Universities by Research Publications in Norway
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.
1University of Bergen9,556,519 citations
209,274
2University of Oslo16,833,118 citations
191,122
3Norwegian University of Science and Technology8,604,788 citations
148,694
4UiT The Arctic University of Norway4,512,580 citations
65,033
5Norwegian University of Life Sciences1,766,885 citations
26,144
6University of Stavanger737,218 citations
20,237
7OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University431,682 citations
17,475
8University of Agder475,966 citations
16,384
9University of South-Eastern Norway258,147 citations
12,565
10Western Norway University of Applied Sciences269,731 citations
9,777
11Nord University169,922 citations
8,837
12Norwegian School of Economics305,366 citations
7,822
13University of Inland Norway109,964 citations
7,396
14BI Norwegian Business School256,234 citations
7,054
15Norwegian School of Sport Sciences628,126 citations
6,284
16Østfold University of Applied Sciences75,585 citations
3,807
17Høyskolen Kristiania60,407 citations
2,368
18VID Specialized University36,344 citations
2,360
19Molde University College63,528 citations
2,289
20Høgskolen i Bergen237,268 citations
1,834
21Institutt for Eksperimentell Medisinsk Forskning160,758 citations
1,742
22Gjøvik University College48,628 citations
1,310
23Hedmark University College72,582 citations
1,232
24Vestfold University College56,825 citations
1,096
25Telemark University College58,721 citations
1,085
26Volda University College12,143 citations
1,031
27NLA University College6,820 citations
953
28Fridtjof Nansen Institute24,757 citations
922
29Buskerud University College48,973 citations
920
30Lovisenberg Diakonale Høgskole20,924 citations
869
31Høgskolen i Sør-Trøndelag38,661 citations
866
32Høgskolen Stord/Haugesund20,344 citations
762
33Lillehammer University College37,759 citations
748
34MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society6,528 citations
718
35Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane38,326 citations
682
36Noroff University College13,235 citations
639
37Narvik University College14,009 citations
614
38Norwegian Police University College7,754 citations
577
39Oslo School of Architecture and Design5,972 citations
564
40Norwegian Defence University College5,757 citations
563
41University Graduate Center22,668 citations
545
42Queen Maud University College11,075 citations
517
43Oslo Nye Høyskole28,341 citations
501
44Buskerud and Vestfold University College20,731 citations
420
45Norwegian Academy of Music6,349 citations
398
46Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters46,341 citations
338
47Høgskolen i Nord-Trøndelag15,841 citations
325
48Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology7,142 citations
281
49Sámi University of Applied Sciences1,985 citations
258
50Diakonhjemmet høgskole5,660 citations
188
Highlights
Within Norway, University of Bergen ranks first in 2026 with 209,274, followed by University of Oslo (191,122) and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (148,694).
Across 50 entries, values run from 209,274 (University of Bergen) to 188 (Diakonhjemmet høgskole), with a median of 1,058.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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