Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Serbia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Singidunum University4,426 works
4.92
2Institute of Food Technology1,522 works
4.74
3Gulf University973 works
4.52
4ITS - Visoka škola strukovnih studija za informacione tehnologije89 works
4.26
5University of Kragujevac19,162 works
3.14
6University of Belgrade128,039 works
3.02
7University of Defence3,721 works
2.96
8Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade439 works
2.90
9Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina670 works
2.76
10University of Novi Sad53,251 works
2.53
11Institute of Forestry674 works
2.44
12European University159 works
2.19
13Univerzitet Union Nikola Tesla2,364 works
2.16
14Educons University1,106 works
2.08
15Academy of Applied Studies Šabac354 works
1.88
16Academy of Applied Studies Southern Serbia197 works
1.73
17State University of Novi Pazar1,764 works
1.65
18University of Nis28,271 works
1.50
19Metropolitan University887 works
1.49
20Union University1,299 works
1.43
21Kriminalističko-policijski univerzitet732 works
1.43
22Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies372 works
1.43
23Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies274 works
1.30
24Univerzitet u Novom Pazaru903 works
1.00
25Akademija strukovnih studija Politehnika179 works
0.89
26Megatrend University1,178 works
0.83
27Beopolis University20 works
0.81
28Western Serbia Academy of Applied Studies101 works
0.49
29Technical College of Applied Sciences172 works
0.46
30Belgrade Open School221 works
0.43
31University of Arts in Belgrade861 works
0.30
32Institute for Recent History of Serbia402 works
0.21
33Visoka strukovna vaspitačka i medicinska škola u Vršcu77 works
0.20
34Novi Sad Open University6 works
0.17
35Institut za Reumatologiju62 works
0.15
36Visoka škola za komunikacije21 works
0.08
37Sportska Akademija Beograd94 works
0.07
Highlights
Within Serbia, Singidunum University ranks first in 2026 with 4.92, followed by Institute of Food Technology (4.74) and Gulf University (4.52).
Across 37 entries, values run from 4.92 (Singidunum University) to 0.07 (Sportska Akademija Beograd), with a median of 1.49.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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