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Germany 779 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature Rankings - 2026

This real-time ranking measures researchers’ academic productivity and impact at global, continental, national, and institutional levels using total and recent 5-year H-index data. Comparative analysis is available across 13 main fields and 221 academic disciplines.

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Total 779 scientist, 1 country, 95 institution , Updates every 3 days
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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8,942
World Rank
Germany
406
Country Rank
Universität Tubingen Logo
17
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Harald Baayen
Universität Tubingen Tübingen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
linguistics | statistics | morphology | cognitive models of language processin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    103
  • Last 5 Years
    62
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.602
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Rankings

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51,705
World Rank
Germany
2,452
Country Rank
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Logo
42
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Manfred Krifka
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Berlin, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
semantics | pragmatics | syntax | Oceanic language

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    61
  • Last 5 Years
    42
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.689
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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56,872
World Rank
Germany
2,694
Country Rank
Universität Hamburg Logo
59
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Jannis Androutsopoulos
Universität Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Sociolinguistics | Media linguistics | Discourse analysis | Computer-mediated communicatio

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    59
  • Last 5 Years
    40
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.678
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Rankings

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57,048
World Rank
Germany
2,701
Country Rank
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Logo
45
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Artemis Alexiadou
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Berlin, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguistics | Syntax | Morpholog

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    59
  • Last 5 Years
    38
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.644
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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61,113
World Rank
Germany
2,887
Country Rank
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik Logo
33
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Udo Hahn
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik Jena, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
computational linguistics | natural language processing | language technology | information retrieval | ontology engineerin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    58
  • Last 5 Years
    25
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.431
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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65,968
World Rank
Germany
3,094
Country Rank
Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg FAU Logo
57
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Anton Batliner
Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg FAU Erlangen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Paralinguistics | Prosody | Affective Computing | Phonetic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    56
  • Last 5 Years
    36
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.643
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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71,899
World Rank
Germany
3,339
Country Rank
Universität Hamburg Logo
68
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Chris Biemann
Universität Hamburg Hamburg, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
language technology | natural language processing | computational linguistics | information retrieval | cognitive computin

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    54
  • Last 5 Years
    41
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.759
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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77,128
World Rank
Germany
3,583
Country Rank
Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien Logo
4
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Michael Strube
Heidelberger Institut für Theoretische Studien Heidelberg, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Natural Language Processing | Computational Linguistics | Artificial Intelligenc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    53
  • Last 5 Years
    32
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.604
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Rankings

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85,061
World Rank
Germany
3,905
Country Rank
Universität Bremen Logo
35
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
John Bateman
Universität Bremen Bremen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Language Technology | Applied Ontology | Multimodality | Semiotics | Spatial Languag

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    51
  • Last 5 Years
    32
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.627
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Rankings

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100,237
World Rank
Germany
4,550
Country Rank
Universität Leipzig Logo
51
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Gereon Müller
Universität Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
linguistics | syntax | morpholog

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    48
  • Last 5 Years
    26
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.542
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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110,404
World Rank
Germany
4,950
Country Rank
Universität Freiburg Logo
77
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Bernd Kortmann
Universität Freiburg Freiburg, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
linguistics | English languag

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    46
  • Last 5 Years
    28
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.609
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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115,636
World Rank
Germany
5,135
Country Rank
Universität zu Köln Logo
97
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Martine Grice
Universität zu Köln Köln, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Prosody | Laboratory Phonolog

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    45
  • Last 5 Years
    29
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.644
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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121,041
World Rank
Germany
5,340
Country Rank
Universität Konstanz Logo
43
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Theodoros Marinis
Universität Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
First & Second Language Acquisition & Processing in typically and atypically developing childre

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    44
  • Last 5 Years
    31
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.705
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Rankings

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127,051
World Rank
Germany
5,581
Country Rank
Universität Potsdam Logo
54
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Thuan Tran
Universität Potsdam Potsdam, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguistic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    43
  • Last 5 Years
    32
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.744
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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127,801
World Rank
Germany
5,622
Country Rank
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg Logo
175
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Francisco Moreno Fernández
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Lingüística | Dialectology | Dialectología | Sociolinguistics | Sociolingüístic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    43
  • Last 5 Years
    30
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.698
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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134,405
World Rank
Germany
5,888
Country Rank
Universität Tubingen Logo
163
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Michael Ramscar
Universität Tubingen Tübingen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Cognitive Science | Linguistics | Psycholog

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    42
  • Last 5 Years
    31
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.738
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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136,200
World Rank
Germany
5,950
Country Rank
Universität Duisburg Essen Logo
59
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Raymond Hickey
Universität Duisburg Essen Essen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Sociolinguistics | Language Typology | Language Contact | Varieties of Englis

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    42
  • Last 5 Years
    26
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.619
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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137,437
World Rank
Germany
5,987
Country Rank
Universität Tubingen Logo
166
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Gerhard Jäger
Universität Tubingen Tübingen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
linguistics | game theory | phylogenetic method

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    42
  • Last 5 Years
    23
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.548
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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137,691
World Rank
Germany
5,996
Country Rank
Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg FAU Logo
107
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Stefan Evert|Stefan Evert
Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg FAU Erlangen, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Computational Linguistics | Corpus Linguistics | Statistics | Digital Hermeneutic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    42
  • Last 5 Years
    22
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.524
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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142,928
World Rank
Germany
6,195
Country Rank
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf Logo
76
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Ingo Plag
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Phonetics | Phonology | Morphology | Syntax | Creole language

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    41
  • Last 5 Years
    28
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.683
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* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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144,912
World Rank
Germany
6,282
Country Rank
Goethe University Frankfurt Logo
109
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Caroline Fery
Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguisti

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    41
  • Last 5 Years
    23
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.561
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Rankings

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153,191
World Rank
Germany
6,584
Country Rank
Goethe University Frankfurt Logo
115
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Cecilia Poletto
Goethe University Frankfurt Frankfurt, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
formal linguistic

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    40
  • Last 5 Years
    22
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.550
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Rankings

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159,965
World Rank
Germany
6,816
Country Rank
Freie Universität Berlin Logo
87
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Anatol Stefanowitsch
Freie Universität Berlin Berlin, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Linguistics | Corpus Linguistics | Cognitive Linguistics | Construction Gramma

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    39
  • Last 5 Years
    26
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.667
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Rankings

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162,904
World Rank
Germany
6,907
Country Rank
Universität Konstanz Logo
52
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
carsten eulitz
Universität Konstanz Konstanz, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Neurolinguistics | Cognitive Neuroscienc

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    39
  • Last 5 Years
    18
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.462
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Rankings

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165,597
World Rank
Germany
7,000
Country Rank
Universität des Saarlandes Logo
46
University
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Vera Demberg
Universität des Saarlandes Saarbrücken, Germany
Social Sciences / Linguistics and Literature
Computational Linguistics | Psycholinguistics | Computer Science | Natural Language Processing | M

H-Index Metrics

  • Total
    38
  • Last 5 Years
    31
  • Last 5 Years / Total
    0.816
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