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Universities by Research h-index in Sierra Leone

Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.

📅 2026📏 h-index6 entries🇸🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →
1
University of Sierra Leone2,523 works
94
2
Njala University1,825 works
76
3
University of Makeni273 works
42
4
Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone208 works
28
5
University of Management and Technology95 works
7
6
Freetown Polytechnic31 works
3

Highlights

Within Sierra Leone, University of Sierra Leone ranks first in 2026 with 94, followed by Njala University (76) and University of Makeni (42).

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · 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.