Universities by Research Publications in Kuwait

Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 works13 entries🇰🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 13

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Kuwait University1,110,449 citations

30,840

American University of the Middle East135,777 citations

6,221

Public Authority for Applied Education and Training105,426 citations

4,902

Gulf University for Science & Technology77,825 citations

4,298

Kuwait College of Science and Technology35,817 citations

1,657

Dasman Diabetes Institute137,887 citations

1,502

Australian University, Kuwait27,241 citations

1,393

American University of Kuwait15,870 citations

1,161

Arab Open University6,726 citations

479

Kuwait International Law School182 citations

270

American International University Kuwait1,249 citations

229

Kuwait Technical College1,142 citations

161

American School of Kuwait526 citations

Highlights

Within Kuwait, Kuwait University ranks first in 2026 with 30,840, followed by American University of the Middle East (6,221) and Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (4,902).

Kuwait University is 5 times higher than American University of the Middle East, the runner-up.

Across 13 entries, values run from 30,840 (Kuwait University) to 31 (American School of Kuwait), with a median of 1,393.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications · 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.