Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Latvia
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.
1Alberta College26 works
49.40
2University of Latvia FinTech Business School399 works
3.77
3Riga Technical University15,843 works
2.85
4EKA University of Applied Sciences262 works
2.78
5University of Latvia23,807 works
2.58
6Latvian Maritime Academy122 works
2.46
7University of Liepāja593 works
2.43
8Transport and Telecommunication Institute1,036 works
2.37
9Riga Stradiņš University8,665 works
2.35
10Stockholm School of Economics in Riga351 works
2.28
11Latvian Academy of Sport Education472 works
2.05
12Rēzeknes Augstskola311 works
2.00
13Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"984 works
1.92
14Ventspils University of Applied Sciences712 works
1.58
15RISEBA University of Applied Sciences540 works
1.42
16National Defence Academy of Latvia49 works
1.32
17Rezekne Academy of Technologies1,744 works
1.31
18Turība University591 works
1.31
19Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences496 works
1.29
20Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies4,228 works
1.20
21Riga Aeronautical Institute120 works
1.05
22Daugavpils University4,574 works
1.02
23Rīgas Ziemeļvalstu augstskola400 works
0.75
24Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music107 works
0.69
25Daugavpils Medical College9 works
0.67
26College of Law127 works
0.65
27Baltic International Academy524 works
0.63
28Riga Technical College60 works
0.57
29Latvian Academy of Culture380 works
0.35
30Riga Graduate School of Law124 works
0.34
31Riga High Tech University29 works
0.25
32Art Academy of Latvia154 works
0.15
33State Police College25 works
0.10
34College of Business Administration446 works
0.03
Highlights
Within Latvia, Alberta College ranks first in 2026 with 49.40, followed by University of Latvia FinTech Business School (3.77) and Riga Technical University (2.85).
Alberta College is 13 times higher than University of Latvia FinTech Business School, the runner-up.
Across 34 entries, values run from 49.40 (Alberta College) to 0.03 (College of Business Administration), with a median of 1.31.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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