Universities by Research Publications in North Macedonia

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📏 works17 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.

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje495,906 citations

22,908

Goce Delcev University44,312 citations

6,859

University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bitola16,034 citations

2,572

South East European University28,606 citations

2,410

Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts74,182 citations

1,899

State University of Tetova17,038 citations

1,875

University American College Skopje3,139 citations

692

International Balkan University1,979 citations

682

University of Information Science and Technology St. Paul The Apostle6,298 citations

400

MIT University1,086 citations

328

American University of Europe1,519 citations

311

European University938 citations

227

University Clinic for Radiotherapy and Oncology4,332 citations

183

International University of Struga211 citations

National and University Library "St. Kliment of Ohrid"286 citations

Institute of Communication Studies17 citations

Euro Balkan University1 citations

Highlights

Within North Macedonia, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje ranks first in 2026 with 22,908, followed by Goce Delcev University (6,859) and University "St. Kliment Ohridski" - Bitola (2,572).

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje is 3.3 times higher than Goce Delcev University, the runner-up.

Across 17 entries, values run from 22,908 (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje) to 12 (Euro Balkan University), with a median of 400.

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

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje is 3.3 times higher than Goce Delcev University, the runner-up.

Across 17 entries, values run from 22,908 (Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje) to 12 (Euro Balkan University), with a median of 400.

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