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🎓 Top Research Universities in Brunei

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

📅 2026📏 citations14 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
Universiti Brunei Darussalam11,674 papers
431,331
2
Universiti Teknologi Brunei3,335 papers
75,206
3
Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences329 papers
19,866
4
Sultan Sharif Ali Islamic University1,564 papers
6,913
5
Institute of Applied Data Analytics82 papers
3,933
6
Institute of Asian Studies309 papers
1,833
7
Brunei Polytechnic180 papers
675
8
Institute of Brunei Technical Education13 papers
644
9
Laksamana College of Business27 papers
345
10
Sultan Omar 'Ali Saifuddien Centre for Islamic Studies60 papers
311
11
Kolej Universiti Perguruan Ugama Seri Begawan146 papers
295
12
Kolej International Graduate Studies8 papers
24
13
Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah2 papers
22
14
Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement2 papers
6

Highlights

Within Brunei, Universiti Brunei Darussalam ranks first in 2026 with 431,331, followed by Universiti Teknologi Brunei (75,206) and Centre for Advanced Material and Energy Sciences (19,866).

Universiti Brunei Darussalam is 5.7 times higher than Universiti Teknologi Brunei, the runner-up.

Across 14 entries, values run from 431,331 (Universiti Brunei Darussalam) to 6 (Institute for Leadership, Innovation and Advancement), with a median of 660.

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.