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Universities by Research Publications in Niger

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📏 works10 entries🇳🇪 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Université Abdou Moumouni51,320 citations
4,058
2
Université de Maradi7,825 citations
963
3
Université André Salifou2,902 citations
761
4
Université de Diffa1,510 citations
314
5
Université Djibo Hamani294 citations
226
6
Maryam Abacha American University of Niger737 citations
174
7
Islamic University of Niger6 citations
119
8
Higher Institute of Mining, Industry and Geology258 citations
99
9
École Africaine de la Météorologie et de l'Aviation Civile228 citations
21
10
École Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature9 citations
9

Highlights

Within Niger, Université Abdou Moumouni ranks first in 2026 with 4,058, followed by Université de Maradi (963) and Université André Salifou (761).

Université Abdou Moumouni is 4.2 times higher than Université de Maradi, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 4,058 (Université Abdou Moumouni) to 9 (École Nationale d'Administration et de Magistrature), with a median of 200.

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.