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Universities by Research Publications in Bahrain

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 works14 entries🇧🇭 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
University of Bahrain213,489 citations
9,661
2
Arabian Gulf University151,782 citations
4,521
3
Ahlia University33,147 citations
2,013
4
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland - Bahrain47,913 citations
1,882
5
Applied Science University21,365 citations
1,727
6
Bahrain Polytechnic4,934 citations
907
7
University of Technology Bahrain10,152 citations
885
8
Kingdom University12,138 citations
826
9
Arab Open University7,023 citations
769
10
University College of Bahrain3,516 citations
369
11
Royal University for Women1,409 citations
283
12
American University of Bahrain682 citations
217
13
Delmon University for Science & Technology64 citations
15
14
Euro University of Bahrain37 citations
11

Highlights

Within Bahrain, University of Bahrain ranks first in 2026 with 9,661, followed by Arabian Gulf University (4,521) and Ahlia University (2,013).

University of Bahrain is 2.1 times higher than Arabian Gulf University, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 9,661 (University of Bahrain) to 11 (Euro University of Bahrain), with a median of 856.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · 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.