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🎓 Top Research Universities in Azerbaijan

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

📅 2026📏 citations49 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
Baku State University8,619 papers
88,346
2
Azerbaijan State University of Economics5,423 papers
53,117
3
Western Caspian University5,292 papers
34,073
4
Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University5,609 papers
31,692
5
Khazar University4,963 papers
31,603
6
Azerbaijan Medical University4,698 papers
22,558
7
Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry1,137 papers
15,128
8
Azerbaijan Technical University2,797 papers
13,020
9
Azerbaijan University919 papers
10,235
10
Baku Engineering University1,064 papers
7,455
11
ADA University836 papers
4,272
12
Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University2,242 papers
4,232
13
Nakhchivan State University3,343 papers
3,749
14
Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction1,573 papers
3,385
15
Ganja State University870 papers
2,272
16
National Aviation Academy1,089 papers
2,044
17
Azerbaijan State Agricultural University793 papers
2,006
18
Qafqaz University272 papers
1,937
19
Lankaran State University275 papers
1,855
20
Odlar Yurdu University514 papers
1,836
21
Sumgayit State University886 papers
1,706
22
Nakhchivan University411 papers
1,264
23
Baku Business University310 papers
1,030
24
Baku Higher Oil School241 papers
874
25
Artsakh State University143 papers
694
26
Azerbaijan Tourism and Management University290 papers
615
27
Institute of Mathematics133 papers
608
28
Azerbaijan State Advanced Training Institute for Doctors named after A. Aliyev501 papers
600
29
Academy of Public Administration485 papers
555
30
Azerbaijan University of Languages840 papers
517
31
National Defense University209 papers
485
32
Azerbaijan State Marine Academy128 papers
460
33
Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan117 papers
386
34
Azerbaijan Sports Academy1,626 papers
384
35
Karabakh University104 papers
296
36
Institute of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan729 papers
242
37
İ.M. Seçenov adına Birinci Moskva Dövlət Tibb Universitetinin Bakı filialı24 papers
199
38
Baku Slavic University595 papers
159
39
Azerbaijan Academy of Labor and Social Relations46 papers
139
40
Nakhchivan Teachers Institute93 papers
135
41
Academy of the State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan31 papers
84
42
Baku Academy of Music96 papers
47
43
Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts139 papers
30
44
Azerbaijan International University12 papers
15
45
Azərbaycan İlahiyyat İnstitutu78 papers
13
46
Azerbaijan National Conservatory95 papers
8
47
Azerbaijan Scientific Research Institute of Construction and Architecture24 papers
8
48
Baku Girls University15 papers
5
49
Baku Choreography Academy24 papers
2

Highlights

Within Azerbaijan, Baku State University ranks first in 2026 with 88,346, followed by Azerbaijan State University of Economics (53,117) and Western Caspian University (34,073).

Baku State University is 1.7 times higher than Azerbaijan State University of Economics, the runner-up.

Across 49 entries, values run from 88,346 (Baku State University) to 2 (Baku Choreography Academy), with a median of 694.

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.