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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	1	1	62	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	448	Marco Leite ⁱ	574	6353	124	790	1,905	2,984	3,990	4,937	5,751	6,164	6,302	6,342	6,353
2	1	2	244	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	1857	Guy Paic ⁱ	515	2996	38	197	527	852	1,181	1,494	1,744	1,839	1,891	2,059	2,996
3	2	3	255	Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	730	Jose Augusto Chinellato ⁱ	574	1681	37	200	527	804	1,083	1,327	1,544	1,651	1,670	1,676	1,681
4	3	4	321	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	341	César A. Bernardes ⁱ	574	1181	28	151	367	573	761	931	1,091	1,156	1,177	1,180	1,181
5	1	5	352	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	62	María Teresa Dova ⁱ	124	1548	24	130	347	626	899	1,152	1,410	1,500	1,535	1,548	1,548
6	4	6	390	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	3161	Deborah Carvalho Malta ⁱ	574	1088	21	128	315	529	731	882	1,019	1,064	1,080	1,088	1,088
7	5	7	403	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	1189	Murilo Santana Rangel ⁱ	574	1072	20	99	293	482	675	841	998	1,049	1,060	1,070	1,072
8	6	8	420	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	289	Sandra Dos Santos Padula ⁱ	574	1958	19	148	493	821	1,164	1,479	1,763	1,898	1,942	1,954	1,958
9	7	9	514	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	7826	Ricardo Gazzinelli	574	628	15	75	175	284	351	444	510	567	618	627	628
10	8	10	596	Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	4821	Sergio Tufik	574	834	12	75	197	336	502	643	763	812	829	833	834
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11	2	11	649	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	44	Heriberto Castilla ⁱ	515	603	11	41	123	193	252	298	343	396	460	480	603
12	1	12	675	Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	9291	Humberto Maturana	65	782	10	71	204	325	436	545	630	699	766	778	782
13	9	13	768	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	8525	Joao Batista Calixto	574	758	8	67	168	300	452	580	698	742	752	755	758
14	2	14	779	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	9522	Victor A Ramos	124	1474	8	47	151	268	409	537	627	683	816	1,151	1,474
15	2	15	798	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	9403	Franz Erik Bauer ⁱ	65	366	8	31	88	137	197	269	316	348	360	365	366
16	10	16	841	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	1751	Franciole Marinho ⁱ	574	763	7	53	137	258	364	453	561	669	746	762	763
17	11	17	865	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	268	Luiz Mundim ⁱ	574	309	7	30	63	112	154	199	250	267	289	308	309
18	1	18	902	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	10625	Zhongfang Chen	21	517	7	16	38	70	111	145	180	210	261	369	517
19	12	19	926	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5661	Hans J Herrmann	574	514	6	53	123	210	294	384	463	501	508	511	514
20	13	20	933	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	24356	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	574	316	6	41	100	152	197	247	290	307	311	315	316
21	1	21	945	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	887	Carlos Sandoval ⁱ	178	745	6	32	80	173	304	442	598	686	726	742	745
22	14	22	966	Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	5335	Pedro C Hallal	574	252	6	23	43	82	113	141	177	209	247	251	252
23	15	23	1,018	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria	Brazil	1973	Company	10403	Mariangela Hungria	574	860	5	50	163	317	448	578	687	789	854	859	860
24	16	24	1,022	Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	24968	Sebastiao De Campos Valadares Filho	574	309	5	42	103	158	214	257	286	304	308	309	309
25	17	25	1,040	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	6256	Mauricio L. Barreto ⁱ	574	433	5	28	98	171	245	320	386	416	430	431	433
26	3	26	1,091	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	5844	Matthew Reynolds	515	85	5	15	29	37	45	53	56	68	76	83	85
27	18	27	1,126	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	10843	Odylio D Aguiar ⁱ	574	213	5	9	17	50	75	104	136	177	202	213	213
28	19	28	1,154	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	13089	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	574	390	4	30	95	166	226	281	328	354	383	390	390
29	4	29	1,190	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	13742	Hafiz MN Iqbal	515	975	4	19	47	98	149	219	263	319	428	609	975
30	3	30	1,257	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	16219	Esteban Roulet ⁱ	124	158	4	11	35	65	86	110	128	141	147	158	158
31	5	31	1,264	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran	Mexico	1944	Institution	8666	Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas ⁱ	515	99	4	10	19	34	48	58	68	75	88	99	99
32	20	32	1,294	Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)	Brazil	1949	Institution	307	Gilvan Augusto Alves ⁱ	574	42	4	6	14	26	32	34	38	39	39	41	42
33	21	33	1,317	Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	28712	Mercedes Bustamante	574	732	3	39	155	274	405	541	671	722	730	732	732
