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Molecular Biology research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Molecular Biology research in 2022-now (#4 worldwide), followed by European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

Germany's world rank
#3
of 84 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
23k
Top-10% rate
10.7%
Ranked institutions
60

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

What is the best university for Molecular Biology in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #481.617.7%1,424
2European Molecular Biology LaboratoryHeidelberg #3154.521.2%335
3Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #3552.812.0%1,438
4Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #3951.412.7%1,003
5Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #5347.311.5%831
6Technical University of MunichMunich #6345.012.9%636
7University of CologneCologne #8541.113.6%405
8University of GöttingenGöttingen #8640.913.6%410
9Leibniz AssociationBerlin #9040.311.2%650
10University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #13135.310.4%516
11Technische Universität DresdenDresden #14733.810.4%320
12University of BonnBonn #16432.310.3%494
13University of WürzburgWürzburg #16932.010.6%341
14Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #17431.69.7%424
15Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #21129.010.1%321
16University of TübingenTübingen #21428.811.1%424
17Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #21528.89.9%468
18Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #21928.511.2%233
19Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #22828.010.8%388
20Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #24027.310.4%323
21University of MünsterMünster #24127.29.0%414
22Universität HamburgHamburg #25226.79.8%529
23Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #29324.79.6%333
24Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #31423.710.1%309
25German Center for Infection ResearchBraunschweig #32923.113.1%70
26Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #33722.810.3%390
27RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #34522.59.6%460
28Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #35922.015.6%96
29University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #36321.810.8%253
30German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin #37321.515.8%120
31Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #37921.28.7%120
32Institute of Molecular BiologyMainz #40020.513.3%71
33University of RegensburgRegensburg #40620.38.3%247
34University of KonstanzKonstanz #41120.210.2%104
35Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #41520.07.1%231
36Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #44719.09.2%220
37Leibniz University HannoverHanover #45818.711.3%128
38Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #49417.78.7%217
39TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #49917.67.1%136
40Ruhr University BochumBochum #51817.16.2%197
41University of PotsdamPotsdam #52317.010.6%148
42Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #55916.18.7%211
43Universität GreifswaldGreifswald #56515.98.6%178
44University of StuttgartStuttgart #56615.95.0%143
45Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)Ingelheim #59415.314.5%186
46Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #60715.09.1%156
47Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg #61914.712.1%64
48Universität UlmUlm #62214.77.7%221
49University of LübeckLübeck #63314.48.7%128
50Bayer (Germany)Leverkusen #65114.116.9%134
51University of KaiserslauternKaiserslautern #66013.99.4%89
52Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #66213.88.0%225
53University of BayreuthBayreuth #67013.78.7%84
54Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #67213.67.7%257
55Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig #70313.18.0%127
56Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #72312.76.3%141
57Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #73712.49.6%202
58State Museum of Natural History KarlsruheKarlsruhe #83110.80.2%82
59University of HohenheimStuttgart #9319.37.0%125
60University of RostockRostock #9738.78.4%135

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

Who are the top Molecular Biology researchers in Germany?

Matthias Mann, Peer Bork and Alisdair Robert Fernie rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Molecular Biology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Matthias Mann#32 worldwide overall207.7 of 388 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Peer Bork#127 worldwide overall182.9 of 347 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Alisdair Robert Fernie#3,811 worldwide overall164.2 of 474 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Patrick Cramer#5,485 worldwide overall122.8 of 260 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Nikolaus Pfanner#8,086 worldwide overall107.6 of 261 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Fabian Joachim Theis#7,038 worldwide overall97.0 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Detlef Weigel#185 worldwide overall86.7 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8F. Ulrich Hartl#2,000 worldwide overall81.2 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Henning Urlaub#26,767 worldwide overall93.0 of 283 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Matthias W. Hentze#7,485 worldwide overall82.1 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Walter Neupert#24,524 worldwide overall89.7 of 268 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Stefan M. Pfister#1,589 worldwide overall84.4 of 226 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Stefanie Dimmeler#3,747 worldwide overall81.4 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Reinhard Lührmann#20,977 worldwide overall82.5 of 219 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Anthony A. Hyman#3,010 worldwide overall72.6 of 125 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Molecular Biology 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 Molecular Biology