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Universities by Research i10-index in Benin

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-index12 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 d'Abomey-Calavi15,472 works
9,362
2
Université de Parakou4,046 works
1,181
3
National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics1,416 works
439
4
Université Nationale d'Agriculture1,341 works
376
5
Université d'Agriculture de Kétou533 works
187
6
University of Science and Technology of Benin82 works
49
7
Catholic University of West Africa144 works
5
8
Institut Universitaire du Bénin20 works
4
9
École Supérieure de Génie Civil Véréchaguine AK8 works
2
10
ESEP-LE BERGER University8 works
2
11
Edexcel University5 works
1
12
Espam Formation University10 works
1

Highlights

Within Benin, Université d'Abomey-Calavi ranks first in 2026 with 9,362, followed by Université de Parakou (1,181) and National University of Sciences, Technologies, Engineering and Mathematics (439).

Université d'Abomey-Calavi is 7.9 times higher than Université de Parakou, the runner-up.

Across 12 entries, values run from 9,362 (Université d'Abomey-Calavi) to 1 (Espam Formation University), with a median of 27.

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.