Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Papua New Guinea

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 work7 entries🇵🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →

Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment63 works

3.51

University of Goroka162 works

2.20

Divine Word University189 works

2.14

University of Papua New Guinea2,467 works

1.89

Papua New Guinea University of Technology1,698 works

1.52

Pacific Adventist University99 works

1.35

IBSUniversity57 works

0.69

Highlights

Within Papua New Guinea, Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment ranks first in 2026 with 3.51, followed by University of Goroka (2.20) and Divine Word University (2.14).

Papua New Guinea University of Natural Resources and Environment is 1.6 times higher than University of Goroka, the runner-up.

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.