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Language and Linguistics research in Germany

Leibniz Association ranks first in Germany for Language and Linguistics research in 2022-now (#2 worldwide), followed by University of Cologne and Max Planck Society.

Germany's world rank
#1
of 65 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
5.7k
Top-10% rate
11.6%
Ranked institutions
31

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

What is the best university for Language and Linguistics in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Leibniz AssociationBerlin #288.023.5%237
2University of CologneCologne #1256.917.2%145
3Max Planck SocietyMunich #1454.318.6%98
4Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #1553.115.2%143
5Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #1652.011.1%129
6Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #1750.914.4%126
7Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #2444.911.9%96
8University of MünsterMünster #4036.113.0%115
9University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #4633.715.2%72
10University of GöttingenGöttingen #4733.313.8%96
11Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #4932.617.3%78
12Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #5032.214.3%130
13University of PotsdamPotsdam #5929.419.6%107
14Universität HamburgHamburg #6029.111.2%167
15University of TübingenTübingen #6128.816.8%92
16Ruhr University BochumBochum #6228.512.5%104
17TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #6427.97.0%75
18Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #6527.711.4%108
19Technische Universität DresdenDresden #7325.79.5%61
20University of WürzburgWürzburg #7525.211.9%60
21Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #8223.68.6%88
22University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #8323.414.4%86
23Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #9521.110.0%75
24Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #10020.29.7%66
25Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #10219.918.8%63
26Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #10818.97.8%66
27Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #11517.811.6%78
28University of WuppertalWuppertal #14114.29.1%72
29University of BremenBremen #15412.714.7%66
30Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #17110.95.8%73
31Paderborn UniversityPaderborn #2186.77.7%61

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

Who are the top Language and Linguistics researchers in Germany?

Michael Tomasello, Martín Haspelmath and Juliane House rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Language and Linguistics that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Michael Tomasello#1,841 worldwide overall36.6 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Martín Haspelmath#43,753 worldwide overall27.3 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Juliane House#29,891 worldwide overall26.9 of 73 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Arnulf Deppermann#58,414 worldwide overall21.0 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Bernd Heine#76,188 worldwide overall18.3 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Artemis Alexiadou#202,016 worldwide overall19.6 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Uli Sauerland#109,675 worldwide overall13.8 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Manfred Krifka#114,049 worldwide overall12.5 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9R. Harald Baayen#60,890 worldwide overall12.2 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Isabelle Buchstaller#68,799 worldwide overall10.4 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Bernard Comrie#425,562 worldwide overall20.5 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Hedde Zeijlstra#167,399 worldwide overall10.0 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ingo Plag#178,042 worldwide overall10.1 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Malinda Carpenter#15,062 worldwide overall7.8 of 9 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Nikolaus P. Himmelmann#169,506 worldwide overall8.5 of 16 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Language and Linguistics 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 Language and Linguistics