Universities by Research i10-index in Italy
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.
1Sapienza University of Rome281,707 works
381,791
2University of Bologna230,193 works
322,983
3University of Milan406,388 works
316,942
4University of Padua221,110 works
316,038
5University of Naples Federico II179,762 works
267,454
6University of Turin168,002 works
223,184
7University of Pisa141,716 works
201,701
8University of Florence154,393 works
198,737
9University of Genoa110,993 works
142,160
10University of Bari Aldo Moro85,929 works
130,735
11University of Rome Tor Vergata100,119 works
128,697
12University of Pavia96,687 works
125,333
13Politecnico di Milano258,224 works
115,116
14Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore84,475 works
114,360
15University of Perugia70,274 works
106,426
16University of Catania80,292 works
104,630
17University of Palermo85,035 works
102,227
18University of Milano-Bicocca77,144 works
89,391
19University of Parma66,690 works
86,767
20University of Siena60,674 works
86,012
21University of Verona63,130 works
84,556
22University of Modena and Reggio Emilia65,634 works
82,879
23University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"56,900 works
82,572
24University of Messina56,929 works
80,976
25University of Ferrara57,055 works
80,272
26Politecnico di Torino83,860 works
77,347
27University of Trieste59,782 works
74,913
28University of Cagliari54,681 works
73,022
29University of Brescia48,807 works
64,231
30University of Salerno56,650 works
62,586
31University of Calabria42,821 works
57,878
32University of Trento61,192 works
56,318
33Marche Polytechnic University41,017 works
53,198
34University of Chieti-Pescara37,212 works
51,421
35University of Udine41,754 works
50,548
36University of L'Aquila44,262 works
47,510
37Vita-Salute San Raffaele University32,633 works
44,213
38Scuola Normale Superiore20,943 works
39,768
39University of Sassari29,878 works
38,358
40Roma Tre University41,263 works
37,864
41University of Salento32,392 works
37,147
42Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”25,326 works
32,575
43Magna Graecia University20,274 works
32,502
44University of Insubria28,000 works
32,411
45National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology15,207 works
31,533
46Polytechnic University of Bari21,243 works
28,171
47Università Campus Bio-Medico19,914 works
25,782
48Università di Camerino20,251 works
25,488
49University of Foggia19,717 works
23,455
50Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati21,584 works
21,782
Highlights
Within Italy, Sapienza University of Rome ranks first in 2026 with 381,791, followed by University of Bologna (322,983) and University of Milan (316,942).
Across 50 entries, values run from 381,791 (Sapienza University of Rome) to 21,782 (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati), with a median of 78,810.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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