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🎓 Top Research Universities in Mongolia

Universities and colleges in Mongolia ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations24 entries🇲🇳 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
National University of Mongolia5,063 papers
73,844
2
Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences2,273 papers
51,765
3
Mongolian University of Science and Technology2,228 papers
23,404
4
Mongolian University of Life Sciences1,169 papers
13,410
5
Mongolian National University547 papers
8,053
6
Mongolian National University of Education855 papers
3,367
7
University of Finance and Economics192 papers
913
8
Mongolian University of Pharmaceutical Sciences145 papers
861
9
University of the Humanities176 papers
714
10
National Academy of Governance74 papers
554
11
Mongolia International University74 papers
530
12
Graduate University of Mongolia663 papers
430
13
New Mongol Institute of Technology46 papers
273
14
Mongolian National Institute of Physical Education13 papers
244
15
Mongolian National Defense University150 papers
170
16
Ulaanbaatar International University53 papers
155
17
Mongolian National Institute for Educational Research110 papers
86
18
University of Internal Affairs of Mongolia273 papers
85
19
Mandakh University118 papers
84
20
Otgontenger University93 papers
66
21
Ider University50 papers
49
22
American University of Mongolia16 papers
45
23
Ikh Zasag International University49 papers
21
24
Mongolian State University of Culture and Art48 papers
16

Highlights

Within Mongolia, National University of Mongolia ranks first in 2026 with 73,844, followed by Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (51,765) and Mongolian University of Science and Technology (23,404).

Across 24 entries, values run from 73,844 (National University of Mongolia) to 16 (Mongolian State University of Culture and Art), with a median of 352.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.