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Social Psychology research in Germany

Max Planck Society ranks first in Germany for Social Psychology research in 2022-now (#4 worldwide), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Universität Hamburg.

Germany's world rank
#3
of 73 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
9.1k
Top-10% rate
11.3%
Ranked institutions
45

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

What is the best university for Social Psychology in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Max Planck SocietyMunich #478.818.2%219
2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #2948.613.5%219
3Universität HamburgHamburg #6835.616.1%187
4Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #7633.913.6%151
5Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #7833.512.0%144
6Leibniz AssociationBerlin #8232.817.8%192
7University of TübingenTübingen #10029.814.8%123
8Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #10129.610.8%186
9Technical University of MunichMunich #10329.310.1%156
10Technische Universität DresdenDresden #10529.012.9%112
11Ruhr University BochumBochum #10728.710.9%149
12University of MünsterMünster #10828.610.6%134
13Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #11028.311.5%132
14University of WürzburgWürzburg #11228.012.0%105
15Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #12326.615.5%113
16TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund #13025.816.4%84
17University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #13924.714.0%83
18University of CologneCologne #14723.912.8%106
19Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #15323.310.0%114
20Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #15423.214.5%88
21Technische Universität BerlinBerlin #15623.012.9%84
22Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #19319.77.8%106
23University of GöttingenGöttingen #20019.214.1%72
24University of BonnBonn #20918.513.6%78
25University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #21717.913.2%107
26University of PotsdamPotsdam #22217.612.0%94
27Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #23816.511.3%93
28Universität UlmUlm #26015.215.5%77
29University of RegensburgRegensburg #26414.913.0%69
30Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld #26614.810.6%127
31Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #27414.410.1%93
32University of BremenBremen #28913.612.6%74
33Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #29113.516.0%78
34RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #30512.711.5%108
35Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #33411.410.1%69
36University of AugsburgAugsburg #34111.013.4%62
37Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #35510.412.0%63
38Technische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadt #3938.911.3%66
39German Sport University CologneCologne #4048.410.0%63
40University of BambergBamberg #4197.910.7%70
41München KlinikMunich #4327.43.8%71
42University of KasselKassel #4357.312.9%67
43Chemnitz University of TechnologyChemnitz #4726.15.6%64
44Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #4945.49.1%69
45Universität TrierTrier #5254.415.6%62

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

Who are the top Social Psychology researchers in Germany?

Michael Tomasello, Christophe Boesch and Reinhard H. Pekrun rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Social Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Michael Tomasello#1,841 worldwide overall54.1 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Christophe Boesch#11,596 worldwide overall34.0 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Reinhard H. Pekrun#4,957 worldwide overall29.9 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Josep Call#39,221 worldwide overall35.1 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Roman Martin Wittig#20,797 worldwide overall26.5 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Markus L Heinrichs#31,320 worldwide overall24.4 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Friedemann Pulvermüller#61,233 worldwide overall22.7 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Thomas Goetz#14,214 worldwide overall20.8 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9David Daniel Ebert#10,849 worldwide overall20.8 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Catherine Crockford#32,832 worldwide overall19.7 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Nicolas Rüsch#62,605 worldwide overall22.2 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12René Hurlemann#117,832 worldwide overall17.6 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 12Tania Singer#25,828 worldwide overall18.0 of 45 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Ulrich Trautwein#20,808 worldwide overall17.3 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Sabine Sonnentag#12,393 worldwide overall18.8 of 37 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Germany on their work in Social Psychology 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 Social Psychology