34	22	34	1,353	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	17018	Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque	574	430	3	19	73	146	239	320	393	418	423	429	430
35	23	35	1,358	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	3349	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	574	303	3	18	65	113	174	216	257	291	299	303	303
36	2	36	1,381	Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	843	Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra ⁱ	178	403	3	15	42	89	158	227	302	350	374	401	403
37	24	37	1,386	Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	383	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	574	471	3	15	35	84	134	208	289	375	462	470	471
38	6	38	1,391	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	8578	René Luna García ⁱ	515	948	3	14	57	113	196	288	351	374	408	638	948
39	25	39	1,424	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	5058	Philip M Fearnside	574	97	3	12	27	39	54	69	79	85	93	97	97
40	3	40	1,429	Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	16992	Jose L Prieto	65	103	3	12	16	28	37	55	71	90	102	103	103
41	4	41	1,527	Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina	Argentina	1958	Private	2681	Lutz Birnbaumer	124	242	3	5	11	17	24	32	48	67	108	173	242
42	3	42	1,567	Universidad Antonio Nariño	Colombia	1976	Private	407	Marta Losada ⁱ	178	98	3	3	3	5	6	15	19	34	64	94	98
43	4	43	1,577	Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	29633	Sergio N Torres	65	333	2	23	58	100	160	210	250	285	322	332	333
44	26	44	1,592	Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	19121	José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho	574	348	2	17	69	116	180	239	310	337	345	348	348
45	27	45	1,600	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	18883	Dermeval Saviani	574	268	2	16	46	89	141	190	241	262	266	268	268
46	7	46	1,601	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	8154	JC Díaz Vélez ⁱ	515	1076	2	16	42	86	141	220	280	318	416	687	1,076
47	28	47	1,623	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	35249	Carlos José Soares	574	420	2	13	61	119	192	268	320	352	411	420	420
48	29	48	1,638	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	31468	Nilton Curi	574	214	2	12	57	102	140	177	200	211	213	214	214
49	8	49	1,654	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	3257	Juan Rivera-Dommarco	515	140	2	11	41	58	74	91	106	114	125	134	140
50	30	50	1,701	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR	Brazil	1960	Private	19307	Roberto Pecoits Filho	574	174	2	9	25	52	81	110	133	153	169	174	174
51	1	51	1,756	Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6941	José María Gutiérrez	30	623	2	7	31	62	91	122	156	200	273	414	623
52	31	52	1,759	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	29778	Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ⁱ	574	209	2	7	29	51	81	110	142	171	202	207	209
53	5	53	1,766	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	344	Sergey Kuleshov ⁱ	65	123	2	7	20	37	57	76	85	100	119	122	123
54	6	54	1,770	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	20424	Hans Zinnecker	65	111	2	7	19	34	51	71	91	101	106	110	111
55	9	55	1,809	Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	22423	Filippo Aureli	515	492	2	6	19	42	72	120	166	178	187	293	492
56	7	56	1,816	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Chile	1953	Private	762	Giovanna Cottin ⁱ	65	123	2	6	16	27	50	69	84	104	117	122	123
57	1	57	1,825	Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas	Venezuela	1955	Institution	15778	Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe	53	78	2	6	14	23	37	43	53	60	73	77	78
58	32	58	1,830	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Brazil	1952	Private	12466	Marcos N Eberlin	574	120	2	6	13	26	46	66	90	102	112	120	120
59	33	59	1,849	Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	11216	Alessandro D Loguercio	574	143	2	5	20	35	51	80	95	126	141	143	143
60	8	60	1,856	Universidad de Valparaíso	Chile	1911	Public	4767	Francisco Varela	65	131	2	5	13	28	49	69	87	117	129	130	131
61	5	61	1,868	Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Argentina	1971	Public	27256	Marcelo A Aizen	124	69	2	5	11	15	19	25	32	43	61	69	69
62	34	62	1,905	Observatorio Nacional	Brazil	1827	Institution	10116	Marcio AG Maia ⁱ	574	44	2	4	13	17	18	21	26	31	35	40	44
63	10	63	1,937	Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	1872	Public	1529	PLM Podesta Lerma ⁱ	515	390	2	3	9	16	25	36	47	82	138	233	390
64	1	64	1,943	Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola	Peru	1995	Private	1735	José Luis La Rosa Navarro ⁱ	122	52	2	3	8	11	16	21	25	33	40	50	52
65	4	65	1,980	Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca	Colombia	1945	Public	652	Laura Jeanty ⁱ	178	53	2	3	3	5	9	11	18	28	39	48	53
66	35	66	1,988	Universidade Estácio de Sá	Brazil	1970	Private	4606	José F Siqueira Jr	574	43	2	2	5	10	12	17	21	26	37	42	43
67	2	67	1,992	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú	Peru	2011	Private	3001	Alberto Gago ⁱ	122	234	2	2	4	20	36	66	91	110	142	221	234
68	11	68	2,004	Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	1971	Public	11171	Oscar Castillo	515	71	2	2	3	4	5	7	15	28	36	51	71
