Universities by Research Publications in Malawi

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📏 works12 entries🇲🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 12

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of Malawi475,160 citations

8,589

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences42,614 citations

2,464

Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources41,740 citations

2,058

Mzuzu University21,007 citations

1,422

Malawi University of Science and Technology14,936 citations

1,053

DMI-St. John the Baptist University1,037 citations

280

University of Livingstonia1,445 citations

190

Unicaf University396 citations

164

The Catholic University of Malawi908 citations

134

Malawi Adventist University247 citations

Nalikule College of Education117 citations

Malawi School of Government429 citations

Highlights

Within Malawi, University of Malawi ranks first in 2026 with 8,589, followed by Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (2,464) and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (2,058).

University of Malawi is 3.5 times higher than Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, the runner-up.

Across 12 entries, values run from 8,589 (University of Malawi) to 19 (Malawi School of Government), with a median of 235.

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.