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Epidemiology research in Germany

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ranks first in Germany for Epidemiology research in 2022–2025 (#72 worldwide), followed by Heidelberg University and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 79 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
9k
Top-10% rate
16.9%
Ranked institutions
38

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

What is the best university for Epidemiology in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #7237.917.0%282
2Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #10232.821.4%229
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #11930.618.4%240
4Universität HamburgHamburg #18024.620.9%178
5University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #20522.720.8%157
6University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #21122.220.3%150
7Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #26419.013.7%196
8Technical University of MunichMunich #30117.119.0%133
9Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #32216.119.1%112
10Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #35214.816.4%128
11University of TübingenTübingen #35614.621.2%95
12RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #37613.918.6%91
13Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #42212.225.3%75
14Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #42612.018.4%100
15Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #46510.818.8%94
16University of CologneCologne #46610.724.1%72
17Jena University HospitalJena #46910.615.5%95
18University Hospital MünsterMünster #48710.116.9%102
19University of LübeckLübeck #5119.416.7%103
20Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #5149.320.4%80
21University Hospital BonnBonn #5229.116.2%110
22LMU KlinikumMunich #5239.116.7%98
23Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #5259.022.5%77
24Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #5288.918.4%80
25University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #5338.817.9%88
26University Hospital CologneCologne #5618.020.1%84
27Robert Koch InstituteBerlin #5667.923.6%72
28University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #5837.522.3%66
29Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #5997.118.3%89
30University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #6176.720.5%67
31Universitätsklinikum WürzburgWürzburg #6585.716.6%75
32Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #6855.114.4%82
33University Medical Center FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #6964.912.9%86
34Düsseldorf University HospitalDüsseldorf #6974.916.2%62
35Universitätsklinikum ErlangenErlangen #6994.813.4%72
36University Hospital RegensburgRegensburg #7024.814.0%88
37University Hospital LeipzigLeipzig #7324.214.5%68
38University Hospital Schleswig-HolsteinKiel #7533.814.3%64

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

Who are the top Epidemiology researchers in Germany?

Jost B. Jonas, Till Bärnighausen and Hermann Brenner rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Jost B. Jonas#12 worldwide overall7.7k citations · 34 works
  2. 2Till Bärnighausen#139 worldwide overall5.4k citations · 13 works
  3. 3Hermann Brenner#461 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 27 works
  4. 4Matthias Endres#524 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 14 works
  5. 5Hugo A. Katus#1,201 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 13 works
  6. 6Andreas Unterberg#1,802 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 14 works
  7. 7Werner Hacke#2,130 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 34 works
  8. 8Wolfgang Köenig#2,693 worldwide overall3k citations · 17 works
  9. 9Winfried März#2,927 worldwide overall5.2k citations · 44 works
  10. 10Stefan Schreiber#3,175 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 53 works
  11. 11Harald zur Hausen#3,914 worldwide overall920 citations · 19 works
  12. 12Peter Schirmacher#4,319 worldwide overall2k citations · 22 works
  13. 13Volkmar Falk#4,350 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 23 works
  14. 14Henning Dralle#4,780 worldwide overall965 citations · 17 works
  15. 15Michael Stümvoll#5,122 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 17 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Epidemiology