirol KlinikenInnsbruck #4,5888.914.8%137
24TU WienVienna #4,7818.416.4%150
25BioTechMed-GrazGraz #4,9348.133.1%87
26Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Digital Health and PreventionSalzburg #5,1227.718.3%81
27Klinikum KlagenfurtKlagenfurt #5,9756.08.5%109
28Ordensklinikum Linz Barmherzige SchwesternLinz #6,0965.87.3%74
29Fachhochschule Wiener NeustadtWiener Neustadt #6,2925.514.8%88
30Danube Private UniversityKrems #6,4335.215.8%65
31Universitätsklinikum St. PöltenSt. Pölten #6,5595.010.8%78
32University Clinic of TraumatologyInnsbruck #6,6084.94.5%161
33Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of GodVienna #6,6854.810.1%89
34International Atomic Energy AgencyVienna #6,7594.725.7%61
35Wiener KrankenanstaltenverbundVienna #6,8754.55.5%74
36Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Traumatology, The Research Center in Cooperation with AUVAVienna #7,0224.319.6%62
37Hanusch HospitalVienna #7,4443.713.2%82
38Graz University HospitalGraz #7,6083.49.0%80
39University Hospital InnsbruckInnsbruck #7,7263.316.9%64
40Orthopaedic Hospital SpeisingVienna #7,7433.215.4%77
41Landeskrankenhaus FeldkirchFeldkirch #7,8453.19.1%116
42Klinik HietzingVienna #8,1162.710.5%75
43Universitätszahnklinik WienVienna #8,2072.62.6%129
44Gesundheit ÖsterreichVienna #8,2892.513.5%66
45Universitätsklinikum KremsKrems #8,4162.38.8%67
46LKH HochsteiermarkLeoben #9,63787.08.9%64
47Mahle (Austria)Rankweil #9,64586.03.5%82
48Austrian Society of Dermatology and VenereologyVienna #9,84764.03.2%74
49Salzburger LandesklinikenSalzburg #9,87560.06.8%68
50Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und GeburtshilfeGraz #10,11335.03.2%90
51Universitätsklinik für Kinder und JugendpsychiatrieVienna #10,33411.01.5%75

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

Who are the top Medicine researchers in Austria?

Iréne Lang, Franz Fazekas and Hans Lassmann rank highest among researchers based in Austria.

  1. 1Iréne Lang#7,369 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 135 works
  2. 2Franz Fazekas#12,858 worldwide overall877 citations · 108 works
  3. 3Hans Lassmann#19,193 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 121 works
  4. 4Herbert Tilg#19,644 worldwide overall919 citations · 110 works
  5. 5K. A. Jellinger#31,393 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 174 works
  6. 6Alexandra Kautzky‐Willer#59,745 worldwide overall593 citations · 119 works
  7. 7Kurt Huber#75,395 worldwide overall949 citations · 174 works
  8. 8Gerald Maurer#136,573 worldwide overall641 citations · 166 works
  9. 9Michael Marberger#141,275 worldwide overall474 citations · 149 works
  10. 10Matthias Preusser#162,899 worldwide overall497 citations · 171 works
  11. 11Ernst Wolner#219,904 worldwide overall329 citations · 115 works
  12. 12Siegfried Kasper#246,782 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 137 works
  13. 13Ursula Schmidt‐Erfurth#251,289 worldwide overall1k citations · 403 works
  14. 14Leopold Schmetterer#269,674 worldwide overall590 citations · 205 works
  15. 15Walter Klepetko#272,001 worldwide overall343 citations · 174 works

How Austria compares with other countries in Medicine