Universities by Research h-index in Cuba
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. 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.
1University of Havana22,617 works
193
2Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV)10,815 works
110
3Universidad de Oriente9,413 works
91
4Polytechnic JosĂ© Antonio EcheverrĂa7,328 works
73
5University of Matanzas3,528 works
68
6Universidad de Ciego de Ăvila2,691 works
57
7Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences1,224 works
56
8University of Cienfuegos3,380 works
56
9Agricultural University of Havana1,666 works
55
10University of CamagĂŒey7,234 works
50
11Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de la Habana6,794 works
46
12University of Granma3,809 works
44
13University of Pinar del RĂo6,007 works
41
14Instituto Nacional de Higiene, EpidemiologĂa y MicrobiologĂa1,232 works
37
15University of HolguĂn4,078 works
37
16University of Information Science2,358 works
37
17University of Sancti SpĂritus JosĂ© MartĂ PĂ©rez2,182 works
36
18Latin American School of Medicine819 works
33
19Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Cienfuegos2,202 works
31
20Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Matanzas1,329 works
23
21Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de HolguĂn1,355 works
20
22Universidad de GuantĂĄnamo2,282 works
17
23Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Sancti SpĂritus779 works
16
24Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Santiago de Cuba2,052 works
15
25Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José Varona1,727 works
15
26Universidad de Las Tunas2,330 works
15
27Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Ciego de Ăvila439 works
10
28Instituto Central de Ciencias PedagĂłgicas192 works
9
29Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas José de la Luz Caballero435 works
8
30Universidad de Ciencias PedagĂłgicas FĂ©lix Varela Morales397 works
7
31Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud "JesĂșs MontanĂ© Oropesa"147 works
7
32Universidad PedagĂłgica de Pinar del RĂo Rafael MarĂa de Mendive1,128 works
5
33University of Pedagogical Sciences21 works
1
Highlights
Within Cuba, University of Havana ranks first in 2026 with 193, followed by Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV) (110) and Universidad de Oriente (91).
University of Havana is 1.8 times higher than Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV), the runner-up.
Across 33 entries, values run from 193 (University of Havana) to 1 (University of Pedagogical Sciences), with a median of 36.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.
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