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🎓 Top Research Universities in Madagascar

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

📅 2026📏 citations18 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 Antananarivo7,494 papers
154,367
2
Université de Mahajanga748 papers
10,664
3
University of Toliara897 papers
10,017
4
Université de Fianarantsoa844 papers
4,645
5
Université d’Antsiranana355 papers
3,116
6
Institute and Observatory of Geophysics of Antananarivo116 papers
1,995
7
University of Toamasina475 papers
1,614
8
Catholic University of Madagascar167 papers
1,498
9
École supérieure polytechnique d'Antananarivo302 papers
1,377
10
Unité de Recherche en Génie des Procédés et en Génie de l’Environnement17 papers
815
11
Institut National des Sciences et Techniques Nucléaires - Madagascar89 papers
800
12
École Supérieure Polytechnique d'Antsiranana89 papers
720
13
Institut Supérieur de Technologie d'Antananarivo95 papers
451
14
Institut Supérieur de Technologie d'Antsiranana41 papers
326
15
École Nationale d'Administration de Madagascar17 papers
226
16
Institut Supérieur de la Communication, des Affaires et du Management63 papers
89
17
Institut National des Sciences Comptables et de l’Administration d’Entreprises28 papers
55
18
Hautes Études Chrétiennes de Management et de Mathématiques Appliquées1 papers
1

Highlights

Within Madagascar, University of Antananarivo ranks first in 2026 with 154,367, followed by Université de Mahajanga (10,664) and University of Toliara (10,017).

University of Antananarivo is 14 times higher than Université de Mahajanga, the runner-up.

Across 18 entries, values run from 154,367 (University of Antananarivo) to 1 (Hautes Études Chrétiennes de Management et de Mathématiques Appliquées), with a median of 1,096.

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.