Universities by Research Publications in Mali

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📏 works9 entries🇲🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →

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10 works100 works1,000 works

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

Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako171,579 citations

3,998

University of Bamako191,182 citations

2,376

Institut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée4,327 citations

390

Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines de Bamako461 citations

205

Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs – Abderhamane Baba Touré1,685 citations

135

Université des Sciences Juridiques et Politiques de Bamako132 citations

École normale d'Enseignement technique et professionnel28 citations

Centre d'Intelligence Artificielle et de Robotique du Mali68 citations

University of Timbuktu14 citations

Highlights

Within Mali, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako ranks first in 2026 with 3,998, followed by University of Bamako (2,376) and Institut Polytechnique Rural de Formation et de Recherche Appliquée (390).

Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako is 1.7 times higher than University of Bamako, the runner-up.

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.