Universities by Research h-index in Serbia
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. 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 Belgrade128,039 works
523
2University of Novi Sad53,251 works
254
3University of Kragujevac19,162 works
198
4University of Nis28,271 works
198
5University of Defence3,721 works
119
6Singidunum University4,426 works
118
7Institute of Food Technology1,522 works
110
8Megatrend University1,178 works
64
9State University of Novi Pazar1,764 works
54
10Educons University1,106 works
48
11Gulf University973 works
45
12Union University1,299 works
45
13Univerzitet Union Nikola Tesla2,364 works
43
14Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina670 works
41
15Metropolitan University887 works
41
16Institute of Forestry674 works
38
17Univerzitet u Novom Pazaru903 works
35
18Kriminalističko-policijski univerzitet732 works
30
19Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade439 works
27
20Academy of Applied Studies Šabac354 works
22
21European University159 works
19
22Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies372 works
18
23Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies274 works
18
24Belgrade Open School221 works
17
25Technical College of Applied Sciences172 works
16
26University of Arts in Belgrade861 works
16
27Academy of Applied Studies Southern Serbia197 works
15
28Sportska Akademija Beograd94 works
13
29Institute for Recent History of Serbia402 works
10
30Akademija strukovnih studija Politehnika179 works
9
31Institut za Reumatologiju62 works
8
32ITS - Visoka škola strukovnih studija za informacione tehnologije89 works
8
33Visoka strukovna vaspitačka i medicinska škola u Vršcu77 works
8
34Western Serbia Academy of Applied Studies101 works
8
35Visoka škola za komunikacije21 works
4
36Beopolis University20 works
3
37Novi Sad Open University6 works
1
Highlights
Within Serbia, University of Belgrade ranks first in 2026 with 523, followed by University of Novi Sad (254) and University of Kragujevac (198).
University of Belgrade is 2.1 times higher than University of Novi Sad, the runner-up.
Across 37 entries, values run from 523 (University of Belgrade) to 1 (Novi Sad Open University), with a median of 27.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.
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