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Costa Rica University Rankings 2023

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Costa Rica

Total 1.165 scientist, 1 country, 30 university

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		AD Scientific Index - Country Rankings 2023							Number of World’s Top 2% in Scientists													Number of World’s Top 10% in Scientists
Region Ranking	World Ranking	Country	Best University in Country World Rank / Name		Best Scientist in Country World Rank / Name		Total Universities 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
9	76	Costa Rica	1391	Universidad de Costa Rica	7311	José María Gutiérrez	30	1165 Top 2000	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	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	9	76	1165	30	1165

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	37	1391	Costa Rica	Public	1940	623	623	1.000
2	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	2	110	2480	Costa Rica	Private	1992	8	8	1.000
3	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	3	151	2920	Costa Rica	Private	1973	52	52	1.000
4	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	4	329	4792	Costa Rica	Public	1940	99	99	1.000
5	Universidad Técnica Nacional	5	389	5522	Costa Rica	Public	2008	16	16	1.000
6	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica	6	437	6064	Costa Rica	Institution	1971	162	162	1.000
7	INCAE Business School	7	483	6591	Costa Rica	Public	1964	23	23	1.000
8	Universidad Estatal a Distancia Costa Rica	8	581	7605	Costa Rica	Public	1977	94	94	1.000
9	Universidad Earth Costa Rica	9	765	9656	Costa Rica	Private	1990	13	13	1.000
10	Universidad Católica de Costa Rica	10	1114	13523	Costa Rica	Private	1993	17	17	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	37	1391	Costa Rica	1940	623	623	1.000
2	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	4	329	4792	Costa Rica	1940	99	99	1.000
3	Universidad Técnica Nacional	5	389	5522	Costa Rica	2008	16	16	1.000
4	INCAE Business School	7	483	6591	Costa Rica	1964	23	23	1.000
5	Universidad Estatal a Distancia Costa Rica	8	581	7605	Costa Rica	1977	94	94	1.000
6	FLACSO Costa Rica Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales	13	1189	14401	Costa Rica	1997	2	2	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	2	110	2480	Costa Rica	1992	8	8	1.000
2	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	3	151	2920	Costa Rica	1973	52	52	1.000
3	Universidad Earth Costa Rica	9	765	9656	Costa Rica	1990	13	13	1.000
4	Universidad Católica de Costa Rica	10	1114	13523	Costa Rica	1993	17	17	1.000
5	Universidad Latina de Costa Rica	11	1134	13701	Costa Rica	1989	15	15	1.000
6	Lead University	12	1185	14318	Costa Rica	2005	2	2	1.000
7	Universidad Castro Carazo Costa Rica	16	1483	17544	Costa Rica	1936	3	3	1.000
8	Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional	17	1635	19379	Costa Rica	1994	4	4	1.000
9	Latin American University of Science and Technology	18	1647	19528	Costa Rica	1991	4	4	1.000
10	Universidad San Judas Tadeo	19	1733	20256	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	389	5522	Costa Rica	Public	2008	16	16	1.000
2	Lead University	12	1185	14318	Costa Rica	Private	2005	2	2	1.000

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

				AD Scientific Index - 2023 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	49	1951	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	99	58	0.586	587	393	0.670	38602	15727	0.407
1	2	198	8872	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	63	39	0.619	322	185	0.575	17299	7549	0.436
2	3	231	10413	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	80	43	0.538	302	220	0.728	20510	7631	0.372
3	4	554	23812	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	30	0.545	211	118	0.559	12149	4307	0.355
1	5	815	31218	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	80	41	0.513	185	130	0.703	26157	7126	0.272
4	6	1276	43671	Aaron Gomez A	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology Immunology \| Hematology \| Blood biochemistry \| herpetology \| biostatistics \|	39	26	0.667	157	86	0.548	6944	2901	0.418
1	7	1849	57032	Freddy Araya Rodríguez	Costa Rica	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica	NaturalesparaelDesarrollo Gestión Ambiental \| Recurso Hídrico \| Modelación Matemática \|	33	21	0.636	136	47	0.346	5116	2225	0.435
1	8	2370	68015	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	33	0.524	122	82	0.672	13061	3721	0.285
2	9	2936	79929	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	50	41	0.820	111	93	0.838	23424	14097	0.602
3	10	3068	82665	Eduardo Somarriba	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture agroforestry \| cocoa \| coffee \| trees on farms \|	42	28	0.667	109	56	0.514	8134	3450	0.424

