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Costa Rica University Rankings 2024

As described in the university ranking section, it is not easy to obtain and standardize data from 1 countries, 30 universities/ institutions for the country ranking. Therefore, we based our ranking system on the number of meritorious scientists. Four criteria are used to rank the countries. The first one is the number of scientists in the top 3 % list. The second criterion is the number of scientists in the top 10%, Top 20%, Top 40%, top 60% and top 80% list. The third one is the number of scientists listed in the AD Scientific Index. In the case of equalities after applying all these three criteria, the world rank of the meritorious scientist of that country is used. Click here to see the Top List of more than 200 countries and regions. Click for individual or institutional registration.

Costa Rica

		AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2024							Number of World’s Top 3% in Scientists													Number of World’s Top 10% in Scientists
Region Ranking	World Ranking	Country	Best Institution in Country World Rank / Name		Best Scientist in Country World Rank / Name		Total Institutios in Country	Total Scientists in Index	Total number of scientists	Agriculture & Forestry	Arts, Design and Architecture	Business & Management	Economics & Econometrics	Education	Engineering & Technology	History, Philosophy, Theology	Law / Law and Legal Studies	Medical and Health Sciences	Natural Sciences	Social Sciences	Others	Total number of scientists	Agriculture & Forestry	Arts, Design and Architecture	Business & Management	Economics & Econometrics	Education	Engineering & Technology	History, Philosophy, Theology	Law / Law and Legal Studies	Medical and Health Sciences	Natural Sciences	Social Sciences	Others
8	78	Costa Rica	1,756	Universidad de Costa Rica	6,941	José María Gutiérrez	30	1,170 Top 2000	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	12

Table I. Number of scientists in Costa Rica top 2.000 according to Country Click for details

#	Country	Country Region Rank	Country World Rank	Scientists in Top 2.000	Total University	Total Scientist
1	Costa Rica	8	78	1170	30	1170

Table II. General Universities in Costa Rica top 2.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Sources of Funding	Founded	Scientists in Costa Rica Top 2.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 2.000 / Total Scientist)
1	Universidad de Costa Rica	1	51	1756	Costa Rica	Public	1940	623	623	1.000
2	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	2	98	2327	Costa Rica	Institution	1973	52	52	1.000
3	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	3	138	3049	Costa Rica	Public	1940	97	97	1.000
4	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	4	151	3215	Costa Rica	Private	1992	8	8	1.000
5	Universidad Técnica Nacional	5	395	5842	Costa Rica	Public	2008	16	16	1.000
6	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica	6	445	6394	Costa Rica	Public	1971	162	162	1.000
7	INCAE Business School	7	485	6942	Costa Rica	Public	1964	23	23	1.000
8	Universidad Estatal a Distancia Costa Rica	8	773	10016	Costa Rica	Public	1977	94	94	1.000
9	Universidad Earth Costa Rica	9	780	10172	Costa Rica	Private	1990	13	13	1.000
10	Universidad Latina de Costa Rica	10	1172	14733	Costa Rica	Private	1989	15	15	1.000

Table III. Public Universities in Costa Rica top 2.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Founded	Scientists in Costa Rica Top 2.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 2.000 / Total Scientist)
1	Universidad de Costa Rica	1	51	1756	Costa Rica	1940	623	623	1.000
2	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	3	138	3049	Costa Rica	1940	97	97	1.000
3	Universidad Técnica Nacional	5	395	5842	Costa Rica	2008	16	16	1.000
4	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica	6	445	6394	Costa Rica	1971	162	162	1.000
5	INCAE Business School	7	485	6942	Costa Rica	1964	23	23	1.000
6	Universidad Estatal a Distancia Costa Rica	8	773	10016	Costa Rica	1977	94	94	1.000
7	FLACSO Costa Rica Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales	12	1213	15136	Costa Rica	1997	2	2	1.000
8	University for Peace	14	1389	16867	Costa Rica	1980	12	12	1.000

