| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Zagreb | #0 | 3,467,496 | |
| 2 | University of Split | #0 | 1,883,006 | |
| 3 | University of Rijeka | #0 | 672,743 | |
| 4 | University of Osijek | #0 | 477,303 | |
| 5 | University North | #0 | 49,711 | |
| 6 | University of Zadar | #0 | 47,255 | |
| 7 | University of Pula | #0 | 40,692 | |
| 8 | University of Dubrovnik | #0 | 39,844 | |
| 9 | Zagreb School of Economics and Management | #0 | 14,008 | |
| 10 | Algebra University College | #0 | 8,743 | |
| 11 | Zagreb University of Applied Sciences | #0 | 1,132 | |
| 12 | VERN' University of Applied Sciences | #0 | 1,069 |
What the two columns mean
World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.