Universities by Research i10-index in Germany
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München329,109 works
415,737
2Heidelberg University252,698 works
377,376
3Technical University of Munich272,242 works
317,922
4RWTH Aachen University222,212 works
291,993
5University of Freiburg173,270 works
255,356
6University of Bonn192,974 works
245,215
7Karlsruhe Institute of Technology187,772 works
229,681
8University of Tübingen175,036 works
218,549
9University of Göttingen201,039 works
215,584
10Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg164,379 works
206,594
11Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz127,291 works
197,601
12Universität Hamburg140,837 works
176,377
13University of Münster148,217 works
175,917
14Goethe University Frankfurt158,639 works
174,973
15University of Würzburg133,210 works
169,065
16Technische Universität Dresden143,873 works
163,807
17Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin135,070 works
159,332
18University of Cologne142,140 works
152,395
19Ruhr University Bochum131,764 works
141,105
20Freie Universität Berlin147,166 works
139,620
21Medizinische Hochschule Hannover92,334 works
122,863
22Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf107,453 works
121,013
23Leipzig University127,916 works
118,560
24Universität Ulm96,013 works
114,002
25Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen100,624 works
109,774
26Philipps University of Marburg95,544 works
109,132
27Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel102,579 works
107,417
28University of Duisburg-Essen95,816 works
100,759
29Technische Universität Berlin115,021 works
97,697
30Friedrich Schiller University Jena129,768 works
95,756
31University of Stuttgart161,678 works
91,565
32Technische Universität Darmstadt95,393 works
88,566
33University of Regensburg71,662 works
88,262
34Saarland University73,668 works
80,370
35TU Dortmund University63,451 works
77,377
36Leibniz University Hannover79,732 works
69,114
37Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg84,043 works
64,828
38University of Rostock59,786 works
61,673
39University of Bremen73,965 works
56,835
40Technische Universität Braunschweig63,571 works
54,648
41University of Wuppertal32,097 works
54,573
42Bielefeld University63,478 works
52,831
43Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg55,073 works
51,943
44Universität Greifswald47,002 works
50,950
45University of Lübeck44,977 works
50,949
46University of Konstanz48,081 works
50,914
47University of Bayreuth49,800 works
50,126
48University of Potsdam59,212 works
45,024
49University of Kaiserslautern38,333 works
36,798
50University of Hohenheim31,726 works
36,172
Highlights
Within Germany, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ranks first in 2026 with 415,737, followed by Heidelberg University (377,376) and Technical University of Munich (317,922).
Across 50 entries, values run from 415,737 (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) to 36,172 (University of Hohenheim), with a median of 109,453.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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