Table IV. Private Universities in Costa Rica top 2.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Founded	Scientists in Costa Rica Top 2.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 2.000 / Total Scientist)
1	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	4	151	3215	Costa Rica	1992	8	8	1.000
2	Universidad Earth Costa Rica	9	780	10172	Costa Rica	1990	13	13	1.000
3	Universidad Latina de Costa Rica	10	1172	14733	Costa Rica	1989	15	15	1.000
4	Lead University	11	1211	15076	Costa Rica	2005	2	2	1.000
5	Universidad Católica de Costa Rica	13	1329	16216	Costa Rica	1993	17	17	1.000
6	Latin American University of Science and Technology	15	1519	18235	Costa Rica	1991	5	5	1.000
7	Universidad Castro Carazo Costa Rica	16	1550	18458	Costa Rica	1936	3	3	1.000
8	Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional	17	1686	20113	Costa Rica	1994	5	5	1.000
9	Universidad Santa Paula	19	1775	20850	Costa Rica	1994	2	2	1.000
10	Universidad San Judas Tadeo	20	1791	21023	Costa Rica	1971	2	2	1.000

Table V. Universities Founded After 2010 in Costa Rica Top 2.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Sources of Funding	Founded	Scientists in Costa Rica Top 2.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 2.000 / Total Scientist)

Table VI. Universities Founded After 2000 in Costa Rica Top 2.000 Click for details

#	University	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	Country	Sources of Funding	Founded	Scientists in Costa Rica Top 2.000	Total Scientists in Index	Ratio (in top 2.000 / Total Scientist)
1	Universidad Técnica Nacional	5	395	5842	Costa Rica	Public	2008	16	16	1.000
2	Lead University	11	1211	15076	Costa Rica	Private	2005	2	2	1.000

Table VII A. Costa Rica Top 10 Productivity i10 Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2024 Costa Rica Table VII A. Costa Rica Top 10 Productivity i10 Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	46	1866	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	102	62	0.608	613	418	0.682	42158	17481	0.415
1	2	167	7703	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	66	42	0.636	350	214	0.611	19053	8840	0.464
2	3	246	10962	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	81	46	0.568	304	226	0.743	21125	8164	0.386
3	4	553	23529	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	32	0.582	218	121	0.555	12568	4693	0.373
1	5	870	32753	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	81	43	0.531	186	136	0.731	26649	7613	0.286
4	6	1345	45090	Aaron Gomez A	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology Immunology \| Hematology \| Blood biochemistry \| herpetology \| biostatistics \|	39	26	0.667	159	92	0.579	7284	3177	0.436
1	7	1691	52981	Freddy Araya Rodríguez	Costa Rica	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica	NaturalesparaelDesarrollo Gestión Ambiental \| Recurso Hídrico \| Modelación Matemática \|	33	22	0.667	146	59	0.404	5618	2582	0.460
1	8	2468	69744	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	34	0.540	124	84	0.677	13287	3914	0.295
2	9	2859	78388	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	52	42	0.808	116	94	0.810	24902	15493	0.622
3	10	3017	81092	Eduardo Somarriba	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture agroforestry \| cocoa \| coffee \| trees on farms \|	43	30	0.698	114	62	0.544	8492	3771	0.444

Table VII B. Costa Rica Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2024 Costa Rica Table VII B. Costa Rica Top 10 Last 5 Years i10 Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	57	2086	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	102	62	0.608	613	418	0.682	42158	17481	0.415
2	2	207	9440	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	81	46	0.568	304	226	0.743	21125	8164	0.386
1	3	234	10729	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	66	42	0.636	350	214	0.611	19053	8840	0.464
1	4	701	29252	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	81	43	0.531	186	136	0.731	26649	7613	0.286
3	5	943	37242	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	32	0.582	218	121	0.555	12568	4693	0.373
2	6	1678	59150	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	52	42	0.808	116	94	0.810	24902	15493	0.622
4	7	1826	62409	Aaron Gomez A	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology Immunology \| Hematology \| Blood biochemistry \| herpetology \| biostatistics \|	39	26	0.667	159	92	0.579	7284	3177	0.436
1	8	2196	72395	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	34	0.540	124	84	0.677	13287	3914	0.295
1	9	2245	73138	RóGer Moya	Costa Rica	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica		33	25	0.758	114	84	0.737	3712	2360	0.636
5	10	2961	89722	Alexandra Rucavado	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry biochemistry toxins \|	47	30	0.638	89	74	0.831	7181	2819	0.393

