Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Cuba
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.
1Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences1,224 works
4.30
2Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud "Jesús Montané Oropesa"147 works
1.50
3University of Havana22,617 works
1.18
4Universidad de Ciego de Ávila2,691 works
0.73
5University of Sancti Spíritus José Martí Pérez2,182 works
0.61
6Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV)10,815 works
0.60
7Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila439 works
0.50
8University of Information Science2,358 works
0.49
9University of Cienfuegos3,380 works
0.49
10Instituto Central de Ciencias Pedagógicas192 works
0.47
11Universidad de Oriente9,413 works
0.46
12Agricultural University of Havana1,666 works
0.40
13Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría7,328 works
0.39
14Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología1,232 works
0.35
15Latin American School of Medicine819 works
0.34
16University of Matanzas3,528 works
0.33
17University of Holguín4,078 works
0.24
18University of Granma3,809 works
0.24
19Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana6,794 works
0.18
20Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba2,052 works
0.17
21Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas1,329 works
0.17
22University of Pinar del Río6,007 works
0.15
23University of Camagüey7,234 works
0.13
24Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos2,202 works
0.10
25Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus779 works
0.09
26Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín1,355 works
0.08
27Universidad de Las Tunas2,330 works
0.07
28Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José Varona1,727 works
0.07
29Universidad de Guantánamo2,282 works
0.06
30Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas José de la Luz Caballero435 works
0.05
Highlights
Within Cuba, Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences ranks first in 2026 with 4.30, followed by Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud "Jesús Montané Oropesa" (1.50) and University of Havana (1.18).
Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences is 2.9 times higher than Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud "Jesús Montané Oropesa", the runner-up.
Across 30 entries, values run from 4.30 (Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences) to 0.05 (Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas José de la Luz Caballero), with a median of 0.34.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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