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Universities by Research Publications in Brunei

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
Universiti Brunei Darussalam433,395 citations
11,684
2
Universiti Teknologi Brunei76,054 citations
3,341
3
Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University6,972 citations
1,569
4
Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences19,927 citations
329
5
Institute of Asian Studies1,853 citations
309
6
Brunei Polytechnic676 citations
179
7
Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan297 citations
150
8
Institute of Applied Data Analytics4,010 citations
82
9
Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies311 citations
60
10
Laksamana College of Business345 citations
27
11
Institute of Brunei Technical Education644 citations
13
12
Kolej International Graduate Studies24 citations
8
13
Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah22 citations
2
14
Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement6 citations
2

Highlights

Within Brunei, Universiti Brunei Darussalam ranks first in 2026 with 11,684, followed by Universiti Teknologi Brunei (3,341) and Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University (1,569).

Universiti Brunei Darussalam is 3.5 times higher than Universiti Teknologi Brunei, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 11,684 (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) to 2 (Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement), with a median of 116.

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.