Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Azerbaijan
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1İ.M. Seçenov adına Birinci Moskva Dövlət Tibb Universitetinin Bakı filialı24 works
6.50
2Western Caspian University5,305 works
6.02
3Azerbaijan State University of Economics5,442 works
5.74
4Nakhchivan University418 works
4.00
5Khazar University4,993 works
3.85
6Lankaran State University275 works
3.40
7Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan117 works
2.63
8Karabakh University104 works
1.85
9Azerbaijan University926 works
1.84
10National Defense University209 works
1.65
11Baku Business University311 works
1.60
12Baku State University8,655 works
1.55
13Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry1,137 works
1.52
14Baku Engineering University1,108 works
1.41
15Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations46 works
1.41
16Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction1,581 works
1.10
17ADA University836 works
1.05
18Nakhchivan State University3,383 works
0.84
19Baku Higher Oil School243 works
0.82
20Odlar Yurdu University516 works
0.81
21Qafqaz University273 works
0.75
22Azerbaijan Medical University4,718 works
0.67
23Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors named after A. Aliyev502 works
0.66
24Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University5,627 works
0.65
25Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University291 works
0.63
26Academy of Public Administration489 works
0.63
27Azerbaijan State Marine Academy127 works
0.57
28Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University2,256 works
0.56
29Sumgayit State University893 works
0.53
30Azerbaijan Technical University2,805 works
0.52
31Academy of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan31 works
0.43
32Ganja State University876 works
0.40
33National Aviation Academy1,090 works
0.36
34Azerbaijan State Agricultural University802 works
0.25
35Institute of Mathematics134 works
0.22
36Azerbaijan University of Languages844 works
0.15
37Nakhchivan Teachers Institute93 works
0.15
38Baku Slavic University599 works
0.14
39Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts140 works
0.11
40Azerbaijan Sports Academy1,626 works
0.05
41Azerbaijan National Conservatory95 works
0.04
42Azərbaycan İlahiyyat İnstitutu78 works
0.04
43Institute of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan731 works
0.03
Highlights
Within Azerbaijan, İ.M. Seçenov adına Birinci Moskva Dövlət Tibb Universitetinin Bakı filialı ranks first in 2026 with 6.50, followed by Western Caspian University (6.02) and Azerbaijan State University of Economics (5.74).
Across 43 entries, values run from 6.50 (İ.M. Seçenov adına Birinci Moskva Dövlət Tibb Universitetinin Bakı filialı) to 0.03 (Institute of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan), with a median of 0.67.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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