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🎓 Top Research Universities in Armenia

Universities and colleges in Armenia ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations20 entries🇦🇲 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Yerevan State University12,557 papers
160,241
2
Yerevan State Medical University3,298 papers
55,373
3
Russian-Armenian University2,213 papers
21,160
4
American University of Armenia1,060 papers
16,454
5
National Polytechnic University of Armenia1,908 papers
10,972
6
L. A. Orbeli Institute of Physiology NAS RA567 papers
7,282
7
Armenian National Agrarian University1,121 papers
6,256
8
Armenian State Pedagogical University after Khachatur Abovian1,545 papers
3,125
9
National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia792 papers
2,971
10
Armenian State University of Economics1,834 papers
2,508
11
Shirak State University506 papers
714
12
Yerevan Haybusak University75 papers
227
13
Brusov State University232 papers
108
14
Northern University28 papers
94
15
Eurasia International University205 papers
67
16
Vanadzor State University342 papers
54
17
Fondation Université Française en Arménie37 papers
24
18
Gavar State University33 papers
8
19
St. Theresa's Medical University of Yerevan2 papers
2
20
State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia34 papers
2

Highlights

Within Armenia, Yerevan State University ranks first in 2026 with 160,241, followed by Yerevan State Medical University (55,373) and Russian-Armenian University (21,160).

Yerevan State University is 2.9 times higher than Yerevan State Medical University, the runner-up.

Across 20 entries, values run from 160,241 (Yerevan State University) to 2 (State Academy of Fine Arts of Armenia), with a median of 1,611.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.