Universities by Research h-index in Croatia
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.
1University of Zagreb121,094 works
441
2University of Split24,544 works
435
3University of Rijeka23,273 works
240
4University of Osijek22,811 works
195
5Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb9,327 works
160
6Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb4,567 works
130
7Ekonomski fakultet - Zagreb3,875 works
104
8Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb9,847 works
78
9University of Zadar7,373 works
75
10University North2,558 works
70
11Catholic University of Croatia2,630 works
69
12Juraj Dobrila University of Pula2,743 works
67
13University of Dubrovnik2,473 works
66
14Tehničko Veleučilište u Zagrebu921 works
48
15Zagreb School of Economics and Management661 works
45
16Institute for Social Research881 works
41
17University of Slavonski Brod882 works
40
18Karlovac University of Applied Sciences479 works
35
19Algebra Bernays University627 works
34
20University of Applied Health Sciences1,138 works
34
21Polytechnic Marko Marulic411 works
33
22Institute of Public Health Osijek-Baranja County412 works
31
23Polytechnic of Rijeka731 works
31
24Brodarski Institute156 works
26
25Libertas International University648 works
26
26College of Agriculture at Križevci306 works
23
27Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia251 works
23
28Polytecnic in Požega263 works
20
29Šibenik University of Applied Sciences366 works
17
30VERN' University376 works
17
31Akademija medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske203 works
15
32Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu u Osijeku300 works
13
33Baltazar Zaprešić University of Applied Sciences225 works
12
34Polytechnic Lavoslav Ružička Vukovar234 works
12
35Polytechnic of Međimurje in Čakovec322 works
12
36Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu113 works
11
37Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics1,168 works
11
38Istarsko veleučilište112 works
11
39Veleučilište Velika Gorica138 works
10
40Umjetnička akademija u Splitu190 works
9
41EFFECTUS veleučilište77 works
8
42Veleučilište PAR43 works
8
43Dr. Franjo Tudman Defense and Security University176 works
7
44Polytechnic Pula28 works
7
45Veleučilište Aspira120 works
7
46Akademija tehničkih znanosti Hrvatske62 works
6
47Muzička akademija150 works
6
48Polytechnic of Varaždin182 works
6
49Veleučilište u Virovitici119 works
6
50Zagreb School of Business146 works
6
Highlights
Within Croatia, University of Zagreb ranks first in 2026 with 441, followed by University of Split (435) and University of Rijeka (240).
Across 50 entries, values run from 441 (University of Zagreb) to 6 (Zagreb School of Business), with a median of 25.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.
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