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Latin America Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 years H Index)

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				AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Latin America Ranking	Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1				Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	379	Marco Leite ⁱ	579	6280	166	993	2,263	3,500	4,612	5,616	6,081	6,228	6,268	6,276	6,280
2				Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	752	Jose Augusto Chinellato ⁱ	579	1841	45	268	618	958	1,242	1,507	1,639	1,658	1,672	1,715	1,841
3				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	409	César A. Bernardes ⁱ	579	1283	35	187	434	678	890	1,063	1,151	1,173	1,176	1,197	1,283
4				Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	272	Leonid Serkin ⁱ	524	3444	44	234	622	1,004	1,370	1,711	2,039	2,313	2,533	3,127	3,444
5				Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	2979	Deborah Carvalho Malta ⁱ	579	1325	28	168	391	643	845	997	1,057	1,083	1,155	1,235	1,325
6				Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	1120	Murilo Santana Rangel ⁱ	579	1069	28	138	356	574	783	973	1,040	1,057	1,064	1,067	1,069
7				Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	313	Sandra Dos Santos Padula ⁱ	579	1953	24	225	611	996	1,371	1,730	1,888	1,938	1,944	1,950	1,953
8				Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	55	María Teresa Dova ⁱ	127	2986	28	160	422	745	1,049	1,376	1,492	1,574	1,834	2,308	2,986
9				Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	8953	Joao Batista Calixto	579	902	11	92	219	376	554	678	738	752	785	837	902
10				Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	5306	Pedro C Hallal	579	286	7	28	56	102	139	181	221	252	264	275	286
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11				Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	4626	Sergio Tufik	579	904	15	98	247	426	614	751	808	833	848	878	904
12				Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	11190	Humberto Maturana	70	1048	11	95	247	389	518	626	710	793	880	954	1,048
13				Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	9531	Victor A Ramos	127	1528	9	60	182	337	497	616	696	847	1,122	1,360	1,528
14				Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	816	Carlos Sandoval ⁱ	178	927	7	40	105	241	405	567	684	721	736	772	927
15				Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	2053	Franciole Marinho ⁱ	579	978	9	66	173	304	431	552	672	757	823	893	978
16				Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	17926	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	579	316	10	54	122	179	241	284	305	311	315	316	316
17				Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	9777	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	7	21	49	82	126	171	198	220	226	228	262
18				Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	30621	Mercedes Bustamante	579	1044	4	62	197	345	507	649	724	756	820	926	1,044
19				Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5557	Hans J Herrmann	579	514	9	68	153	248	358	451	498	507	509	512	514
20				Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	24402	Raul Narciso Carvalho Guedes	579	388	8	54	125	190	257	287	309	325	341	366	388
21				Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	310	Luiz Mundim\|Luiz M Mundim ⁱ	579	433	6	34	86	127	181	245	266	285	336	383	433
22				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	2151	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	579	306	3	23	83	147	209	251	296	302	306	306	306
23				Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12559	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	579	505	8	48	123	198	260	324	356	386	426	463	505
24				Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	25487	Gustavo De Deus	579	748	4	37	130	239	355	450	486	501	542	611	748
25				Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	23426	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	579	426	1	32	112	169	230	291	314	327	358	387	426
26				Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	16604	Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque	579	490	4	26	97	202	295	376	410	423	451	485	490
27				Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	20687	José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho	579	539	2	26	87	148	219	296	330	341	367	430	539
28				Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	384	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	579	549	4	17	52	111	183	287	383	470	501	521	549
29				Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	5310	Philip M Fearnside	579	100	3	18	30	47	63	80	86	94	98	99	100
30				Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	7772	Carlos Ricardo Soccol	579	719	3	52	151	274	405	497	544	577	619	657	719
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31				Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	31931	Damião Pergentino de Sousa	579	266	3	26	78	128	186	237	255	264	266	266	266
