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University of Greifswald

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 527–1012 of 1,240 · score 35.8
Research Index =811

How it scores

Research
35
Alumni outcomes
66
Admissions & earnings
est.

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country.

No official admissions or earnings data is used for this university yet. Its in-country score is estimated from its standing among its own country’s universities on the global measures.

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
2 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
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Students (undergraduate / total)
10,366 / 10,366

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
47.7
B · Strength
23.0

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =694. On strength alone: 1005. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
9.7% (8.7%–10.7%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
0.9% (0.6%–1.3%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
178
All papers (fractional count)
1,836
International co-authored
50.0%
Open access
81.3%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
2 (0.35 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=615range 467–772 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences444range 275–678 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science–fewer than 200 papers
Physical sciences & engineering=1207range 942–1444 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities=928range 700–1091 of 1,262

Position over time

bottom2012–2015: 589 of 8382020–2023: 811 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=811Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

Alumni laureates
0
Staff laureates
2

Alumni: none recorded. Counted from Wikidata (CC0). Alumni laureates count toward the overall ranking per student (10 of 65 global weight points); staff laureates are shown for context only.