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Oncology research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Oncology research in 2022-now (#13 worldwide), followed by Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Germany's world rank
#3
of 65 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.5k
Top-10% rate
10.0%
Ranked institutions
38

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

What is the best university for Oncology in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #1361.312.7%643
2Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #3148.214.3%306
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #6736.510.1%374
4Max Planck SocietyMunich #8033.916.6%72
5Technical University of MunichMunich #8433.111.6%192
6Universität HamburgHamburg #10330.111.2%334
7Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #11228.811.8%165
8Technische Universität DresdenDresden #11828.09.7%134
9University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #12027.88.6%179
10Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #13126.410.5%208
11University of WürzburgWürzburg #13426.110.3%165
12University of BonnBonn #13725.812.5%127
13Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #15024.410.2%222
14University of GöttingenGöttingen #15923.58.9%98
15University of CologneCologne #16223.210.0%177
16Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #17422.18.5%195
17Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #17821.811.8%145
18National Center for Tumor DiseasesHeidelberg #20519.716.0%79
19University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #21319.112.0%174
20University of TübingenTübingen #21718.811.0%151
21Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #21918.713.1%64
22Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #22218.510.5%155
23University of MünsterMünster #23217.88.9%103
24Leibniz AssociationBerlin #23517.611.8%69
25Ruhr University BochumBochum #24816.813.5%60
26Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #25016.79.9%134
27University of RegensburgRegensburg #26216.010.6%120
28Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #26515.88.9%102
29Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #27515.27.9%112
30Universität UlmUlm #31713.18.9%118
31RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #33012.57.9%97
32University of LübeckLübeck #34511.87.1%104
33University of AugsburgAugsburg #3979.711.4%63
34Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #4089.34.9%68
35Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #4119.26.9%82
36Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany)Ingelheim #4218.812.2%66
37Bayer (Germany)Leverkusen #4567.620.8%61
38Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #4786.97.0%93

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

Who are the top Oncology researchers in Germany?

Dirk Schadendorf, Hermann Brenner and Klaus Pantel rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Oncology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Dirk Schadendorf#22,414 worldwide overall127.9 of 407 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hermann Brenner#16,244 worldwide overall107.6 of 398 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Klaus Pantel#31,726 worldwide overall80.3 of 268 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Markus Wolfgang Büchler#89,619 worldwide overall85.5 of 361 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Sibylle Loibl#22,772 worldwide overall69.1 of 225 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Nadia Harbeck#125,045 worldwide overall73.7 of 338 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Axel Hauschild#54,243 worldwide overall57.8 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Carsten Denkert#29,715 worldwide overall54.1 of 171 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Rudolf Kaaks#10,409 worldwide overall52.1 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Hermann Einsele#60,502 worldwide overall54.7 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Claus Garbe#89,569 worldwide overall66.3 of 295 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Thilo Hackert#92,933 worldwide overall62.1 of 271 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Martin Reck#32,943 worldwide overall50.1 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Peter Andreas Fasching#60,265 worldwide overall54.9 of 227 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Stefan Rose‐John#55,243 worldwide overall47.8 of 172 papers here in the top 10%

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