ITS Research Intelligence

Philippines University Research Rankings

Name: Philippines University Research Rankings – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

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

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 173 index-ready universities in Philippines. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 728 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 1,130. The average publication-growth signal is 137.8%. 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 Philippines

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology	Philippines	71.1	4,825	7,399	258.7%
#2	University of the Philippines Los Baños	Philippines	67.7	4,347	17,080	-15.3%
#3	University of Santo Tomas	Philippines	66.5	3,712	14,193	-5.0%
#4	Ateneo de Manila University	Philippines	64.2	2,673	10,838	-10.3%
#5	University of the Philippines Visayas	Philippines	62.9	1,621	3,911	121.9%
#6	University of Mindanao	Philippines	62.1	3,038	3,739	50.3%
#7	Bulacan State University	Philippines	60.7	1,942	1,753	169.6%
#8	Caraga State University	Philippines	60.0	1,722	2,028	134.3%
#9	National University	Philippines	59.6	1,665	4,672	59.9%
#10	University of San Carlos	Philippines	59.3	1,053	5,432	-10.7%
#11	Polytechnic University of the Philippines	Philippines	58.8	1,854	2,092	88.0%
#12	Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology	Philippines	58.8	1,658	2,944	88.1%
#13	Central Luzon State University	Philippines	58.7	1,296	3,063	29.5%
#14	Pangasinan State University	Philippines	58.0	1,401	896	617.5%
#15	Far Eastern University	Philippines	58.0	1,051	5,676	23.1%
#16	Malayan Colleges Laguna	Philippines	57.9	898	946	361.0%
#17	Western Mindanao State University	Philippines	57.6	708	1,640	179.7%
#18	Southern Leyte State University	Philippines	57.2	647	2,594	405.6%
#19	Jose Rizal Memorial State University	Philippines	57.0	1,062	1,169	283.9%
#20	Central Mindanao University	Philippines	57.0	1,437	1,213	81.3%
#21	Misamis University	Philippines	56.9	1,437	518	448.3%
#22	Davao del Norte State College	Philippines	56.8	1,080	626	255.3%
#23	Angeles University Foundation	Philippines	56.6	798	1,819	11.7%
#24	University of Makati	Philippines	56.6	705	1,088	190.9%
#25	Adamson University	Philippines	56.5	1,294	3,308	16.8%
#26	Sultan Kudarat State University	Philippines	56.4	903	839	355.6%
#27	Universal College	Philippines	56.3	650	644	169.5%
#28	Visayas State University	Philippines	56.1	1,079	1,744	33.0%
#29	Bukidnon State University	Philippines	55.6	1,095	672	351.2%
#30	University of Southern Mindanao	Philippines	55.5	686	1,213	106.8%
#31	Samar State University	Philippines	55.3	586	828	171.2%
#32	De La Salle University – Dasmariñas	Philippines	55.1	779	1,703	60.9%
#33	Asian Institute of Management	Philippines	55.0	558	2,066	24.2%
#34	Our Lady of Fatima University	Philippines	54.7	511	1,661	91.8%
#35	University of the Philippines Cebu	Philippines	54.7	676	869	94.8%
#36	University of Southern Philippines Foundation	Philippines	54.7	394	504	222.1%
#37	Ifugao State University	Philippines	54.3	583	528	459.8%
#38	University of the Philippines Mindanao	Philippines	54.2	1,105	1,226	50.3%
#39	West Visayas State University	Philippines	54.1	725	893	104.1%
#40	Mindanao State University Naawan	Philippines	54.0	615	1,568	100.6%
#41	University of the Philippines Open University	Philippines	53.9	1,193	2,464	-4.4%
#42	Negros Oriental State University	Philippines	53.5	680	807	136.9%
#43	Ateneo de Davao University	Philippines	53.4	570	829	60.8%
#44	Cavite State University	Philippines	53.3	804	1,771	49.1%
#45	Nueva Vizcaya State University	Philippines	53.3	688	546	150.3%
