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Latin America University / Institution Rankings 2023

As "AD Scientific Index", we developed a university ranking system based on the merit of the scientists in the institution with a different methodology. We examined the scientists in the institutions based on the h-index, i10index and citation counts given in their Google Scholar profiles. As a ranking principle, we used the number of scientists in the top 2%, 10%, 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% respectively. For example, an institution with 3 scientists in the top 2% ranks higher than an institution with 2 scientists in the same percentile. In the case of equal numbers of scientists in the same percentile, the institution with the higher ranked scientist in the world ranking is ranked higher.

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AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2023 Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Latin America Ranking Country Ranking unfold_more Region Ranking unfold_more World Ranking unfold_more University / Institution unfold_more Country unfold_more Founded unfold_more Source unfold_more Best Scientist in University/Institution
World Rank / Name
Total Universities in Country unfold_more Total Scientists in Index unfold_more In top %2 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 1 1 105
Universidade de São Paulo USP
Brazil 1934 Public 428
 
Marco Leite

i
572 6390 56 814 1944 3047 4033 5018 5767 6228 6348 6378 6390
2 2 2 306
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
Brazil 1962 Public 762
 
Jose Augusto Chinellato

i
572 1690 19 205 538 820 1099 1347 1547 1659 1680 1685 1690
3 1 3 314
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico 1551 Public 1946
 
Guy Paic

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514 3002 18 193 539 857 1188 1513 1747 1850 1897 2079 3002
4 1 4 333
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Argentina 1905 Public 54
 
María Teresa Dova

i
125 1550 17 132 357 647 911 1167 1406 1511 1540 1550 1550
5 3 5 370
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS
Brazil 1934 Public 427
 
César A. Bernardes
572 1185 14 156 369 579 768 941 1095 1164 1181 1183 1185
6 4 6 414
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil 1920 Public 1188
 
Murilo Santana Rangel

i
572 1077 12 103 295 495 688 865 1000 1055 1067 1075 1077
7 5 7 436
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Brazil 1927 Public 3446
 
Deborah Carvalho Malta

i
572 1089 11 125 318 533 734 891 1022 1068 1086 1089 1089
8 6 8 507
Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
Brazil 1976 Public 388
 
Sandra Dos Santos Padula

i
572 1969 9 152 493 828 1157 1495 1766 1924 1957 1966 1969
9 7 9 517
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Brazil 1900 Private 5844
 
Mauricio L. Barreto

i
572 632 9 77 180 287 359 453 519 580 622 631 632
10 1 10 561
Universidad de Chile
Chile 1842 Public 9038
 
Humberto Maturana
65 784 8 75 203 329 442 554 632 695 767 780 784
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11 2 11 581
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV
Mexico 1961 Public 65
 
Heriberto Castilla

i
514 609 8 46 131 200 260 302 351 397 457 483 609
12 8 12 667
Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP
Brazil 1933 Public 4664
 
Sergio Tufik
572 838 6 79 197 341 502 661 763 819 835 837 838
13 2 13 695
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina 1821 Public 9639
 
Victor A Ramos
125 1475 6 47 152 266 410 532 626 682 840 1158 1475
14 9 14 715
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ
Brazil 1930 Public 291
 
Luiz Mundim

i
572 310 6 31 66 114 156 197 248 270 295 309 310
15 1 15 824
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico 1903 Public 10771
 
Zhongfang Chen
21 523 5 16 42 72 116 148 181 210 267 370 523
16 10 16 856
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC
Brazil 1960 Public 8562
 
Joao Batista Calixto
572 760 4 71 171 307 457 587 703 742 755 757 760
17 11 17 862
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Brazil 1968 Public 1878
 
Franciole Marinho
572 773 4 52 142 257 369 464 566 664 756 772 773
18 12 18 867
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria
Brazil 1973 Company 10983
 
Mariangela Hungria
572 861 4 49 166 329 456 583 695 788 853 861 861
19 1 19 891
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Colombia 1867 Public 797
 
Carlos Sandoval

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179 749 4 33 82 182 314 460 600 701 735 747 749
20 13 20 913
Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL
Brazil 1969 Public 5355
 
Pedro C Hallal
572 253 4 23 44 84 114 143 179 205 248 252 253
21 14 21 1002
Universidade Federal do Ceará
Brazil 1954 Public 5473
 
Hans J Herrmann
572 515 3 52 122 213 295 393 458 503 509 512 515
22 15 22 1053
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Brazil 1946 Public 16663
 
Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque
572 430 3 20 75 155 236 318 392 417 425 429 430
23 2 23 1070
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile 1888 Private 5769
 
Franz Erik Bauer

i
65 352 3 17 70 123 190 258 303 336 348 351 352
24 2 24 1079
Universidad de los Andes Colombia
Colombia 1949 Private 888
 
Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra

i
179 405 3 15 47 97 158 229 298 357 377 403 405
25 16 25 1081
Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC
Brazil 2005 Public 409
 
Eduardo De Moraes Gregores

i
572 471 3 15 32 84 136 213 290 376 463 470 471
26 3 26 1111
Bariloche Atomic Centre
Argentina 2013 Institution 16545
 
Esteban Roulet

i
125 158 3 11 35 66 91 109 129 143 149 157 158
27 17 27 1130
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais
Brazil 1961 Institution 10606
 
Odylio D Aguiar

i
572 214 3 9 19 50 76 110 138 182 203 214 214
28 18 28 1150
Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)
Brazil 1949 Institution 317
 
Gilvan Augusto Alves

i
572 42 3 6 14 26 32 35 38 39 39 41 42
29 3 29 1172
Universidad Antonio Nariño
Colombia 1976 Private 361
 
Marta Losada

i
179 99 3 3 3 5 6 15 21 34 63 96 99
30 19 30 1187
Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV
Brazil 1922 Public 24261
 
Marcos Deon Vilela De Resende
572 310 2 42 108 160 211 260 285 307 308 309 310
31 20 31 1256
Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG
Brazil 1960 Public 18706
 
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho
572 353 2 17 72 118 181 238 310 342 350 353 353
32 3 32 1280
Universidad de Guadalajara
Mexico 1792 Public 8890
 
JC Díaz Vélez

i
514 1091 2 15 44 89 142 227 282 317 420 691 1091
33 21 33 1317
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia
Brazil 1952 Institution 4724
 
Philip M Fearnside
572 97 2 12 27 39 55 68 78 85 94 97 97
34 3 34 1324
Universidad Diego Portales
Chile 1982 Private 16631
 
Jose L Prieto
65 103 2 12 17 29 39 54 74 89 102 103 103
35 22 35 1347
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR
Brazil 1960 Private 21567
 
Roberto Pecoits Filho
572 174 2 9 25 55 80 108 135 152 168 174 174
36 1 36 1378
Universidad de Costa Rica
Costa Rica 1940 Public 7296
 
José María Gutiérrez
30 623 2 7 28 65 91 118 158 194 275 415 623
37 4 37 1383
Universidad Andrés Bello
Chile 1988 Private 323
 
Sergey Kuleshov

i
65 123 2 7 21 37 56 75 86 102 119 123 123
38 5 38 1409
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Chile 1953 Private 608
 
Giovanna Cottin

i
65 123 2 6 16 30 51 69 83 102 117 122 123
39 23 39 1417
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Brazil 1952 Private 12160
 
Marcos N Eberlin
572 119 2 6 13 24 47 69 92 102 111 119 119
40 6 40 1418
Universidad de Valparaíso
Chile 1911 Public 4131
 
Francisco Varela
65 131 2 6 13 29 46 67 91 112 127 130 131
41 24 41 1433
Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG
Brazil 1970 Public 10572
 
Alessandro D Loguercio
572 145 2 5 20 36 52 80 100 122 143 145 145
42 4 42 1439
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
Argentina 1958 Private 2584
 
Lutz Birnbaumer
125 243 2 5 11 16 25 34 49 68 110 175 243
43 25 43 1459
Observatorio Nacional
Brazil 1827 Institution 10678
 
Marcio AG Maia

i
572 45 2 4 13 17 18 22 27 32 35 42 45
44 4 44 1482
Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa
Mexico 1872 Public 1586
 
PLM Podesta Lerma

i
514 394 2 3 9 15 24 35 48 85 141 231 394
45 5 45 1487
CGIAR: Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
Mexico 1971 Private 6043
 
Matthew Reynolds
514 327 2 3 7 8 11 15 25 86 205 319 327
46 1 46 1489
Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
Peru 1995 Private 1523
 
José Luis La Rosa Navarro

i
121 52 2 3 6 9 14 21 25 32 40 50 52
47 2 47 1501
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Peru 2011 Private 3373
 
Alberto Gago

i
121 237 2 2 7 20 36 68 93 107 145 223 237
48 26 48 1502
Universidade Estácio de Sá
Brazil 1970 Private 4937
 
