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Rankings inside Cuba
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🎓 Top Research Universities in Cuba
Universities and colleges in Cuba ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).
1
University of Havana22,603 papers
368,596
2
Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV)10,807 papers
116,731
3
Universidad de Oriente9,419 papers
57,465
4
University of Matanzas3,534 papers
34,120
5
Polytechnic José Antonio Echeverría7,322 papers
32,485
6
Universidad de Ciego de Ávila2,695 papers
22,506
7
Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied Sciences1,225 papers
21,827
8
University of Cienfuegos3,387 papers
19,536
9
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana6,862 papers
18,389
10
University of Camagüey7,258 papers
17,808
11
University of Holguín4,164 papers
15,010
12
University of Pinar del Río6,015 papers
13,129
13
Agricultural University of Havana1,664 papers
11,518
14
Instituto Nacional de Higiene, Epidemiología y Microbiología1,243 papers
11,489
15
University of Granma3,825 papers
11,329
16
University of Information Science2,356 papers
8,043
17
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos2,230 papers
6,471
18
University of Sancti Spíritus José Martí Pérez2,237 papers
6,313
19
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Matanzas1,322 papers
3,431
20
Latin American School of Medicine818 papers
3,394
21
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín1,302 papers
2,208
22
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Santiago de Cuba2,021 papers
2,204
23
Universidad de Las Tunas2,338 papers
1,946
24
Universidad de Guantánamo2,456 papers
1,630
25
Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José Varona1,718 papers
1,274
26
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti Spíritus781 papers
906
27
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Ciego de Ávila424 papers
724
28
Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas José de la Luz Caballero438 papers
342
29
Instituto Central de Ciencias Pedagógicas190 papers
291
30
Universidad de la Isla de la Juventud "Jesús Montané Oropesa"141 papers
199
31
Universidad Pedagógica de Pinar del Río Rafael María de Mendive1,126 papers
166
32
Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Félix Varela Morales400 papers
151
33
University of Pedagogical Sciences22 papers
5
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.