Osvita.ua portal published the annual ranking of Ukrainian higher education institutions according to the Scopus scientometric database. The results of the ranking are based on the citation indicators of scientific articles published by educational institutions or their specialists.
The Scopus database constantly indexes more than 20,000 scientific publications in technical, medical sciences and humanities. The database also includes publications of scientific journals, conference proceedings and books.
Here Ukrainian universities are ranked according to the Hirsch index – a quantitative indicator based on the number of scientific publications and the number of citations.
According to the results of the ranking 2021, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, which topped the ranking this year, has the highest Hirsch index among higher education institutions. The second place in the Scopus ranking is occupied by V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, third – Ivan Franko National University of Lviv.
Lviv Polytechnic National University is seventh, raising up by one position compared to the last year.
Universities Ranking according to the SciVerse Scopus
|
Position |
HEIs |
Number of publications |
Number of citations |
Hirsh index 2021 |
Hirsh index 2020 |
The difference (2021-2020) |
|
1 |
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv |
20806 |
133768 |
101 |
93 |
8 |
|
2 |
V. Karazin Kharkiv National University |
11076 |
71003 |
76 |
73 |
3 |
|
3 |
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv |
7938 |
50868 |
67 |
64 |
3 |
|
4 |
I. Mechnikov National University of Odesa |
3916 |
25987 |
67 |
62 |
5 |
|
5 (+1) |
Ihor Sikorskyi Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
9726 |
37039 |
65 |
60 |
5 |
|
6 (-1) |
Yurii Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University |
3995 |
20227 |
64 |
61 |
3 |
|
7 (+1) |
Lviv Polytechnic National University |
8894 |
34920 |
52 |
45 |
7 |
|
8 (+1) |
Sumy State University |
3358 |
23973 |
50 |
45 |
5 |
|
9 (+3) |
Danylo Halytskyi Lviv National Medical University |
1319 |
11117 |
50 |
45 |
5 |
|
10 (-3) |
Donetsk National Medical University |
1422 |
9982 |
50 |
48 |
2 |