32				Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	25404	Rosane Schwan	579	215	2	22	74	135	171	199	212	214	214	215	215
33				Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	5878	Mauricio L. Barreto\|Mauricio Lima Barreto, Mauricio Barreto ⁱ	579	583	6	42	119	206	298	369	415	437	474	512	583
34				Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	643	Jose David Ruiz Alvarez ⁱ	178	512	1	22	71	132	237	344	407	440	447	451	512
35				Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	19577	Dermeval Saviani	579	368	3	20	62	112	178	234	262	268	283	314	368
36				Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	32126	Carlos José Soares	579	583	2	16	82	160	252	316	359	414	447	500	583
37				Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	27843	Lucindo J Quintans Júnior	579	228	1	16	43	76	114	147	167	168	170	190	228
38				Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	31647	Daniel Martínez Olguín	70	262	2	14	37	70	115	146	180	199	226	249	262
39				Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	6024	Sandra Diaz	127	751	1	12	55	117	178	243	308	398	544	685	751
40				Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Mexico	1951	Public	2914	A Hernandez Almada ⁱ	524	246	1	5	16	27	44	53	63	89	144	205	246
41				Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	1872	Public	1667	PLM Podesta Lerma ⁱ	524	388	2	4	11	20	33	50	89	149	229	312	388
42				Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	30767	Celso Vataru Nakamura	579	463	1	22	72	126	186	232	251	278	325	380	463
43				Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	9672	René Luna García ⁱ	524	947	3	26	72	149	252	348	378	437	616	798	947
44				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	31765	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	579	309	1	19	45	77	111	138	185	228	254	275	309
45				Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	7760	JC Díaz Vélez ⁱ	524	1068	2	21	60	113	193	274	325	432	648	920	1,068
46				Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6541	José María Gutiérrez	30	620	2	9	42	75	111	149	201	276	390	535	620
47				Universidad Industrial de Santander	Colombia	1948	Public	4220	Fernando Andres Quiñonez Granados ⁱ	178	510	1	6	18	36	61	94	127	190	274	381	510
48				Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	1540	Public	30988	Martínez Flores He	524	483	1	6	28	52	83	115	156	207	293	386	483
49				Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	9812	Alessandro D Loguercio	579	230	2	8	24	44	66	99	129	149	179	208	230
50				Universidad de Valparaíso	Chile	1911	Public	4792	Francisco Varela	70	169	2	6	15	41	60	87	115	134	150	157	169
51				Universidad de la Serena	Chile	1981	Public	34668	Ricardo Amorin	70	68	1	8	9	12	18	30	39	45	56	63	68
52				Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana UEFS	Brazil	1976	Public	35198	Germano P Guedes ⁱ	579	83	2	8	17	26	41	63	73	78	82	82	83
53				Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Argentina	1971	Public	25537	Marcelo A Aizen	127	101	2	6	12	16	24	34	47	64	79	89	101
54				Universidad de Antofagasta	Chile	1981	Public	23139	Médéric Boquien	70	84	1	2	11	17	25	39	53	67	74	79	84
55				Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2736	Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi ⁱ	524	492	2	9	24	55	79	114	127	177	267	384	492
56				Universidad de Cartagena	Colombia	1827	Public	13324	Nelson Rafael Alvis Guzmán ⁱ	178	176	1	4	18	30	50	68	83	105	121	149	176
57				Universidad de Sonora	Mexico	1942	Public	247	Jose Feliciano Benitez ⁱ	524	248	1	4	8	15	26	47	81	119	164	213	248
58				Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca	Colombia	1945	Public	558	Laura Jeanty ⁱ	178	98	2	2	3	7	10	17	27	38	51	70	98
59				Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	1971	Public	9447	Oscar Castillo	524	74	2	2	3	4	7	17	30	36	48	65	74
60				Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	35254	Annia Galano	524	790	3	28	77	148	204	272	315	407	546	687	790
61				Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	15108	Fernando Lanas Zanetti\|Fernando Lanas Zanetti, Lanas F	70	54	1	9	33	46	50	51	51	52	54	54	54
62				Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	50833	Giancarlo Lucchetti ⁱ	579	225	0	13	22	38	53	67	106	137	163	187	225
63				Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	1979	Public	72443	Julio Croda	579	296	0	6	46	88	135	174	190	194	205	245	296
64				Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	1732	Public	68651	Julián Félix	524	560	0	11	28	59	101	146	210	290	398	501	560
65				Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	52642	Oscar Iribarne	127	281	0	12	34	54	77	111	134	161	208	252	281
66				Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Mexico	1828	Public	38459	AZM Salem	524	493	1	5	36	78	139	205	231	264	351	448	493
67				Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	65203	Ruby Mejia De Gutierrez	178	602	0	8	29	64	109	186	271	332	424	493	602
