Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Iceland

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.

📅 2026📏 mean citations per work10 entries🇮🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 10

1 mean citations per work2 mean citations per work3 mean citations per work4 mean citations per work

Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (mean citations per work); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Iceland32,666 works

4.23

Institute of Earth Sciences2,302 works

4.02

Reykjavík University6,542 works

3.64

Agricultural University of Iceland879 works

3.11

University Centre of the Westfjords138 works

2.54

Hólar University College502 works

2.13

University of Akureyri1,862 works

2.07

Bifröst University222 works

1.97

Iceland University of the Arts47 works

1.26

Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies241 works

0.68

Highlights

Within Iceland, University of Iceland ranks first in 2026 with 4.23, followed by Institute of Earth Sciences (4.02) and Reykjavík University (3.64).

Across 10 entries, values run from 4.23 (University of Iceland) to 0.68 (Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies), with a median of 2.33.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness · 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.