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Health Sciences research in Croatia

University of Split ranks first in Croatia for Health Sciences research in 2022-now (#2,016 worldwide), followed by University of Osijek and University of Zagreb.

Croatia's world rank
#56
of 158 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.7k
Top-10% rate
7.2%
Ranked institutions
20

This ranks research output and citation impact, not the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is the best university for Health Sciences in Croatia?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of SplitSplit #2,01617.310.3%901
2University of OsijekOsijek #2,37515.57.8%661
3University of ZagrebZagreb #2,37715.57.1%3,755
4University of RijekaRijeka #2,75013.97.3%745
5Ruđer Bošković InstituteZagreb #3,00712.914.6%121
6Institute of ImmunologyZagreb #3,34911.86.9%75
7Catholic University of CroatiaZagreb #3,41411.68.9%150
8Klinički bolnički centar OsijekOsijek #4,9177.63.9%96
9University of Applied Health SciencesDonji grad #5,3246.76.1%120
10University NorthKoprivnica #5,6796.09.9%75
11Children's Hospital ZagrebZagreb #5,6816.08.2%102
12Hrvatski zavod za javno zdravstvoZagreb #5,7495.94.9%106
13Klinička bolnica "Sveti Duh"Zagreb #5,9035.64.0%105
14University of ZadarZadar #6,0125.46.2%95
15Klinika za psihijatriju VrapčeZagreb #6,6614.32.5%67
16University of Slavonski BrodSlavonski Brod #6,7364.21.6%76
17Opća Bolnica ZadarZadar #6,8164.12.1%68
18Opća bolnica KarlovacKarlovac #6,9363.92.8%74
19Ministry of HealthZagreb #7,2693.42.6%114
20Klinička bolnica MerkurZagreb #7,7392.76.2%146

Institutions in Croatia above the floor of 40 fractional works in Health Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Health Sciences researchers in Croatia?

Ozren Polašek and Željko Reiner rank highest among researchers based in Croatia, on their papers in Health Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Ozren Polašek#21,112 worldwide overall92.4 of 256 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Željko Reiner#332,477 worldwide overall111.9 of 380 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Croatia on their work in Health Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Croatia compares with other countries in Health Sciences