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Clinical Psychology research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Clinical Psychology research in 2022-now (#29 worldwide), followed by Universität Hamburg and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 74 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
7.9k
Top-10% rate
11.4%
Ranked institutions
32

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

What is the best university for Clinical Psychology in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #2949.313.0%305
2Universität HamburgHamburg #3745.615.0%311
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #3944.810.4%294
4Max Planck SocietyMunich #5938.616.9%108
5Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #8832.612.6%125
6Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #9431.614.2%146
7University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #10030.713.5%112
8Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #10130.510.3%195
9Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #10430.116.8%146
10Technische Universität DresdenDresden #11928.010.8%107
11Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #12926.817.1%104
12Technical University of MunichMunich #13326.420.4%82
13Leibniz AssociationBerlin #13426.317.9%109
14Ruhr University BochumBochum #13626.014.2%130
15University of CologneCologne #13725.912.5%134
16University of MünsterMünster #14525.112.4%103
17Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #15624.015.2%118
18University of TübingenTübingen #17422.39.9%108
19Universität UlmUlm #18821.217.9%142
20Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #19120.98.4%117
21University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #22218.714.2%102
22Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #24617.112.7%96
23University of GöttingenGöttingen #25316.710.6%62
24University of WürzburgWürzburg #26016.310.0%62
25Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #27215.613.6%101
26Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #28415.014.9%79
27University of BonnBonn #28814.87.5%76
28Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #29314.57.3%93
29Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #31813.210.1%98
30RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #33212.612.6%67
31Hologic (Germany)Wiesbaden #36611.19.3%61
32Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #5205.89.8%73

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

Who are the top Clinical Psychology researchers in Germany?

Christian G. Schmahl, Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen and Martin Bohus rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Clinical Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Christian G. Schmahl#36,465 worldwide overall45.2 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen#89,332 worldwide overall50.3 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Martin Bohus#42,783 worldwide overall39.5 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Arieh Y. Shalev#41,325 worldwide overall33.3 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Klaus Peter Lieb#239,758 worldwide overall35.8 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Thomas R. Elbert#128,911 worldwide overall36.4 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Michael Kaess#194,207 worldwide overall45.9 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer#44,241 worldwide overall29.9 of 77 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9David Daniel Ebert#10,849 worldwide overall26.5 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Matthias Brand#28,713 worldwide overall27.8 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nexhmedin Morina#36,877 worldwide overall27.9 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Johannes Zimmermann#51,607 worldwide overall27.6 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Kirsten Müller‐Vahl#126,967 worldwide overall30.0 of 111 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Mitja D. Back#19,836 worldwide overall23.9 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Elmar Brähler#460,101 worldwide overall48.1 of 220 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Clinical Psychology 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 Clinical Psychology