Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Nicaragua

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 mean citations per work23 entries🇳🇮 See all of this country’s rankings →

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

Central University of Nicaragua249 works

7.25

Universidad de Managua53 works

3.55

Central American University832 works

2.71

Universidad Tecnológica La Salle15 works

1.77

Universidad de las Américas458 works

1.55

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León1,396 works

1.44

Catholic University of Dry Tropic Farming and Livestock30 works

1.33

Universidad Hispanoamericana196 works

1.33

Universidad del Valle1,251 works

0.55

National Agrarian University1,123 works

0.52

National Autonomous University of Nicaragua3,751 works

0.41

Universidad Internacional de la Integración de América Latina14 works

0.40

National University of Engineering987 works

0.38

Universidad Americana834 works

0.34

Universidad del Norte de Nicaragua25 works

0.33

Universidad Jean-Jacques Rousseau9 works

0.33

University of the Autonomous Regions of the Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast792 works

0.28

Bluefields Indian and Caribbean University214 works

0.18

Universidad de Tecnología y Comercio305 works

0.17

Universidad Católica Redemptoris Mater82 works

0.13

Polytechnic University of Nicaragua380 works

0.10

Universidad Iberoamericana de Ciencias y Tecnología17 works

0.04

Universidad Metropolitana38 works

0.02

Highlights

Within Nicaragua, Central University of Nicaragua ranks first in 2026 with 7.25, followed by Universidad de Managua (3.55) and Central American University (2.71).

Central University of Nicaragua is 2 times higher than Universidad de Managua, the runner-up.

Across 23 entries, values run from 7.25 (Central University of Nicaragua) to 0.02 (Universidad Metropolitana), with a median of 0.40.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness · 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.

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Highlights

Within Nicaragua, Central University of Nicaragua ranks first in 2026 with 7.25, followed by Universidad de Managua (3.55) and Central American University (2.71).

Central University of Nicaragua is 2 times higher than Universidad de Managua, the runner-up.

Across 23 entries, values run from 7.25 (Central University of Nicaragua) to 0.02 (Universidad Metropolitana), with a median of 0.40.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.