Table VII C. Costa Rica Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2024 Costa Rica Table VII C. Costa Rica Top 10 Last 5 Years H Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	153	9422	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	102	62	0.608	613	418	0.682	42158	17481	0.415
2	2	433	28432	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	81	46	0.568	304	226	0.743	21125	8164	0.386
1	3	562	35378	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	81	43	0.531	186	136	0.731	26649	7613	0.286
1	4	597	37066	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	52	42	0.808	116	94	0.810	24902	15493	0.622
2	5	608	37617	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	66	42	0.636	350	214	0.611	19053	8840	0.464
3	6	1383	70830	Miguel A Barboza *	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology Neurología Vascular \|	34	34	1.000	54	52	0.963	43796	43370	0.990
1	7	1507	75400	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	34	0.540	124	84	0.677	13287	3914	0.295
4	8	1843	86274	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	32	0.582	218	121	0.555	12568	4693	0.373
5	9	1957	89503	Eric Alfaro	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Climatología \| Predicción Climática \| ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9278-5017 \|	39	32	0.821	84	64	0.762	5867	3515	0.599
6	10	2055	92685	Hugo G Hidalgo	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Hydrology \| Climate Change \| Hydroclimatology \| Hydrometeorology \| Atmospheric Sciences \|	40	31	0.775	68	58	0.853	14325	6103	0.426

Table VII D. Costa Rica Top 10 Total Citiation Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2024 Costa Rica Table VII D. Costa Rica Top 10 Total Citiation Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	168	10280	Miguel A Barboza *	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology Neurología Vascular \|	34	34	1.000	54	52	0.963	43796	43370	0.990
2	2	178	10894	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	102	62	0.608	613	418	0.682	42158	17481	0.415
1	3	330	22506	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	81	43	0.531	186	136	0.731	26649	7613	0.286
1	4	366	24969	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	52	42	0.808	116	94	0.810	24902	15493	0.622
3	5	492	31857	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	81	46	0.568	304	226	0.743	21125	8164	0.386
2	6	567	36842	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	66	42	0.636	350	214	0.611	19053	8840	0.464
1	7	624	39628	Bryan Gonzalez Herrera	Costa Rica	Universidad Técnica Nacional	Fotografíaydiseño Fotografia y Diseño \|	58	26	0.448	75	49	0.653	18108	2515	0.139
4	8	948	54262	Hugo G Hidalgo	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Hydrology \| Climate Change \| Hydroclimatology \| Hydrometeorology \| Atmospheric Sciences \|	40	31	0.775	68	58	0.853	14325	6103	0.426
1	9	1088	59828	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	34	0.540	124	84	0.677	13287	3914	0.295
5	10	1200	64316	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	32	0.582	218	121	0.555	12568	4693	0.373

Table VII E. Costa Rica Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index Click for details

				AD Scientific Index - 2024 Costa Rica Table VII E. Costa Rica Top 10 Last 5 Years Citiation Index				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University	Subject	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total	Total	Last 5 year	Last 5 year / total
1	1	124	5277	Miguel A Barboza *	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology Neurología Vascular\|	28	28	1.000	41	41	1.000	25417	25271	0.994
2	2	147	7189	Miguel A Barboza	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology Neurología Vascular\|	25	25	1.000	37	37	1.000	20832	20711	0.994
3	3	203	11160	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology\|Experimental Pathology\|Antivenoms\|	97	59	0.608	555	381	0.686	35809	15695	0.438
1	4	242	13599	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Statistics Estadística y Biometría\|	48	40	0.833	110	94	0.855	20978	13865	0.661
1	5	593	34272	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional\|	79	44	0.557	181	133	0.735	24900	7643	0.307
4	6	595	34365	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms\|antivenoms\|myotoxins\|phospholipase A2\|proteomics\|	76	44	0.579	283	206	0.728	19118	7631	0.399
5	7	678	37603	Rodrigo A Mora Rodríguez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Cancer biology\|Virolgy\|Systems Biology\|miRNA research\|sphingolipid-autophay research\|	15	13	0.867	19	18	0.947	12668	7181	0.567
2	8	747	40255	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales\|	62	38	0.613	276	165	0.598	15288	6864	0.449
6	9	1014	51068	Hugo G Hidalgo	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Hydrology\|Climate Change\|Hydroclimatology\|Hydrometeorology\|Atmospheric Sciences\|	38	30	0.789	63	55	0.873	13000	5799	0.446
7	10	1222	58980	Priscila Chaverri	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Natural Sciences / Biological Science mycology\|plant pathology\|systematics\|endophytes\|biological control\|	33	26	0.788	63	48	0.762	8860	5202	0.587