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🎓 Top Research Universities in Malta

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

📅 2026📏 citations10 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 Malta30,098 papers
581,011
2
Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology804 papers
12,389
3
Middlesex University Malta59 papers
460
4
EIM - European Institute of Management56 papers
353
5
IMO International Maritime Law Institute29 papers
195
6
College of Remote and Offshore Medicine28 papers
50
7
IDEA College, Malta31 papers
49
8
Malta Leadership Institute2 papers
47
9
GIOYA Higher Education Institution4 papers
17
10
Open Institute of Technology14 papers
13

Highlights

Within Malta, University of Malta ranks first in 2026 with 581,011, followed by Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (12,389) and Middlesex University Malta (460).

University of Malta is 47 times higher than Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, the runner-up.

Across 10 entries, values run from 581,011 (University of Malta) to 13 (Open Institute of Technology), with a median of 123.

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.