Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Germany
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Institute of Computational Biology1,779 works
18.65
2German Graduate School of Management and Law235 works
17.75
3Hanseatic University Rostock67 works
16.60
4Institut für Immunologie1,389 works
15.73
5Physiologisches Institut2,034 works
14.66
6Institut für Schlaganfall- und Demenzforschung2,132 works
12.56
7DBU Digital Business University of Applied Sciences28 works
12.25
8Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Digital Health773 works
11.80
9Institute of Functional Epigenetics176 works
9.84
10Forschungsinstitut für Kinderernährung708 works
8.50
11HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management1,732 works
8.37
12Institut für Prophylaxe und Epidemiologie der Kreislaufkrankheiten1,079 works
8.30
13Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie4,006 works
8.16
14Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Nanostrukturierte Filme315 works
8.10
15Institut für Neuropathologie1,476 works
8.03
16ICN Business School - Berlin14 works
8.00
17Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells175 works
7.94
18Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie3,426 works
7.44
19Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science590 works
7.21
20Campus-Institut Data Science (CIDAS)670 works
7.02
21Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies34 works
7.01
22Hochschule für Politik München251 works
6.80
23Albstadt-Sigmaringen University726 works
6.68
24Hertie School2,894 works
6.56
25Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology2,566 works
6.52
26Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources424 works
6.32
27Institut für Experimentelle Pneumologie107 works
6.29
28Bucerius Law School984 works
6.12
29Munich Center for Neurosciences – Brain and Mind115 works
5.96
30HMU Health and Medical University Erfurt246 works
5.95
31Walther-Straub-Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie1,465 works
5.79
32Max Planck School of Photonics164 works
5.71
33Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Physiologie und Pathophysiologie239 works
5.58
34German Adult Education Association30 works
5.50
35UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training36 works
5.50
36Pathologisches Institut4,374 works
5.44
37Loewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology1,640 works
5.39
38Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center2,769 works
5.33
39Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences4,392 works
5.20
40Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg164,379 works
5.19
41Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz127,291 works
4.94
42Hamburg Media School132 works
4.89
43Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin1,161 works
4.89
44Hessische Hochschule für Polizei und Verwaltung108 works
4.87
45Evangelische Stiftung Volmarstein145 works
4.86
46Heidelberg University252,698 works
4.84
47Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin135,070 works
4.82
48Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg55,073 works
4.79
49Technical University of Munich272,242 works
4.75
50University of Tübingen175,036 works
4.71
Highlights
Within Germany, Institute of Computational Biology ranks first in 2026 with 18.65, followed by German Graduate School of Management and Law (17.75) and Hanseatic University Rostock (16.60).
Across 50 entries, values run from 18.65 (Institute of Computational Biology) to 4.71 (University of Tübingen), with a median of 6.42.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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