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Universities by Research Publications in Timor-Leste

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.

📅 2026📏 works10 entries🇹🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (works); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
National University of East Timor5,429 citations
1,001
2
Universidade da Paz861 citations
495
3
Instituto Superior Cristal604 citations
296
4
Dili Institute of Technology1,355 citations
224
5
Universidade Oriental Timor Lorosa'e121 citations
201
6
Instituto Católico para a Formação de Professores78 citations
116
7
Institute of Business332 citations
94
8
Instituto da Ciências da Saúde653 citations
47
9
Instituto Superior de Filosofia e de Teologia Dom Jaime Garcia Goulart22 citations
26
10
East Timor Coffee Institute4 citations
17

Highlights

Within Timor-Leste, National University of East Timor ranks first in 2026 with 1,001, followed by Universidade da Paz (495) and Instituto Superior Cristal (296).

National University of East Timor is 2 times higher than Universidade da Paz, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 1,001 (National University of East Timor) to 17 (East Timor Coffee Institute), with a median of 159.

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.