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🎓 Top Research Universities in Chad

Universities and colleges in Chad 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 N'Djamena2,227 papers
23,533
2
Institut National Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques d'Abéché313 papers
1,668
3
Université Adam Barka d'Abéché252 papers
1,547
4
Université de Moundou183 papers
927
5
Institut Universitaire Polytechnique de Mongo125 papers
537
6
Université de Sarh181 papers
477
7
Université des Sciences et de Technologie d'Ati52 papers
136
8
Université Saint Charles Lwanga7 papers
7

Highlights

Within Chad, University of N'Djamena ranks first in 2026 with 23,533, followed by Institut National Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques d'Abéché (1,668) and Université Adam Barka d'Abéché (1,547).

University of N'Djamena is 14 times higher than Institut National Supérieur des Sciences et Techniques d'Abéché, 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.