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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
118
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Technische Universität München
Technical University of Munich
Munich ,
Germany
- Public 1868
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
408
Top 30
1,029
Top 50
1,999
Top 70
2,835
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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
126
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Munich ,
Germany
- Public 1472
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
382
Top 30
657
Top 50
901
Top 70
1,040
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
179
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe ,
Germany
- Public 2009
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
294
Top 30
731
Top 50
1,065
Top 70
1,291
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
205
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg ,
Germany
- Public 1386
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
265
Top 30
524
Top 50
833
Top 70
1,065
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
207
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Universität Tubingen
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen
Tübingen ,
Germany
- Public 1477
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
262
Top 30
556
Top 50
888
Top 70
1,139
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
256
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
Universität Hamburg
University of Hamburg
Hamburg ,
Germany
- Public 1919
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
220
Top 30
567
Top 50
873
Top 70
1,073
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
258
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universität Bonn
University of Bonn
Bonn ,
Germany
- Public 1818
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
220
Top 30
473
Top 50
790
Top 70
1,019
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
272
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen ,
Germany
- Public 1870
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
207
Top 30
528
Top 50
850
Top 70
1,171
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
285
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Charité - Medical University of Berlin
Berlin ,
Germany
- Public 1710
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
200
Top 30
414
Top 50
648
Top 70
819
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
287
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden University of Technology
Dresden ,
Germany
- Public 1828
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
198
Top 30
482
Top 50
964
Top 70
1,328
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
313
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg FAU
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Erlangen ,
Germany
- Public 1743
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
184
Top 30
476
Top 50
863
Top 70
1,170
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
339
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
Universität zu Köln
University of Cologne
Köln ,
Germany
- Public 1388
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
171
Top 30
393
Top 50
596
Top 70
829
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
349
World Rank
13
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
Universität Freiburg
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
Freiburg ,
Germany
- Public 1457
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
165
Top 30
378
Top 50
638
Top 70
886
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
353
World Rank
14
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Goethe University Frankfurt
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
Frankfurt ,
Germany
- Public 1914
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
163
Top 30
395
Top 50
626
Top 70
827
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
356
World Rank
15
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Technische Universität Berlin
Technical University of Berlin TU Berlin
Berlin ,
Germany
- Public 1946
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
160
Top 30
412
Top 50
822
Top 70
1,118
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
372
World Rank
16
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
Universität Würzburg
University of Würzburg
Würzburg ,
Germany
- Public 1402
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
150
Top 30
319
Top 50
529
Top 70
718
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
384
World Rank
17
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Humboldt University of Berlin
Berlin ,
Germany
- Public 1809
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
145
Top 30
361
Top 50
520
Top 70
735
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
395
World Rank
18
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Darmstadt University of Technology
Darmstadt ,
Germany
- Public 1877
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
142
Top 30
353
Top 50
689
Top 70
963
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
400
World Rank
19
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Universität Münster
University of Münster
Münster ,
Germany
- Public 1780
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
141
Top 30
334
Top 50
564
Top 70
760
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
444
World Rank
20
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Freie Universität Berlin
Free University of Berlin
Berlin ,
Germany
- Public 1948
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
128
Top 30
341
Top 50
549
Top 70
784
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
450
World Rank
21
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Universität Leipzig
Leipzig University
Leipzig ,
Germany
- Public 1409
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
124
Top 30
294
Top 50
483
Top 70
657
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
457
World Rank
22
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
Universität Duisburg Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen
Essen ,
Germany
- Public 2003
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
121
Top 30
280
Top 50
472
Top 70
670
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
464
World Rank
23
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel
Kiel University
Kiel ,
Germany
- Public 1665
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
119
Top 30
296
Top 50
450
Top 70
593
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
467
World Rank
24
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Universität Hannover
Leibniz University of Hanover
Hannover ,
Germany
- Public 1831
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
118
Top 30
289
Top 50
505
Top 70
773
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
468
World Rank
25
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Universität Ulm
University of Ulm
Ulm ,
Germany
- Public 1967
Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:
Scientists by Success Percentiles:
Top 10
117
Top 30
270
Top 50
442
Top 70
573
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