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Surgery research in Germany

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin ranks first in Germany for Surgery research in 2022–2025 (#72 worldwide), followed by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Heidelberg University.

Germany's world rank
#5
of 88 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
19k
Top-10% rate
13.7%
Ranked institutions
60

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
1Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #7243.012.1%698
2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich #8740.517.6%469
3Heidelberg UniversityHeidelberg #9040.017.4%489
4Technical University of MunichMunich #10937.523.3%273
5University Hospital HeidelbergHeidelberg #16032.417.0%358
6Universität HamburgHamburg #17131.517.0%296
7RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen #17831.018.5%251
8University Medical Center Hamburg-EppendorfHamburg #18730.317.4%264
9Medizinische Hochschule HannoverHanover #19629.713.0%414
10TUM KlinikumMunich #26225.816.1%212
11University Hospital RegensburgRegensburg #26725.516.4%257
12LMU KlinikumMunich #29724.116.6%229
13University Hospital MünsterMünster #29924.018.1%237
14Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf #32123.114.6%205
15Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen #32722.916.5%198
16Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin #36721.325.4%140
17Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #38920.517.9%184
18University of TübingenTübingen #40220.118.1%161
19University Hospital BonnBonn #42219.514.1%250
20Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #42519.416.1%193
21Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinBerlin #43419.124.8%94
22University Hospital LeipzigLeipzig #44118.912.5%196
23University Hospital CologneCologne #45618.414.3%189
24Freie Universität BerlinBerlin #46018.325.9%111
25University of FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #46518.116.0%162
26Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken #48217.715.7%143
27Universitätsklinikum WürzburgWürzburg #51516.817.0%152
28University Medical Center FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau #52116.613.0%184
29Technische Universität DresdenDresden #53516.317.6%120
30Jena University HospitalJena #54316.114.0%143
31Universität UlmUlm #56715.524.7%110
32Düsseldorf University HospitalDüsseldorf #59714.814.4%130
33German Centre for Cardiovascular ResearchBerlin #60114.722.0%79
34University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzMainz #62114.319.6%117
35University Hospital Carl Gustav CarusDresden #63314.019.6%111
36Universitätsmedizin GreifswaldGreifswald #63414.013.1%123
37University of LübeckLübeck #64013.913.6%146
38Universitätsklinikum ErlangenErlangen #64413.810.6%171
39University of CologneCologne #64813.717.8%125
40Leipzig UniversityLeipzig #65713.615.0%129
41University Medical Centre MannheimMannheim #71112.517.7%98
42Witten/Herdecke UniversityWitten #74611.913.8%129
43University of RostockRostock #76711.516.2%122
44Ruhr University BochumBochum #79211.117.3%99
45University Hospital FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main #80610.816.2%103
46Justus-Liebig-Universität GießenGiessen #81810.615.0%90
47University of MünsterMünster #82610.524.4%66
48University Hospital UlmUlm #84210.213.3%125
49University of Duisburg-EssenEssen #84910.115.3%86
50Universitätsklinikum Brandenburg an der HavelBrandenburg #8629.918.3%66
51University Hospital AugsburgAugsburg #8829.611.5%137
52University of RegensburgRegensburg #8979.418.6%80
53Universitätsklinikum AachenAachen #9189.19.9%119
54Philipps University of MarburgMarburg #9408.88.7%162
55University Hospital Schleswig-HolsteinKiel #9508.613.2%100
56University of WürzburgWürzburg #9978.018.1%65
57Essen University HospitalEssen #1,0617.210.8%114
58Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg #1,0876.813.0%85
59Universitätsmedizin GöttingenGöttingen #1,1715.88.9%114
60Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergHalle #1,2974.513.9%65

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

Who are the top Surgery researchers in Germany?

Hugo A. Katus, Robert A. Byrne and Adnan Kastrati rank highest among researchers based in Germany.

  1. 1Hugo A. Katus#1,201 worldwide overall3.8k citations · 32 works
  2. 2Robert A. Byrne#1,603 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 35 works
  3. 3Adnan Kastrati#1,665 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 65 works
  4. 4Arndt Vogel#1,738 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 29 works
  5. 5Julinda Mehilli#1,915 worldwide overall2k citations · 24 works
  6. 6Martin Czerny#2,058 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 24 works
  7. 7Hölger Thiele#2,502 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 31 works
  8. 8Winfried März#2,927 worldwide overall5.2k citations · 65 works
  9. 9Stefan Schreiber#3,175 worldwide overall2.9k citations · 35 works
  10. 10Martin Faßnacht#3,736 worldwide overall2k citations · 54 works
  11. 11Volkmar Falk#4,350 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 78 works
  12. 12Henning Dralle#4,780 worldwide overall965 citations · 32 works
  13. 13Andreas M. Zeiher#5,125 worldwide overall1.3k citations · 26 works
  14. 14Gerhard Schüler#5,662 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 26 works
  15. 15Felix Beuschlein#7,041 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 29 works

How Germany compares with other countries in Surgery