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🎓 Top Research Universities in Cuba

Universities and colleges in Cuba ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations33 entries🇹đŸ‡ș See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
University of Havana22,603 papers
368,596
2
Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV)10,807 papers
116,731
3
Universidad de Oriente9,419 papers
57,465
4
University of Matanzas3,534 papers
34,120
5
Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría7,322 papers
32,485
6
Universidad de Ciego de Ávila2,695 papers
22,506
7
Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences1,225 papers
21,827
8
University of Cienfuegos3,387 papers
19,536
9
Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de la Habana6,862 papers
18,389
10
University of CamagĂŒey7,258 papers
17,808
11
University of HolguĂ­n4,164 papers
15,010
12
University of Pinar del RĂ­o6,015 papers
13,129
13
Agricultural University of Havana1,664 papers
11,518
14
Instituto Nacional de Higiene, EpidemiologĂ­a y MicrobiologĂ­a1,243 papers
11,489
15
University of Granma3,825 papers
11,329
16
University of Information Science2,356 papers
8,043
17
Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Cienfuegos2,230 papers
6,471
18
University of Sancti Spíritus José Martí Pérez2,237 papers
6,313
19
Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Matanzas1,322 papers
3,431
20
Latin American School of Medicine818 papers
3,394
21
Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de HolguĂ­n1,302 papers
2,208
22
Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Santiago de Cuba2,021 papers
2,204
23
Universidad de Las Tunas2,338 papers
1,946
24
Universidad de GuantĂĄnamo2,456 papers
1,630
25
Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José Varona1,718 papers
1,274
26
Universidad de Ciencias MĂ©dicas de Sancti SpĂ­ritus781 papers
906
27
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila424 papers
724
28
Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas José de la Luz Caballero438 papers
342
29
Instituto Central de Ciencias PedagĂłgicas190 papers
291
30
Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud "JesĂșs MontanĂ© Oropesa"141 papers
199
31
Universidad PedagĂłgica de Pinar del RĂ­o Rafael MarĂ­a de Mendive1,126 papers
166
32
Universidad de Ciencias PedagĂłgicas FĂ©lix Varela Morales400 papers
151
33
University of Pedagogical Sciences22 papers
5

Highlights

Within Cuba, University of Havana ranks first in 2026 with 368,596, followed by Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV) (116,731) and Universidad de Oriente (57,465).

University of Havana is 3.2 times higher than Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV), the runner-up.

Across 33 entries, values run from 368,596 (University of Havana) to 5 (University of Pedagogical Sciences), with a median of 6,471.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.