Universities by Research Publications in Belarus
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Belarusian State University608,636 citations
28,575
2Belarusian National Technical University39,883 citations
9,848
3Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics64,274 citations
7,491
4Belarusian State Medical University43,244 citations
4,389
5A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute62,886 citations
4,145
6Gomel State Medical University10,763 citations
3,829
7Belarusian State Technological University23,520 citations
3,684
8Grodno State Medical University14,737 citations
3,378
9Francisk Skorina Gomel State University20,405 citations
2,795
10Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno26,640 citations
2,483
11Sukhoi State Technical University of Gomel5,522 citations
1,722
12Belarusian Medical Academy of Post-Graduate Education11,336 citations
1,577
13Vitebsk State Medical University5,684 citations
1,572
14Belarusian State Economic University2,018 citations
1,492
15Euphrosyne Polotskaya State University3,209 citations
1,457
16Belarusian Russian University2,538 citations
1,381
17Brest State Technical University4,273 citations
1,367
18International Sakharov Environmental Institute5,094 citations
1,283
19Brest State A.S. Pushkin University3,695 citations
1,196
20Polessky State University784 citations
1,102
21Belarussian State Pedagogical University Named After Maxim Tank1,825 citations
961
22Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherov3,437 citations
852
23Belarusian State University of Transport2,913 citations
791
24Belarusian State Agrarian Technical University1,370 citations
689
25Institute of Physiology National Academy of Sciences of Belarus6,121 citations
623
26Vitebsk State Technological University3,261 citations
623
27Minsk State Linguistic University231 citations
501
28University of Civil Protection1,024 citations
476
29Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus652 citations
472
30Baranavichy State University661 citations
451
31Mozyr State Pedagogical University named after I.P.Shamyakin999 citations
431
32Vitebsk State Academy of Veterinary Medicine2,311 citations
420
33Mogilev State A.Kuleshov University1,088 citations
354
34Belarusian State Agricultural Academy1,036 citations
331
35Belarusian State Academy of Telecommunications700 citations
299
36Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus117 citations
292
37Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts407 citations
286
38Grodno State Agrarian University402 citations
246
39Belarusian State University of Food and Chemical Technologies2,282 citations
236
40International University MITSO257 citations
234
41Belarusian State University of Physical Culture83 citations
221
42Minsk Institute of Management145 citations
211
43International Institute of Management and Business498 citations
207
44Minsk Regional Institute of Education Development173 citations
185
45Belarusian State Aviation Academy236 citations
179
46Belarusian State Academy of Music232 citations
102
47Belarusian Trade-Economic University of Consumer Cooperation185 citations
101
48Belarusian State Academy of Arts218 citations
93
49Gomel Engineering Institute400 citations
88
50Institute of Parliamentarism and Entrepreneurship68 citations
48
Highlights
Within Belarus, Belarusian State University ranks first in 2026 with 28,575, followed by Belarusian National Technical University (9,848) and Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (7,491).
Belarusian State University is 2.9 times higher than Belarusian National Technical University, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 28,575 (Belarusian State University) to 48 (Institute of Parliamentarism and Entrepreneurship), with a median of 623.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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