68				Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	24922	Filippo Aureli	524	491	2	7	26	55	108	160	179	198	281	418	491
69				Universidad de Tarapacá	Chile	1981	Public	1043	Sonia Kabana\|Sonja Kabana, Kabana, S., Kabana, Sonia ⁱ	70	99	1	7	10	16	27	43	53	64	73	84	99
70				Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	56234	Fabio Lopes Olivares\|Olivares, FL, Fabio Olivares, Fábio Lopes De Olivares	579	124	0	12	31	45	53	79	99	108	117	117	124
71				Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri UFVJM	Brazil	1953	Public	46604	Maria Letícia Ramos Jorge	579	146	1	4	14	33	50	72	94	110	121	131	146
72				Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	1975	Public	51473	Selene Maia De Morais	579	195	0	8	20	36	56	74	84	109	130	153	195
73				Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	82384	Marcos Soto Hernandez	524	320	0	6	34	67	104	117	146	184	217	280	320
74				El Colegio de la Frontera Sur	Mexico	1994	Public	56493	Peter Rosset	524	169	0	6	27	55	74	89	111	132	143	159	169
75				Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina	Argentina	1992	Public	20661	Daniel De Florian ⁱ	127	210	2	5	17	28	40	66	95	123	164	194	210
76				Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila	Mexico	1957	Public	67326	Antonio Lopez	524	346	0	2	8	15	23	49	92	154	230	302	346
77				Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina	Colombia	1983	Public	23353	Ángel Alejandro Rodríguez Díaz	178	180	1	5	13	18	27	38	62	88	114	132	180
78				Universidad Nacional de San Luis	Argentina	1973	Public	22322	Esteban Jobbágy	127	93	1	3	11	14	27	39	48	62	76	83	93
79				Universidade Cidade de São Paulo UNICID	Brazil	1972	Public	38261	Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa	579	34	1	3	6	9	12	15	19	22	25	28	34
80				Universidade Federal de Itajubá UNIFEI	Brazil	1913	Public	65258	Electo Eduardo Silva Lora	579	193	0	2	19	38	63	97	144	160	171	183	193
81				Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco	Mexico	1958	Public	49223	Francisco Hernandez	524	239	0	3	7	15	24	43	78	113	163	202	239
82				Universidade do Estado do Amazonas UEA	Brazil	2001	Public	68829	Wuelton Monteiro	579	75	0	2	7	13	17	25	41	53	58	64	75
83				Universidade Regional do Cariri URCA	Brazil	1986	Public	36402	Henrique Douglas Coutinho	579	80	1	3	6	12	14	23	34	43	56	65	80
84				Universidad Nacional de Asunción	Paraguay	1889	Public	11737	Jorge Molina ⁱ	38	209	1	1	5	8	12	19	28	51	97	156	209
85				Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco UNIVASF	Brazil	2002	Public	89026	Jackson Roberto Guedes Da Silva Almeida	579	80	0	1	8	14	25	38	46	55	62	71	80
86				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Minas Gerais	Brazil	1958	Public	8082	João Paulo Domingos Silva ⁱ	579	140	1	2	10	20	42	68	86	111	124	128	140
87				Universidade Estadual da Paraíba UEPB	Brazil	1966	Public	26953	Rômulo Alves\|Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves, Alves RRN, de RRN Alves	579	61	1	3	8	26	42	54	60	60	61	61	61
88				Universidad Simón Bolívar Venezuela	Venezuela	1967	Public	23532	Alejandro J Müller	54	264	1	5	14	37	53	77	95	122	163	218	264
89				Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso UNEMAT	Brazil	1993	Public	68547	Beatriz Schwantes Marimon	579	117	0	1	6	13	24	31	33	39	61	94	117
90				Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Ceará	Brazil	2008	Public	65301	Francisco Rogerlândio Martins Melo ⁱ	579	139	0	2	4	10	21	33	50	75	101	125	139
91				Universidad de los Lagos	Chile	1964	Public	49005	Alejandro H Buschmann	70	75	0	2	5	12	21	27	36	44	59	67	75
92				Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas	Mexico	1975	Public	22294	Karen Salomé Caballero Mora ⁱ	524	202	1	1	5	12	17	18	27	47	90	134	202
93				Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro IFRJ	Brazil	1947	Public	103787	Renata Raices	579	66	0	2	3	8	11	16	19	26	40	55	66
94				Universidade do Grande Rio UNIGRANRIO	Brazil	1970	Public	48431	Emmanuel João Nogueira Leal Da Silva	579	44	1	1	4	5	9	14	17	22	28	34	44
95				Tecnológico Nacional de México	Mexico	1948	Public	59851	Hugo S Garcia	524	350	0	2	3	11	25	40	64	104	181	302	350
96				Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO	Brazil	1969	Public	48663	Renato Ambrósio Jr	579	121	0	1	12	22	39	56	69	81	92	108	121
97				Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción	Chile	1991	Public	115451	Astudillo Defru Nicola	70	61	0	1	6	13	24	31	33	35	37	44	61
98				Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero	Mexico	1960	Public	84699	Paola Cecilia Salmeron Bautista ⁱ	524	278	0	1	4	11	23	32	55	93	155	233	278
99				Universidad Nacional de Loja	Ecuador	1859	Public	103643	Rafael Alvarado	82	106	0	1	4	6	6	9	15	27	54	80	106
100				Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar Ecuador	Ecuador	1985	Public	53934	Catherine Walsh	82	47	0	2	3	4	6	10	14	22	30	40	47

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Latin America Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 years H Index)

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