#46	University of Asia and the Pacific	Philippines	53.0	660	1,737	-7.2%
#47	University of Cebu	Philippines	53.0	616	435	169.7%
#48	Saint Louis University	Philippines	53.0	504	948	79.4%
#49	Mariano Marcos State University	Philippines	52.8	736	994	94.9%
#50	University of Pangasinan	Philippines	52.8	544	413	303.1%
#51	Foundation University	Philippines	52.6	444	2,769	-4.0%
#52	Xavier School	Philippines	52.4	310	586	111.9%
#53	Cebu Doctors' University	Philippines	52.3	15,160	365	-99.2%
#54	Benguet State University	Philippines	51.9	558	1,129	66.1%
#55	University of St. La Salle	Philippines	51.7	309	874	137.8%
#56	Bohol Island State University	Philippines	51.7	555	238	283.0%
#57	University of the Philippines Baguio	Philippines	51.6	577	743	42.9%
#58	Technological Institute of the Philippines	Philippines	51.6	774	1,603	-21.3%
#59	University of the Visayas	Philippines	51.6	515	586	112.4%
#60	University of the East	Philippines	51.5	416	656	46.2%
#61	Adventist University of the Philippines	Philippines	51.5	342	241	377.4%
#62	University of the Immaculate Conception	Philippines	51.3	727	187	317.1%
#63	University of Negros Occidental – Recoletos	Philippines	51.3	563	482	159.1%
#64	Notre Dame of Dadiangas University	Philippines	51.3	607	596	-20.8%
#65	Philippine Normal University	Philippines	51.3	667	1,193	17.2%
#66	Laguna State Polytechnic University	Philippines	51.0	1,974	1,430	-31.2%
#67	Centro Escolar University	Philippines	51.0	627	819	51.6%
#68	President Ramon Magsaysay State University	Philippines	51.0	815	599	76.9%
#69	Central Bicol State University of Agriculture	Philippines	50.9	618	545	139.5%
#70	Pampanga State Agricultural University	Philippines	50.8	413	375	174.8%
#71	Palawan State University	Philippines	50.7	431	964	37.6%
#72	Union Christian College	Philippines	50.7	218	287	228.6%
#73	University of Southeastern Philippines	Philippines	50.6	789	618	88.6%
#74	Cebu Normal University	Philippines	50.6	635	1,486	4.5%
#75	Silliman University	Philippines	50.6	271	1,411	-11.0%
#76	Cagayan State University	Philippines	50.5	1,073	947	21.3%
#77	Sorsogon State University	Philippines	50.4	506	708	126.0%
#78	José Rizal University	Philippines	50.1	638	1,874	-29.7%
#79	Iloilo Science and Technology University	Philippines	50.1	513	813	69.6%
#80	Technological University of the Philippines	Philippines	50.0	564	1,846	-34.1%
#81	University of Batangas	Philippines	49.9	462	553	129.4%
#82	Notre Dame University	Philippines	49.9	538	483	44.4%
#83	Saint Louis College La Union	Philippines	49.8	224	187	204.4%
#84	Bicol University	Philippines	49.6	650	1,085	6.3%
#85	Bataan Peninsula State University	Philippines	49.5	468	923	23.0%
#86	Philippine Christian University	Philippines	49.5	1,250	1,742	-29.2%
#87	University of San Agustin	Philippines	49.4	579	1,045	-10.8%
#88	Wesleyan University Philippines	Philippines	49.4	312	154	134.7%
#89	AMA Computer University	Philippines	49.2	249	2,049	65.8%
#90	La Consolacion University Philippines	Philippines	49.2	358	401	166.2%
#91	Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University	Philippines	49.1	586	542	60.2%
#92	University of Iloilo	Philippines	48.9	515	559	52.2%
#93	Philippine Women's University	Philippines	48.8	683	1,264	10.9%
#94	Western Philippines University	Philippines	48.7	449	1,276	-24.0%
#95	Romblon State University	Philippines	48.7	303	668	100.0%
#96	Southern Luzon State University	Philippines	48.6	408	1,095	37.5%
#97	University of Caloocan City	Philippines	48.6	284	312	328.9%
#98	Enverga University	Philippines	48.5	335	173	421.6%
#99	University of the Cordilleras	Philippines	48.3	825	1,013	-21.5%
#100	Central Philippine University	Philippines	48.2	428	288	120.2%

Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.