| World Rank▲ | University | Country Rank | 11 years articles | Current articles | 11 years citations | Current citations | Ave. citations | H-Index | HiCi papers | Hi-Impact journal articles | Fields of excellence | Total score |
| 46 | Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich | 1 | 31.54 | 28.05 | 15.06 | 16.83 | 30.10 | 45.35 | 11.10 | 16.21 | 90.91 | 33.05 |
| 61 | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg | 2 | 25.41 | 24.58 | 13.04 | 16.33 | 32.34 | 50.00 | 8.17 | 14.82 | 77.27 | 31.20 |
| 106 | Technical University of Munich | 3 | 22.49 | 18.96 | 10.39 | 10.87 | 29.12 | 40.70 | 8.70 | 10.05 | 72.73 | 26.47 |
| 126 | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen | 4 | 20.62 | 16.32 | 9.27 | 9.93 | 28.35 | 33.72 | 6.03 | 10.03 | 77.27 | 24.53 |
| 135 | Humboldt University of Berlin | 5 | 20.94 | 16.50 | 10.07 | 8.61 | 30.32 | 33.72 | 5.02 | 8.91 | 72.73 | 24.05 |
| 136 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt am Main | 6 | 14.71 | 14.60 | 6.93 | 9.27 | 29.70 | 43.02 | 6.53 | 8.38 | 63.64 | 23.98 |
| 139 | University of Bonn | 7 | 19.04 | 16.58 | 7.40 | 9.71 | 24.50 | 37.21 | 4.30 | 8.17 | 72.73 | 23.68 |
| 142 | Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg | 8 | 18.84 | 15.86 | 7.84 | 9.04 | 26.24 | 41.86 | 5.14 | 9.08 | 59.09 | 23.49 |
| 145 | Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg | 9 | 17.75 | 15.49 | 8.98 | 9.17 | 31.91 | 36.05 | 5.89 | 8.88 | 63.64 | 23.38 |
| 146 | University of Hamburg | 10 | 18.46 | 15.40 | 8.52 | 9.20 | 29.09 | 34.88 | 6.08 | 8.46 | 68.18 | 23.32 |
| 148 | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | 11 | 16.98 | 13.45 | 8.62 | 7.94 | 32.00 | 37.21 | 6.34 | 7.13 | 63.64 | 23.05 |
| 163 | University of Würzburg | 12 | 17.24 | 14.40 | 8.46 | 8.59 | 30.95 | 33.72 | 4.25 | 8.38 | 63.64 | 22.34 |
| 169 | Georg-August University of Göttingen | 13 | 17.13 | 14.57 | 7.15 | 7.50 | 26.31 | 33.72 | 3.53 | 7.30 | 68.18 | 21.91 |
| 174 | Free University of Berlin | 14 | 17.82 | 16.66 | 7.66 | 8.03 | 27.09 | 32.56 | 3.60 | 7.58 | 63.64 | 21.72 |
| 180 | Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf | 15 | 13.14 | 11.77 | 6.80 | 7.62 | 32.61 | 36.05 | 3.65 | 7.27 | 59.09 | 21.40 |
| 189 | University of Münster | 16 | 17.59 | 15.06 | 7.53 | 7.79 | 26.97 | 29.07 | 4.04 | 8.75 | 63.64 | 20.95 |
| 221 | University of Cologne | 17 | 15.01 | 14.03 | 6.23 | 7.36 | 26.17 | 32.56 | 3.39 | 7.74 | 45.45 | 19.05 |
| 224 | Ruhr-University Bochum | 18 | 15.05 | 12.74 | 5.17 | 6.64 | 21.65 | 34.88 | 3.27 | 4.39 | 50.00 | 18.87 |
| 227 | University of Kiel | 19 | 13.49 | 9.55 | 5.63 | 4.79 | 26.30 | 27.91 | 3.39 | 4.98 | 63.64 | 18.76 |
| 232 | RWTH Aachen University | 20 | 16.22 | 15.23 | 5.25 | 6.83 | 20.40 | 32.56 | 4.01 | 6.86 | 45.45 | 18.54 |
| 236 | University of Marburg | 21 | 12.63 | 9.43 | 5.78 | 5.52 | 28.86 | 30.23 | 3.03 | 4.11 | 54.55 | 18.44 |
