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Universities by Research Publications in Botswana

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📏 works12 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 Botswana316,679 citations
12,872
2
Botswana International University of Science and Technology94,800 citations
3,819
3
Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources11,793 citations
980
4
Botho University7,396 citations
610
5
Boitekanelo College1,924 citations
257
6
Ba Isago University1,080 citations
244
7
Botswana Open University1,243 citations
199
8
Botswana Accountancy College779 citations
163
9
New Era College136 citations
51
10
Gaborone University College Of Law and Professional Studies217 citations
37
11
Institute of Development Management583 citations
37
12
ABM University College30 citations
3

Highlights

Within Botswana, University of Botswana ranks first in 2026 with 12,872, followed by Botswana International University of Science and Technology (3,819) and Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (980).

University of Botswana is 3.4 times higher than Botswana International University of Science and Technology, the runner-up.

Across 12 entries, values run from 12,872 (University of Botswana) to 3 (ABM University College), with a median of 222.

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.