Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Denmark
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine454 works
8.42
2University of Copenhagen340,821 works
5.56
3Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation1,162 works
5.24
4Royal Academy of Music514 works
5.17
5Technical University of Denmark147,799 works
5.05
6University of Southern Denmark103,121 works
4.81
7Aalborg University108,404 works
4.04
8Aarhus University251,888 works
4.04
9Copenhagen Business School31,493 works
3.27
10Roskilde University26,524 works
3.05
11Royal Danish Defence College473 works
2.87
12University College of Northern Denmark2,129 works
2.81
13Danish National Academy of Music21 works
2.63
14IT University of Copenhagen9,082 works
2.46
15Metropolitan University College1,165 works
2.17
16University College Lillebaelt1,093 works
2.08
17Dania Academy of Higher Education17 works
2.00
18Danish College of General Practitioners52 works
1.75
19University College South Denmark898 works
1.55
20HF & VUC Klar122 works
1.47
21Copenhagen School of Design and Technology183 works
1.44
22Zealand Institute of Business and Technology39 works
1.38
23Royal Danish Academy of Music33 works
1.36
24University College Copenhagen3,477 works
1.35
25VIA University College4,442 works
1.25
26University College Absalon792 works
1.09
27Business Academy Aarhus26 works
1.08
28Danish Cardiovascular Academy3 works
1.00
30The Royal School of Library and Information Science747 works
1.00
32Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation2,727 works
0.82
33Design School Kolding746 works
0.72
34Niels Brock108 works
0.64
35Business Academy SouthWest22 works
0.63
36International Business Academy25 works
0.50
37Danish School of Media and Journalism284 works
0.49
38Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare22 works
0.42
39Rhythmic Music Conservatory23 works
0.40
40Copenhagen Business Academy35 works
0.36
41Erhvervsakademi København19 works
0.20
42Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts231 works
0.18
43Aarhus School of Architecture1,358 works
0.12
Highlights
Within Denmark, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine ranks first in 2026 with 8.42, followed by University of Copenhagen (5.56) and Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (5.24).
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine is 1.5 times higher than University of Copenhagen, the runner-up.
Across 43 entries, values run from 8.42 (Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine) to 0.12 (Aarhus School of Architecture), with a median of 1.38.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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