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Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Burkina Faso

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.

📅 2026📏 mean citations per work8 entries🇧🇫 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (mean citations per work); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering872 works
3.94
2
Université Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly1,069 works
2.80
3
Nazi Boni University3,725 works
1.09
4
Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo11,009 works
1.08
5
Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Unité Universitaire de Bobo Dioulasso64 works
0.74
6
University of Koudougou1,389 works
0.68
7
Université Aube Nouvelle239 works
0.59
8
Université Ouaga II359 works
0.23

Highlights

Within Burkina Faso, International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering ranks first in 2026 with 3.94, followed by Université Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (2.80) and Nazi Boni University (1.09).

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.