| 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 | Ref. World Rank (FTE) |
| 41 | Ludwig - Maximilians - Universitat Munchen | 1 | 31.11 | 31.02 | 17.21 | 22.27 | 34.72 | 49.37 | 13.40 | 16.91 | 28.05 | 84 |
| 61 | Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg | 2 | 25.89 | 27.65 | 14.25 | 19.48 | 34.54 | 49.37 | 9.80 | 14.94 | 25.77 | 95 |
| 84 | Technical University of Munich | 3 | 22.75 | 24.73 | 11.70 | 16.11 | 32.29 | 45.57 | 9.74 | 13.08 | 23.29 | 123 |
| 135 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe -University of Frankfurt am Main | 4 | 13.38 | 17.65 | 8.25 | 11.32 | 38.71 | 37.97 | 7.13 | 8.46 | 18.86 | 177 |
| 137 | Humboldt University of Berlin | 5 | 16.08 | 13.22 | 9.23 | 13.53 | 36.02 | 40.51 | 4.61 | 8.12 | 18.82 | 133 |
| 143 | University of Bonn | 6 | 18.91 | 16.51 | 8.97 | 11.82 | 29.76 | 39.24 | 5.56 | 8.85 | 18.61 | 221 |
| 146 | Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen Nuremberg | 7 | 17.66 | 16.58 | 8.82 | 10.00 | 31.36 | 37.97 | 6.37 | 8.59 | 18.28 | 153 |
| 148 | Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen | 8 | 19.44 | 17.91 | 10.30 | 10.69 | 33.26 | 32.91 | 6.68 | 9.73 | 18.20 | 247 |
| 156 | Free University of Berlin | 9 | 13.67 | 14.86 | 6.85 | 13.31 | 31.43 | 39.24 | 3.82 | 9.23 | 17.82 | 160 |
| 157 | University of Munster | 10 | 16.47 | 15.57 | 8.17 | 9.88 | 31.13 | 36.71 | 5.11 | 10.20 | 17.76 | 251 |
| 159 | Georg - August University of Gottingen | 11 | 16.67 | 16.44 | 8.19 | 9.75 | 30.85 | 36.71 | 5.07 | 8.44 | 17.56 | 202 |
| 164 | Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg | 12 | 16.43 | 13.47 | 8.99 | 8.54 | 34.37 | 35.44 | 6.24 | 7.58 | 17.34 | 182 |
| 171 | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | 13 | 15.61 | 14.84 | 8.59 | 9.95 | 34.56 | 34.18 | 5.97 | 6.75 | 17.10 | 218 |
| 180 | University of Wurzburg | 14 | 15.32 | 13.84 | 8.67 | 8.78 | 35.53 | 32.91 | 5.09 | 7.37 | 16.66 | 74 |
| 182 | University of Cologne | 15 | 14.62 | 15.14 | 7.11 | 9.60 | 30.50 | 35.44 | 4.94 | 7.01 | 16.58 | 226 |
| 199 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 16 | 15.31 | 14.19 | 6.12 | 8.93 | 25.09 | 34.18 | 5.48 | 7.56 | 15.76 | 319 |
| 216 | RWTH Aachen University | 17 | 16.22 | 17.22 | 6.53 | 8.14 | 25.27 | 30.38 | 4.82 | 6.77 | 15.15 | 336 |
| 217 | Hannover Medical School | 18 | 9.60 | 11.25 | 5.39 | 6.87 | 35.25 | 34.18 | 3.37 | 6.11 | 15.09 | 165 |
| 225 | Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf | 19 | 11.56 | 11.27 | 7.08 | 7.02 | 38.44 | 29.11 | 4.20 | 5.92 | 14.88 | 211 |
| 229 | University of Ulm | 20 | 11.77 | 11.35 | 5.86 | 6.76 | 31.23 | 32.91 | 3.51 | 6.21 | 14.74 | 250 |
| 235 | Dresden University of Technology | 21 | 12.22 | 15.06 | 4.60 | 8.13 | 23.61 | 32.91 | 3.60 | 6.63 | 14.48 | 319 |
