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🎓 Top Research Universities in Mauritania

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

📅 2026📏 citations5 entries🇲🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
  1. Université de Nouakchott21,828
  2. Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine2,802
  3. École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott983
  4. Institut Supérieur de Génie Industriel13
  5. Lebanese International University of Mauritania2
Stems start at zero, so the length of each stem is the entry’s value.
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Université de Nouakchott1,647 papers
21,828
2
Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine104 papers
2,802
3
École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott119 papers
983
4
Institut Supérieur de Génie Industriel19 papers
13
5
Lebanese International University of Mauritania2 papers
2

Highlights

Within Mauritania, Université de Nouakchott ranks first in 2026 with 21,828, followed by Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine (2,802) and École Normale Supérieure de Nouakchott (983).

Université de Nouakchott is 7.8 times higher than Université des Sciences, de Technologie et de Médecine, the runner-up.

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.