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Universities by Research Publications in Laos

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📏 works10 entries🇱🇦 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
National University of Laos31,950 citations
2,819
2
Souphanouvong University1,231 citations
703
3
University of Health Sciences Vientiane22,405 citations
631
4
Savannakhet University1,036 citations
194
5
Champasack University401 citations
159
6
Pakse Teacher Training College59 citations
20
7
Luangnamtha Teacher Training College58 citations
19
8
Savannakhet Teacher Training College387 citations
16
9
Banking Institute of Laos0 citations
6
10
Rattana Institute of Business Administration4 citations
5

Highlights

Within Laos, National University of Laos ranks first in 2026 with 2,819, followed by Souphanouvong University (703) and University of Health Sciences Vientiane (631).

National University of Laos is 4 times higher than Souphanouvong University, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 2,819 (National University of Laos) to 5 (Rattana Institute of Business Administration), with a median of 90.

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.