Universities by Research Publications in Serbia

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.

📅 2026📏 works38 entries🇷🇸 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Belgrade6,359,449 citations

128,039

University of Novi Sad1,492,690 citations

53,251

University of Nis623,019 citations

28,271

University of Kragujevac571,180 citations

19,162

Singidunum University90,301 citations

4,426

University of Defence103,068 citations

3,721

Univerzitet Union Nikola Tesla14,500 citations

2,364

State University of Novi Pazar21,643 citations

1,764

Institute of Food Technology79,529 citations

1,522

Union University12,133 citations

1,299

Megatrend University16,638 citations

1,178

Educons University13,012 citations

1,106

Gulf University12,081 citations

973

Univerzitet u Novom Pazaru5,605 citations

903

Metropolitan University8,617 citations

887

University of Arts in Belgrade1,672 citations

861

Kriminalističko-policijski univerzitet4,674 citations

732

Institute of Forestry9,378 citations

674

Institute of Public Health of Vojvodina13,908 citations

670

Academy of Applied Studies Belgrade2,883 citations

439

Institute for Recent History of Serbia539 citations

402

Academy of Technical and Art Applied Studies1,882 citations

372

Academy of Applied Studies Šabac1,883 citations

354

Belgrade Business and Arts Academy of Applied Studies1,418 citations

274

Belgrade Open School1,292 citations

221

Academy of Applied Studies Southern Serbia1,077 citations

197

Akademija strukovnih studija Politehnika327 citations

179

Technical College of Applied Sciences1,326 citations

172

European University2,034 citations

159

Western Serbia Academy of Applied Studies334 citations

101

Sportska Akademija Beograd1,132 citations

ITS - Visoka škola strukovnih studija za informacione tehnologije1,502 citations

Visoka strukovna vaspitačka i medicinska škola u Vršcu254 citations

Institut za Reumatologiju432 citations

Visoka škola za komunikacije49 citations

Beopolis University22 citations

Fakultet za islamske studije u Novom Pazaru0 citations

Novi Sad Open University1 citations

Highlights

Within Serbia, University of Belgrade ranks first in 2026 with 128,039, followed by University of Novi Sad (53,251) and University of Nis (28,271).

University of Belgrade is 2.4 times higher than University of Novi Sad, the runner-up.

Across 38 entries, values run from 128,039 (University of Belgrade) to 6 (Novi Sad Open University), with a median of 555.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within Serbia, University of Belgrade ranks first in 2026 with 128,039, followed by University of Novi Sad (53,251) and University of Nis (28,271).

University of Belgrade is 2.4 times higher than University of Novi Sad, the runner-up.

Across 38 entries, values run from 128,039 (University of Belgrade) to 6 (Novi Sad Open University), with a median of 555.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.