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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research in Germany

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research ranks first in Germany for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research in 2022–2025 (#20 worldwide), followed by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Heidelberg University.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 72 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.4k
Top-10% rate
16.1%
Ranked institutions
37

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

What is the best university for Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin #2054.628.6%269
2Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #5838.514.9%310
3Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #8832.218.4%204
4Universität HamburgHamburg #9431.218.9%160
5University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #10629.420.2%139
6University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #12427.018.0%169
7Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #18121.317.4%168
8Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #18920.616.8%157
9Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #20319.522.9%89
10Technical University of MunichMunich #22418.018.7%107
11Leipzig Heart InstituteLeipzig #23917.117.1%112
12University Hospital MünsterMünster #24416.819.3%111
13Heart and Diabetes Center North Rhine-WestphaliaBad Oeynhausen #26015.817.1%140
14Deutsches Herzzentrum MünchenMunich #30913.213.6%126
15RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #31512.915.9%93
16Deutsches Herzzentrum der CharitéBerlin #31712.814.2%108
17Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #33012.211.9%122
18University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #33312.125.8%62
19Technische Universität DresdenDresden #34711.416.3%71
20Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #35011.316.2%93
21University Hospital CologneCologne #35111.214.8%125
22University of LübeckLübeck #36810.516.9%102
23University Hospital BonnBonn #37510.216.3%114
24Universitätsklinikum WürzburgWürzburg #3859.918.0%89
25LMU KlinikumMunich #3939.519.3%75
26University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #4089.021.1%71
27University of CologneCologne #4248.419.3%84
28Universitäts-Herzzentrum Freiburg-Bad KrozingenBad Krozingen #4298.217.5%68
29University of GöttingenGöttingen #4477.619.3%63
30Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #4527.421.8%63
31University Hospital Schleswig-HolsteinKiel #5075.716.1%71
32Ruhr University BochumBochum #5205.319.2%61
33Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #5215.316.7%64
34Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #5504.413.7%69
35Düsseldorf University HospitalDüsseldorf #5524.412.9%67
36Jena University HospitalJena #5803.710.8%77
37University Hospital RegensburgRegensburg #6122.810.4%61

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

Who are the top Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine researchers in Germany?

Heribert Schunkert, Udo Sechtem and Andrew J.S. Coats rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Heribert Schunkert#501 worldwide overall3k citations · 57 works
  2. 2Udo Sechtem#980 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 56 works
  3. 3Andrew J.S. Coats#1,017 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 86 works
  4. 4Hugo A. Katus#1,201 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 128 works
  5. 5Stefan D. Anker#1,311 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 95 works
  6. 6Ulf Landmesser#1,351 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 63 works
  7. 7Gerhard Hindricks#1,439 worldwide overall3k citations · 93 works
  8. 8Michael Böhm#1,515 worldwide overall3.3k citations · 135 works
  9. 9Adnan Kastrati#1,665 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 64 works
  10. 10Julinda Mehilli#1,915 worldwide overall2k citations · 45 works
  11. 11Martin Czerny#2,058 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 24 works
  12. 12Johann Bauersachs#2,125 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 58 works
  13. 13Felix Mahfoud#2,260 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 77 works
  14. 14Hölger Thiele#2,502 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 89 works
  15. 15Sigmund Silber#2,534 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 25 works

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