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Universities by Recent Research Citedness in North Macedonia

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.

📅 2026📏 mean citations per work14 entries🇲🇰 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (mean citations per work); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts1,899 works
5.05
2
South East European University2,410 works
1.60
3
Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje22,908 works
1.55
4
State University of Tetova1,875 works
1.16
5
University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bitola2,572 works
1.00
6
University of Information Science and Technology St. Paul The Apostle400 works
0.99
7
University American College Skopje692 works
0.89
8
International Balkan University682 works
0.86
9
European University227 works
0.82
10
Goce Delcev University6,859 works
0.59
11
University Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology183 works
0.53
12
American University of Europe311 works
0.45
13
MIT University328 works
0.43
14
Institute of Communication Studies19 works
0.13

Highlights

Within North Macedonia, Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts ranks first in 2026 with 5.05, followed by South East European University (1.60) and Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje (1.55).

Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts is 3.1 times higher than South East European University, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 5.05 (Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts) to 0.13 (Institute of Communication Studies), with a median of 0.88.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness · 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.