AllUniversities by Research Publications in Sierra Leone
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.
1
University of Sierra Leone71,707 citations
2,523
2
Njala University31,633 citations
1,825
3
University of Makeni7,305 citations
273
4
Eastern Technical University of Sierra Leone6,697 citations
208
5
University of Management and Technology313 citations
95
6
Freetown Polytechnic21 citations
31
Highlights
Within Sierra Leone, University of Sierra Leone ranks first in 2026 with 2,523, followed by Njala University (1,825) and University of Makeni (273).
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.