Universities by Research Publications in Germany
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München33,824,066 citations
329,109
2Technical University of Munich23,198,509 citations
272,242
3Heidelberg University31,595,884 citations
252,698
4RWTH Aachen University20,198,747 citations
222,212
5University of Göttingen15,946,638 citations
201,039
6University of Bonn19,896,299 citations
192,974
7Karlsruhe Institute of Technology15,280,156 citations
187,772
8University of Tübingen15,877,529 citations
175,036
9University of Freiburg20,521,144 citations
173,270
10Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg14,223,294 citations
164,379
11University of Stuttgart5,636,491 citations
161,678
12Goethe University Frankfurt13,889,697 citations
158,639
13University of Münster12,670,982 citations
148,217
14Freie Universität Berlin9,084,399 citations
147,166
15Technische Universität Dresden11,788,025 citations
143,873
16University of Cologne11,073,500 citations
142,140
17Universität Hamburg12,835,325 citations
140,837
18Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin11,565,354 citations
135,070
19University of Würzburg12,655,555 citations
133,210
20Ruhr University Bochum8,662,307 citations
131,764
21Friedrich Schiller University Jena6,279,070 citations
129,768
22Leipzig University8,277,141 citations
127,916
23Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz15,063,451 citations
127,291
24Technische Universität Berlin5,970,991 citations
115,021
25Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf9,044,485 citations
107,453
26Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel8,280,191 citations
102,579
27Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen7,076,230 citations
100,624
28Universität Ulm8,155,567 citations
96,013
29University of Duisburg-Essen6,612,256 citations
95,816
30Philipps University of Marburg7,378,202 citations
95,544
31Technische Universität Darmstadt4,890,213 citations
95,393
32Medizinische Hochschule Hannover8,900,516 citations
92,334
33Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg3,955,835 citations
84,043
34Leibniz University Hannover6,563,173 citations
79,732
35University of Bremen3,573,777 citations
73,965
36Saarland University4,913,574 citations
73,668
37University of Regensburg6,208,389 citations
71,662
38Technische Universität Braunschweig2,971,575 citations
63,571
39Bielefeld University3,364,874 citations
63,478
40TU Dortmund University4,892,445 citations
63,451
41University of Rostock3,742,721 citations
59,786
42University of Potsdam3,036,067 citations
59,212
43Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg3,261,894 citations
55,073
44University of Bayreuth3,192,405 citations
49,800
45Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg1,795,866 citations
48,654
46University of Konstanz3,419,401 citations
48,081
47Universität Greifswald3,819,025 citations
47,002
48University of Lübeck3,863,408 citations
44,977
49University of Kaiserslautern2,127,474 citations
38,333
50Paderborn University1,258,271 citations
35,698
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