In the presence of many different university ranking systems, as the "AD Scientific Index", we have developed a ranking system with a different methodology based on the principle of including only meritorious scientists. Based on Google Scholar’s total h-index scores, we have listed all academicians, who are ranked in the world in the top 10,000 and top 100,000 in university rankings. Furthermore, we have listed the breakdown of this ranking by main subjects. As the order of ranking principles, we used the overall top 10,000 scientists list primarily. Secondly, we used the ranking in the top 100,000, top 200.000 and top 400.000 scientists list. Thirdly, the total number of scientists in the AD Scientific Index was ranked by the university. In the case of equalities within a university ranking, we used the highest rank of the scientist in the respective university as it is listed in the world ranking.
You may sort the ranking from the highest score to the lowest or vice versa in any of these fields. You can observe the fields, which move the respective university to the forefront. Furthermore, the name of the academician with the highest total h-index in the respective university is displayed with the world ranking. Top University Ranking by “AD Scientific Index” will not only list the areas, where a university is the best or has room for improvement, but also reflect the outcomes of scientist policies of the institutions. This report reveals the competency of institutions to attract prized scientists and the ability of institutions to encourage advances and retain scientists.
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1 | 1 | 1 | 137 | Universidade de São Paulo USP | ![]() |
1934 | Public | 471 | Marco Leite i | 521 | 6545 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 587 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 121 | 17 | 155 |
2 | 1 | 2 | 222 | Universidad Nacional de La Plata | ![]() |
1905 | Public | 98 | María Teresa Dova i | 119 | 1553 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 42 | 4 | 30 |
3 | 2 | 3 | 276 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP | ![]() |
1962 | Public | 320 | Márcio Aparecido Müller i | 521 | 1712 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 147 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 37 | 4 | 27 |
4 | 1 | 4 | 301 | Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV | ![]() |
1961 | Public | 40 | Heriberto Castilla i | 331 | 406 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
5 | 2 | 5 | 309 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | ![]() |
1551 | Public | 1613 | Guy Paic i | 331 | 1918 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 140 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 58 | 6 | 32 |
6 | 3 | 6 | 358 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | ![]() |
1920 | 1247 | Murilo Santana Rangel | 521 | 1091 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 19 | 1 | 15 | |
7 | 4 | 7 | 415 | Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho | ![]() |
1976 | Public | 394 | SF Novaes i | 521 | 1975 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 101 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 27 | 0 | 29 |
8 | 3 | 8 | 416 | CGIAR: Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research | ![]() |
5879 | Jose Crossa | 331 | 777 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||
9 | 5 | 9 | 417 | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG | ![]() |
1927 | Public | 4531 | Deborah Carvalho Malta i | 521 | 1095 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
10 | 6 | 10 | 419 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS | ![]() |
1934 | Public | 1236 | Gustavo Gil da Silveira i | 521 | 965 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 88 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 16 |
11 | 7 | 11 | 468 | Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ | ![]() |
1930 | Public | 319 | Luiz Mundim i | 521 | 280 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
12 | 1 | 12 | 483 | Universidad Antonio Nariño | ![]() |
1976 | Private | 474 | Marta Losada i | 164 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
13 | 8 | 13 | 502 | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz | ![]() |
6052 | Mauricio L. Barreto | 521 | 554 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 48 | ||
14 | 9 | 14 | 553 | Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL | ![]() |
1969 | Public | 5687 | Pedro C Hallal | 521 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
15 | 2 | 15 | 580 | Universidad de los Andes Colombia | ![]() |
1949 | Private | 803 | Juan Carlos Sanabria i | 164 | 377 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
16 | 10 | 16 | 592 | Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF) | ![]() |
257 | Gilvan Augusto Alves i | 521 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | ||
17 | 2 | 17 | 637 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | ![]() |
1821 | Public | 8097 | Victor A Ramos | 119 | 688 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 8 |
18 | 11 | 18 | 734 | Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC | ![]() |
2005 | Public | 419 | Eduardo De Moraes Gregores i | 521 | 317 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
19 | 3 | 19 | 784 | Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina | ![]() |
1958 | Private | 2074 | Lutz Birnbaumer | 119 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
