Universities by Research i10-index in Azerbaijan
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Baku State University8,655 works
2,109
2Azerbaijan State University of Economics5,442 works
1,380
3Western Caspian University5,305 works
1,108
4Khazar University4,993 works
842
5Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University5,627 works
693
6Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry1,137 works
373
7Azerbaijan Medical University4,718 works
352
8Azerbaijan Technical University2,805 works
324
9Azerbaijan University926 works
291
10Baku Engineering University1,108 works
160
11ADA University836 works
128
12Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University2,256 works
116
13Odlar Yurdu University516 works
79
14Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction1,581 works
75
15Ganja State University876 works
75
16Nakhchivan State University3,383 works
75
17Lankaran State University275 works
62
18Qafqaz University273 works
58
19National Aviation Academy1,090 works
54
20Azerbaijan State Agricultural University802 works
43
21Sumgayit State University893 works
34
22Baku Business University311 works
28
23Baku Higher Oil School243 works
27
24Artsakh State University144 works
25
25Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University291 works
19
26Nakhchivan University418 works
17
27Azerbaijan University of Languages844 works
16
28Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan117 works
15
29National Defense University209 works
15
30Azerbaijan State Marine Academy127 works
12
31Academy of Public Administration489 works
11
32Azerbaijan Sports Academy1,626 works
11
33Karabakh University104 works
11
34Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors named after A. Aliyev502 works
10
35Institute of Mathematics134 works
10
36Institute of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan731 works
7
37İ.M. Seçenov adına Birinci Moskva Dövlət Tibb Universitetinin Bakı filialı24 works
5
38Nakhchivan Teachers Institute93 works
4
39Academy of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan31 works
3
40Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations46 works
3
41Baku Slavic University599 works
2
42Azerbaijan International University12 works
1
43Baku Academy of Music98 works
1
Highlights
Within Azerbaijan, Baku State University ranks first in 2026 with 2,109, followed by Azerbaijan State University of Economics (1,380) and Western Caspian University (1,108).
Baku State University is 1.5 times higher than Azerbaijan State University of Economics, the runner-up.
Across 43 entries, values run from 2,109 (Baku State University) to 1 (Baku Academy of Music), with a median of 28.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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