José F Siqueira Jr
572 44 2 2 6 10 14 20 22 27 38 43 44
49 4 49 1509
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca
Colombia 1945 Public 548
 
Laura Jeanty

i
179 53 2 2 3 5 7 12 18 26 41 48 53
50 6 50 1510
Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana
Mexico 1971 Institution 10956
 
Oscar Castillo
514 71 2 2 3 4 6 7 16 28 36 51 71
51 27 51 1524
Universidade Federal do Paraná
Brazil 1912 Public 9567
 
Carlos Ricardo Soccol
572 556 1 35 120 212 334 440 506 542 555 555 556
52 28 52 1527
Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Brazil 1970 Public 12255
 
Angelo Antonio Agostinho
572 393 1 31 100 169 228 283 329 356 384 393 393
53 29 53 1541
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Brazil 1946 Public 19392
 
Alvaro A Cruz

i
572 423 1 24 91 163 242 313 376 407 420 421 423
54 30 54 1550
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS
Brazil 1948 Private 7491
 
Eiji Tanaka
572 269 1 22 70 125 157 213 249 266 267 268 269
55 7 55 1574
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico 1943 Private 16705
 
Hafiz MN Iqbal
514 988 1 19 48 102 149 217 265 306 426 608 988
56 31 56 1581
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Brazil 1958 Public 3202
 
Victor Araujo Ferraz
572 304 1 18 66 112 179 217 259 296 301 304 304
57 5 57 1607
Universidad de Antioquia
Colombia 1803 Public 931
 
Jose David Ruiz Alvarez

i
179 462 1 15 57 112 177 269 359 431 451 458 462
58 8 58 1614
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Mexico 1936 Institution 8270
 
René Luna García

i
514 951 1 14 58 115 196 285 352 377 419 638 951
59 32 59 1615
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO
Brazil 1940 Private 1263
 
Carla Göbel

i
572 246 1 14 51 96 131 164 195 225 243 246 246
60 9 60 1636
National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
Mexico 1987 Institution 3320
 
Juan Rivera-Dommarco
514 140 1 13 37 59 76 92 106 114 125 135 140
61 33 61 1644
Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV
Brazil 1944 Private 6212
 
Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira
572 48 1 13 19 25 25 28 33 35 37 44 48
62 34 62 1666
Instituto Butantan
Brazil 1901 Institution 18244
 
Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior

i
572 131 1 11 33 53 77 104 122 129 131 131 131
63 5 63 1687
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Argentina 1613 Public 5922
 
Sandra Diaz
125 733 1 10 40 97 148 203 239 283 394 576 733
64 35 64 1693
Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
Brazil 1955 Hospital 19838
 
Pedro A. Lemos
572 196 1 10 28 48 74 100 130 164 191 196 196
65 36 65 1711
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo
Brazil 1954 Public 18472
 
Dermeval Saviani
572 259 1 9 38 80 129 184 230 252 258 259 259
66 10 66 1735
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Mexico 1944 Institution 9111
 
Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas

i
514 99 1 9 19 35 48 54 66 75 88 99 99
67 11 67 1739
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Mexico 1578 Public 3640
 
Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi

i
514 498 1 9 17 39 67 91 114 126 168 287 498
68 6 68 1764
Universidad del Rosario
Colombia 1653 Private 10999
 
Juan Manuel Anaya
179 198 1 8 19 41 68 94 124 153 176 194 198
69 12 69 1791
Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo CIAD
Mexico 2000 Public 17599
 
Gustavo Adolfo Gonzalez Aguilar
514 173 1 7 25 39 53 71 82 98 117 145 173
70 7 70 1795
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Chile 1932 Private 485
 
Will Brooks

i
65 144 1 7 20 34 47 61 85 123 142 144 144

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71 13 71 1801
Universidad Veracruzana
Mexico 1944 Public 21023
 
Filippo Aureli
514 492 1 7 17 45 70 121 164 178 190 294 492
72 3 72 1805
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Peru 1961 Private 19369
 
J. Jaime Miranda

i
121 194 1 7 16 25 35 45 64 90 129 183 194
73 1 73 1808
Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas
Venezuela 1955 Institution 16102
 
Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe
53 80 1 7 15 25 39 45 55 63 74 79 80
74 37 74 1822
Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense UNESC
Brazil 1968 Public 14820
 
Felipe Dal Pizzol
572 51 1 7 13 16 24 26 28 38 48 51 51
75 6 75 1901
Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina
Argentina 1992 Public 20232
 
Daniel De Florian

i
125 205 1 5 15 24 36 51 67 86 125 166 205
76 38 76 1911
Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul
Brazil 1973 Private 7836
 
