Sudan University Research Rankings
Compare Sudan universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.
Research landscape
The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 37 index-ready universities in Sudan. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 857 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 3,009. The average publication-growth signal is 43.4%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.
Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.
Top research universities in Sudan
| Rank | University | Country | Score | 5-year works | 5-year citations | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | University of Khartoum | Sudan | 70.5 | 6,619 | 27,504 | -17.5% |
| #2 | National University | Sudan | 67.9 | 1,365 | 17,478 | 63.0% |
| #3 | Sudan University of Science and Technology | Sudan | 62.6 | 2,382 | 9,347 | 4.7% |
| #4 | University of Gezira | Sudan | 61.7 | 2,252 | 8,632 | -19.0% |
| #5 | Al-Neelain University | Sudan | 59.4 | 1,936 | 4,970 | 3.6% |
| #6 | Omdurman Islamic University | Sudan | 57.8 | 1,584 | 5,278 | -12.6% |
| #7 | University of Medical Sciences and Technology | Sudan | 57.7 | 1,050 | 2,342 | 36.0% |
| #8 | International University of Africa | Sudan | 56.1 | 651 | 3,013 | 70.4% |
| #9 | The Future University | Sudan | 56.0 | 383 | 1,033 | 260.6% |
| #10 | University of the Holy Quran and Islamic Sciences | Sudan | 55.9 | 2,105 | 353 | 652.2% |
| #11 | University of Bahri | Sudan | 54.9 | 1,061 | 2,697 | 6.0% |
| #12 | Sudan Medical Specialization Board | Sudan | 54.8 | 904 | 1,802 | 21.4% |
| #13 | National Ribat University | Sudan | 54.1 | 832 | 1,527 | 44.5% |
| #14 | Red Sea University | Sudan | 54.0 | 518 | 2,531 | 49.1% |
| #15 | University of Kordofan | Sudan | 52.7 | 642 | 1,769 | 22.8% |
| #16 | Alzaiem Alazhari University | Sudan | 52.5 | 946 | 1,957 | -20.3% |
| #17 | University of Nyala | Sudan | 52.4 | 373 | 1,781 | 43.0% |
| #18 | Nile Valley University | Sudan | 52.3 | 748 | 1,986 | -7.4% |
| #19 | Ahfad University for Women | Sudan | 52.2 | 544 | 1,166 | 32.3% |
| #20 | Kassala University | Sudan | 52.1 | 339 | 1,095 | 89.9% |
| #21 | Karary University | Sudan | 50.9 | 485 | 1,010 | 54.1% |
| #22 | Gadarif University | Sudan | 48.9 | 403 | 1,188 | 6.2% |
| #23 | University of Science and Technology Omdurman | Sudan | 48.5 | 394 | 1,156 | -15.3% |
| #24 | Shendi University | Sudan | 48.0 | 444 | 1,602 | -26.0% |
| #25 | Sudan Academy of Sciences | Sudan | 47.4 | 300 | 1,404 | -34.3% |
| #26 | University of El Imam El Mahdi | Sudan | 46.8 | 336 | 1,030 | -10.1% |
| #27 | Sinnar University | Sudan | 45.5 | 233 | 333 | 71.0% |
| #28 | University of Bakhtalruda | Sudan | 45.2 | 309 | 1,133 | -5.5% |
| #29 | Mashreq University | Sudan | 44.7 | 329 | 592 | 16.5% |
| #30 | Sudan International University | Sudan | 44.6 | 248 | 451 | 39.5% |
| #31 | Khartoum International Institute for Arabic Languague | Sudan | 44.3 | 175 | 265 | 46.4% |
| #32 | University of Dongola | Sudan | 43.6 | 161 | 316 | 77.1% |
| #33 | Bayan University | Sudan | 42.9 | 110 | 1,502 | -26.8% |
| #34 | Al Fashir University | Sudan | 42.4 | 136 | 274 | 55.8% |
| #35 | Omdurman Ahlia University | Sudan | 41.8 | 150 | 317 | 44.4% |
| #36 | AlMughtaribeen University | Sudan | 39.3 | 149 | 354 | -8.3% |
| #37 | Wad Medani Ahlia University | Sudan | 37.4 | 120 | 147 | -2.2% |
How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed
Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.
Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.
These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.