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

				AD Scientific Index - 2023 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	60	2138	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	99	58	0.586	587	393	0.670	38602	15727	0.407
2	2	199	8909	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	80	43	0.538	302	220	0.728	20510	7631	0.372
1	3	284	13396	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	63	39	0.619	322	185	0.575	17299	7549	0.436
1	4	668	28738	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	80	41	0.513	185	130	0.703	26157	7126	0.272
3	5	853	35119	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	30	0.545	211	118	0.559	12149	4307	0.355
2	6	1488	54393	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	50	41	0.820	111	93	0.838	23424	14097	0.602
4	7	1821	63576	Aaron Gomez A	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Immunology Immunology \| Hematology \| Blood biochemistry \| herpetology \| biostatistics \|	39	26	0.667	157	86	0.548	6944	2901	0.418
1	8	2001	68329	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	33	0.524	122	82	0.672	13061	3721	0.285
1	9	2497	80184	RóGer Moya	Costa Rica	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica		32	24	0.750	106	75	0.708	3547	2190	0.617
5	10	2618	83514	Alexandra Rucavado	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Biochemistry biochemistry toxins \|	47	28	0.596	89	73	0.820	6918	2627	0.380

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

				AD Scientific Index - 2023 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	165	10260	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	99	58	0.586	587	393	0.670	38602	15727	0.407
2	2	473	30481	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	80	43	0.538	302	220	0.728	20510	7631	0.372
1	4	567	35701	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	80	41	0.513	185	130	0.703	26157	7126	0.272
1	3	548	34645	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	50	41	0.820	111	93	0.838	23424	14097	0.602
2	5	675	41406	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	63	39	0.619	322	185	0.575	17299	7549	0.436
3	6	1268	67615	Miguel A Barboza *	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology Neurología Vascular \|	33	33	1.000	51	50	0.980	36214	35810	0.989
1	7	1382	72131	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	33	0.524	122	82	0.672	13061	3721	0.285
4	8	1612	79508	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 \|	38	32	0.842	83	65	0.783	5618	3286	0.585
5	9	1903	89357	Hugo G Hidalgo	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Hydrology \| Climate Change \| Hydroclimatology \| Hydrometeorology \| Atmospheric Sciences \|	39	30	0.769	67	59	0.881	13841	5680	0.410
6	10	1942	90502	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	30	0.545	211	118	0.559	12149	4307	0.355

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

				AD Scientific Index - 2023 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	186	11737	José María Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Pharmacology and Toxicology Toxinology \| Experimental Pathology \| Antivenoms \|	99	58	0.586	587	393	0.670	38602	15727	0.407
2	2	201	13012	Miguel A Barboza *	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Neurology Neurología Vascular \|	33	33	1.000	51	50	0.980	36214	35810	0.989
1	3	312	21672	Hannia Campos	Costa Rica	Universidad Hispanoamericana Costa Rica	Medical and Health Sciences / Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrición traslacional \|	80	41	0.513	185	130	0.703	26157	7126	0.272
1	4	371	25621	Fernando Casanoves	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Estadística y Biometría \|	50	41	0.820	111	93	0.838	23424	14097	0.602
3	5	470	31250	Bruno Lomonte	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	ClodomiroPicMicrobiologíadeCostRica snake venoms \| antivenoms \| myotoxins \| phospholipase A2 \| proteomics \|	80	43	0.538	302	220	0.728	20510	7631	0.372
1	6	584	37685	Bryan Gonzalez Herrera	Costa Rica	Universidad Técnica Nacional	Fotografíaydiseño Fotografia y Diseño \|	58	24	0.414	75	48	0.640	17940	2310	0.129
2	7	614	39664	Muhammad Ibrahim	Costa Rica	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	CATIEgronómicoTropicaldeyEnseñanza) Ganadería y Ciencias Ambientales \|	63	39	0.619	322	185	0.575	17299	7549	0.436
4	8	918	53485	Hugo G Hidalgo	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	Engineering & Technology / Environmental Science & Engineering Hydrology \| Climate Change \| Hydroclimatology \| Hydrometeorology \| Atmospheric Sciences \|	39	30	0.769	67	59	0.881	13841	5680	0.410
1	9	1026	57627	Edgardo Moreno	Costa Rica	Universidad Nacional Costa Rica	Brucella \|	63	33	0.524	122	82	0.672	13061	3721	0.285
5	10	1177	63404	Jorge Cortés Núñez	Costa Rica	Universidad de Costa Rica	CIMAR Arrecifes coralinos \| biodiversidad marina \| impactos humanos \|	55	30	0.545	211	118	0.559	12149	4307	0.355

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

				AD Scientific Index - 2023 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