Nature Index ranking confirms Mainz University being a top physics research institution

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is one of the ten most research-intensive German universities in physics

5 May 2020

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has achieved good results in the Nature Index ranking, particulary in the physics, and is among the ten most research-intensive German universities in physics. In the 2020 Nature Index, physics at JGU ranks 6th out of 84 in the national ranking and 84th out of 1,801 in international comparison. The geosciences (15th out of 67), chemistry (17th out of 81), and the life sciences (19th out of 92) also ranked in the top quarters of German universities.

The annual Nature Index ranking published by the Nature Publishing Group is based on publications in the most important international journals.