Name: List of Top Institutions of Quality in Higher Education sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-02-27T15:16:18Z
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2.0(top 20%)

2-year impact

1.8(top 20%)

3-year impact

2.1(top 20%)

5-year impact

1.9(top 20%)

10-year impact

626(top 20%)

papers

13.9K(top 10%)

citations

55(top 10%)

h-index

2.3(top 20%)

extended IF

780

all documents

14.5K

doc citations

88(top 10%)

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Top Institutions (by citations)

#	Institution	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Birmingham City University	21	588	22	18
2	Copenhagen Business School	6	430	262	120
3	University of Oslo	12	426	1790	1422
4	Newcastle University	5	303	2732	1461
5	University of Bedfordshire	3	264	220	64
6	RMIT University	6	215	1192	891
7	The Open University	5	197	1335	808
8	Curtin University	6	193	1732	1407
9	University of Leeds	2	192	5823	2417
10	Sheffield Hallam University	4	188	688	323
11	Wrexham Glyndŵr University	2	175	114	31
12	University of Aveiro	9	173	765	847
13	Massey University	7	171	871	981
14	National University of Singapore	1	168	8534	3128
15	University of Helsinki	4	167	4152	2765
16	Australian Universities Quality Agency	4	162	1	1
17	University of Melbourne	3	145	6729	4177
18	Liverpool John Moores University	7	144	532	660
19	Monash University	6	143	4378	3879
20	Western Sydney University	1	139	3738	1153
21	Deakin University	7	132	1484	1748
22	University of Portsmouth	3	130	1208	692
23	University of Sydney	6	123	4745	4525
24	Oxford Brookes University	6	118	370	534
25	Auckland University of Technology	6	117	406	491
26	University of Northampton	2	116	268	128
27	Erasmus University Rotterdam	2	115	3259	2010
27	Fontys University of Applied Sciences	2	115	79	45
27	Linnaeus University	3	115	1683	1089
30	Leiden University	3	114	4147	2963
31	University of Jyväskylä	6	111	873	1052
31	Aarhus University	2	111	5144	2924
33	Queensland University of Technology	5	110	1919	2106
34	University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway	1	105	2916	1197
35	Middlesex University	9	104	152	430
36	Flinders University	5	97	1554	1743
37	King's College London	1	95	6958	3261
38	Griffith University	4	93	2495	2403
39	King's College	1	92	4579	2157
40	Maastricht University	3	91	3042	2511
41	University of Twente	9	87	897	1845
42	University of the Western Cape	7	86	345	553
42	University of Brighton	4	86	463	594
44	Economia	2	85	2063	939
45	De Montfort University	1	84	1839	632
46	Macquarie University	4	83	2300	2304
47	University of Porto	2	79	3219	1975
48	Lancaster University	3	78	1983	1848
49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	2	76	4786	3568
50	University of Barcelona	5	74	3364	3505
50	Linköping University	3	74	2602	2426
52	The London Institute of Banking & Finance	1	73	5	1
53	University of Otago	3	72	2880	2679
53	Griffith Institute	2	72	134	117
53	Edwards	1	72	974	424
56	Autonomous University of Barcelona	4	71	3121	2983
56	Stockholm University	3	71	3034	2756
58	Axact	2	69	170	86
59	University of Wollongong	2	68	3076	2232
60	University of Milan	4	65	4663	4569
60	Kadir Has University	1	65	327	84
62	Technical University of Berlin	3	64	2086	1980
63	Unitec Institute of Technology	2	63	77	39
64	University of North Carolina	1	62	9127	5276
65	University of Amsterdam	4	61	4430	4745
66	University of Southampton	3	56	4219	4155
67	Douglas	1	54	1893	998
68	University of Glasgow	3	53	4438	4269
69	Pontifical Catholic University of Peru	2	52	504	236
70	University of Zaragoza	3	51	2341	2187
71	Ghent University	5	50	3949	5127
71	University of Bath	5	50	1621	2637
71	Zuyd University of Applied Sciences	2	50	81	113
74	University of Alberta	2	46	7683	6209
75	University of Chester	2	45	364	352
76	Edinburgh Napier University	3	44	531	765
77	Tallinn University	3	43	139	205
