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Universities by Research i10-index in Burkina Faso

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.

📅 2026📏 i10-index11 entries🇧🇫 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (i10-index, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo11,009 works
5,472
2
Nazi Boni University3,725 works
1,009
3
International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering872 works
894
4
University of Koudougou1,389 works
160
5
Université Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly1,069 works
112
6
Université Ouaga II359 works
69
7
Université Aube Nouvelle239 works
21
8
Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest - Unité Universitaire de Bobo Dioulasso64 works
12
9
Institut Supérieur de l'Informatique et de Gestion13 works
7
10
Université du Faso5 works
2
11
Institut Supérieur Privé Polytechnique7 works
1

Highlights

Within Burkina Faso, Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo ranks first in 2026 with 5,472, followed by Nazi Boni University (1,009) and International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (894).

Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo is 5.4 times higher than Nazi Boni University, the runner-up.

Across 11 entries, values run from 5,472 (Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo) to 1 (Institut Supérieur Privé Polytechnique), with a median of 69.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index · 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.