2018 tables: Institutions - biological sciences - academic

The 2018 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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# Institution Share 2016 Share 2017 Count 2017 Change in Adjusted Share* 2016–2017
1 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 53.44 72.72 278 32.3%
2 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 49.24 58.45 232 15.4%
3 University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany 33.46 44.83 154 30.3%
4 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 38.42 33.51 173 -15.2%
5 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 32.33 32.09 171 -3.5%
6 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 29.56 31.14 96 2.5%
7 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 24.68 30.78 80 21.3%
8 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 31.43 30.06 246 -7.0%
9 University of Cologne (UoC), Germany 36.19 27.13 117 -27.1%
10 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 26.34 25.52 234 -5.8%
11 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 25.53 25.28 107 -3.7%
12 University of Göttingen, Germany 36.22 24.58 100 -34.0%
13 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 29.90 21.26 114 -30.9%
14 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 25.67 19.88 72 -24.7%
15 TU Dresden, Germany 17.60 19.17 136 5.9%
16 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 16.56 17.34 73 1.8%
17 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 8.35 17.24 60 100.7%
18 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany 13.41 17.23 76 24.9%
19 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 14.55 16.00 69 6.9%
20 Leipzig University, Germany 11.85 12.65 75 3.8%
21 University of Kiel (CAU), Germany 11.76 11.81 70 -2.4%
22 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany 16.60 11.54 65 -32.4%
23 University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany 6.29 10.48 60 62.0%
24 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 12.06 8.63 50 -30.4%
25 Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany 7.50 8.40 59 8.9%
26 Ulm University, Germany 13.01 8.08 52 -39.6%
27 Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany 13.26 7.41 45 -45.7%
28 University of Osnabrück (Uni Osnabrück), Germany 4.44 6.91 20 51.5%
29 Saarland University (Saar-Uni), Germany 9.99 6.33 24 -38.4%
30 Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany 4.31 6.19 34 39.6%
31 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 7.62 6.09 51 -22.3%
32 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Germany 4.77 5.73 54 16.9%
33 University of Lübeck, Germany 6.52 5.39 64 -19.6%
34 University of Greifswald, Germany 3.24 5.10 33 53.0%
35 University of Hohenheim, Germany 2.71 5.08 14 82.0%
36 Technical University Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig), Germany 7.08 4.62 25 -36.6%
37 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany 9.73 4.52 14 -54.8%
38 University of Potsdam, Germany 7.68 4.51 32 -42.9%
39 University of Oldenburg, Germany 3.78 3.86 15 -0.8%
40 Giessen University (JLU), Germany 6.43 3.83 18 -42.0%
41 University of Konstanz, Germany 6.95 3.64 23 -49.0%
42 Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany 2.57 3.58 11 35.7%
43 Bielefeld University, Germany 5.98 3.54 16 -42.4%
44 Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany 4.76 3.46 15 -29.3%
45 University of Bremen (Uni Bremen), Germany 1.57 3.34 17 107.2%
46 University of Stuttgart, Germany 2.34 3.10 13 28.8%
47 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo), Germany 0.90 2.82 15 203.6%
48 University of Bayreuth (UBT), Germany 3.29 2.26 11 -33.4%
49 TU Dortmund University, Germany 0.45 1.98 9 330.7%
50 University of Rostock, Germany 2.02 1.72 10 -17.4%
51 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 2.34 1.54 16 -36.1%
52 Constructor University, Germany 0.62 1.40 6 118.9%
53 University of Kaiserslautern (TU Kaiserslautern), Germany 2.84 1.13 5 -61.1%
54 Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany – 0.71 2 N/A
55 University of Passau, Germany – 0.50 1 N/A
56 University of Kassel, Germany 1.27 0.35 2 -73.2%
57 Heidelberg University of Education, Germany – 0.25 1 N/A
58 Aachen University of Applied Sciences (FH Aachen), Germany – 0.20 1 N/A
59 European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin), Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
60 Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), Germany – 0.13 2 N/A
61 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg), Germany 0.05 0.13 1 131.0%
62 Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany 0.01 0.12 2 1169.7%
63 Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg (TUBAF), Germany – 0.10 1 N/A
64 Institute for Advanced Study Berlin, Germany 0.03 0.10 2 242.2%
65 Lübeck University of Applied Sciences, Germany 0.09 0.08 1 -17.7%
66 University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer, Germany – 0.07 1 N/A
67 University of Augsburg, Germany 0.09 0.07 2 -29.0%
68 Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H), Germany 0.27 0.07 1 -76.2%
69 Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences (THM), Germany 0.02 0.07 2 180.7%
70 University of Bamberg, Germany 0.25 0.06 1 -75.7%
70 Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
71 Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH), Germany – 0.04 1 N/A
72 University of Mannheim, Germany – 0.03 2 N/A
73 Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, Germany 0.09 0.03 1 -69.2%
73 Aalen University, Germany 0.08 0.03 1 -65.7%
74 University of Applied Sciences Trier, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
75 Brandenburg Medical School - Theodor Fontane (MHB), Germany 0.06 0.02 1 -72.7%
76 Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 0.02 1 N/A
77 Jena University of Applied Sciences (EAH Jena), Germany – 0.01 1 N/A

Footnote

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  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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