Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Rwanda

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 work18 entries🇷🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 18

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

AIMS Research and Innovation Centre114 works

4.46

African Institute for Mathematical Sciences571 works

3.86

College of Science and Technology - University of Rwanda1,428 works

3.73

University of Global Health Equity1,269 works

2.54

University of Rwanda10,904 works

2.42

Rwanda Polytechnic386 works

2.04

Africa Health Sciences University112 works

2.01

INES-Ruhengeri508 works

1.71

Adventist University of Central Africa106 works

1.37

University of Lay Adventists of Kigali568 works

1.10

North Gate University1 works

1.00

Carnegie Mellon University Africa476 works

0.94

Kigali Independent University241 works

0.93

University of Kigali693 works

0.80

Mahatma Gandhi University231 works

0.68

African Leadership University1,215 works

0.53

Catholic University of Kabgayi60 works

0.47

University of Medical Sciences and Technology Rwanda18 works

0.14

Highlights

Within Rwanda, AIMS Research and Innovation Centre ranks first in 2026 with 4.46, followed by African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (3.86) and College of Science and Technology - University of Rwanda (3.73).

Across 18 entries, values run from 4.46 (AIMS Research and Innovation Centre) to 0.14 (University of Medical Sciences and Technology Rwanda), with a median of 1.24.

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

Across 18 entries, values run from 4.46 (AIMS Research and Innovation Centre) to 0.14 (University of Medical Sciences and Technology Rwanda), with a median of 1.24.

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