ITS Research Intelligence

Indonesia University Research Rankings

Compare Indonesia universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 609 index-ready universities in Indonesia. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 4,270 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 4,824. The average publication-growth signal is 27.7%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Indonesia

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	University of Indonesia	Indonesia	81.4	47,261	111,876	-9.5%
#2	Universitas Gadjah Mada	Indonesia	79.8	38,406	84,071	4.4%
#3	Binus University	Indonesia	78.5	26,405	38,469	102.2%
#4	Airlangga University	Indonesia	78.1	36,892	89,040	-16.8%
#5	Padjadjaran University	Indonesia	77.8	30,995	76,555	-6.3%
#6	Bandung Institute of Technology	Indonesia	77.6	28,875	68,662	-15.1%
#7	University of Brawijaya	Indonesia	76.5	31,675	51,447	-4.1%
#8	Indonesia University of Education	Indonesia	76.3	34,622	46,508	4.2%
#9	IPB University	Indonesia	76.1	23,463	50,927	-14.0%
#10	Diponegoro University	Indonesia	75.8	28,241	49,799	-10.2%
#11	Hasanuddin University	Indonesia	75.6	25,660	44,397	15.5%
#12	Sebelas Maret University	Indonesia	75.6	31,102	49,896	-12.3%
#13	State University of Malang	Indonesia	75.5	31,422	41,717	-3.7%
#14	State University of Semarang	Indonesia	75.3	30,372	31,724	37.7%
#15	Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember	Indonesia	74.9	17,054	38,884	21.7%
#16	Yogyakarta State University	Indonesia	74.5	21,732	28,558	31.4%
#17	State University of Padang	Indonesia	74.5	32,969	37,317	-5.6%
#18	Universitas Negeri Surabaya	Indonesia	74.4	27,834	28,498	29.0%
#19	Universitas Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	73.5	23,359	34,622	-5.0%
#20	Universitas Syiah Kuala	Indonesia	72.8	15,568	29,696	-14.8%
#21	University of Mataram	Indonesia	72.8	24,694	23,434	6.2%
#22	Sriwijaya University	Indonesia	72.4	20,884	22,128	15.2%
#23	State University of Medan	Indonesia	72.4	23,037	14,911	38.5%
#24	Udayana University	Indonesia	72.3	23,187	24,482	-22.3%
#25	Jambi University	Indonesia	72.3	21,461	23,411	2.4%
#26	State University of Makassar	Indonesia	72.2	27,644	19,111	23.8%
#27	Andalas University	Indonesia	72.1	19,887	24,022	-8.6%
#28	Telkom University	Indonesia	71.8	18,339	28,780	-1.4%
#29	Universitas Jember	Indonesia	71.6	19,191	20,089	-20.0%
#30	Universitas Patria Artha	Indonesia	71.3	26,254	21,543	-2.9%
#31	Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta	Indonesia	71.2	21,066	23,314	4.3%
#32	State University of Jakarta	Indonesia	71.1	17,789	20,851	-0.9%
#33	Universitas Nusa Bangsa	Indonesia	71.0	16,840	17,330	63.1%
#34	Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung	Indonesia	70.9	15,378	13,157	58.0%
#35	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	70.8	31,148	22,475	8.8%
#36	University of Petroleum	Indonesia	70.4	2,141	5,792	202.8%
#37	Riau University	Indonesia	70.2	17,817	18,224	-4.8%
#38	Lampung University	Indonesia	70.1	19,387	17,300	-4.7%
#39	Mulawarman University	Indonesia	70.0	13,609	14,787	28.0%
#40	Universitas Pamulang	Indonesia	69.8	13,219	7,879	86.9%
#41	Universitas Ahmad Dahlan	Indonesia	69.7	13,740	21,418	-8.3%
#42	Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha	Indonesia	69.6	12,157	14,321	21.2%
#43	Islamic University of Indonesia	Indonesia	69.2	12,018	19,485	1.0%
#44	Lambung Mangkurat University	Indonesia	68.8	15,260	16,631	-30.4%
#45	Universitas PGRI Semarang	Indonesia	68.8	16,495	14,250	-8.0%
#46	Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan	Indonesia	68.5	15,532	16,402	-41.0%
#47	Pelita Harapan University	Indonesia	68.4	10,485	13,446	-1.0%
#48	Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Indonesia	Indonesia	68.3	15,234	14,475	24.8%
#49	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta	Indonesia	68.3	15,635	19,015	-29.2%
#50	Al-Azhar University	Indonesia	68.1	13,369	10,900	0.2%
