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🎓 Top Research Universities in Czechia

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

📅 2026📏 citations50 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
Charles University155,095 papers
9,895,421
2
Czech Technical University in Prague51,069 papers
4,259,435
3
Masaryk University58,930 papers
2,449,783
4
Palacký University Olomouc37,429 papers
2,287,684
5
Brno University of Technology32,982 papers
1,101,001
6
University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague27,723 papers
1,068,197
7
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice20,357 papers
975,799
8
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague24,160 papers
885,319
9
Mendel University in Brno16,333 papers
585,400
10
VSB - Technical University of Ostrava24,780 papers
514,156
11
Central European Institute of Technology7,050 papers
431,871
12
Central European Institute of Technology – Masaryk University6,031 papers
402,832
13
University of Pardubice11,606 papers
401,279
14
University of West Bohemia in Pilsen15,133 papers
340,442
15
Tomas Bata University in Zlín8,861 papers
325,548
16
University of Veterinary Sciences Brno6,627 papers
292,184
17
University of Ostrava11,249 papers
250,471
18
University of Hradec Králové9,075 papers
239,117
19
Technical University of Liberec7,847 papers
227,165
20
University of Defence5,550 papers
135,713
21
Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem5,035 papers
106,694
22
Prague University of Economics and Business7,938 papers
89,218
23
Silesian University in Opava3,486 papers
72,411
24
Military University Hospital Prague1,620 papers
49,097
25
Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education – Economics Institute2,210 papers
47,432
26
Institute of Technology and Business2,068 papers
44,766
27
Jan Evangelista Purkyně Military Medical Academy338 papers
18,703
28
Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education689 papers
10,337
29
Výzkumný Ústav Mlékárenský256 papers
7,852
30
College of Polytechnics Jihlava642 papers
6,740
31
Metropolitan University Prague696 papers
5,351
32
Academy of Fine Arts Prague122 papers
4,422
33
University of Finance and Administration611 papers
4,366
34
Škoda Auto University415 papers
3,429
35
Pan-European University333 papers
3,262
36
Anglo-American University248 papers
2,865
37
University of New York in Prague353 papers
2,795
38
University of Economics and Management241 papers
2,443
39
Karel Englis College60 papers
2,160
40
Prague College of Psychosocial Studies112 papers
2,129
41
Jan Amos Komensky University74 papers
1,978
42
Ambis University372 papers
1,904
43
Moravská Vysoká Skola Olomouc181 papers
1,641
44
University of Business in Prague134 papers
1,436
45
Centre for Higher Education Studies62 papers
1,220
46
Jan Palach Private High School10 papers
1,053
47
Prague Business School123 papers
987
48
BIVŠ Vysoká škola v Praze a v Brně50 papers
887
49
College of Business and Hotel Management39 papers
856
50
CEVRO University108 papers
838

Highlights

Within Czechia, Charles University ranks first in 2026 with 9,895,421, followed by Czech Technical University in Prague (4,259,435) and Masaryk University (2,449,783).

Charles University is 2.3 times higher than Czech Technical University in Prague, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 9,895,421 (Charles University) to 838 (CEVRO University), with a median of 46,099.

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.