Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Ukraine
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.
1Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy2,803 works
4.09
2Rauf Ablyazov East European University343 works
2.38
3Odessa State Environmental University1,301 works
2.35
4Sumy State University14,376 works
2.26
5Kyiv School of Economics694 works
2.17
6Kyiv Academic University391 works
2.16
7Branch for Physics of Mining Processes of the M.S. Poliakov Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine105 works
2.15
8Kyiv Institute of Traditional Medicine5 works
2.00
9Berdyansk State Pedagogical University2,051 works
1.46
10Dnipro National University of Railway Transport named after Academician V. Lazaryan3,945 works
1.40
11Lugansk State Pedagogical University703 works
1.39
12Mykolaiv V.O. Sukhomlynskyi National University1,450 works
1.36
13Cherkasy Institute of Fire Safety named after Chornobyl Heroes of National University of Civil Defence of Ukraine346 works
1.35
14Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics Academy2,062 works
1.21
15Institute of Geography of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine470 works
1.20
16Sevastopol National University of Nuclear Energy and Industry129 works
1.18
17I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University10,720 works
1.18
18Ukrainian Catholic University1,380 works
1.17
19Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology2,856 works
1.15
20Kyiv Medical University1,277 works
1.08
21State Educational-Scientific Establishment "The Academy of Financial Management"937 works
1.04
22Institute of Marine Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine352 works
1.04
23Kharkiv National Medical University8,644 works
1.02
24Ternopil Ivan Pului National Technical University3,833 works
0.99
25Bogomolets National Medical University14,279 works
0.97
26Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University4,199 works
0.96
27Dnipro State Agrarian and Economic University3,870 works
0.96
28National University of Water and Environmental Engineering6,363 works
0.94
29Odessa National Maritime University4,870 works
0.93
30Vinnytsia National Agrarian University5,202 works
0.92
31National University of Pharmacy5,538 works
0.92
32Zaporizhzhya State Engineering Academy889 works
0.92
33Institute of Accounting and Finance24 works
0.91
34Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv55,419 works
0.91
35Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University9,585 works
0.90
36Dolishniy Institute of Regional Research of NAS of Ukraine1,543 works
0.90
37Dnipro University of Technology6,197 works
0.89
38West Ukrainian National University10,420 works
0.89
39Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine650 works
0.88
40National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute6,573 works
0.88
41Kyiv International University749 works
0.87
42Lviv Polytechnic National University36,118 works
0.85
43Ukrainian Military Medical Academy1,228 works
0.83
44V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University29,125 works
0.81
45Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture9,708 works
0.80
46Crimea State Medical University named after S. I. Georgievsky598 works
0.80
47Chernivtsi Institute of Trade and Economics of State University of Trade and Economics558 works
0.78
48Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University11,794 works
0.78
49Ivan Kozhedub Kharkiv National Air Force University3,632 works
0.77
50Poltava State Medical University3,127 works
0.77
Highlights
Within Ukraine, Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy ranks first in 2026 with 4.09, followed by Rauf Ablyazov East European University (2.38) and Odessa State Environmental University (2.35).
Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy is 1.7 times higher than Rauf Ablyazov East European University, the runner-up.
Across 50 entries, values run from 4.09 (Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy) to 0.77 (Poltava State Medical University), with a median of 0.96.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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