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Universities by Research Publications in Mauritania

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📏 works5 entries🇲🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
1
Université de Nouakchott21,919 citations
1,652
2
École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott985 citations
119
3
Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine2,819 citations
104
4
Institut Supérieur de Génie Industriel13 citations
19
5
Lebanese International University of Mauritania2 citations
3

Highlights

Within Mauritania, Université de Nouakchott ranks first in 2026 with 1,652, followed by École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott (119) and Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine (104).

Université de Nouakchott is 14 times higher than École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott, 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.