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Universities by Research h-index in Malawi

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-index12 entries🇲🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
University of Malawi8,589 works
237
2
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources2,058 works
82
3
Kamuzu University of Health Sciences2,464 works
73
4
Mzuzu University1,422 works
66
5
Malawi University of Science and Technology1,053 works
50
6
University of Livingstonia190 works
18
7
The Catholic University of Malawi134 works
14
8
DMI-St. John the Baptist University280 works
13
9
Malawi School of Government19 works
10
10
Malawi Adventist University48 works
8
11
Unicaf University164 works
8
12
Nalikule College of Education35 works
7

Highlights

Within Malawi, University of Malawi ranks first in 2026 with 237, followed by Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (82) and Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (73).

University of Malawi is 2.9 times higher than Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the runner-up.

Across 12 entries, values run from 237 (University of Malawi) to 7 (Nalikule College of Education), with a median of 16.

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.