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Universities by Research i10-index in Kuwait

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. 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📏 i10-index13 entries🇰🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (i10-index, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Kuwait University30,840 works
22,775
2
American University of the Middle East6,221 works
3,171
3
Dasman Diabetes Institute1,502 works
2,283
4
Public Authority for Applied Education and Training4,902 works
1,959
5
Gulf University for Science & Technology4,298 works
1,878
6
Kuwait College of Science and Technology1,657 works
784
7
Australian University, Kuwait1,393 works
723
8
American University of Kuwait1,161 works
378
9
Arab Open University479 works
159
10
American International University Kuwait229 works
40
11
Kuwait Technical College161 works
32
12
American School of Kuwait31 works
14
13
Kuwait International Law School270 works
4

Highlights

Within Kuwait, Kuwait University ranks first in 2026 with 22,775, followed by American University of the Middle East (3,171) and Dasman Diabetes Institute (2,283).

Kuwait University is 7.2 times higher than American University of the Middle East, the runner-up.

Across 13 entries, values run from 22,775 (Kuwait University) to 4 (Kuwait International Law School), with a median of 723.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-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.