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Demography research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Demography research in 2022-now (#4 worldwide), followed by Leibniz Association.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 55 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.8k
Top-10% rate
11.4%
Ranked institutions
2

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

What is the best university for Demography in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #477.216.2%91
2Leibniz AssociationBerlin #7528.915.7%63

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

Who are the top Demography researchers in Germany?

James W. Vaupel, Hannes Zacher and Mikko Myrskylä rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Demography that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1James W. Vaupel#39,979 worldwide overall28.2 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hannes Zacher#8,796 worldwide overall22.8 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Mikko Myrskylä#51,742 worldwide overall19.1 of 33 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Владимир Михайлович Школьников#121,833 worldwide overall13.2 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Nina Glick Schiller#52,147 worldwide overall11.3 of 19 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Martina Ziefle#417,827 worldwide overall13.2 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Steffi Gerlinde Riedel-Heller#153,499 worldwide overall9.8 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Karsten Hank#87,568 worldwide overall9.9 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Hans‐Werner Wahl#395,776 worldwide overall13.2 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Cort W. Rudolph#18,677 worldwide overall10.0 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Alyson van Raalte#108,680 worldwide overall8.8 of 12 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Volker Wulf#306,100 worldwide overall8.6 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Morten Wahrendorf#127,777 worldwide overall8.5 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Sebastian Klüsener#181,688 worldwide overall8.1 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Steven Vertovec#44,235 worldwide overall7.0 of 10 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Demography 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 Demography