Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Kyrgyzstan
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.
1OSCE Academy133 works
3.84
2University of Central Asia933 works
2.37
3Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences233 works
1.60
4Ala-Too International University667 works
1.50
5Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity3,118 works
1.31
6International University of Central Asia26 works
1.00
7Kyrgyz Aviation Institute named after I. Abdraimov39 works
0.84
8International University of Kyrgyzstan802 works
0.83
9Kyrgyz National Agrarian University named after K.I. Skryabin490 works
0.80
10Kyrgyz State Technical University968 works
0.78
11American University of Central Asia513 works
0.62
12Kyrgyz National University1,774 works
0.58
13Osh State University5,077 works
0.51
14Issyk-Kul State University200 works
0.47
15Bishkek Academy of Finance and Economics75 works
0.47
16Kyrgyz Economic University395 works
0.47
17S. Tentishev Asian Medical Institute191 works
0.46
18Naryn State University named after Satybaldy Naamatov80 works
0.44
19International University named after K.Sh.Toktomamatov111 works
0.42
20Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University named after B.N. Yeltsin1,559 works
0.41
21Jalalabad State University403 works
0.34
22Bishkek Humanities University133 works
0.21
23Bishkek International Medical Institute9 works
0.21
24Kyrgyz-Uzbek International University named after Batyraly Sydykov381 works
0.17
25Osh Technological University830 works
0.17
26Kyrgyzskaya State Academy of Physical Culture and Sports35 works
0.17
27Royal Metropolitan University14 works
0.17
28Kyrgyz State National University2,274 works
0.16
29Talas State University39 works
0.14
30Batken State University248 works
0.09
31Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic78 works
0.07
32Osh State Pedagogical University named after A. Myrsabekov392 works
0.05
Highlights
Within Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Academy ranks first in 2026 with 3.84, followed by University of Central Asia (2.37) and Central-Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences (1.60).
OSCE Academy is 1.6 times higher than University of Central Asia, the runner-up.
Across 32 entries, values run from 3.84 (OSCE Academy) to 0.05 (Osh State Pedagogical University named after A. Myrsabekov), with a median of 0.46.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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