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Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Kuwait

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 work13 entries🇰🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (mean citations per work); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Gulf University for Science & Technology4,298 works
9.62
2
Dasman Diabetes Institute1,502 works
6.92
3
American University of the Middle East6,221 works
5.32
4
Kuwait College of Science and Technology1,657 works
4.72
5
Australian University, Kuwait1,393 works
4.53
6
Arab Open University479 works
4.17
7
Kuwait Technical College161 works
3.72
8
American University of Kuwait1,161 works
3.54
9
Kuwait University30,840 works
3.13
10
Public Authority for Applied Education and Training4,902 works
2.62
11
American International University Kuwait229 works
2.29
12
American School of Kuwait31 works
1.82
13
Kuwait International Law School270 works
0.47

Highlights

Within Kuwait, Gulf University for Science & Technology ranks first in 2026 with 9.62, followed by Dasman Diabetes Institute (6.92) and American University of the Middle East (5.32).

Across 13 entries, values run from 9.62 (Gulf University for Science & Technology) to 0.47 (Kuwait International Law School), with a median of 3.72.

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.