Social Sciences research in Germany

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Max Planck SocietyMunich	#7	77.6	13.2%	3,461
2	Leibniz AssociationBerlin	#17	67.4	17.5%	2,947
3	Freie Universität BerlinBerlin	#31	60.5	12.7%	1,936
4	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich	#46	56.0	13.4%	2,192
5	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin	#57	53.5	14.0%	1,540
6	University of MünsterMünster	#73	50.7	10.4%	1,456
7	Universität HamburgHamburg	#80	49.6	11.8%	1,925
8	University of CologneCologne	#92	48.0	11.2%	1,402
9	Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main	#100	47.0	11.7%	1,645
10	Technische Universität DresdenDresden	#108	46.2	10.9%	840
11	Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg	#116	45.3	10.1%	1,274
12	University of TübingenTübingen	#122	44.8	12.2%	1,268
13	University of BonnBonn	#125	44.5	11.6%	1,056
14	Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz	#130	44.0	12.3%	936
15	University of GöttingenGöttingen	#136	43.5	10.2%	864
16	University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau	#139	43.3	13.0%	855
17	University of KonstanzKonstanz	#147	42.6	15.4%	578
18	TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund	#150	42.4	10.8%	885
19	Technical University of MunichMunich	#169	41.0	15.3%	754
20	University of BremenBremen	#182	40.2	12.0%	1,058
21	Ruhr University BochumBochum	#195	39.4	9.4%	1,091
22	Leipzig UniversityLeipzig	#206	38.7	11.3%	1,004
23	University of WürzburgWürzburg	#223	37.8	10.3%	514
24	University of Duisburg-EssenEssen	#224	37.8	11.9%	1,094
25	University of PotsdamPotsdam	#227	37.6	13.8%	898
26	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen	#236	37.2	11.0%	943
27	University of SiegenSiegen	#253	36.4	6.9%	548
28	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel	#255	36.3	13.1%	742
29	Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin	#274	35.5	14.0%	840
30	Philipps University of MarburgMarburg	#284	35.0	8.9%	756
31	Technische Universität BerlinBerlin	#296	34.6	12.1%	594
32	Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld	#310	34.0	11.4%	1,231
33	Leibniz University HannoverHanover	#327	33.4	10.4%	673
34	Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen	#338	33.0	10.4%	587
35	Osnabrück UniversityOsnabrück	#360	32.3	11.5%	517
36	University of ErfurtErfurt	#442	30.0	12.1%	515
37	University of KasselKassel	#445	29.9	8.6%	873
38	University of BayreuthBayreuth	#447	29.8	11.7%	554
39	Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg	#455	29.6	10.4%	490
40	RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen	#461	29.5	8.7%	671
41	Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf	#467	29.3	7.9%	624
42	Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle	#481	29.0	8.8%	666
43	Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena	#488	28.8	12.1%	676
44	Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken	#510	28.3	12.3%	461
45	University of MannheimMannheim	#511	28.3	17.0%	559
46	University of RegensburgRegensburg	#519	28.1	9.5%	435
47	Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt	#635	25.8	12.7%	486
48	University of BambergBamberg	#645	25.6	9.6%	684
49	University of WuppertalWuppertal	#667	25.2	9.2%	558
50	University of Koblenz and LandauMainz	#694	24.8	12.9%	219
51	Leuphana University of LüneburgLüneburg	#791	23.3	16.3%	418
52	Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig	#802	23.1	10.7%	329
53	Paderborn UniversityPaderborn	#805	23.1	10.2%	486
54	University of AugsburgAugsburg	#808	23.0	8.4%	508
55	Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin	#842	22.6	12.2%	208
56	University of StuttgartStuttgart	#881	22.0	10.4%	336
57	University of HildesheimHildesheim	#939	21.3	8.6%	338
58	Catholic University of Eichstätt-IngolstadtEichstätt	#977	20.9	10.1%	348
59	European University ViadrinaFrankfurt	#1,052	20.0	11.0%	306
60	LVR-Klinik KölnCologne	#1,075	19.8	2.3%	407

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

Christian Montag, Walter Leal Filho and Ulrich Beck rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Christian Montag#9,705 worldwide overall88.8 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Walter Leal Filho#3,822 worldwide overall79.3 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Ulrich Beck#32,387 worldwide overall85.8 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Jean‐Jacques Hublin#5,974 worldwide overall70.0 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Michael Tomasello#1,841 worldwide overall62.7 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Nicole L. Boivin#2,375 worldwide overall59.9 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Matthias Brand#28,713 worldwide overall60.4 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Christoph Knill#19,013 worldwide overall60.2 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Nicholas J. Conard#31,423 worldwide overall56.1 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Michael D. Petraglia#9,526 worldwide overall55.0 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Axel Dreher#1,880 worldwide overall53.1 of 85 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Johannes König#20,638 worldwide overall57.1 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Linda P. Juang#18,120 worldwide overall51.6 of 85 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Niklas Luhmann#88,003 worldwide overall72.9 of 230 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Ulrich Trautwein#20,808 worldwide overall59.2 of 173 papers here in the top 10%

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