| 236 | University of Hamburg | 22 | 16.48 | 9.89 | 8.82 | 5.45 | 33.58 | 27.85 | 5.48 | 4.17 | 14.44 | 352 |
| 252 | University of Kiel | 23 | 11.67 | 11.02 | 5.75 | 6.19 | 30.93 | 29.11 | 3.72 | 5.74 | 13.80 | 292 |
| 252 | University of Leipzig | 23 | 13.35 | 13.05 | 5.34 | 6.47 | 25.10 | 30.38 | 3.45 | 5.85 | 13.80 | 201 |
| 254 | Ruhr - University Bochum | 25 | 14.46 | 14.35 | 5.74 | 7.66 | 24.90 | 29.11 | 3.29 | 4.99 | 13.78 | 307 |
| 257 | University of Regensburg | 26 | 10.43 | 10.75 | 5.17 | 6.78 | 31.11 | 30.38 | 2.92 | 4.86 | 13.67 | 230 |
| 259 | University of Marburg | 27 | 11.01 | 9.62 | 5.67 | 5.41 | 32.32 | 30.38 | 3.08 | 4.31 | 13.59 | 315 |
| 261 | University of Duisburg - Essen | 28 | 9.75 | 11.12 | 4.19 | 6.85 | 27.00 | 31.65 | 3.16 | 5.27 | 13.49 | 345 |
| 272 | Friedrich Schiller University of Jena | 29 | 11.62 | 12.83 | 4.60 | 7.41 | 24.87 | 29.11 | 2.89 | 5.59 | 13.23 | 236 |
| 316 | Justus - Liebig University Giessen | 30 | 10.58 | 10.65 | 4.50 | 5.05 | 26.68 | 25.32 | 2.69 | 4.56 | 11.90 | 274 |
| 369 | University of Stuttgart | 31 | 9.13 | 8.01 | 3.32 | 3.77 | 22.81 | 24.05 | 2.52 | 3.10 | 10.36 | 470 |
| 386 | Saarland University | 32 | 8.48 | 7.77 | 3.58 | 3.44 | 26.49 | 21.52 | 2.01 | 3.51 | 10.11 | 368 |
| 390 | University of Rostock | 33 | 7.33 | 8.09 | 2.79 | 3.77 | 23.93 | 24.05 | 1.67 | 2.82 | 10.07 | 436 |
| 403 | University of Lubeck | 34 | 4.57 | 3.99 | 2.20 | 2.57 | 30.12 | 25.32 | 0.85 | 2.24 | 9.87 | 382 |
| 405 | Martin Luther University of Halle - Wittenberg | 35 | 9.33 | 8.14 | 3.54 | 3.44 | 23.84 | 21.52 | 1.72 | 3.16 | 9.86 | 458 |
| 409 | Technical University of Berlin | 36 | 8.18 | 8.87 | 2.88 | 3.75 | 22.13 | 21.52 | 2.21 | 3.63 | 9.76 | - |
| 410 | University of Bayreuth | 37 | 6.20 | 5.88 | 2.81 | 2.90 | 28.43 | 21.52 | 2.13 | 3.31 | 9.74 | 359 |
| 419 | University of Dortmund | 38 | 4.86 | 5.39 | 1.95 | 3.15 | 25.15 | 25.32 | 1.18 | 1.96 | 9.59 | 400 |
| 422 | Darmstadt University of Technology | 39 | 8.00 | 8.24 | 2.27 | 3.62 | 17.77 | 24.05 | 1.86 | 3.04 | 9.54 | 485 |
| 428 | University of Hannover | 40 | 6.73 | 6.32 | 2.41 | 2.54 | 22.44 | 24.05 | 1.76 | 2.31 | 9.46 | 369 |
| 433 | Bielefeld University | 41 | 5.89 | 5.64 | 2.37 | 2.55 | 25.25 | 22.78 | 2.40 | 1.99 | 9.38 | 385 |
| 444 | University of Konstanz | 42 | 5.11 | 4.68 | 2.58 | 2.44 | 31.74 | 20.25 | 1.72 | 2.17 | 9.29 | 401 |
| 451 | Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg | 43 | 6.53 | 6.01 | 2.77 | 2.58 | 26.67 | 20.25 | 1.08 | 2.78 | 9.09 | 387 |
| 481 | University of Greifswald | 44 | 5.11 | 5.81 | 1.96 | 2.70 | 24.08 | 21.52 | 0.97 | 2.22 | 8.75 | 419 |
| 496 | University of Bremen | 45 | 6.44 | 6.32 | 2.27 | 3.26 | 22.17 | 18.99 | 1.80 | 3.37 | 8.62 | 500 |
| 499 | Technical University at Brunswick | 46 | 5.31 | 5.64 | 1.76 | 2.76 | 20.75 | 22.78 | 0.91 | 1.91 | 8.60 | - |