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🎓 Top Research Universities in Poland

Universities and colleges in Poland ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations50 entries🇵🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Jagiellonian University126,413 papers
5,248,292
2
University of Warsaw110,014 papers
4,690,791
3
AGH University of Krakow61,571 papers
4,498,839
4
Warsaw University of Technology61,882 papers
2,370,658
5
Medical University of Warsaw42,286 papers
1,813,201
6
University of Wrocław67,853 papers
1,615,226
7
Medical University of Lodz32,981 papers
1,518,100
8
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań68,044 papers
1,513,453
9
Poznan University of Medical Sciences33,617 papers
1,495,229
10
Gdańsk Medical University28,744 papers
1,417,264
11
Wrocław University of Science and Technology53,112 papers
1,408,791
12
Wroclaw Medical University28,903 papers
1,400,418
13
Nicolaus Copernicus University50,898 papers
1,339,165
14
Medical University of Silesia32,999 papers
1,255,713
15
Gdańsk University of Technology34,047 papers
1,150,649
16
Medical University of Lublin29,250 papers
1,124,401
17
University of Gdańsk36,886 papers
1,098,487
18
University of Łódź49,900 papers
1,022,087
19
Silesian University of Technology44,493 papers
974,227
20
Pomeranian Medical University15,338 papers
972,918
21
Lodz University of Technology38,941 papers
951,853
22
Medical University of Białystok19,063 papers
940,130
23
University of Silesia in Katowice39,102 papers
931,490
24
Warsaw University of Life Sciences41,118 papers
874,000
25
Poznań University of Technology30,243 papers
864,575
26
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn33,916 papers
732,783
27
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University34,167 papers
709,010
28
Poznań University of Life Sciences22,535 papers
617,349
29
University of Agriculture in Krakow21,278 papers
483,123
30
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences17,137 papers
450,003
31
University of Life Sciences in Lublin17,544 papers
426,196
32
Cracow University of Technology20,865 papers
421,914
33
West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin16,374 papers
421,053
34
Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz11,249 papers
407,625
35
University of Rzeszów21,028 papers
356,984
36
Military University of Technology in Warsaw16,092 papers
343,538
37
University of Białystok13,709 papers
323,823
38
University of Zielona Góra15,013 papers
318,277
39
University of Szczecin25,948 papers
283,779
40
Częstochowa University of Technology18,007 papers
268,919
41
Lublin University of Technology14,650 papers
257,174
42
Rzeszów University of Technology15,110 papers
250,291
43
Jan Kochanowski University13,202 papers
242,252
44
Bialystok University of Technology14,205 papers
192,697
45
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology10,736 papers
176,569
46
University of Opole12,800 papers
174,092
47
Uniwersytet SWPS7,637 papers
164,042
48
Opole University of Technology9,218 papers
156,334
49
Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie14,582 papers
148,410
50
Poznań University of Economics and Business13,281 papers
128,769

Highlights

Within Poland, Jagiellonian University ranks first in 2026 with 5,248,292, followed by University of Warsaw (4,690,791) and AGH University of Krakow (4,498,839).

Across 50 entries, values run from 5,248,292 (Jagiellonian University) to 128,769 (Poznań University of Economics and Business), with a median of 798,679.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.