77	University of Canberra	2	43	1005	1042
77	BI Norwegian Business School	2	43	313	354
80	University of Maryland	1	42	10201	6843
81	Utrecht University	1	41	7024	4991
81	University of Nicosia	1	41	640	296
81	National Chengchi University	3	41	359	464
81	University of Cape Town	6	41	1799	3299
81	Cyprus University of Technology	1	41	686	489
86	Qatar University	4	40	922	1547
86	The Education University of Hong Kong	1	40	1054	584
86	National Research Centre for the Working Environment	1	40	271	248
86	Open Society Foundations	2	40	16	28
90	University of the West Indies	2	39	1552	1261
90	Vietnam National University	2	39	1256	836
90	British University in Dubai	4	39	34	101
93	James Cook University	4	38	1408	2395
93	University of the Free State	6	38	551	1139
93	Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications	3	38	1	3
96	Malmö University	2	37	958	1221
96	University Carlo Cattaneo	3	37	10	46
98	University of Massachusetts Amherst	2	36	1898	2030
98	University of Edinburgh	2	36	6573	5824
100	University of Warwick	2	34	4270	4179
100	University of Queensland	2	34	7726	7054
100	University of Salford	2	34	1516	1605
100	School of Economics and Business Administration	1	34	514	384
104	University of London	2	33	5474	5228
104	Central Queensland University	2	33	691	860
104	Liverpool Hope University	2	33	201	230
104	London Metropolitan University	1	33	848	661
108	University of South Australia	3	32	2196	3240
108	National Louis University	1	32	110	60
108	Higher Learning Commission	1	32	1	1
111	University of Bucharest	1	31	1788	1038
111	Chalmers University of Technology	1	31	3248	2568
111	Victoria University of Wellington	3	31	1480	2149
114	University of Pretoria	1	30	4218	2869
114	University of Tampere	3	30	2044	2762
114	Vaal University of Technology	1	30	260	164
117	University of the Witwatersrand	1	29	5076	3507
118	UNESCO	2	28	790	1009
118	University of Copenhagen	1	28	7860	6084
118	Lingnan University	2	28	457	520
118	University of Eastern Finland	1	28	3468	2715
118	Al Ain University	1	28	355	207
123	University of East Anglia	1	27	3933	3223
124	University of Stuttgart	1	26	3117	2519
124	Uppsala University	2	26	5557	5712
124	Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest	1	26	100	42
124	Khazar University	2	26	60	56
124	Sistema	2	26	454	566
124	JAMK University of Applied Sciences	1	26	64	36
130	Stellenbosch University	3	25	2358	3297
130	Northumbria University	1	25	2727	2059
130	Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research	2	25	12	21
130	Kristianstad University	1	25	315	331
134	University of Bologna	2	24	5892	5938
134	University of Tehran	3	24	3241	3997
136	University of Bergen	1	23	4754	4080
136	University of Cape Coast	2	23	542	568
136	Kuwait University	1	23	2474	1938
136	University of California, Berkeley	2	23	6651	7170
140	University of Lima	1	22	187	82
140	National Agency for Higher Education	1	22	4	3
140	Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates	1	22	11	14
143	Harvard University	1	21	12246	10006
143	Japan International Cooperation Agency	1	21	122	100
143	University of the Sunshine Coast	1	21	1434	1274
146	University of Piraeus	1	20	657	577
146	Coventry University	2	20	1427	1974
146	University of Technology Sydney	3	20	2511	3954
146	Oman Academic Accreditation Authority	1	20	1	1
150	University of Gothenburg	2	19	4858	5699
150	George Washington University	2	19	4072	4808
150	University of Bristol	2	19	5373	6171
150	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	1	19	6634	6005
150	Pontifical Catholic University of Chile	1	19	4200	3264
150	King Saud University	1	19	5543	4538
150	King Abdulaziz University	1	19	4611	3918
150	King Faisal University	1	19	1482	1148
150	Shandong Normal University	1	19	1443	1236
150	Mekelle University	1	19	519	509
150	National Taipei University of Education	1	19	158	130
