The 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the arena
of Medicine was created using data combined from
a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
estimating the citation-based metrics were gathered on 06-12-2021.
Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking
scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index
only includes publications and citation
data for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Medicine research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a credible list of
leading researchers from the field of Medicine ,
established by means of a thorough analysis
of 166,880 scholars discovered from
a variety of bibliometric data sources. For the field of
Medicine, as many as 65743 scholars were
examined.
What is D-index acceptance threshold for Medicine
The D-index threshold for accepting a scholar to be
considered is established at 70 if
most of their publications are in the discipline of Medicine. The
acceptance criteria for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index,
proportion of the publications made within the given
discipline as well as the awards and achievements of the
researchers. The D-index threshold for considering leading
scientists is set as an increment of 10 depending on the overall number of
scholars projected for each
discipline whilst ensuring that the top 1% of
best scholars are added into the list.
We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a
scholar’s general H-index and their D-index.
Other verification methods
Since our leading mission is to guarantee that only
actual researchers are listed in
our ranking we believe that metrics are never
meant to be an absolute tool to evaluate the
output of scholars. For that reason
we manually check each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of reliable sources. While it’s not a
metric impacting a scientist’s position in
the ranking, the amount of documents published in
major journals and conference proceedings should be a
reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a
given discipline. Position in the ranking is
based on every scientist’s D-index
with the help of metrics compiled from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric
databases of this kind accessible to the scientific community. A
detailed definition of our research policy
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our goal
Our objective is to motivate scholars,
companies and administrative bodies
worldwide to examine where top experts are heading
and to give a way for the whole research community to
find out who the leading experts in specific
disciplines, in different countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Medicine
With 42 scientific affiliations Germany ranks in spot 5
globally.
As far as institutions are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top researchers in Germany is Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München with 52 researchers affiliated with it being listed in the Medicine ranking. It is followed by Heidelberg University with 48 researchers and University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with 32 scholars.
The most prominent scholars in the area of Medicine in Germany are affiliated with University Hospital Heidelberg, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, German Institute of Human Nutrition, Technical University of Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Helmholtz Zentrum München. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München is featured as the best university in the Germany in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking researchers at 4542. Ranking second is Heidelberg University with a total D-index of 4465. The third place is occupied by University of Erlangen-Nuremberg with a total D-index of 2840.
The average total D-index for the top 1% universities is 4542 against an average of 1225 for all 42 institutions featured in our ranking.
The average number of published papers within the discipline of Medicine by researchers affiliated with the top 3% of researchers in the ranking is 20619 in comparison to an average of 5621 for all 42 universities.
The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 1% universities is 1615930 against an average of 462726 for all 42 universities.
