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🎓 Top Research Universities in Zimbabwe

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

📅 2026📏 citations24 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 Zimbabwe15,187 papers
566,073
2
National University of Science and Technology4,043 papers
54,438
3
Midlands State University3,991 papers
40,099
4
Chinhoyi University of Technology1,907 papers
38,815
5
Bindura University of Science Education1,934 papers
33,389
6
Great Zimbabwe University2,202 papers
15,471
7
Marondera University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology497 papers
8,722
8
Zimbabwe Open University2,342 papers
7,405
9
Africa University1,037 papers
6,904
10
Harare Institute of Technology691 papers
6,716
11
Lupane State University661 papers
6,275
12
Women's University in Africa461 papers
2,686
13
Manicaland State University of Applied Sciences323 papers
2,533
14
Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University396 papers
1,147
15
Gwanda State University128 papers
761
16
Catholic University of Zimbabwe201 papers
415
17
Reformed Church University172 papers
408
18
Solusi University105 papers
364
19
Zimbabwe National Defence University24 papers
56
20
Arrupe Jesuit University81 papers
55
21
Mutare Polytechnic17 papers
51
22
Hillside Teachers' College18 papers
49
23
Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Polytechnic17 papers
25
24
Gweru Polytechnic Institute10 papers
13

Highlights

Within Zimbabwe, University of Zimbabwe ranks first in 2026 with 566,073, followed by National University of Science and Technology (54,438) and Midlands State University (40,099).

University of Zimbabwe is 10 times higher than National University of Science and Technology, the runner-up.

Across 24 entries, values run from 566,073 (University of Zimbabwe) to 13 (Gweru Polytechnic Institute), with a median of 2,610.

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.