150	Prince Sultan University	1	19	636	526
150	Taipei National University of the Arts	1	19	19	9
163	University of Cambridge	1	18	10005	8524
163	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	1	18	5176	4703
163	University of Liverpool	1	18	7022	6034
163	University of Turku	1	18	4729	4228
163	Babeș-Bolyai University	2	18	1182	1485
163	Cardiff University	1	18	5841	5332
163	Zayed University	1	18	665	616
163	Wrocław University of Science and Technology	1	18	1486	1208
171	University of Minnesota	1	17	10706	9175
171	Vienna University of Economics and Business	2	17	517	782
171	University of International Business and Economics	2	17	754	954
171	University of Wisconsin–Madison	1	17	10647	9165
171	Universidade do Porto	2	17	2397	3081
176	University of Massachusetts	2	16	5302	6603
176	Umeå University	2	16	3240	4419
176	University of Patras	2	16	2424	3250
176	University of Cumbria	1	16	170	191
176	Mary Immaculate College	1	16	132	117
176	University of Newcastle	2	16	4078	5350
182	University of Birmingham	1	15	7947	7143
182	University of Oklahoma	2	15	4564	5687
182	Pennsylvania State University	2	15	8017	8905
182	University of Groningen	2	15	5109	6232
182	Ton Duc Thang University	1	15	1088	1238
182	Knowledge and Human Development Authority	2	15	1	3
182	Malaysian Qualifications Agency	2	15	2	4
182	Advance HE	1	15	58	102
182	Ho Chi Minh City University of Education	1	15	126	64
191	Saint Petersburg State University	1	14	3196	2471
191	University College London	3	14	6735	8857
191	Purdue University	2	14	7119	8130
191	Institute for Advanced Study	1	14	3381	3278
191	Bond University	1	14	942	1090
191	University of Southern Queensland	1	14	1645	1773
191	Heriot-Watt University	1	14	2643	2729
191	Norwegian Academy of Music	2	14	15	22
191	Indiana University	2	14	7743	8628
200	University of Potsdam	2	13	1846	2761
200	Rhodes University	2	13	915	1398
200	University of Auckland	1	13	7009	6761
200	University of Oldenburg	1	13	1780	1952
200	Manchester Metropolitan University	1	13	2724	2714
200	İzmir University of Economics	2	13	200	384
206	University of Hong Kong	2	12	5993	7262
206	University of Concepción	1	12	2274	2119
206	Lund University	4	12	4285	7549
206	James Madison University	1	12	1206	1369
206	Helmut Schmidt University	1	12	478	506
206	Southern Illinois University Carbondale	1	12	4294	4248
206	University of Cyprus	2	12	1217	2075
206	University of West London	1	12	448	552
206	Interamerican Open University	1	12	98	63
206	University of Babylon	1	12	631	524
206	Whitireia New Zealand	2	12	7	29
217	Karolinska Institute	1	11	5202	5256
217	Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul	1	11	6063	4852
217	York University	2	11	3515	5017
217	UCL Institute of Education	2	11	243	519
217	University of Bradford	1	11	2230	2529
217	Ankara University	1	11	4045	3463
217	State University of New York	1	11	8063	7925
217	Gazi University	1	11	3610	3096
217	University of Urbino	1	11	1132	1426
217	Universidade de Passo Fundo	1	11	785	522
217	Technological University Dublin	1	11	965	1217
217	University at Albany	1	11	2289	2706
217	University of Bahrain	1	11	709	787
230	Virginia Tech	1	10	6681	6712
230	University of Lancaster	1	10	929	1233
230	Universidad de Monterrey	1	10	224	252
230	University of Cantabria	1	10	1027	1450
230	University of Sheffield	1	10	7321	7465
230	University of Greenwich	1	10	1774	2219
230	Jinan University	1	10	3577	3540
230	University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez	1	10	335	497
230	Independent University, Bangladesh	1	10	229	325
230	Martin Institute	1	10	23	53
240	University of Ljubljana	1	9	4704	4907
240	University of Namibia	1	9	497	568
240	University of Michigan	1	9	12139	11633
240	Durham University	2	9	3316	4823
240	University of Botswana	1	9	1100	1190
240	Illinois State University	1	9	2221	2507
