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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine research in 2022–2025 (#53 worldwide), followed by German Center for Lung Research and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 74 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
12k
Top-10% rate
14.1%
Ranked institutions
52

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

What is the best university for Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #5343.618.6%388
2German Center for Lung ResearchGiessen #7738.323.2%212
3Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #8536.916.3%344
4Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #10234.311.6%362
5University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #10733.717.7%284
6Universität HamburgHamburg #16727.317.9%214
7Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #17826.412.9%273
8University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #18625.817.9%196
9Technical University of MunichMunich #22423.121.8%138
10German Cancer Research CenterHeidelberg #30218.929.0%102
11Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #33217.616.8%126
12LMU KlinikumMunich #33417.514.0%166
13University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #34217.116.9%132
14University Hospital CologneCologne #35816.514.2%149
15RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #36216.314.6%146
16University Medical Center FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #36616.212.5%154
17Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #40114.916.9%122
18Essen University HospitalEssen #42814.016.4%123
19Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #44913.324.1%80
20TUM KlinikumMunich #45513.119.9%97
21University of TübingenTübingen #46412.823.2%86
22University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #47112.618.6%84
23University Hospital MünsterMünster #47212.614.5%128
24University Hospital BonnBonn #47712.415.1%162
25Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #50511.612.1%128
26Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #51011.518.4%104
27Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #51111.418.7%108
28University of CologneCologne #51611.316.5%103
29Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #52611.019.9%78
30University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #56010.119.5%74
31German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin #56310.124.8%63
32University of LübeckLübeck #5719.912.1%129
33Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #6029.114.4%91
34Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #6198.716.8%82
35University Hospital Carl Gustav CarusDresden #6268.615.5%85
36Universitätsklinikum WürzburgWürzburg #6408.217.1%85
37Universitätsklinikum ErlangenErlangen #6687.612.7%98
38University Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #6717.617.5%76
39Düsseldorf University HospitalDüsseldorf #7007.014.6%79
40Technische Universität DresdenDresden #7036.915.4%78
41Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #7156.79.6%122
42University Hospital RegensburgRegensburg #7945.29.8%115
43University Hospital Schleswig-HolsteinKiel #8154.812.6%84
44RuhrlandklinikEssen #8524.29.6%91
45University Hospital LeipzigLeipzig #9033.410.0%87
46Jena University HospitalJena #9223.110.2%82
47Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #9312.98.3%76
48University Hospital UlmUlm #9392.810.7%69
49Universitätsklinikum AachenAachen #9602.58.3%75
50Universitätsmedizin GöttingenGöttingen #9662.49.0%80
51University Hospital AugsburgAugsburg #9802.211.0%60
52Universitätsklinikum Gießen und MarburgGiessen #1,040135.06.5%64

Institutions in Germany above the floor of 40 fractional works in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine researchers in Germany?

Martin Reck, Thorsten Schlomm and Andreas von Deimling rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Martin Reck#900 worldwide overall2k citations · 56 works
  2. 2Thorsten Schlomm#1,533 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 54 works
  3. 3Andreas von Deimling#1,601 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 26 works
  4. 4Arndt Vogel#1,738 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 21 works
  5. 5Martin Czerny#2,058 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 53 works
  6. 6Marius M. Hoeper#2,106 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 53 works
  7. 7Ronald Simon#2,148 worldwide overall1.7k citations · 20 works
  8. 8Guido Sauter#2,839 worldwide overall2k citations · 40 works
  9. 9Wilfried Eberhardt#2,911 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 49 works
  10. 10Winfried März#2,927 worldwide overall5.2k citations · 32 works
  11. 11Dirk Arnold#2,929 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 22 works
  12. 12Sibylle Loibl#3,098 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 37 works
  13. 13Peter Schirmacher#4,319 worldwide overall2k citations · 23 works
  14. 14Volkmar Falk#4,350 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 26 works
  15. 15Bernd Wullich#4,410 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 20 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine