Universities by Research i10-index in New Zealand
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1University of Auckland139,776 works
141,126
2University of Otago90,993 works
100,134
3Massey University53,182 works
51,228
4University of Canterbury52,173 works
42,799
5Victoria University of Wellington60,745 works
34,081
6University of Waikato30,457 works
21,226
7Auckland University of Technology29,821 works
21,072
8Lincoln University13,190 works
12,542
9Unitec Institute of Technology3,375 works
1,395
10Eastern Institute of Technology1,247 works
514
11Waikato Institute of Technology1,085 works
408
12Otago Polytechnic1,156 works
403
13Ara Institute of Canterbury824 works
395
14Manukau Institute of Technology653 works
293
15New Zealand College of Chiropractic295 works
241
16Open Polytechnic675 works
181
17Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology362 works
170
18Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology299 works
128
20Universal College of Learning189 works
96
21Wellington Institute of Technology329 works
90
22Auckland Institute of Studies154 works
71
23Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners117 works
70
24Waiariki Institute of Technology97 works
60
25Southern Institute of Technology189 works
48
26Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi120 works
36
27Institute of the Pacific United142 works
30
28Te Wānanga o Aotearoa161 works
23
29Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood New Zealand88 works
21
30Media Design School173 works
20
31Waikato-Tainui College for Research and Development10 works
12
32Laidlaw College133 works
9
33Good Shepherd College22 works
4
34Whitecliffe College of Arts and Design67 works
4
35Chelsea Primary School17 works
3
36Carey Baptist College80 works
2
37Mt Albert Primary School6 works
1
Highlights
Within New Zealand, University of Auckland ranks first in 2026 with 141,126, followed by University of Otago (100,134) and Massey University (51,228).
Across 37 entries, values run from 141,126 (University of Auckland) to 1 (Mt Albert Primary School), with a median of 102.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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