240	Loma Linda University	1	9	1998	2341
240	University of Central Lancashire	1	9	1752	2146
240	University of Johannesburg	2	9	2174	3208
240	Solent University	1	9	209	314
240	National School of Political and Administrative Studies	1	9	11	24
240	University of Kufa	1	9	540	532
240	Widyatama University	1	9	61	12
240	European University Association	1	9	4	8
240	University of Prishtina	1	9	431	449
255	University of Adelaide	1	8	6405	6959
255	University of Minho	1	8	3722	4032
255	Istanbul Technical University	1	8	2594	2629
255	Aalborg University	1	8	4040	4529
255	University of Aden	1	8	158	201
255	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya	1	8	2768	3048
255	University of Hertfordshire	1	8	1892	2397
255	Mississippi State University	1	8	3099	3572
255	St. Francis Xavier University	1	8	691	967
255	Sana'a University	1	8	444	640
255	Caritas Institute of Higher Education	2	8	41	123
255	London Knowledge Lab	1	8	28	68
255	Oslo Metropolitan University	2	8	506	982
255	University of Tennessee	1	8	7931	8252
269	Pompeu Fabra University	1	7	2544	3045
269	University of Oxford	1	7	10813	10810
269	Razi University	2	7	811	1433
269	University of Turin	1	7	6194	6521
269	University of Jordan	1	7	2516	2939
269	University of Essex	1	7	2735	3305
269	University of Salerno	1	7	2963	3529
269	University of Bolton	1	7	386	594
269	Wanadoo	1	7	217	335
269	University of Oviedo	2	7	2426	3800
269	Aga Khan University	1	7	1499	1658
269	University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh	1	7	38	72
269	Kyrgyz Economic University	1	7	12	5
269	Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University	1	7	77	111
269	Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency	2	7	1	3
284	University of Toronto	1	6	12653	12505
284	Jagiellonian University	1	6	4815	4824
284	Loyola University	1	6	3662	4243
284	The American University in Cairo	1	6	830	1226
284	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	1	6	7201	7304
284	University of Ottawa	1	6	7270	8027
284	Radboud University Nijmegen	1	6	6101	6870
284	VIA University College	1	6	138	185
284	Chinhoyi University of Technology	1	6	129	200
284	MacEwan University	1	6	319	496
284	Moi University	1	6	543	746
295	Sapienza University of Rome	1	5	8509	9104
295	Colorado State University	1	5	5175	6295
295	University of Bari	1	5	4032	4932
295	Southern Cross University	1	5	1190	1740
295	University of the West of Scotland	1	5	1085	1721
295	University of Brasília	1	5	4699	4415
295	La Trobe University	1	5	4587	5585
295	Hacettepe University	1	5	4176	4716
295	HAN University of Applied Sciences	1	5	244	414
295	Sakarya University	1	5	1904	1953
295	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	1	5	3228	4243
295	University of Verona	1	5	3194	3848
295	Indian Statistical Institute	2	5	872	1559
295	Maldives National University	1	5	17	39
295	Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University	1	5	1181	1301
295	Istanbul Arel University	1	5	135	218
295	Ahi Evran University	1	5	805	873
295	London Guildhall University	1	5	253	378
295	Uganda Management Institute	1	5	23	20
295	Universidade Católica de Brasília	1	5	631	774
295	Giresun University	1	5	758	781
295	Mount Royal University	1	5	357	607
295	Council on Higher Education	1	5	6	8
295	Council of Higher Education	1	5	10	21
295	Amsterdam University Medical Centers	1	5	3204	3721
320	ETH Zürich	1	4	6359	7642
320	Duquesne University	1	4	1112	1783
320	Assam University	1	4	575	844
320	Swinburne University of Technology	1	4	2891	4004
320	University of Kassel	1	4	1754	2441
320	Eduardo Mondlane University	1	4	447	717
320	University of Seville	1	4	5101	5744
320	University of Saskatchewan	1	4	5348	6684
320	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	1	4	2232	2801
320	University of Lapland	1	4	332	530
320	Ganja State University	1	4	37	29
320	Universidad Continental	1	4	210	196
