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General Health Professions research in Germany

Universität Hamburg ranks first in Germany for General Health Professions research in 2022–2025 (#130 worldwide), followed by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and University of Bremen.

Germany's world rank
#6
of 86 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
11k
Top-10% rate
16.9%
Ranked institutions
40

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

What is the best university for General Health Professions in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Universität HamburgHamburg #13028.627.2%186
2Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #14527.016.6%228
3University of BremenBremen #16824.924.2%127
4Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #17524.320.2%173
5University of CologneCologne #18523.522.7%130
6Technical University of MunichMunich #19422.824.6%128
7Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #20721.836.0%67
8Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #21321.420.7%155
9Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #22420.618.7%163
10Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #24119.625.5%138
11Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #26218.428.3%94
12Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #28517.118.1%165
13University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #28717.025.6%92
14Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #29016.921.8%93
15Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #29816.527.3%94
16Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #30316.220.6%124
17University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #31515.625.8%91
18University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #32715.124.2%112
19Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #34414.422.4%128
20Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #39312.418.2%117
21Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #40911.814.8%88
22Technische Universität DresdenDresden #42711.219.3%78
23Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #43211.018.5%91
24University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #45910.123.5%76
25Robert Koch InstituteBerlin #46110.114.8%100
26Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #4789.516.2%90
27Ruhr University BochumBochum #4899.221.8%67
28University of TübingenTübingen #4988.918.3%78
29University of KasselKassel #5148.519.8%67
30IZA - Institute of Labor EconomicsBonn #5158.420.2%71
31Fulda University of Applied SciencesFulda #5268.119.2%84
32Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #5487.521.1%67
33Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #5647.118.6%67
34Universitätsmedizin GreifswaldGreifswald #5916.416.0%68
35University of MünsterMünster #5936.416.0%74
36TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #6195.817.5%65
37University of LübeckLübeck #6395.313.2%70
38München KlinikMunich #7283.46.2%79
39GesundheitsamtFrankfurt am Main #7463.04.4%109
40Berufsgenossenschaft für Gesundheitsdienst und WohlfahrtspflegeHamburg #91010.00.1%74

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

Who are the top General Health Professions researchers in Germany?

Till Bärnighausen, Hermann Brenner and Reinhard Busse rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Till Bärnighausen#139 worldwide overall5.4k citations · 12 works
  2. 2Hermann Brenner#461 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 20 works
  3. 3Reinhard Busse#480 worldwide overall3.1k citations · 52 works
  4. 4Paul B. Baltes#783 worldwide overall2.1k citations · 14 works
  5. 5Alexander Krämer#6,165 worldwide overall759 citations · 17 works
  6. 6Axel Börsch‐Supan#9,139 worldwide overall814 citations · 44 works
  7. 7Herbert Matschinger#9,182 worldwide overall778 citations · 12 works
  8. 8Gerd Gigerenzer#11,966 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 13 works
  9. 9Joachim Heinrich#12,372 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 12 works
  10. 10Klaus Linde#12,680 worldwide overall418 citations · 12 works
  11. 11Susanne Moebus#15,375 worldwide overall728 citations · 12 works
  12. 12Ralf Schwarzer#17,725 worldwide overall684 citations · 12 works
  13. 13Hendrik van den Bussche#19,583 worldwide overall386 citations · 13 works
  14. 14Sabine Sonnentag#24,104 worldwide overall808 citations · 12 works
  15. 15Ulrike Ravens‐Sieberer#33,287 worldwide overall342 citations · 26 works

How Germany compares with other countries in General Health Professions