Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Zimbabwe

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 work23 entries🇿🇼 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 23

0.5 mean citations per work1 mean citations per work1.5 mean citations per work

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

National University of Science and Technology4,051 works

1.79

University of Zimbabwe15,232 works

1.78

Bindura University of Science Education1,934 works

1.76

Africa University1,040 works

1.62

Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology501 works

1.57

Chinhoyi University of Technology1,909 works

1.55

Hillside Teachers' College18 works

1.54

Midlands State University3,995 works

1.48

Lupane State University662 works

1.44

Great Zimbabwe University2,200 works

1.19

Harare Institute of Technology693 works

1.19

Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences325 works

0.94

Solusi University105 works

0.87

Women's University in Africa465 works

0.79

Zimbabwe National Defence University24 works

0.73

Reformed Church University173 works

0.69

Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic17 works

0.67

Zimbabwe Open University2,343 works

0.66

Catholic University of Zimbabwe201 works

0.53

Arrupe Jesuit University81 works

0.43

Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University396 works

0.35

Mutare Polytechnic17 works

0.33

Gwanda State University127 works

0.27

Highlights

Within Zimbabwe, National University of Science and Technology ranks first in 2026 with 1.79, followed by University of Zimbabwe (1.78) and Bindura University of Science Education (1.76).

The top two are virtually level: National University of Science and Technology and University of Zimbabwe differ by less than 1%.

Across 23 entries, values run from 1.79 (National University of Science and Technology) to 0.27 (Gwanda State University), with a median of 0.94.

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.

Ranking

Loading ranking…

Highlights

Within Zimbabwe, National University of Science and Technology ranks first in 2026 with 1.79, followed by University of Zimbabwe (1.78) and Bindura University of Science Education (1.76).

The top two are virtually level: National University of Science and Technology and University of Zimbabwe differ by less than 1%.

Across 23 entries, values run from 1.79 (National University of Science and Technology) to 0.27 (Gwanda State University), with a median of 0.94.

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