Top universities in Germany by research output (2026)

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres is the most active research institution in Germany, with 2,102 papers in the last 29 days.

Updated automatically every day. Data: 29 fully counted days, September 26, 2026 – October 24, 2026. Source: OpenAlex and PubMed.

Most active institutions in Germany

Rank	Institution	Papers (29 days)	Per day
1	Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres	2,102	72
2	Max Planck Society	646	22
3	Technical University of Munich	242	8
4	Leibniz Association	203	7
5	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	153	5
6	Heidelberg University	131	5
7	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin	76	3
8	Universität Hamburg	69	2
9	RWTH Aachen University	48	2
10	University of Münster	32	1
11	University Hospital Bonn	32	1
12	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf	32	1
13	LMU Klinikum	31	1
14	Deutsche Zentren der Gesundheitsforschung	30	1
15	University of Freiburg	29	1
16	TUM Klinikum	28	1
17	Universitätsklinikum Aachen	28	1
18	University Hospital Heidelberg	27	1
19	University Hospital Ulm	27	1
20	University Hospital Münster	26	1
21	Essen University Hospital	25	1
22	Technische Universität Dresden	25	1
23	Goethe University Frankfurt	24	1
24	Medizinische Hochschule Hannover	24	1
25	University of Tübingen	24	1

This list includes institutions that were among the 200 most active in the world on at least one day. See all of Germany's research or search any institution at the top of the page.