ITS Research Intelligence

Moldova University Research Rankings

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

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 15 index-ready universities in Moldova. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,195 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 1,261. The average publication-growth signal is -17.9%. 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 Moldova

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	Technical University of Moldova	Moldova	61.1	2,144	3,959	4.2%
#2	Moldova State University	Moldova	60.7	5,423	4,025	-52.4%
#3	Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy	Moldova	60.4	2,958	6,530	-21.9%
#4	State University of Physical Education and Sport	Moldova	57.3	1,555	985	68.5%
#5	Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova	Moldova	49.3	1,601	1,048	-21.3%
#6	Institute of Educational Sciences	Moldova	49.2	787	1,121	-39.5%
#7	Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University	Moldova	42.9	1,367	330	-15.7%
#8	Shevchenko Transnistria State University	Moldova	41.8	212	509	-81.8%
#9	Free International University of Moldova	Moldova	36.9	581	74	-43.6%
#10	Alecu Russo State University of Bălți	Moldova	36.4	290	63	-16.7%
#11	Comrat State University	Moldova	35.0	170	49	-8.1%
#12	Academy of Music Theatre and Fine Arts	Moldova	33.9	221	20	49.3%
#13	Universitatea de Stat din Tiraspol	Moldova	33.4	142	102	-39.4%
#14	Trade Co-operative University of Moldova	Moldova	32.9	111	43	-17.7%
#15	Universitatea de Stat „Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu" din Cahul	Moldova	32.7	359	62	-31.7%

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.