Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Zambia

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 work25 entries🇿🇲 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (mean citations per work); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Chalimbana University82 works

12.51

Kapasa Makasa University81 works

4.81

Copperbelt University2,553 works

3.06

Mukuba University206 works

2.89

Lusaka Apex Medical University339 works

1.81

University of Zambia15,486 works

1.78

Levy Mwanawasa Medical University476 works

1.51

Unicaf University Zambia203 works

1.38

Kwame Nkrumah University430 works

1.32

Mulungushi University1,084 works

1.25

DMI St. Eugene University416 works

1.12

Texila American University Zambia132 works

1.12

South Valley University427 works

1.11

Eden University215 works

1.01

Cavendish University Zambia118 works

0.99

University of Lusaka566 works

0.73

Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies288 works

0.69

National Institute of Public Administration216 works

0.66

Evelyn Hone College48 works

0.61

Zambia Forestry College58 works

0.56

Northrise University61 works

0.44

Zambian Open University99 works

0.43

Rusangu University139 works

0.31

Information and Communications University721 works

0.31

University of Africa290 works

0.30

Highlights

Within Zambia, Chalimbana University ranks first in 2026 with 12.51, followed by Kapasa Makasa University (4.81) and Copperbelt University (3.06).

Chalimbana University is 2.6 times higher than Kapasa Makasa University, the runner-up.

Across 25 entries, values run from 12.51 (Chalimbana University) to 0.30 (University of Africa), with a median of 1.11.

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 Zambia, Chalimbana University ranks first in 2026 with 12.51, followed by Kapasa Makasa University (4.81) and Copperbelt University (3.06).

Chalimbana University is 2.6 times higher than Kapasa Makasa University, the runner-up.

Across 25 entries, values run from 12.51 (Chalimbana University) to 0.30 (University of Africa), with a median of 1.11.

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