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Universities by Research h-index in North Korea

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.

📅 2026📏 h-index8 entries🇰🇵 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Kim Il-sung University1,913 works
72
2
Kim Chaek University of Technology1,116 works
56
3
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology213 works
30
4
Pyongyang Medical University201 works
14
5
Institute of Natural Science122 works
11
6
Hamhŭng University of Chemical Industry25 works
10
7
Huichon University of Telecommunications1 works
1
8
Rajin University of Marine Transport10 works
1

Highlights

Within North Korea, Kim Il-sung University ranks first in 2026 with 72, followed by Kim Chaek University of Technology (56) and Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (30).

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · 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.