Universities by Research h-index in Estonia

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 h-index21 entries🇪🇪 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Tartu48,313 works

761

Estonian University of Life Sciences8,249 works

229

Tallinn University of Technology23,524 works

229

Tallinn University7,061 works

141

Estonian Business School673 works

Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences228 works

Tartu Health Care College132 works

Estonian Academy of Arts303 works

Estonian National Defense College175 works

Tallinn Health University of Applied Sciences157 works

Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre200 works

Estonian Academy of Security Sciences258 works

Tallinn University of Applied Sciences193 works

Estonian Aviation Academy65 works

EuroAcademy48 works

Estonian Information Technology College28 works

Tartu Art College15 works

Lääne-Viru College6 works

Informaatika ja Arvutustehnika Instituut9 works

Institute of Theology of Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church17 works

Tartu Theological Seminary8 works

Highlights

Within Estonia, University of Tartu ranks first in 2026 with 761, followed by Estonian University of Life Sciences (229) and Tallinn University of Technology (229).

University of Tartu is 3.3 times higher than Estonian University of Life Sciences, the runner-up.

Across 21 entries, values run from 761 (University of Tartu) to 1 (Tartu Theological Seminary), with a median of 15.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within Estonia, University of Tartu ranks first in 2026 with 761, followed by Estonian University of Life Sciences (229) and Tallinn University of Technology (229).

University of Tartu is 3.3 times higher than Estonian University of Life Sciences, the runner-up.

Across 21 entries, values run from 761 (University of Tartu) to 1 (Tartu Theological Seminary), with a median of 15.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.