The Medical University of Bialystok has been ranked 630th in the SCImago Institutions Rankings (SIR). As many as 7,026 institutions operating in the field of higher education and science were positioned in the ranking. In the regional ranking for the area of Eastern Europe, MUB has been ranked high in the 43 position and was 9th among Polish universities. In the same range (places 601-700), there were e.g. Medical University of Warsaw, Medical University of Gdańsk, AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow and the University of Wrocław.
SCImago rankings (SIR) classify academic and research centres, assessing them on the basis of multi-criteria indicators. The most important of them, having a key impact on the evaluation, include: research potential, innovation, as well as the impact of institutions' activities in the social sphere. For the purposes of the ranking, the calculation is generated annually on the basis of the results obtained in the period of five years ending two years before the ranking's edition. This year's ranking covers the University's activities in 2014-2018. The indicators are divided into three groups to reflect the scientific, economic and social characteristics of the institution.