Universities by Recent Research Citedness in North Korea

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.

📅 2026📏 mean citations per work7 entries🇰🇵 See all of this country’s rankings →

Hamhŭng University of Chemical Industry25 works

2.92

Institute of Natural Science122 works

2.87

Kim Chaek University of Technology1,116 works

1.12

Pyongyang University of Science and Technology213 works

1.07

Kim Il-sung University1,913 works

1.07

Rajin University of Marine Transport10 works

0.43

Pyongyang Medical University201 works

0.16

Highlights

Within North Korea, Hamhŭng University of Chemical Industry ranks first in 2026 with 2.92, followed by Institute of Natural Science (2.87) and Kim Chaek University of Technology (1.12).

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness · 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.