Universities by Research i10-index in Croatia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. 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
73,004
2University of Split24,544 works
25,727
3University of Rijeka23,273 works
12,864
4University of Osijek22,811 works
11,315
5Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb9,327 works
5,942
6Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture in Zagreb4,567 works
3,283
7Ekonomski fakultet - Zagreb3,875 works
1,200
8University of Zadar7,373 works
912
9University of Dubrovnik2,473 works
816
10Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb9,847 works
736
11University North2,558 works
638
12Juraj Dobrila University of Pula2,743 works
531
13Catholic University of Croatia2,630 works
499
14Tehničko Veleučilište u Zagrebu921 works
192
15University of Slavonski Brod882 works
182
16Institute for Social Research881 works
180
17University of Applied Health Sciences1,138 works
180
18Zagreb School of Economics and Management661 works
164
19Karlovac University of Applied Sciences479 works
154
20Algebra Bernays University627 works
144
21Polytechnic of Rijeka731 works
119
22Institute of Public Health Osijek-Baranja County412 works
113
23Polytechnic Marko Marulic411 works
86
24College of Agriculture at Križevci306 works
73
25Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia251 works
61
26Brodarski Institute156 works
60
27Libertas International University648 works
59
28Polytecnic in Požega263 works
38
29Šibenik University of Applied Sciences366 works
28
30VERN' University376 works
26
31Akademija medicinskih znanosti Hrvatske203 works
24
32Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics1,168 works
16
33Polytechnic of Međimurje in Čakovec322 works
15
34Akademija za umjetnost i kulturu u Osijeku300 works
14
35Baltazar Zaprešić University of Applied Sciences225 works
14
36Polytechnic Lavoslav Ružička Vukovar234 works
14
37Istarsko veleučilište112 works
12
38Akademija likovnih umjetnosti u Zagrebu113 works
11
39Veleučilište Velika Gorica138 works
10
40Umjetnička akademija u Splitu190 works
9
41Veleučilište PAR43 works
8
42EFFECTUS veleučilište77 works
7
43Muzička akademija150 works
5
44Polytechnic of Varaždin182 works
5
45Veleučilište Aspira120 works
5
46College for Management in Tourism and Informatics in Virovitica81 works
3
47Dr. Franjo Tudman Defense and Security University176 works
3
48Policijska akademija282 works
3
49Veleučilište u Virovitici119 works
3
50Zagreb School of Business146 works
3
Highlights
Within Croatia, University of Zagreb ranks first in 2026 with 73,004, followed by University of Split (25,727) and University of Rijeka (12,864).
University of Zagreb is 2.8 times higher than University of Split, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 73,004 (University of Zagreb) to 3 (Zagreb School of Business), with a median of 61.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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