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🎓 Top Research Universities in Turkmenistan

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

📅 2026📏 citations11 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
Magtymguly Turkmen State University118 papers
4,706
2
International Turkmen-Turkish University133 papers
2,241
3
Turkmen State Medical University100 papers
546
4
Oguz Han Engineering and Technology University of Turkmenistan128 papers
178
5
Turkmen Agricultural University Named after S.A. Niyazov34 papers
174
6
Turkmen State Institute of Architecture and Construction74 papers
134
7
National Institute of Sports and Tourism of Turkmenistan6 papers
125
8
International Oil and Gas University122 papers
70
9
Turkmen State Institute of Economics and Management41 papers
41
10
Turkmen State Institute of Culture2 papers
18
11
Turkmen National Institute of Foreign Languages named after D. Azadi20 papers
4

Highlights

Within Turkmenistan, Magtymguly Turkmen State University ranks first in 2026 with 4,706, followed by International Turkmen-Turkish University (2,241) and Turkmen State Medical University (546).

Magtymguly Turkmen State University is 2.1 times higher than International Turkmen-Turkish University, the runner-up.

Across 11 entries, values run from 4,706 (Magtymguly Turkmen State University) to 4 (Turkmen National Institute of Foreign Languages named after D. Azadi), with a median of 134.

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.