| 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 | Total score |
| 39 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 1 | 32.27 | 34.87 | 27.42 | 35.26 | 38.03 | 75.00 | 18.81 | 27.88 | 38.79 |
| 47 | Technical University of Munich | 2 | 36.41 | 31.03 | 38.05 | 26.40 | 46.77 | 53.57 | 18.81 | 34.76 | 36.62 |
| 62 | Georg-August University of Göttingen | 3 | 22.96 | 20.54 | 21.45 | 100.00 | 41.83 | 50.00 | 7.16 | 13.20 | 33.73 |
| 67 | Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg | 4 | 27.29 | 25.52 | 26.02 | 25.71 | 42.68 | 53.57 | 20.30 | 27.70 | 32.64 |
| 68 | RWTH Aachen University | 5 | 25.90 | 23.37 | 22.66 | 26.84 | 39.16 | 64.29 | 15.82 | 23.42 | 32.54 |
| 70 | University of Münster | 6 | 27.17 | 30.73 | 20.75 | 32.76 | 34.17 | 57.14 | 12.24 | 27.88 | 32.00 |
| 96 | University of Karlsruhe | 7 | 21.70 | 20.61 | 20.43 | 18.41 | 42.14 | 53.57 | 12.84 | 18.96 | 27.81 |
| 120 | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | 8 | 23.49 | 24.44 | 21.86 | 17.20 | 41.65 | 46.43 | 7.16 | 16.91 | 25.76 |
| 135 | Free University of Berlin | 9 | 23.96 | 23.45 | 20.27 | 17.42 | 37.86 | 42.86 | 8.36 | 19.33 | 25.02 |
| 140 | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg | 10 | 22.04 | 20.38 | 19.28 | 18.24 | 39.15 | 46.43 | 7.16 | 15.43 | 24.58 |
| 140 | University of Marburg | 10 | 21.44 | 17.32 | 17.92 | 16.14 | 37.40 | 50.00 | 7.76 | 15.99 | 24.58 |
| 148 | University of Dortmund | 12 | 16.21 | 15.56 | 13.15 | 21.09 | 36.33 | 53.57 | 6.27 | 15.43 | 24.20 |
| 154 | Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg | 13 | 17.85 | 17.24 | 19.23 | 13.52 | 48.23 | 42.86 | 9.85 | 14.31 | 23.80 |
| 162 | Ruhr-University Bochum | 14 | 17.19 | 19.23 | 12.71 | 19.51 | 33.09 | 50.00 | 5.67 | 16.73 | 23.53 |
| 163 | University of Rostock | 15 | 16.80 | 19.54 | 13.05 | 18.49 | 34.76 | 50.00 | 5.97 | 15.43 | 23.47 |
| 165 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University of Frankfurt am Main | 16 | 17.12 | 19.69 | 12.05 | 15.07 | 31.49 | 50.00 | 9.55 | 15.61 | 23.32 |
| 174 | University of Bayreuth | 17 | 17.17 | 18.31 | 12.72 | 15.35 | 33.17 | 50.00 | 5.67 | 16.36 | 22.98 |
| 175 | Humboldt University of Berlin | 18 | 16.47 | 16.17 | 14.68 | 15.70 | 39.90 | 46.43 | 4.48 | 18.03 | 22.95 |
| 180 | University of Stuttgart | 19 | 23.85 | 19.92 | 18.73 | 14.17 | 35.16 | 39.29 | 9.25 | 15.43 | 22.74 |
| 181 | University of Würzburg | 20 | 23.08 | 14.48 | 18.36 | 15.01 | 35.60 | 42.86 | 8.36 | 14.87 | 22.71 |
| 197 | University of Regensburg | 21 | 17.17 | 16.55 | 12.52 | 14.27 | 32.64 | 46.43 | 6.57 | 13.01 | 21.54 |
| 203 | University of Bonn | 22 | 18.24 | 16.70 | 14.77 | 14.49 | 36.23 | 42.86 | 5.37 | 12.64 | 21.32 |
| 208 | Technical University of Berlin | 23 | 19.51 | 16.17 | 16.21 | 11.66 | 37.17 | 39.29 | 5.07 | 16.36 | 21.14 |
| 210 | University of Ulm | 24 | 14.35 | 12.11 | 13.90 | 9.26 | 43.35 | 42.86 | 5.97 | 15.24 | 21.05 |
| 240 | Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | 25 | 15.77 | 21.53 | 9.52 | 16.30 | 27.01 | 39.29 | 3.28 | 14.68 | 19.56 |
| 241 | University of Hamburg | 26 | 15.60 | 12.18 | 14.26 | 10.19 | 40.92 | 35.71 | 9.85 | 10.78 | 19.55 |
| 244 | Dresden University of Technology | 27 | 16.01 | 17.70 | 8.81 | 13.69 | 24.62 | 42.86 | 3.28 | 14.87 | 19.38 |
| 249 | University of Leipzig | 28 | 21.69 | 19.16 | 11.90 | 11.80 | 24.56 | 39.29 | 1.49 | 14.31 | 19.14 |
| 283 | Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf | 29 | 12.35 | 11.11 | 11.40 | 8.95 | 41.31 | 35.71 | 4.18 | 7.99 | 17.48 |
| 292 | University of Cologne | 30 | 16.41 | 12.41 | 9.99 | 9.40 | 27.24 | 39.29 | 3.58 | 7.99 | 17.14 |
| 294 | Darmstadt University of Technology | 31 | 16.27 | 20.54 | 7.71 | 11.60 | 21.22 | 35.71 | 1.79 | 12.45 | 17.01 |
| 298 | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen | 32 | 17.44 | 14.71 | 11.54 | 8.97 | 29.61 | 35.71 | 2.69 | 7.43 | 16.89 |