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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health research in 2022–2025 (#106 worldwide), followed by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Universität Hamburg.

Germany's world rank
#8
of 86 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
9.3k
Top-10% rate
15.1%
Ranked institutions
33

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

What is the best university for Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #10630.622.1%205
2Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #13427.115.1%232
3Universität HamburgHamburg #20021.122.2%146
4University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #20420.924.7%120
5Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #22819.215.3%201
6Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #29015.617.2%148
7University of TübingenTübingen #31414.425.6%107
8University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #32513.921.9%101
9Technical University of MunichMunich #34712.924.2%99
10University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #38611.423.0%81
11Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #4279.922.1%83
12Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #4449.315.3%122
13University of BonnBonn #4618.718.2%81
14Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #4648.622.0%75
15Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #5087.318.3%82
16Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #5137.117.9%89
17University Hospital BonnBonn #5206.917.3%80
18University of CologneCologne #5346.514.0%99
19University of LübeckLübeck #5476.217.6%76
20Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #5665.716.4%73
21RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #5725.516.8%88
22Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #5815.313.7%88
23Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #5825.221.5%65
24Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #5845.214.3%90
25University of MünsterMünster #5964.915.6%77
26Technische Universität DresdenDresden #5974.920.1%65
27Ruhr University BochumBochum #6234.220.4%61
28LMU KlinikumMunich #6324.016.0%64
29Universitätsmedizin GreifswaldGreifswald #6663.214.4%62
30Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #6832.913.6%76
31Max Planck SocietyMunich #79168.04.5%64
32München KlinikMunich #79364.03.3%88
33Bergmann und Partner RechtsanwälteHamm #82211.00.8%88

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

Who are the top Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health researchers in Germany?

Jost B. Jonas, Hermann Brenner and Christian Drosten rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Jost B. Jonas#12 worldwide overall7.7k citations · 11 works
  2. 2Hermann Brenner#461 worldwide overall5.8k citations · 13 works
  3. 3Christian Drosten#2,500 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 11 works
  4. 4Winfried März#2,927 worldwide overall5.2k citations · 12 works
  5. 5Christa Meisinger#9,134 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 13 works
  6. 6Karl‐Heinz Jöckel#9,998 worldwide overall752 citations · 11 works
  7. 7Thomas Hofmann#10,717 worldwide overall3.5k citations · 11 works
  8. 8Joachim Heinrich#12,372 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 11 works
  9. 9Gert Mensink#13,084 worldwide overall864 citations · 15 works
  10. 10Karl Wegscheider#19,972 worldwide overall614 citations · 13 works
  11. 11Michael Hallek#20,745 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 17 works
  12. 12Ulrich Keil#25,053 worldwide overall400 citations · 11 works
  13. 13Bernd Löwe#27,923 worldwide overall809 citations · 13 works
  14. 14Carsten Bokemeyer#32,909 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 14 works
  15. 15Heiner Boeing#36,814 worldwide overall792 citations · 29 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health