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🎓 Top Research Universities in Jamaica

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

📅 2026📏 citations8 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
University of the West Indies16,640 papers
811,670
2
University of the West Indies System1,835 papers
78,696
3
University of Technology, Jamaica772 papers
10,802
4
Northern Caribbean University262 papers
1,575
5
Mico University College66 papers
463
6
University of the Commonwealth Caribbean99 papers
419
7
International University of the Caribbean19 papers
111
8
Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts11 papers
11

Highlights

Within Jamaica, University of the West Indies ranks first in 2026 with 811,670, followed by University of the West Indies System (78,696) and University of Technology, Jamaica (10,802).

University of the West Indies is 10 times higher than University of the West Indies System, the runner-up.

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.