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🎓 Top Research Universities in Israel

Universities and colleges in Israel 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
Tel Aviv University209,225 papers
18,812,160
2
Weizmann Institute of Science77,713 papers
13,865,698
3
Hebrew University of Jerusalem163,685 papers
13,032,962
4
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology122,336 papers
9,347,428
5
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev96,559 papers
5,484,764
6
Bar-Ilan University60,055 papers
3,562,203
7
University of Haifa48,843 papers
2,007,339
8
Ariel University15,362 papers
363,425
9
Reichman University7,113 papers
232,024
10
Open University of Israel5,441 papers
168,794
11
Tel Hai Academic College3,675 papers
116,328
12
Holon Institute of Technology4,091 papers
91,649
13
Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat1,053 papers
70,619
14
Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yafo2,476 papers
68,216
15
Ruppin Academic Center2,325 papers
57,531
16
Jerusalem College of Technology2,814 papers
56,729
17
Braude College of Engineering Karmiel2,138 papers
48,037
18
The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College2,319 papers
47,588
19
Oranim Academic College of Education1,809 papers
45,371
20
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering2,341 papers
39,513
21
Sapir College1,687 papers
31,967
22
Ono Academic College1,846 papers
29,460
23
Beit Berl College1,628 papers
29,088
24
College of Management Academic Studies1,374 papers
28,124
25
Ashkelon Academic College1,359 papers
24,787
26
Achva Academic College1,287 papers
21,917
27
Shenkar College of Engineering and Design940 papers
20,280
28
Netanya Academic College1,091 papers
19,713
29
Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College885 papers
19,329
30
Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee791 papers
16,799
31
Afeka College of Engineering945 papers
15,796
32
Gordon Academic College of Education719 papers
14,998
33
Al-Qasemi Academic College of Education752 papers
14,592
34
Kibbutzim College of Education, Technology and the Arts1,043 papers
14,136
35
Zefat Academic College1,163 papers
12,921
36
Azrieli College of Engineering Jerusalem860 papers
12,089
37
Western Galilee College1,260 papers
11,627
38
Peres Academic Center561 papers
9,951
39
Academic College at Wingate406 papers
9,938
40
Levinsky College of Education514 papers
7,937
41
Kaye Academic College of Education570 papers
7,260
42
David Yellin College of Education523 papers
6,507
43
Sakhnin College482 papers
5,073
44
The Arab Academic College for Education in Israel443 papers
4,856
45
The Mofet Institute262 papers
3,090
46
Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies138 papers
2,996
47
Van Leer Jerusalem Institute437 papers
2,871
48
Levinsky-Wingate Academic College414 papers
2,290
49
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design292 papers
2,266
50
Israel Sports Center for the Disabled44 papers
2,226

Highlights

Within Israel, Tel Aviv University ranks first in 2026 with 18,812,160, followed by Weizmann Institute of Science (13,865,698) and Hebrew University of Jerusalem (13,032,962).

Across 50 entries, values run from 18,812,160 (Tel Aviv University) to 2,226 (Israel Sports Center for the Disabled), with a median of 23,352.

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.