Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Slovenia
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.
1Higher School of Applied Sciences98 works
4.42
2College of Environmental Protection221 works
4.41
3Fakulteta za zdravstvene in socialne vede Slovenj Gradec80 works
4.31
4University of Nova Gorica4,579 works
3.83
5Jožef Stefan International Postgraduate School17,762 works
3.77
6Faculty of Industrial Engineering Novo Mesto117 works
3.73
7Katoliski institut Izredni študij prava in ekonomije na Fakulteti za pravo in ekonomijo6 works
3.30
8International School for Social and Business Studies365 works
3.19
9Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität - Standort Ljubljana26 works
3.18
10University of Ljubljana101,262 works
3.06
11IEDC-Bled School of Management132 works
2.48
12GEA College85 works
2.37
13Šolski Center Škofja Loka15 works
2.25
14University of Maribor30,919 works
2.20
15Alma Mater Europaea1,261 works
1.81
16University of Primorska9,668 works
1.78
17Faculty of Polymer Technology272 works
1.72
18School of Business and Management Novo Mesto78 works
1.57
19Biotechnical Educational Centre Ljubljana19 works
1.50
20Celje School of Economics23 works
1.50
21Univerzitetni Rehabilitacijski Inštitut716 works
1.42
22Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences142 works
1.23
23School Centre Celje139 works
1.12
24European Faculty of Law197 works
1.09
25School Center Novo mesto92 works
0.76
26Biotehniški Center Naklo41 works
0.76
27College of Industrial Engineering57 works
0.75
28Kranj School Centre85 works
0.67
29Tehniški Solski Center Maribor32 works
0.67
30Euro Mediterranean University134 works
0.66
31Institute of Information Science109 works
0.62
32Faculty of Design792 works
0.57
33DOBA Business School206 works
0.56
34Graduate School of Government and European Studies74 works
0.56
35College of Nursing in Celje86 works
0.44
36Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia93 works
0.43
37Šolski Center Velenje13 works
0.29
38Izobraževalni Center Piramida Maribor21 works
0.20
39Higher Education Centre Novo Mesto43 works
0.05
40Social Protection Institute of the Republic of Slovenia44 works
0.04
41Faculty of Applied Social Studies in Nova Gorica374 works
0.03
42College of Accounting1,571 works
0.01
43National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia128 works
0.01
Highlights
Within Slovenia, Higher School of Applied Sciences ranks first in 2026 with 4.42, followed by College of Environmental Protection (4.41) and Fakulteta za zdravstvene in socialne vede Slovenj Gradec (4.31).
The top two are virtually level: Higher School of Applied Sciences and College of Environmental Protection differ by less than 1%.
Across 43 entries, values run from 4.42 (Higher School of Applied Sciences) to 0.01 (National Education Institute of the Republic of Slovenia), with a median of 1.23.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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