| 240 | University of Ulm | 22 | 13.06 | 10.85 | 5.67 | 5.70 | 27.37 | 29.07 | 3.39 | 6.28 | 50.00 | 18.05 |
| 259 | University of Regensburg | 23 | 9.99 | 10.18 | 4.23 | 5.41 | 26.68 | 30.23 | 2.69 | 5.66 | 45.45 | 17.08 |
| 261 | University of Leipzig | 24 | 13.31 | 13.37 | 4.02 | 5.92 | 19.03 | 32.56 | 2.38 | 6.10 | 40.91 | 17.01 |
| 267 | Hannover Medical School | 25 | 9.71 | 10.06 | 4.65 | 5.40 | 30.16 | 33.72 | 2.74 | 6.83 | 31.82 | 16.88 |
| 300 | Justus-Liebig University Giessen | 26 | 11.42 | 10.03 | 4.12 | 4.35 | 22.72 | 27.91 | 2.09 | 4.38 | 40.91 | 15.58 |
| 305 | University of Duisburg-Essen | 27 | 10.84 | 6.96 | 4.04 | 3.53 | 23.48 | 26.74 | 2.38 | 3.80 | 45.45 | 15.40 |
| 316 | University of Karlsruhe | 28 | 10.97 | 8.35 | 4.18 | 4.09 | 24.05 | 26.74 | 3.53 | 2.51 | 36.36 | 14.75 |
| 323 | Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | 29 | 11.35 | 10.25 | 3.85 | 4.38 | 21.35 | 22.09 | 1.73 | 4.74 | 40.91 | 14.27 |
| 333 | Dresden University of Technology | 30 | 8.23 | 12.36 | 2.55 | 5.59 | 19.54 | 30.23 | 2.11 | 5.34 | 22.73 | 13.89 |
| 342 | Saarland University | 31 | 8.09 | 8.08 | 2.70 | 4.10 | 21.05 | 25.58 | 1.56 | 4.13 | 36.36 | 13.72 |
| 349 | Bielefeld University | 32 | 6.16 | 5.13 | 2.16 | 2.50 | 22.11 | 25.58 | 2.28 | 1.67 | 40.91 | 13.41 |
| 352 | Technical University of Berlin | 33 | 9.32 | 6.28 | 3.08 | 2.55 | 20.85 | 20.93 | 2.45 | 2.20 | 45.45 | 13.40 |
| 358 | University of Stuttgart | 34 | 10.54 | 7.47 | 3.42 | 3.10 | 20.44 | 24.42 | 2.50 | 2.53 | 31.82 | 13.06 |
| 359 | Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg | 35 | 9.62 | 8.00 | 2.88 | 3.45 | 18.91 | 23.26 | 1.66 | 3.13 | 36.36 | 13.05 |
| 360 | University of Bayreuth | 36 | 6.90 | 4.59 | 2.87 | 2.30 | 26.24 | 20.93 | 2.09 | 2.51 | 40.91 | 13.03 |
| 383 | University of Konstanz | 37 | 5.78 | 4.12 | 2.88 | 2.12 | 31.46 | 20.93 | 2.02 | 1.93 | 31.82 | 12.40 |
| 385 | University of Hannover | 38 | 6.91 | 5.43 | 1.95 | 2.29 | 17.81 | 22.09 | 1.90 | 2.47 | 40.91 | 12.39 |
| 401 | University of Rostock | 39 | 6.21 | 6.92 | 1.82 | 3.52 | 18.48 | 26.74 | 1.30 | 2.53 | 22.73 | 11.70 |
| 426 | University of Bremen | 40 | 6.23 | 5.31 | 1.78 | 1.95 | 17.99 | 18.60 | 1.30 | 2.35 | 36.36 | 11.05 |
| 433 | University of Potsdam | 41 | 4.22 | 4.16 | 1.40 | 2.16 | 20.92 | 22.09 | 1.75 | 2.29 | 27.27 | 10.84 |
| 454 | Darmstadt University of Technology | 42 | 8.22 | 7.07 | 2.06 | 2.63 | 15.81 | 18.60 | 1.59 | 2.29 | 27.27 | 10.41 |
| 459 | Technical University at Brunswick | 43 | 5.89 | 4.57 | 1.70 | 1.81 | 18.19 | 16.28 | 0.84 | 1.11 | 36.36 | 10.30 |
| 472 | University of Dortmund | 44 | 6.19 | 5.12 | 1.69 | 2.48 | 17.23 | 23.26 | 1.56 | 1.33 | 18.18 | 10.03 |
| 497 | Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg | 45 | 6.97 | 3.33 | 2.24 | 1.28 | 20.29 | 17.44 | 1.01 | 1.82 | 22.73 | 9.46 |