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Psychology research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Psychology research in 2022-now (#10 worldwide), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Heidelberg University.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 106 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
27k
Top-10% rate
11.5%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Psychology in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #1069.918.6%669
2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #2558.012.2%851
3Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #4450.612.7%685
4Universität HamburgHamburg #7144.313.8%750
5Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #7943.012.0%456
6Ruhr University BochumBochum #8142.612.3%488
7University of MünsterMünster #9940.011.4%407
8Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #10239.613.1%366
9Leibniz AssociationBerlin #10339.516.0%545
10Technical University of MunichMunich #11038.614.8%383
11Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #12337.215.7%406
12University of TübingenTübingen #12437.114.0%462
13University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #12736.814.8%340
14University of WürzburgWürzburg #13336.212.2%314
15Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #14734.812.9%392
16University of CologneCologne #14934.713.2%451
17Technische Universität DresdenDresden #15034.611.3%363
18Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #16033.79.9%414
19Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #16233.69.9%422
20Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #17532.612.0%365
21Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #18032.213.1%348
22TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #20330.613.6%229
23University of PotsdamPotsdam #21529.914.1%329
24University of BonnBonn #22029.611.2%245
25University of KonstanzKonstanz #22329.413.5%197
26University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #22429.413.4%354
27University of BremenBremen #22729.210.9%216
28University of GöttingenGöttingen #23528.712.8%237
29Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #23628.716.9%199
30Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #24228.311.5%374
31Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #24828.013.5%146
32Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #25127.910.8%322
33Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #25727.511.5%288
34University of SiegenSiegen #26727.111.5%143
35Universität UlmUlm #26927.015.9%310
36RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #31025.111.5%277
37University of RegensburgRegensburg #33224.212.9%209
38University of Koblenz and LandauMainz #33524.114.0%105
39Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #33923.914.9%266
40Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #36123.111.7%156
41Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #37922.513.8%199
42Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #38022.513.2%197
43Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrück #38522.318.0%172
44University of AugsburgAugsburg #38722.214.1%179
45University of KasselKassel #45120.213.7%188
46Hologic (Germany)Wiesbaden #52318.310.9%144
47Universität GreifswaldGreifswald #52618.215.9%140
48Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #53018.18.0%222
49Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #54417.814.0%155
50University of BambergBamberg #54617.79.7%177
51Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #55017.611.1%131
52University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #55617.513.2%77
53Central Institute of Mental HealthMannheim #58716.810.1%105
54University of MannheimMannheim #59416.615.1%149
55University of BayreuthBayreuth #60716.312.3%80
56Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #64815.511.9%135
57Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #65215.411.6%124
58Leibniz University HannoverHanover #65315.49.2%89
59University of LübeckLübeck #65515.311.5%144
60Leuphana University of LüneburgLüneburg #70114.414.9%122

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

Who are the top Psychology researchers in Germany?

Michael Tomasello, Reinhard H. Pekrun and David Daniel Ebert rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Michael Tomasello#1,841 worldwide overall183.5 of 444 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Reinhard H. Pekrun#4,957 worldwide overall89.2 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3David Daniel Ebert#10,849 worldwide overall90.0 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen#89,332 worldwide overall107.0 of 440 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Josep Call#39,221 worldwide overall77.8 of 267 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Angela Dorkas Friederici#72,454 worldwide overall74.0 of 259 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Ulrich Trautwein#20,808 worldwide overall60.1 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Christian Montag#9,705 worldwide overall62.9 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Matthias Berking#34,285 worldwide overall61.0 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Thomas Goetz#14,214 worldwide overall51.9 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Markus L Heinrichs#31,320 worldwide overall50.6 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Simon Bodo Eickhoff#16,197 worldwide overall53.1 of 144 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ulman Lindenberger#15,718 worldwide overall52.8 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Tania Singer#25,828 worldwide overall49.5 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Christian G. Schmahl#36,465 worldwide overall52.1 of 162 papers here in the top 10%

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

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What are the best universities for psychology in Germany?

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Psychology research in 2022-now (#10 worldwide), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Heidelberg University.

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