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🎓 Top Research Universities in Romania

Universities and colleges in Romania 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, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București41,942 papers
1,109,601
2
Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy27,392 papers
1,047,782
3
Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy16,472 papers
922,266
4
Babeș-Bolyai University36,362 papers
903,784
5
University of Bucharest35,111 papers
874,351
6
Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy17,449 papers
504,714
7
Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara11,308 papers
461,929
8
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University22,515 papers
451,132
9
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași15,892 papers
362,528
10
Transylvania University of Brașov16,974 papers
343,135
11
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca18,786 papers
342,221
12
Politehnica University of Timisoara14,390 papers
333,737
13
University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca9,658 papers
319,217
14
West University of Timişoara11,719 papers
293,093
15
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova6,888 papers
252,203
16
Bucharest University of Economic Studies16,143 papers
243,477
17
"Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati12,622 papers
231,450
18
University of Oradea10,301 papers
214,120
19
Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș8,960 papers
211,154
20
University of Craiova14,600 papers
190,832
21
Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava8,895 papers
145,488
22
Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu9,160 papers
123,543
23
Ovidius University8,000 papers
95,218
24
Univesity of Life Science "King Mihai I" from Timisoara5,728 papers
93,967
25
University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest4,249 papers
89,985
26
IMAR - Institutul de Matematică „Simion Stoilow” al Academiei Române4,684 papers
88,217
27
"Ion Ionescu de la Brad" Iasi University of Life Sciences2,809 papers
62,634
28
Valahia University of Targoviste4,475 papers
53,472
29
University of Pitesti4,032 papers
45,122
30
Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad2,439 papers
43,810
31
Institute of Biochemistry619 papers
43,399
32
Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad3,458 papers
42,214
33
Petroleum & Gas University of Ploieşti2,772 papers
41,053
34
Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania2,441 papers
37,564
35
Titu Maiorescu University3,362 papers
37,441
36
National School of Public Health, Management and Professional Development230 papers
35,069
37
University of Bacău2,882 papers
33,895
38
Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest2,739 papers
32,352
39
Spiru Haret University2,056 papers
27,539
40
National School of Political Science and Public Administration3,186 papers
25,116
41
1 Decembrie 1918 University2,907 papers
17,445
42
Military Technical Academy1,959 papers
16,522
43
National Institute for Research and Development for Industrial Ecology789 papers
16,112
44
Apollonia University884 papers
14,164
45
Universitatea Din Petrosani2,026 papers
13,584
46
Universitatea Petru Maior din Tîrgu Mureş921 papers
12,395
47
Constantin Brâncuși University of Targu Jiu1,895 papers
12,238
48
Nicolae Bălcescu Land Forces Academy1,467 papers
10,365
49
Romanian-American University982 papers
9,046
50
Constanta Maritime University1,267 papers
7,798

Highlights

Within Romania, Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București ranks first in 2026 with 1,109,601, followed by Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (1,047,782) and Iuliu Hațieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy (922,266).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,109,601 (Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București) to 7,798 (Constanta Maritime University), with a median of 89,101.

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.