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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging research in 2022–2025 (#32 worldwide), followed by Technical University of Munich and RWTH Aachen University.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 66 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
8.3k
Top-10% rate
17.5%
Ranked institutions
34

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

What is the best university for Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #3245.421.7%256
2Technical University of MunichMunich #4739.326.2%188
3RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #7831.320.5%136
4University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #8030.922.6%155
5Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #8130.719.0%184
6Siemens Healthineers (Germany)Forchheim #12523.921.9%154
7Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #12723.619.5%173
8Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #13722.515.1%166
9German Cancer Research CenterHeidelberg #14421.725.8%105
10Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #15120.922.6%104
11University of TübingenTübingen #16719.325.4%111
12University Hospital CologneCologne #17618.518.4%119
13Essen University HospitalEssen #18118.028.8%71
14TUM KlinikumMunich #20915.822.7%88
15Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #25013.014.2%132
16Universitätsklinikum ErlangenErlangen #25212.816.1%102
17Universität HamburgHamburg #25512.617.4%110
18University Hospital BonnBonn #25712.521.4%98
19University Medical Center FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #26012.417.3%100
20University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #26612.020.5%87
21University of LübeckLübeck #27311.615.8%87
22LMU KlinikumMunich #27511.518.2%88
23Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #28111.116.2%101
24University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #3169.325.8%60
25Universitätsklinikum WürzburgWürzburg #3199.120.0%91
26Technische Universität DresdenDresden #3447.918.7%64
27University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #3826.316.2%90
28Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #4005.614.6%97
29Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #4214.815.0%75
30University Hospital MünsterMünster #4274.519.3%62
31University of CologneCologne #4314.418.8%69
32Ruhr University BochumBochum #4663.217.1%65
33Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #4822.614.8%71
34Klinik und Poliklinik für NuklearmedizinCologne #5676.00.3%72

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

Who are the top Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging researchers in Germany?

Jost B. Jonas, Udo Sechtem and Hugo A. Katus rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Jost B. Jonas#12 worldwide overall7.7k citations · 68 works
  2. 2Udo Sechtem#980 worldwide overall2.5k citations · 37 works
  3. 3Hugo A. Katus#1,201 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 29 works
  4. 4Bjoern Menze#1,659 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 52 works
  5. 5Adnan Kastrati#1,665 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 15 works
  6. 6Hölger Thiele#2,502 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 21 works
  7. 7Sigmund Silber#2,534 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 17 works
  8. 8Wilfried Eberhardt#2,911 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 15 works
  9. 9Marc‐André Weber#3,932 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 18 works
  10. 10Gerhard Schüler#5,662 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 15 works
  11. 11Mattias P. Heinrich‬#6,186 worldwide overall1k citations · 22 works
  12. 12Jörg Hausleiter#8,427 worldwide overall883 citations · 15 works
  13. 13Wolfgang Wick#10,888 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 14 works
  14. 14Christoph R. Becker#11,413 worldwide overall772 citations · 30 works
  15. 15U. Pietrzyk#12,330 worldwide overall770 citations · 27 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging