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Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Bahrain

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 work13 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
Ahlia University2,013 works
4.70
2
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain1,882 works
4.28
3
Applied Science University1,727 works
4.09
4
Arabian Gulf University4,521 works
3.87
5
University of Bahrain9,661 works
3.55
6
Kingdom University826 works
3.54
7
Euro University of Bahrain11 works
3.36
8
University of Technology Bahrain885 works
2.99
9
Bahrain Polytechnic907 works
2.49
10
Arab Open University769 works
2.30
11
American University of Bahrain217 works
1.19
12
University College of Bahrain369 works
0.74
13
Royal University for Women283 works
0.65

Highlights

Within Bahrain, Ahlia University ranks first in 2026 with 4.70, followed by Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain (4.28) and Applied Science University (4.09).

Across 13 entries, values run from 4.70 (Ahlia University) to 0.65 (Royal University for Women), with a median of 3.36.

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.