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🎓 Top Research Universities in Iceland

Universities and colleges in Iceland ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations10 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
University of Iceland32,670 papers
2,960,140
2
Reykjavík University6,544 papers
294,610
3
Institute of Earth Sciences2,303 papers
182,229
4
University of Akureyri1,860 papers
70,969
5
Agricultural University of Iceland879 papers
36,933
6
Hólar University College503 papers
12,205
7
University Centre of the Westfjords138 papers
2,645
8
Bifröst University222 papers
2,113
9
Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies241 papers
775
10
Iceland University of the Arts47 papers
122

Highlights

Within Iceland, University of Iceland ranks first in 2026 with 2,960,140, followed by Reykjavík University (294,610) and Institute of Earth Sciences (182,229).

University of Iceland is 10 times higher than Reykjavík University, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 2,960,140 (University of Iceland) to 122 (Iceland University of the Arts), with a median of 24,569.

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.