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Latin America University / Institution Rankings 2023

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Total 107.347 scientist, 38 country, 2.048 university

				AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2023								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 Universities in Country	Total Scientists in Index	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 ⁱ	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 ⁱ	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