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Top research institutions in Lithuania

Vytautas Magnus University ranks first in Lithuania on research quality in 2022-now (#1,431 worldwide), followed by Vilnius University and Kaunas University of Technology.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1Vytautas Magnus UniversityUniversity · Kaunas #1,431 9.8% 1,735 #2
2Vilnius UniversityUniversity · Vilnius #1,787 7.0% 5,103 #1
3Kaunas University of TechnologyUniversity · Kaunas #2,399 11.3% 2,068 #5
4Vilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityUniversity · Vilnius #3,341 9.2% 2,097 #6
5Mykolas Romeris UniversityUniversity · Vilnius #4,424 8.3% 635 #3
6Klaipėda UniversityUniversity · Klaipėda #4,773 7.7% 550 #4
7Kauno kolegija Higher Education InstitutionUniversity · Kaunas #6,726 6.2% 256 #16
8Lithuanian Sports UniversityUniversity · Kaunas #6,799 9.8% 307 #8
9Department of Cultural HeritageInstitution · Vilnius #6,962 8.7% 247 #9
10Lithuanian Energy InstituteNonprofit · Kaunas #7,701 8.3% 286 #7
11Vilnius University of Applied SciencesUniversity · Vilnius #7,865 6.2% 258 #20
12Police DepartmentGovernment institution · Vilnius #8,448 6.9% 346 #15
13Lithuanian Social Research CentreInstitution · Vilnius #9,035 16.2% 200 #17
14Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and ForestryResearch facility · Kaunas #10,744 14.1% 360 #13
15Klaipėdos valstybinė kolegija / Higher Education InstitutionUniversity · Klaipėda #10,794 2.8% 152 #22
16Nature Research CentreGovernment institution · Vilnius #10,925 11.2% 441 #10
17Šiauliai State Higher Education InstitutionUniversity · Šiauliai #13,786 5.1% 129 #32
18Lithuanian University of Health SciencesUniversity · Kaunas #13,894 7.2% 1,847 #21
19General Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of LithuaniaGovernment institution · Vilnius #14,713 7.6% 145 #11
20Lithuanian Institute of HistoryUniversity · Vilnius #15,167 7.7% 174 #28
21European Humanities UniversityUniversity · Vilnius #15,220 9.2% 137 #30
22State Research Institute Centre for Innovative MedicineResearch facility · Vilnius #15,649 15.6% 125 #26
23Center for Physical Sciences and TechnologyResearch facility · Vilnius #16,042 7.9% 686 #12
24Šiauliai UniversityUniversity · Šiauliai #16,458 9.5% 94 #14
25Lithuanian Ornithological SocietyNonprofit · Vilnius #16,793 9.0% 77 #23
26Kazimieras Simonavičius UniversityUniversity · Vilnius #17,012 15.9% 91 #27
27Vilnius College of Technologies and DesignUniversity · Vilnius #17,833 7.2% 85 #36
28SMK University of Applied Social SciencesUniversity · Klaipėda #17,840 5.1% 79 #34
29Lietuvos Mokslo TarybaFunder · Vilnius #18,254 5.7% 91 #38
30Institute of Lithuanian Literature and FolkloreResearch facility · Vilnius #19,693 2.0% 180 #43
31ISM University of Management and EconomicsUniversity · Vilnius #19,818 13.3% 88 #24
32Vilnius Academy of ArtsUniversity · Vilnius #19,835 2.3% 102 #39
33LCC International UniversityUniversity · Klaipėda #20,087 7.0% 92 #45
34Institute of the Lithuanian LanguageResearch facility · Vilnius #20,501 4.1% 150 #25
35National Cancer InstituteHospital / health system · Vilnius #20,629 8.3% 97 #41
36Lithuanian Academy of Music and TheatreUniversity · Vilnius #20,984 1.6% 83 #48

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Lithuania on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.

Size against quality inside Lithuania

The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.

0%10%20%mean 8.19444%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kaunas University of…Vytautas Magnus Univ…Vilnius Gediminas Te…Vilnius University
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One dot per institution in the table above.

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