2019 tables: Institutions - biological sciences - academic

The 2019 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

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# Institution Share 2017 Share 2018 Count 2018 Change in Adjusted Share* 2017–2018
1 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU), Germany 72.72 61.95 266 -20.2%
2 University of Tübingen (Uni Tübingen), Germany 33.51 49.94 201 39.6%
3 Heidelberg University (Uni Heidelberg), Germany 58.45 49.74 234 -20.3%
4 University of Göttingen, Germany 24.58 38.88 144 48.2%
5 University of Freiburg (Uni Freiburg), Germany 44.83 37.39 145 -21.9%
6 Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany 32.09 32.49 202 -5.2%
7 University of Hamburg (UHH), Germany 25.28 31.56 124 16.9%
8 Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin), Germany 25.52 29.36 280 7.7%
9 Goethe University Frankfurt (GU), Germany 31.14 27.56 113 -17.1%
10 Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin), Germany 30.06 26.94 276 -16.1%
11 University of Cologne (UoC), Germany 27.13 26.28 117 -9.3%
12 University of Münster (WWU), Germany 19.88 25.30 100 19.2%
13 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Germany 16.00 23.74 80 38.9%
14 TU Dresden, Germany 19.17 23.71 131 15.8%
15 University of Bonn (Uni Bonn), Germany 21.26 22.08 127 -2.7%
16 University of Würzburg (JMU), Germany 30.78 20.85 106 -36.6%
17 Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany 11.54 19.72 87 60.0%
18 Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany 17.23 19.35 89 5.2%
19 Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), Germany 7.41 15.97 49 101.8%
20 Hannover Medical School (MHH), Germany 17.34 14.60 70 -21.1%
21 Ulm University, Germany 8.08 14.02 66 62.5%
22 University of Kiel (CAU), Germany 11.81 13.69 93 8.6%
23 Philipps University of Marburg (Uni Marburg), Germany 17.24 13.55 62 -26.4%
24 University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE), Germany 10.48 11.78 76 5.3%
25 University of Regensburg (UR), Germany 8.63 11.25 55 22.1%
26 Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU), Germany 8.40 10.28 80 14.7%
27 Saarland University (Saar-Uni), Germany 6.33 8.84 42 30.8%
28 RWTH Aachen University (RWTH Aachen), Germany 6.09 8.52 66 31.0%
29 University of Konstanz, Germany 3.64 8.45 34 117.1%
30 Leipzig University, Germany 12.65 8.05 86 -40.4%
31 University of Osnabrück (Uni Osnabrück), Germany 6.91 7.74 19 4.9%
32 Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Germany 5.73 7.12 59 16.3%
33 Giessen University (JLU), Germany 3.83 7.07 44 72.9%
34 University of Greifswald, Germany 5.10 6.70 51 23.0%
35 University of Lübeck, Germany 5.39 6.70 88 16.4%
36 Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), Germany 6.19 6.20 34 -6.2%
37 University of Kaiserslautern (TU Kaiserslautern), Germany 1.13 5.79 16 378.0%
38 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany 4.52 5.49 15 13.8%
39 Bielefeld University, Germany 3.54 5.37 15 42.0%
40 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin), Germany 1.54 5.05 25 207.3%
41 University of Potsdam, Germany 4.51 4.78 42 -0.7%
42 University of Oldenburg, Germany 3.86 4.51 16 9.4%
43 Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Germany 3.58 3.95 17 3.1%
44 Technical University Braunschweig (TU Braunschweig), Germany 4.62 3.89 18 -21.0%
45 Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), Germany 3.46 3.86 19 4.4%
46 University of Stuttgart, Germany 3.10 3.67 11 10.7%
47 University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover (TiHo), Germany 2.82 3.11 20 3.1%
48 University of Bremen (Uni Bremen), Germany 3.34 2.96 15 -17.1%
49 Constructor University, Germany 1.40 2.78 6 85.5%
50 University of Bayreuth (UBT), Germany 2.26 2.69 11 11.7%
51 University of Hohenheim, Germany 5.08 2.25 11 -58.6%
52 University of Kassel, Germany 0.35 1.64 4 339.3%
53 University of Rostock, Germany 1.72 1.12 15 -38.7%
54 Trier University, Germany – 1.00 2 N/A
55 Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz), Germany 0.13 0.81 2 500.6%
56 Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany 0.71 0.54 4 -29.7%
57 TU Dortmund University, Germany 1.98 0.38 4 -81.9%
58 Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau (TH Wildau), Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
58 German Sport University Cologne (GSU), Germany – 0.33 1 N/A
59 Frankfurt School of Finance and Management, Germany – 0.32 2 N/A
60 European School of Management and Technology (ESMT Berlin), Germany 0.17 0.25 1 40.5%
60 University of Passau, Germany 0.50 0.25 1 -53.2%
61 Institute for Advanced Study Berlin, Germany 0.10 0.20 2 88.2%
62 Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
62 European University of Applied Sciences (EUFH), Germany – 0.17 1 N/A
63 Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H), Germany 0.07 0.14 3 97.4%
64 University of Augsburg, Germany 0.07 0.13 7 77.3%
65 Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 0.09 1 N/A
66 Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences (THM), Germany 0.07 0.08 2 10.6%
67 Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
68 Brandenburg Medical School - Theodor Fontane (MHB), Germany 0.02 0.06 1 214.0%
69 University of Hagen, Germany – 0.06 1 N/A
70 Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Germany 0.12 0.05 1 -57.7%
71 Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media (HMTMH), Germany 0.04 0.04 2 -10.2%
72 Bundeswehr University Munich (UniBwM), Germany – 0.04 1 N/A
73 Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany – 0.03 1 N/A
74 University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln), Germany – 0.02 1 N/A
75 Europa-Universität Flensburg (EUF), Germany – 0.02 1 N/A
76 University of Mannheim, Germany 0.03 0.02 2 -36.3%
77 University of Koblenz and Landau, Germany – 0.01 1 N/A
77 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg (BTU), Germany – 0.01 1 N/A
78 Ilmenau University of Technology (TU Ilmenau), Germany – 0.00 2 N/A
79 SRH University Heidelberg, Germany – 0.00 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  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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*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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