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Universities by Research Publications in Namibia

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
University of Namibia156,728 citations
6,897
2
Namibia University of Science and Technology43,587 citations
3,432
3
International University of Management4,077 citations
412
4
Namibia Institute of Pathology3,417 citations
103
5
The University Centre for Studies in Namibia5 citations
1

Highlights

Within Namibia, University of Namibia ranks first in 2026 with 6,897, followed by Namibia University of Science and Technology (3,432) and International University of Management (412).

University of Namibia is 2 times higher than Namibia University of Science and Technology, 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.