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Surgery research in Germany

Heidelberg University ranks first in Germany for Surgery research in 2022-now (#22 worldwide), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Technical University of Munich.

Germany's world rank
#3
of 86 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
19k
Top-10% rate
10.8%
Ranked institutions
48

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

What is the best university for Surgery in Germany?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #2257.914.0%981
2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #2954.112.7%727
3Technical University of MunichMunich #4946.913.8%583
4Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #5445.69.2%698
5Universität HamburgHamburg #6343.513.2%611
6University of MünsterMünster #9537.914.3%304
7University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #10137.112.0%346
8University of WürzburgWürzburg #10636.415.2%230
9Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #11135.815.2%301
10University of CologneCologne #11835.013.5%320
11Technische Universität DresdenDresden #12734.013.6%272
12University of BonnBonn #12933.711.2%309
13University of RegensburgRegensburg #13033.612.3%336
14Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #13433.212.3%295
15Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #14931.813.5%352
16Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #15031.712.6%386
17Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #15431.318.7%140
18RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #16230.612.9%372
19Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #16630.39.2%344
20Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresBerlin #17329.718.1%182
21Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #17929.39.1%519
22Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #18229.017.9%114
23Max Planck SocietyMunich #19328.218.1%89
24Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #20527.418.0%94
25Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #21426.88.4%272
26University of TübingenTübingen #21526.89.8%222
27University of GöttingenGöttingen #21826.69.0%177
28Universität UlmUlm #23425.612.8%235
29Ruhr University BochumBochum #26024.213.5%115
30Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #26324.09.2%211
31University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #26623.910.3%224
32Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielKiel #26823.813.4%150
33German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin #27423.516.0%79
34Friedrich Schiller University JenaJena #29722.412.8%208
35University of AugsburgAugsburg #31421.68.4%172
36University of LübeckLübeck #36619.512.5%146
37University of RostockRostock #39618.59.2%179
38Leibniz AssociationBerlin #40818.015.5%67
39Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #43717.19.9%132
40Universität GreifswaldGreifswald #44117.011.0%141
41Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #45016.713.3%90
42München KlinikMunich #53914.24.3%109
43Krankenhaus Barmherzige BrüderRegensburg #59912.85.4%66
44Universitätsklinikum Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg #60212.714.5%66
45Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #61912.412.1%129
46Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #66911.37.3%128
47Fraunhofer-GesellschaftMunich #7949.010.5%83
48Universitätsklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und OhrenheilkundeMagdeburg #1,2313.00.3%63

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

Who are the top Surgery researchers in Germany?

Markus Wolfgang Büchler, Hölger Thiele and Adnan Kastrati rank highest among researchers based in Germany, on their papers in Surgery that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Markus Wolfgang Büchler#89,619 worldwide overall84.5 of 290 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Hölger Thiele#27,772 worldwide overall66.3 of 211 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Adnan Kastrati#89,744 worldwide overall78.2 of 345 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Thilo Hackert#92,933 worldwide overall65.4 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Thomas Zeller#71,323 worldwide overall62.6 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Martín Reincke#97,134 worldwide overall59.8 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Martin Faßnacht#26,970 worldwide overall58.2 of 162 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Felix Beuschlein#41,873 worldwide overall53.2 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Aldo Roberto Boccaccini#36,703 worldwide overall46.0 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Andrej Trampuž#141,446 worldwide overall61.8 of 191 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Markus M. Lerch#141,154 worldwide overall59.5 of 251 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Beat Peter Müller-Stich#90,286 worldwide overall51.4 of 176 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Michael C Böhm#15,694 worldwide overall45.6 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Georg Bergmann#139,279 worldwide overall45.9 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Filippo Migliorini#372,453 worldwide overall77.3 of 195 papers here in the top 10%

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