320	Farhangian University	1	4	198	232
320	Middle States Commission on Higher Education	1	4	1	2
320	Teaching and learning center	1	4	147	294
335	University of Orléans	1	3	1494	2245
335	Technical University of Madrid	1	3	3092	3931
335	Tbilisi State University	2	3	298	666
335	Australian National University	1	3	6662	8171
335	American University	1	3	2524	3763
335	University of Chile	1	3	4939	5945
335	Lincoln University	1	3	1189	1874
335	Vilnius University	1	3	2226	3038
335	Nanyang Technological University	1	3	5934	7353
335	City University of Hong Kong	1	3	4108	5242
335	Chulalongkorn University	1	3	3846	4996
335	University of Houston	1	3	5620	7003
335	University of Valparaíso	1	3	906	1375
335	Hasselt University	1	3	1676	2663
335	University of Kelaniya	1	3	501	784
335	National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine	1	3	368	373
335	Azerbaijan University	1	3	79	84
335	China Jiliang University	1	3	1097	1427
335	University of Tolima	1	3	316	419
335	Data Science Institute	1	3	476	832
335	Universidad de los Andes, Chile	1	3	2880	3639
335	Alma Mater Europaea	1	3	69	106
335	Université de Nantes	1	3	2056	3042
335	ADA University	1	3	44	85
335	University of Economics and Law	1	3	212	341
361	Universidad Mayor	1	2	521	924
361	University of Texas at San Antonio	1	2	2670	4204
361	University of Pavia	1	2	4461	5972
361	University of Aberdeen	1	2	4787	6564
361	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	2	2	4208	7313
361	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	1	2	4904	6279
361	University of Dundee	1	2	3399	4955
361	Nottingham Trent University	1	2	2353	3739
361	Azerbaijan State University of Economics	1	2	178	220
361	National Universities Commission	1	2	4	19
361	Wellington Institute of Technology	1	2	17	54
361	Baku Engineering University	1	2	35	57
361	Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy	1	2	6	12
361	Association of African Universities	1	2	2	9
375	École Centrale de Lyon	1	1	742	1168
375	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz	1	1	4404	6009
375	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University	1	1	362	767
375	Edge Hill University	1	1	667	1329
375	Indira Gandhi National Open University	1	1	125	348
375	Jönköping University	1	1	732	1433
375	Longwood University	1	1	129	368
375	Thompson Rivers University	1	1	412	951
375	Andrés Bello Catholic University	1	1	52	73
375	Can Tho University	1	1	642	1096
375	Caucasus University	1	1	18	47
375	Saudi Electronic University	1	1	263	543
375	Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo	1	1	190	257
375	ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education	1	1	165	359
375	Central Norway Regional Health Authority	1	1	14	70
375	Paris School of Business	1	1	86	182
375	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City	1	1	303	498
392	University of British Columbia	1	0	10696	13770
392	University of Nottingham	1	0	8271	11510
392	NUI Galway	1	0	2124	3833
392	University of South Africa	1	0	2137	3634
392	Central European University	1	0	534	1176
392	Queen's University Belfast	1	0	4895	7329
392	University of Debrecen	1	0	2495	3954
392	Dokuz Eylül University	1	0	2961	4552
392	Nelson Mandela University	2	0	700	1965
392	Swansea University	1	0	3606	5844
392	University of Oradea	1	0	389	702
392	University of Girona	1	0	1803	3297
392	Wittenborg University	1	0	4	23
392	Cabrini University	1	0	28	114
392	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	1	0	1949	3094
392	Northeast Ohio Medical University	1	0	468	1073
392	University of North Georgia	1	0	228	703
392	autonomous university	1	0	1039	2399
392	Goris State University	1	0	5	4
392	Vanadzor State University	1	0	4	3
392	Università degli Studi di Cassino	1	0	419	855
392	Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania	1	0	93	256

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