Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Somalia

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 work30 entries🇸🇴 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 30

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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.

Plasma University10 works

127.57

University of Hargeisa455 works

8.61

Benadir University216 works

5.45

Somali International University51 works

4.34

SIMAD University1,304 works

3.80

Abrar Research and Training Centre (ARACHTI)32 works

3.58

Jazeera University91 works

3.28

Amoud University666 works

2.89

Mogadishu University390 works

2.75

SOS College of Health Science University12 works

2.73

Abrar University95 works

2.46

Jamhuriya University of Science and Technology484 works

2.00

Gollis University60 works

1.71

Hormuud University176 works

1.48

East Africa University84 works

1.32

Edna Adan University33 works

1.17

University of Health Sciences278 works

1.14

Horseed International University68 works

1.12

Burao University94 works

0.99

University of Somalia167 works

0.94

Somali National University870 works

0.88

Admas University32 works

0.59

Al Hayat Medical University46 works

0.51

Red Sea University100 works

0.48

CITYCOT University71 works

0.42

Nugaal University15 works

0.38

Hope University39 works

0.35

Green Hope University9 works

0.20

Puntland State University35 works

0.14

Daha International University23 works

0.14

Highlights

Within Somalia, Plasma University ranks first in 2026 with 127.57, followed by University of Hargeisa (8.61) and Benadir University (5.45).

Plasma University is 15 times higher than University of Hargeisa, the runner-up.

Across 30 entries, values run from 127.57 (Plasma University) to 0.14 (Daha International University), 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

Within Somalia, Plasma University ranks first in 2026 with 127.57, followed by University of Hargeisa (8.61) and Benadir University (5.45).

Plasma University is 15 times higher than University of Hargeisa, the runner-up.

Across 30 entries, values run from 127.57 (Plasma University) to 0.14 (Daha International University), with a median of 1.24.

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