Universities by Research h-index in Iceland

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.

📅 2026📏 h-index10 entries🇮🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Iceland32,666 works

642

Institute of Earth Sciences2,302 works

186

Reykjavík University6,542 works

175

University of Akureyri1,862 works

113

Agricultural University of Iceland879 works

Hólar University College502 works

Bifröst University222 works

University Centre of the Westfjords138 works

Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies241 works

Iceland University of the Arts47 works

Highlights

Within Iceland, University of Iceland ranks first in 2026 with 642, followed by Institute of Earth Sciences (186) and Reykjavík University (175).

University of Iceland is 3.5 times higher than Institute of Earth Sciences, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 642 (University of Iceland) to 6 (Iceland University of the Arts), with a median of 68.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · 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.