Universities by Research Publications in Italy

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

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

University of Milan21,860,329 citations

406,388

Sapienza University of Rome24,752,905 citations

281,707

Politecnico di Milano6,164,475 citations

258,224

University of Bologna21,102,052 citations

230,193

University of Padua22,042,928 citations

221,110

University of Naples Federico II16,054,438 citations

179,762

University of Turin15,186,787 citations

168,002

University of Florence12,231,492 citations

154,393

University of Pisa13,762,467 citations

141,716

University of Genoa9,226,898 citations

110,993

University of Rome Tor Vergata8,807,158 citations

100,119

University of Pavia8,885,602 citations

96,687

University of Bari Aldo Moro7,502,708 citations

85,929

University of Palermo5,260,274 citations

85,035

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore6,945,026 citations

84,475

Politecnico di Torino3,801,001 citations

83,860

University of Catania5,677,579 citations

80,292

University of Milano-Bicocca6,472,518 citations

77,144

University of Perugia7,650,235 citations

70,274

University of Parma5,298,584 citations

66,690

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia5,264,273 citations

65,634

University of Verona6,273,365 citations

63,130

University of Trento4,249,208 citations

61,192

University of Siena5,660,174 citations

60,674

University of Trieste5,063,190 citations

59,782

University of Ferrara5,387,496 citations

57,055

University of Messina4,058,677 citations

56,929

University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"4,691,392 citations

56,900

University of Salerno4,196,196 citations

56,650

University of Cagliari4,026,614 citations

54,681

University of Brescia4,196,352 citations

48,807

University of L'Aquila2,551,636 citations

44,262

University of Calabria3,463,721 citations

42,821

University of Udine3,371,193 citations

41,754

Roma Tre University2,371,960 citations

41,263

Marche Polytechnic University2,888,077 citations

41,017

University of Chieti-Pescara2,990,528 citations

37,212

Ca' Foscari University of Venice923,988 citations

32,913

Vita-Salute San Raffaele University3,328,654 citations

32,633

University of Salento2,184,556 citations

32,392

University of Sassari2,122,449 citations

29,878

University of Insubria1,997,432 citations

28,000

Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro”2,102,870 citations

25,326

Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati2,404,679 citations

21,584

Polytechnic University of Bari2,234,783 citations

21,243

Scuola Normale Superiore3,246,035 citations

20,943

Bocconi University874,296 citations

20,565

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna1,287,318 citations

20,478

Magna Graecia University1,705,060 citations

20,274

Università di Camerino1,396,844 citations

20,251

Highlights

Within Italy, University of Milan ranks first in 2026 with 406,388, followed by Sapienza University of Rome (281,707) and Politecnico di Milano (258,224).

Across 50 entries, values run from 406,388 (University of Milan) to 20,251 (Università di Camerino), with a median of 58,419.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · 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.

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Highlights

Within Italy, University of Milan ranks first in 2026 with 406,388, followed by Sapienza University of Rome (281,707) and Politecnico di Milano (258,224).

Across 50 entries, values run from 406,388 (University of Milan) to 20,251 (Università di Camerino), with a median of 58,419.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.