20 | 4 | 20 | 790 | Universidad Autónoma de Baja California | ![]() |
2466 | Aída Silva Hernández i | 331 | 312 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
21 | 5 | 21 | 794 | Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa | ![]() |
1872 | Public | 1192 | PLM Podesta Lerma i | 331 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
22 | 1 | 22 | 799 | Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola | ![]() |
1995 | Private | 865 | José Luis La Rosa Navarro i | 96 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
23 | 1 | 23 | 815 | Universidad de Chile | ![]() |
1842 | Public | 8844 | Mario Hamuy | 64 | 683 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 1 | 13 |
24 | 12 | 24 | 834 | Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC | ![]() |
1960 | Public | 7112 | Joao Batista Calixto | 521 | 757 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
25 | 13 | 25 | 838 | Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP | ![]() |
1933 | Public | 4756 | Sergio Tufik | 521 | 820 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
26 | 14 | 26 | 860 | Universidade Federal do Ceará | ![]() |
1954 | 5027 | Hans J Herrmann | 521 | 523 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 9 | |
27 | 15 | 27 | 870 | Universidade Federal de São Carlos | ![]() |
1968 | 5316 | Elson Longo | 521 | 621 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 4 | |
28 | 16 | 28 | 904 | Universidade Federal do Paraná | ![]() |
1912 | 9429 | Carlos Ricardo Soccol | 521 | 564 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | |
29 | 17 | 29 | 954 | Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS | ![]() |
1948 | Private | 7007 | Eiji Tanaka | 521 | 273 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
30 | 3 | 30 | 956 | Escuela Colombiana de Carreras Industriales | ![]() |
1985 | Private | 1328 | Diego Milanes | 164 | 409 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
31 | 1 | 31 | 957 | Universidad de Puerto Rico | ![]() |
1903 | Public | 9508 | Zhongfang Chen | 21 | 274 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
32 | 6 | 32 | 1004 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | ![]() |
1936 | Public | 7435 | René Luna García i | 331 | 390 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
33 | 18 | 33 | 1006 | Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV | ![]() |
1944 | Private | 5155 | Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira | 521 | 208 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
34 | 19 | 34 | 1010 | Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia | ![]() |
4275 | Philip M Fearnside | 521 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
35 | 4 | 35 | 1021 | Universidad Nacional de Córdoba | ![]() |
1613 | Public | 5480 | Sandra Diaz | 119 | 264 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
36 | 20 | 36 | 1022 | Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO | ![]() |
1940 | Private | 1428 | Carla Göbel | 521 | 204 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
37 | 4 | 37 | 1083 | Universidad de Antioquia | ![]() |
1803 | Public | 2835 | Jose David Ruiz Alvarez i | 164 | 472 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
38 | 7 | 38 | 1107 | Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran | ![]() |
9756 | Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas i | 331 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
39 | 8 | 39 | 1156 | Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | ![]() |
1578 | Public | 3438 | Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi i | 331 | 130 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
40 | 21 | 40 | 1162 | Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul | ![]() |
1973 | 6818 | Rui Curi | 521 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
41 | 9 | 41 | 1180 | Universidad de Guadalajara | ![]() |
1792 | Public | 8442 | JC Díaz Vélez i | 331 | 317 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
42 | 1 | 42 | 1183 | Universidad de Costa Rica | ![]() |
1940 | Public | 6564 | José María Gutiérrez | 28 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
43 | 2 | 43 | 1219 | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | ![]() |
1932 | Private | 561 | Will Brooks i | 64 | 96 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
44 | 3 | 44 | 1220 | Universidad Andrés Bello | ![]() |
1988 | Private | 6164 | Jose Rodriguez | 64 | 92 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
45 | 4 | 45 | 1222 | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | ![]() |
1953 | Private | 744 | Giovanna Cottin i | 64 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
46 | 5 | 46 | 1230 | Universidad de Valparaíso | ![]() |
1911 | Public | 2874 | Francisco Varela | 64 | 89 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
47 | 10 | 47 | 1233 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | ![]() |
1951 | Public | 3906 | A Hernandez Almada i | 331 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
48 | 5 | 48 | 1235 | Universidad Industrial de Santander | ![]() |
1948 | Public | 4369 | Fernando Andres Quiñonez Granados i | 164 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
49 | 22 | 49 | 1267 | Universidade Católica de Pelotas | ![]() |
1960 | 3073 | Fernando C Barros | 521 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
50 | 23 | 50 | 1302 | Universidade Estácio de Sá | ![]() |
1970 | Private | 5647 | José F Siqueira Jr | 521 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