Rui Curi
572 57 1 5 13 19 29 37 43 50 56 57 57
77 8 77 1956
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Chile 1989 Private 20013
 
Hans Zinnecker
65 108 1 4 16 29 47 67 88 101 106 107 108
78 7 78 1957
Universidad Industrial de Santander
Colombia 1948 Institution 3709
 
Fernando Andres Quiñonez Granados

i
179 192 1 4 15 25 48 61 91 117 169 192 192
79 14 79 1961
Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
Mexico 1951 Public 3737
 
A Hernandez Almada

i
514 249 1 4 14 22 33 44 53 58 80 141 249
80 8 80 1988
Universidad de Cartagena
Colombia 1827 Public 20227
 
Nelson Rafael Alvis Guzmán

i
179 116 1 4 9 26 39 57 72 84 107 114 116
81 39 81 2019
Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Brazil 1960 Private 4091
 
Fernando C Barros
572 42 1 4 5 7 8 11 13 14 16 24 42
82 15 82 2033
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
Mexico 1957 Public 3868
 
Yosemily Yazmin Garay Partida
514 700 1 3 16 47 75 117 176 260 362 532 700
83 2 83 2035
Universidad Simón Bolívar Venezuela
Venezuela 1967 Public 22933
 
Alejandro J Müller
53 133 1 3 13 33 48 65 88 102 124 133 133
84 9 84 2042
Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina
Colombia 1983 Public 26293
 
Ángel Alejandro Rodríguez Díaz
179 119 1 3 12 17 21 33 47 65 89 108 119
85 7 85 2054
Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Argentina 1991 Private 24986
 
Mariano Sigman
125 69 1 3 10 16 24 36 45 53 66 68 69
86 9 86 2057
Universidad de Tarapacá
Chile 1981 Public 1041
 
Sonia Kabana|Sonja Kabana, Kabana, S., Kabana, Sonia

i
65 59 1 3 10 15 19 30 46 55 59 59 59
87 8 87 2115
Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria
Argentina 1990 Institution 17166
 
Jose Belizan
125 19 1 3 5 5 6 9 11 13 14 16 19
88 40 88 2155
Universidade de Caxias do Sul
Brazil 1967 Private 21064
 
João Antonio Pegas Henriques
572 108 1 2 11 17 28 40 55 82 104 108 108
89 10 89 2156
Universidad de Antofagasta
Chile 1981 Public 23545
 
Médéric Boquien

i
65 66 1 2 11 15 22 30 40 51 65 66 66
90 9 90 2157
Universidad Nacional de San Luis
Argentina 1973 Public 24442
 
Esteban Jobbágy
125 69 1 2 11 11 19 34 44 47 62 68 69

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91 1 91 2161
Universidad San Francisco de Quito
Ecuador 1988 Private 1367
 
Edgar Carrera Jarrin
76 91 1 2 10 19 28 39 44 58 76 91 91
92 16 92 2306
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz
Mexico 1921 Institution 24330
 
Corina Benjet

i
514 65 1 1 8 12 24 30 38 47 52 62 65
93 41 93 2308
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Minas Gerais
Brazil 1958 Public 9189
 
João Paulo Domingos Silva

i
572 131 1 1 7 19 27 52 72 82 115 126 131
94 10 94 2315
Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental
Argentina 1944 Institution 9939
 
Gabriel Rabinovich
125 17 1 1 6 11 13 15 15 16 17 17 17
95 17 95 2322
Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
Mexico 1975 Public 21381
 
Karen Salomé Caballero Mora

i
514 180 1 1 5 8 12 16 18 20 46 93 180
96 2 96 2323
Universidad de Cuenca
Ecuador 1867 Public 26597
 
Jan Feyen
76 102 1 1 5 8 10 15 23 45 88 100 102
97 3 97 2324
Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial
Ecuador 1986 Private 7405
 
Patricio Lopez Jaramillo

i
76 47 1 1 5 8 10 14 17 25 28 29 47
98 18 98 2330
Universidad de Sonora
Mexico 1942 Public 309
 
Jose Feliciano Benitez

i
514 238 1 1 4 9 18 28 43 78 113 171 238
99 19 99 2335
Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias
Mexico 1975 Institution 6392
 
Moisés Selman
514 42 1 1 4 8 12 20 26 33 38 41 42
100 20 100 2346
Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
Mexico 1946 Institution 9553
 
Romeo Ortega
514 130 1 1 3 7 20 33 46 57 86 111 130