Universities by Research Publications in Romania
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.
1Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București1,116,824 citations
41,967
2Babeș-Bolyai University908,013 citations
36,410
3University of Bucharest878,013 citations
35,143
4Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy1,052,987 citations
27,419
5Alexandru Ioan Cuza University453,271 citations
22,550
6Technical University of Cluj-Napoca345,351 citations
18,803
7Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy507,201 citations
17,485
8Transylvania University of Brașov344,802 citations
16,992
9Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy925,382 citations
16,491
10Bucharest University of Economic Studies245,423 citations
16,136
11Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași364,500 citations
15,893
12University of Craiova192,340 citations
14,635
13Politehnica University of Timisoara336,302 citations
14,405
14"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati232,953 citations
12,645
15West University of Timişoara294,228 citations
11,716
16Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara463,821 citations
11,325
17University of Oradea215,343 citations
10,312
18University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca320,583 citations
9,663
19Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu124,251 citations
9,178
20Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș212,081 citations
8,979
21Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava146,260 citations
8,900
22Ovidius University95,815 citations
8,000
23University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova253,698 citations
6,900
24Univesity of Life Science "King Mihai I" from Timisoara94,657 citations
5,742
25IMAR - Institutul de Matematică „Simion Stoilow” al Academiei Române89,359 citations
4,684
26Valahia University of Targoviste53,936 citations
4,475
27University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest90,422 citations
4,255
28University of Pitesti45,447 citations
4,036
29Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad42,636 citations
3,467
30Titu Maiorescu University37,744 citations
3,367
31National School of Political Science and Public Administration25,296 citations
3,190
321 Decembrie 1918 University17,544 citations
2,908
33University of Bacău34,108 citations
2,898
34"Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences63,023 citations
2,813
35Petroleum & Gas University of Ploieşti41,382 citations
2,772
36Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest32,666 citations
2,742
37Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania37,790 citations
2,441
38Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad43,984 citations
2,440
39Spiru Haret University27,694 citations
2,057
40Universitatea Din Petrosani13,739 citations
2,028
41Military Technical Academy16,726 citations
1,964
42Constantin Brâncuși University of Targu Jiu12,316 citations
1,895
43Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy10,418 citations
1,467
44Constanta Maritime University7,931 citations
1,268
45Universitatea Nicolae Titulescu din București989 citations
1,036
46Romanian-American University9,136 citations
983
47Danubius International University3,409 citations
939
48Universitatea Petru Maior din Tîrgu Mureş12,485 citations
921
49Carol I National Defence University1,668 citations
901
50Apollonia University14,259 citations
885
Highlights
Within Romania, Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București ranks first in 2026 with 41,967, followed by Babeș-Bolyai University (36,410) and University of Bucharest (35,143).
Across 50 entries, values run from 41,967 (Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București) to 885 (Apollonia University), with a median of 4,580.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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