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🎓 Top Research Universities in Timor-Leste

Universities and colleges in Timor-Leste ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations10 entries🇹🇱 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
National University of East Timor1,002 papers
5,407
2
Dili Institute of Technology223 papers
1,331
3
Universidade da Paz491 papers
851
4
Instituto da Ciências da Saúde47 papers
653
5
Instituto Superior Cristal295 papers
599
6
Institute of Business94 papers
327
7
Universidade Oriental Timor Lorosa'e197 papers
120
8
Instituto Católico para a Formação de Professores115 papers
77
9
Instituto Superior de Filosofia e de Teologia Dom Jaime Garcia Goulart25 papers
22
10
East Timor Coffee Institute17 papers
4

Highlights

Within Timor-Leste, National University of East Timor ranks first in 2026 with 5,407, followed by Dili Institute of Technology (1,331) and Universidade da Paz (851).

National University of East Timor is 4.1 times higher than Dili Institute of Technology, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 5,407 (National University of East Timor) to 4 (East Timor Coffee Institute), with a median of 463.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.