Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Croatia
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.
1Brodarski Institute156 works
9.00
2University North2,558 works
5.37
3Algebra Bernays University627 works
5.27
4Veleučilište PAR43 works
4.00
5Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb4,567 works
3.53
6University of Split24,544 works
3.23
7Juraj Dobrila University of Pula2,743 works
3.17
8Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb9,327 works
2.67
9Zagreb School of Economics and Management661 works
2.64
10EFFECTUS veleučilište77 works
2.60
11University of Zagreb121,094 works
2.50
12Ekonomski fakultet - Zagreb3,875 works
2.45
13University of Osijek22,811 works
2.40
14University of Dubrovnik2,473 works
2.33
15University of Rijeka23,273 works
2.24
16University of Applied Health Sciences1,138 works
2.23
17Tehničko Veleučilište u Zagrebu921 works
2.11
18Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia251 works
2.09
19Catholic University of Croatia2,630 works
2.02
20Akademija medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske203 works
1.82
21University of Slavonski Brod882 works
1.74
22Institute of Public Health Osijek-Baranja County412 works
1.35
23Šibenik University of Applied Sciences366 works
1.28
24Akademija tehničkih znanosti Hrvatske62 works
1.24
25Karlovac University of Applied Sciences479 works
1.14
26College of Agriculture at Križevci306 works
1.11
27University of Zadar7,373 works
1.08
28Istarsko veleučilište112 works
0.99
29Dr. Franjo Tudman Defense and Security University176 works
0.97
30Veleučilište "Nikola Tesla" u Gospiću80 works
0.92
31Muzička akademija150 works
0.90
32Veleučilište Velika Gorica138 works
0.88
33Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb9,847 works
0.87
34Institute for Social Research881 works
0.82
35Veleučilište Ivanić-Grad42 works
0.77
36Veleučilište Aspira120 works
0.73
37Libertas International University648 works
0.68
38Baltazar Zaprešić University of Applied Sciences225 works
0.49
39Polytechnic Marko Marulic411 works
0.48
40VERN' University376 works
0.39
41Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu u Osijeku300 works
0.36
42Veleučilište studija sigurnosti108 works
0.36
43Polytechnic of Rijeka731 works
0.34
44Visoka Škola za Informacijske Tehnologije Zagreb113 works
0.33
45Veleučilište u Virovitici119 works
0.28
46Polytechnic of Međimurje in Čakovec322 works
0.23
47Policijska akademija282 works
0.22
48MUP-Veleučilište kriminalistike i javne sigurnosti65 works
0.21
49Umjetnička akademija u Splitu190 works
0.15
50Polytecnic in Požega263 works
0.15
Highlights
Within Croatia, Brodarski Institute ranks first in 2026 with 9.00, followed by University North (5.37) and Algebra Bernays University (5.27).
Brodarski Institute is 1.7 times higher than University North, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 9.00 (Brodarski Institute) to 0.15 (Polytecnic in Požega), with a median of 1.12.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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