69	36	69	2,021	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	9067	Carlos Ricardo Soccol	574	556	1	35	117	205	335	445	507	540	554	555	556
70	37	70	2,023	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	27085	Gustavo De Deus	574	513	1	27	101	182	281	377	461	496	508	513	513
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71	38	71	2,029	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	24610	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	574	319	1	22	82	142	193	245	292	312	318	319	319
72	39	72	2,033	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	7730	Eiji Tanaka	574	269	1	21	66	123	151	209	247	265	267	268	269
73	12	73	2,034	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	36610	Annia Galano	515	757	1	21	62	116	177	223	276	306	407	575	757
74	40	74	2,036	Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	32871	José Maria Barbosa Filho	574	265	1	20	63	98	151	201	239	256	263	265	265
75	5	75	2,060	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	817	Jose David Ruiz Alvarez ⁱ	178	458	1	15	59	112	180	264	357	417	444	454	458
76	41	76	2,061	Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	29029	Celso Vataru Nakamura	574	266	1	15	52	101	150	195	237	253	265	266	266
77	6	77	2,074	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	35376	Alejandro Olivieri	124	484	1	13	63	135	214	311	427	477	483	484	484
78	42	78	2,085	Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	6202	Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira	574	47	1	13	20	25	26	29	34	34	36	44	47
79	43	79	2,092	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	34643	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	574	222	1	12	37	56	90	117	140	175	220	222	222
80	44	80	2,104	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	1241	Carla Göbel ⁱ	574	244	1	11	48	94	129	160	194	218	242	244	244
81	7	81	2,126	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	5914	Sandra Diaz	124	729	1	10	43	93	145	206	237	292	389	562	729
82	45	82	2,132	Instituto Butantan	Brazil	1901	Institution	12915	Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior ⁱ	574	128	1	10	35	49	77	101	121	126	128	128	128
83	9	83	2,134	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	37940	Daniel Martínez Olguín	65	203	1	10	28	59	87	119	141	179	198	203	203
84	46	84	2,148	Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	30480	Lucindo J Quintans Júnior	574	170	1	9	35	64	93	122	150	165	166	168	170
85	47	85	2,154	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	1955	Hospital	21080	Pedro A. Lemos	574	193	1	9	27	46	71	96	124	161	185	193	193
86	10	86	2,158	Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	15940	Fernando Lanas Zanetti\|Fernando Lanas Zanetti	65	51	1	9	25	44	47	50	50	50	51	51	51
87	13	87	2,169	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	3209	Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi ⁱ	515	494	1	9	17	38	67	91	115	127	159	288	494
88	6	88	2,184	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	1623	Private	36904	Esther De Vries	178	308	1	8	24	50	79	132	189	248	281	305	308
89	14	89	2,211	Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.	Mexico	1974	Institution	32321	Martin Aluja	515	185	1	7	32	59	83	102	118	139	157	176	185
90	15	90	2,220	Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo CIAD	Mexico	2000	Institution	17922	Gustavo Adolfo Gonzalez Aguilar	515	171	1	7	23	39	52	69	81	94	116	144	171
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91	48	91	2,235	Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	1975	Public	34693	Paula M Soares	574	117	1	7	16	26	44	58	74	83	105	117	117
92	3	92	2,237	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	1961	Private	18124	J. Jaime Miranda ⁱ	122	190	1	7	16	24	31	45	64	88	130	181	190
93	49	93	2,251	Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense UNESC	Brazil	1968	Private	13323	Felipe Dal Pizzol	574	52	1	7	13	16	24	26	29	40	52	52	52
94	11	94	2,278	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile	1928	Private	36975	Nelson Silva	65	208	1	6	20	42	64	91	114	157	200	208	208
95	12	95	2,279	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Chile	1932	Private	499	Will Brooks ⁱ	65	143	1	6	20	34	47	59	82	123	142	143	143
96	7	96	2,283	Universidad del Rosario	Colombia	1653	Private	11708	Juan Manuel Anaya	178	198	1	6	18	40	67	92	126	149	175	195	198
97	50	97	2,293	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana UEFS	Brazil	1976	Public	35886	Germano P Guedes ⁱ	574	81	1	6	16	23	36	48	68	74	79	81	81
98	2	98	2,327	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Costa Rica	1973	Institution	31598	Muhammad Ibrahim	30	52	1	6	8	10	13	15	20	24	30	40	52
99	51	99	2,334	Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia	Brazil	1958	Hospital	18163	Alexandre Abizaid Alexandre	574	10	1	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	10
100	8	100	2,350	Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina	Argentina	1992	Public	20632	Daniel De Florian ⁱ	124	202	1	5	16	24	32	47	63	88	125	166	202