#51	University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa Timur	Indonesia	68.0	20,201	14,944	3.5%
#52	Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung	Indonesia	67.9	11,710	11,514	18.0%
#53	Tanjungpura University	Indonesia	67.8	14,266	16,866	-18.0%
#54	Universitas Muhammadiyah Malang	Indonesia	67.8	12,123	13,171	4.2%
#55	Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta	Indonesia	67.8	12,127	17,899	-22.6%
#56	Sam Ratulangi University	Indonesia	67.7	9,054	13,656	-10.2%
#57	Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta	Indonesia	67.3	11,269	12,108	2.3%
#58	Universitas Muhammadiyah Jember	Indonesia	67.3	12,438	14,382	-15.5%
#59	Mercu Buana University	Indonesia	67.3	11,238	14,098	-13.2%
#60	Jenderal Soedirman University	Indonesia	67.2	10,307	10,200	5.3%
#61	Tadulako University	Indonesia	66.8	9,647	7,735	33.3%
#62	State University of Gorontalo	Indonesia	66.8	12,979	9,000	28.0%
#63	University of Bengkulu	Indonesia	66.8	12,160	10,395	-10.3%
#64	Bandung Islamic University	Indonesia	66.8	13,169	11,635	9.1%
#65	Jakarta State Polytechnic	Indonesia	66.7	11,189	10,825	19.9%
#66	Universitas Trisakti	Indonesia	66.7	12,650	11,966	-15.7%
#67	Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa University	Indonesia	66.6	11,915	12,621	-20.0%
#68	Universitas Halu Oleo	Indonesia	66.5	11,094	10,525	-9.5%
#69	University of Nusa Cendana	Indonesia	66.4	9,401	6,545	36.7%
#70	Universitas Informatika dan Bisnis Indonesia	Indonesia	66.3	11,928	8,159	19.9%
#71	Universitas Islam Negeri Sultan Syarif Kasim Riau	Indonesia	66.2	10,140	9,977	17.9%
#72	Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim	Indonesia	66.2	12,726	12,551	-14.3%
#73	Universitas Dr. Soetomo	Indonesia	66.0	5,171	6,116	101.7%
#74	Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Semarang	Indonesia	66.0	14,493	10,863	-6.7%
#75	Tarumanagara University	Indonesia	65.9	14,373	9,772	-17.3%
#76	University of Surabaya	Indonesia	65.8	6,193	11,319	7.9%
#77	Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati	Indonesia	65.8	4,591	2,492	251.6%
#78	Satya Wacana Christian University	Indonesia	65.8	7,298	12,868	-22.0%
#79	Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta	Indonesia	65.6	8,465	6,481	57.0%
#80	University of Palangka Raya	Indonesia	65.6	7,616	6,513	38.1%
#81	Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo	Indonesia	65.4	18,076	7,128	0.9%
#82	UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya	Indonesia	65.4	9,819	8,809	11.2%
#83	Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu Surabaya	Indonesia	65.3	10,796	7,725	24.0%
#84	Sultan Agung Islamic University	Indonesia	65.2	6,475	5,384	58.9%
#85	Universitas Dian Nuswantoro	Indonesia	65.0	4,768	7,018	45.0%
#86	Sumatera Institute of Technology	Indonesia	64.9	4,436	8,776	52.6%
#87	Universitas Pattimura	Indonesia	64.8	11,329	9,139	-16.4%
#88	Universitas Esa Unggul	Indonesia	64.7	7,678	9,282	31.1%
#89	Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta	Indonesia	64.6	8,878	8,162	15.7%
#90	Indonesia Open University	Indonesia	64.3	9,550	8,790	4.1%
#91	Universitas Muslim Indonesia	Indonesia	64.3	9,026	7,927	-10.7%
#92	Universitas Prima Indonesia	Indonesia	64.2	8,149	6,294	23.2%
#93	Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera Utara	Indonesia	64.2	6,967	7,684	-17.4%
#94	Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia	Indonesia	64.0	5,218	11,043	-12.6%
#95	Muhammadiyah University of Makassar	Indonesia	64.0	9,414	7,727	5.5%
#96	Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry	Indonesia	63.9	5,973	7,669	9.9%
#97	University of Singaperbangsa Karawang	Indonesia	63.8	12,067	10,469	-33.2%
#98	Universitas Semarang	Indonesia	63.8	6,315	4,580	53.4%
#99	Malikussaleh University	Indonesia	63.8	8,525	7,251	-23.3%
#100	Institut Teknologi Indonesia	Indonesia	63.6	3,790	3,786	116.8%

Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed

Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.

Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.