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Universities by Research h-index in Mauritania

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 h-index5 entries🇲🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
1
Université de Nouakchott1,652 works
59
2
Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine104 works
26
3
École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott119 works
16
4
Institut Supérieur de Génie Industriel19 works
3
5
Lebanese International University of Mauritania3 works
1

Highlights

Within Mauritania, Université de Nouakchott ranks first in 2026 with 59, followed by Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine (26) and École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott (16).

Université de Nouakchott is 2.3 times higher than Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine, the runner-up.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · 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.