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🎓 Top Research Universities in Honduras

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

📅 2026📏 citations12 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
National Autonomous University of Honduras4,971 papers
57,280
2
Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School2,345 papers
16,809
3
Central American Technological University1,223 papers
6,539
4
Universidad Católica de Honduras Nuestra Señora Reina de la Paz370 papers
5,685
5
Universidad Nacional de Agricultura222 papers
2,389
6
Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán452 papers
1,839
7
Universidad Nacional de Ciencias Forestales93 papers
796
8
Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras105 papers
191
9
Universidad de San Pedro Sula12 papers
38
10
Universidad Metropolitana de Honduras44 papers
31
11
Centro de Diseño, Arquitectura y Construcción10 papers
14
12
Universidad José Cecilio del Valle6 papers
13

Highlights

Within Honduras, National Autonomous University of Honduras ranks first in 2026 with 57,280, followed by Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School (16,809) and Central American Technological University (6,539).

National Autonomous University of Honduras is 3.4 times higher than Zamorano Pan-American Agricultural School, the runner-up.

Across 12 entries, values run from 57,280 (National Autonomous University of Honduras) to 13 (Universidad José Cecilio del Valle), with a median of 1,318.

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.