Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Sri Lanka
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.
1Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka770 works
11.69
2National Institute of Business Management47 works
10.02
3Rajarata University of Sri Lanka3,003 works
6.27
4Uva Wellassa University1,869 works
4.46
5University of Peradeniya16,215 works
3.38
6University of Colombo15,245 works
3.32
7National Institute of Education, Sri Lanka66 works
3.17
8University of Kelaniya8,447 works
3.10
9University of Sri Jayewardenepura10,978 works
2.84
10Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka2,878 works
2.57
11University of Ruhuna6,521 works
2.57
12University of Jaffna3,664 works
2.50
13South Eastern University of Sri Lanka1,386 works
2.26
14Wayamba University of Sri Lanka2,484 works
2.09
15University of Moratuwa9,749 works
1.86
16Eastern University, Sri Lanka1,936 works
1.74
17General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University2,259 works
1.60
18Informatics Institute of Technology530 works
1.41
19Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology4,087 works
1.38
20NSBM Green University430 works
1.29
21CINEC Campus (Pvt) Ltd.246 works
1.03
22Eco Astronomy Inc18 works
1.00
23Open University of Sri Lanka2,559 works
0.91
24Buddhasravaka Bhiksu University30 works
0.76
25KIU University Sri Lanka211 works
0.65
26University of Vocational Technology193 works
0.44
28Ladies College15 works
0.40
29University of the Visual & Performing Arts143 works
0.20
30Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka79 works
0.17
31Sri Lanka Law College76 works
0.09
Highlights
Within Sri Lanka, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka ranks first in 2026 with 11.69, followed by National Institute of Business Management (10.02) and Rajarata University of Sri Lanka (6.27).
Across 31 entries, values run from 11.69 (Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka) to 0.09 (Sri Lanka Law College), with a median of 1.74.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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