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🎓 Top Research Universities in Denmark

Universities and colleges in Denmark ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations50 entries🇩🇰 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
University of Copenhagen340,767 papers
30,850,396
2
Aarhus University251,783 papers
14,845,461
3
Technical University of Denmark147,731 papers
12,796,539
4
University of Southern Denmark103,038 papers
6,679,523
5
Aalborg University108,335 papers
4,617,645
6
Copenhagen Business School31,476 papers
843,928
7
Roskilde University26,488 papers
547,962
8
IT University of Copenhagen9,082 papers
228,183
9
Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation1,158 papers
38,394
10
University College Copenhagen3,474 papers
28,886
11
Royal Academy of Music513 papers
27,871
12
The Royal School of Library and Information Science746 papers
23,073
13
VIA University College4,438 papers
22,836
14
Metropolitan University College1,166 papers
21,135
15
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine453 papers
18,126
16
University College Lillebaelt1,093 papers
17,523
17
Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation2,720 papers
17,511
18
University College of Northern Denmark2,130 papers
15,521
19
University College Absalon790 papers
8,357
20
Aarhus Business College81 papers
6,064
21
Aarhus School of Architecture1,358 papers
5,770
22
University College South Denmark897 papers
5,284
23
Design School Kolding746 papers
3,762
24
Royal Danish Defence College472 papers
2,889
25
Niels Brock107 papers
1,962
26
Schools of Visual Arts, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts236 papers
1,879
27
University College Capital704 papers
1,661
28
Nordic Institute of Asian Studies188 papers
1,609
29
Zealand Institute of Business and Technology39 papers
1,525
30
Copenhagen School of Design and Technology183 papers
1,140
31
Danish School of Media and Journalism284 papers
1,109
32
Erhvervsakademi MidtVest6 papers
1,063
33
Danish College of General Practitioners53 papers
992
34
VUC Aarhus46 papers
797
35
Business Academy Aarhus26 papers
794
36
HF & VUC Klar122 papers
746
37
The Danish Town Planning Institute16 papers
698
38
Svendborg International Maritime Academy24 papers
586
39
Copenhagen Business Academy35 papers
572
40
Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted29 papers
559
41
Samsø Energy Academy14 papers
446
42
International Business Academy25 papers
386
43
Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design31 papers
290
44
Dania Academy of Higher Education17 papers
284
45
Rhythmic Music Conservatory23 papers
235
46
Danish Institute for Quality and Accreditation in Healthcare22 papers
208
47
Business Academy SouthWest22 papers
184
48
Danish National Academy of Music21 papers
181
49
Royal Danish Academy of Music33 papers
169
50
Lillebaelt Academy University of Applied Sciences32 papers
136

Highlights

Within Denmark, University of Copenhagen ranks first in 2026 with 30,850,396, followed by Aarhus University (14,845,461) and Technical University of Denmark (12,796,539).

University of Copenhagen is 2.1 times higher than Aarhus University, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 30,850,396 (University of Copenhagen) to 136 (Lillebaelt Academy University of Applied Sciences), with a median of 1,921.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.