Universities by Research Publications in Latvia

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.

📅 2026📏 works45 entries🇱🇻 See all of this country’s rankings →

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

University of Latvia612,043 citations

23,807

Riga Technical University338,909 citations

15,843

Riga Stradiņš University168,003 citations

8,665

Daugavpils University41,423 citations

4,574

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies48,697 citations

4,228

Rezekne Academy of Technologies6,060 citations

1,744

Transport and Telecommunication Institute7,989 citations

1,036

Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava"32,256 citations

984

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences5,931 citations

712

University of Liepāja2,922 citations

593

Turība University2,649 citations

591

RISEBA University of Applied Sciences4,003 citations

540

Baltic International Academy1,878 citations

524

Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences4,666 citations

496

Latvian Academy of Sport Education3,166 citations

472

College of Business Administration4,380 citations

446

Rīgas Ziemeļvalstu augstskola1,556 citations

400

University of Latvia FinTech Business School7,595 citations

399

Latvian Academy of Culture731 citations

380

Stockholm School of Economics in Riga10,504 citations

351

Rēzeknes Augstskola1,411 citations

311

EKA University of Applied Sciences2,146 citations

262

Art Academy of Latvia347 citations

154

College of Law513 citations

127

Riga Graduate School of Law344 citations

124

Latvian Maritime Academy1,740 citations

122

Riga Aeronautical Institute724 citations

120

Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music944 citations

107

Riga Technical College554 citations

Baltic Psychology and Management University College199 citations

National Defence Academy of Latvia209 citations

Riga High Tech University380 citations

Alberta College295 citations

State Police College8 citations

Lutera Akadēmija0 citations

International Higher School of Practical Psychology3 citations

Malnavas koledža0 citations

Latvian Christian Academy10 citations

Daugavpils Medical College5 citations

Jekabpils Agrobusiness College0 citations

International Cosmetology College4 citations

Latvia Business College7 citations

Higher School of Social Technologies11 citations

Riga Building College60 citations

Riga College of Accounting and Finance3 citations

Highlights

Within Latvia, University of Latvia ranks first in 2026 with 23,807, followed by Riga Technical University (15,843) and Riga Stradiņš University (8,665).

University of Latvia is 1.5 times higher than Riga Technical University, the runner-up.

Across 45 entries, values run from 23,807 (University of Latvia) to 2 (Riga College of Accounting and Finance), with a median of 154.

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 Latvia, University of Latvia ranks first in 2026 with 23,807, followed by Riga Technical University (15,843) and Riga Stradiņš University (8,665).

University of Latvia is 1.5 times higher than Riga Technical University, the runner-up.

Across 45 entries, values run from 23,807 (University of Latvia) to 2 (Riga College of Accounting and Finance), with a median of 154.

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