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Education research in Germany

Leibniz Association ranks first in Germany for Education research in 2022-now (#53 worldwide), followed by University of Münster and Universität Hamburg.

Germany's world rank
#4
of 112 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.7k
Top-10% rate
12.6%
Ranked institutions
39

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

What is the best university for Education in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Leibniz AssociationBerlin #5347.520.6%332
2University of MünsterMünster #6844.213.7%209
3Universität HamburgHamburg #8641.118.6%182
4Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #9839.416.2%187
5University of CologneCologne #10338.715.8%174
6TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #15633.211.3%187
7Max Planck SocietyMunich #15933.012.2%179
8Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #16532.516.1%129
9University of TübingenTübingen #18830.817.9%128
10Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #22328.510.9%131
11Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #23527.813.9%126
12Technical University of MunichMunich #23627.819.9%86
13Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #23727.725.4%109
14Technische Universität DresdenDresden #25726.67.8%133
15University of WürzburgWürzburg #26826.115.2%72
16Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #28125.513.5%85
17University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #28225.413.8%159
18University of SiegenSiegen #29524.88.0%100
19University of PotsdamPotsdam #35922.220.2%123
20Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #40420.712.2%94
21Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #40720.614.8%127
22Ruhr University BochumBochum #41020.515.9%89
23Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #41920.215.7%75
24Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #46118.913.3%84
25Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #47818.514.7%89
26Leibniz University HannoverHanover #49817.98.3%98
27University of BremenBremen #50817.612.2%89
28University of GöttingenGöttingen #53017.111.2%69
29University of BambergBamberg #57116.110.5%90
30University of Education FreiburgFreiburg #58815.719.0%72
31University of WuppertalWuppertal #59115.619.5%89
32Paderborn UniversityPaderborn #62914.814.7%118
33University of KasselKassel #70913.210.0%108
34Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #72213.013.5%84
35University of AugsburgAugsburg #73012.916.8%64
36Ludwigsburg University of EducationLudwigsburg #87510.513.1%69
37RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #1,1576.810.6%61
38Institut Für Angewandte KulturforschungGöttingen #1,5073.35.4%65
39Institute for Peace Research and Security PolicyHamburg #1,85652.00.0%60

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

Who are the top Education researchers in Germany?

Johannes König, Gabriele Kaiser and Walter Leal Filho rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Education that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Johannes König#20,638 worldwide overall51.9 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Gabriele Kaiser#27,922 worldwide overall53.6 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Walter Leal Filho#3,822 worldwide overall43.0 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Tina Seidel#8,766 worldwide overall40.8 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Ulrich Trautwein#20,808 worldwide overall44.3 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Mareike Kunter#7,903 worldwide overall39.0 of 65 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Oliver Lüdtke#26,122 worldwide overall42.4 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Reinhard H. Pekrun#4,957 worldwide overall31.4 of 67 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Frank Niklas#49,575 worldwide overall26.2 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Dirk Richter#33,776 worldwide overall25.0 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Jürgen Baumert#55,451 worldwide overall30.0 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Susanne Prediger#192,588 worldwide overall28.3 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Eckhard Klieme#88,630 worldwide overall27.0 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Rebecca Lazarides#40,032 worldwide overall23.1 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Linda P. Juang#18,120 worldwide overall20.4 of 27 papers here in the top 10%

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