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Latin America Institution Rankings 2024

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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	50	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	7795	Ricardo Gazzinelli	575	628	18	82	191	290	366	470	531	597	625	628	628
2	1	2	99	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	42	Heriberto Castilla ⁱ	524	601	11	47	127	203	263	310	361	419	466	489	601
3	1	3	214	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	16708	Esteban Roulet ⁱ	125	163	6	11	36	68	91	114	133	146	151	161	163
4	2	4	217	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	9973	Odylio D Aguiar ⁱ	575	212	6	10	21	51	83	115	140	191	206	212	212
5	2	5	248	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	5825	Matthew Reynolds	524	85	5	16	32	39	48	53	60	72	80	84	85
6	3	6	334	Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)	Brazil	1949	Institution	313	Gilvan Augusto Alves ⁱ	575	42	4	7	15	26	33	35	39	39	40	42	42
7	3	7	372	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	3182	Juan Rivera-Dommarco	524	140	3	12	43	60	79	98	110	120	130	136	140
8	4	8	378	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran	Mexico	1944	Institution	8610	Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas ⁱ	524	116	3	11	20	39	48	59	69	80	96	112	116
9	4	9	412	Observatorio Nacional	Brazil	1827	Institution	9302	Marcio AG Maia ⁱ	575	44	3	5	13	18	19	23	27	35	38	41	44
10	5	10	475	Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.	Mexico	1974	Institution	31765	Martin Aluja	524	185	2	9	33	62	86	109	125	148	164	180	185
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11	1	11	519	Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas	Venezuela	1955	Institution	16279	Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe	53	98	2	6	14	25	37	45	54	66	79	91	98
12	2	12	594	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	36397	Alejandro Olivieri	125	483	1	17	64	147	235	343	450	479	483	483	483
13	5	13	608	Instituto Butantan	Brazil	1901	Institution	11763	Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior ⁱ	575	128	1	12	35	54	81	110	123	127	128	128	128
14	6	14	628	Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo CIAD	Mexico	2000	Institution	17721	Gustavo Adolfo Gonzalez Aguilar	524	173	1	8	24	41	57	71	83	104	122	151	173
15	1	15	684	Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza	Costa Rica	1973	Institution	31025	Muhammad Ibrahim	29	53	1	6	8	10	14	17	20	25	32	41	53
16	6	16	756	Instituto Agronômico	Brazil	1887	Institution	38973	Heitor Cantarella	575	74	1	3	15	27	36	48	60	73	74	74	74
17	3	17	797	Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria	Argentina	1990	Institution	18075	Jose Belizan	125	18	1	3	5	5	7	9	13	13	14	15	18
18	4	18	891	Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental	Argentina	1944	Institution	10087	Gabriel Rabinovich	125	17	1	1	5	12	13	15	16	17	17	17	17
19	1	19	894	Centro de Neurociencias de Cuba	Cuba	1969	Institution	39874	Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa	43	13	1	1	4	7	8	8	11	13	13	13	13
20	7	20	921	Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua	Mexico	2017	Institution	20374	Carlos D. Silva Luna ⁱ	524	33	1	1	1	3	5	7	10	12	19	29	33
21	1	21	932	Institut Pasteur de la Guadeloupe	French Polynesia	1887	Institution	25772	Nalin Rastogi	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
22	7	22	941	Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology	Brazil	1974	Institution	41989	Maria Fatima Grossi de Sa	575	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
23	8	23	948	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	Mexico	1971	Institution	44419	Itziar Aretxaga ⁱ	524	99	0	13	27	30	44	54	74	86	90	95	99
24	8	24	973	Instituto D'Or Pesquisa e Ensino	Brazil	2010	Institution	43643	Jorge Salluh	575	34	0	7	10	14	14	16	21	24	28	29	34
25	9	25	976	Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste	Mexico	1975	Institution	77063	Felipe De Jesus Ascencio Valle	524	127	0	6	23	37	49	58	74	85	101	111	127
26	9	26	1,003	Instituto Nacional de Matematica Pura e Aplicada	Brazil	1952	Institution	58826	Charles Tresser	575	46	0	5	10	19	19	22	24	29	34	37	46
27	10	27	1,032	Laboratorio Nacional de Computacao Cientifica	Brazil	1980	Institution	45419	Carlos E. De Souza	575	44	0	4	11	17	21	27	33	40	44	44	44
28	11	28	1,047	Instituto Nacional de Cancer	Brazil	1937	Institution	80982	Luiz Claudio Santos Thuler	575	45	0	4	8	11	16	25	33	41	45	45	45
29	5	29	1,062	Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria	Argentina	1956	Institution	45382	Alberto A. Guglielmone	125	356	0	3	20	38	67	100	143	196	268	324	356
30	10	30	1,074	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica	Mexico	2004	Institution	67721	Humberto Nicolini	524	50	0	3	10	22	28	33	34	37	45	50	50
31	6	31	1,078	Instituto Balseiro	Argentina	1955	Institution	84870	Damián H. Zanette	125	37	0	3	10	10	11	12	12	17	20	27	37
32	7	32	1,101	Fundacion Instituto Leloir	Argentina	1947	Institution	79490	Eduardo M Castaño	125	45	0	3	7	12	16	18	24	33	38	42	45
33	12	33	1,123	A.C. Camargo Cancer Center (CIPE)	Brazil	1953	Institution	64222	Emmanuel Dias-Neto	575	16	0	3	5	8	10	14	16	16	16	16	16
34	13	34	1,141	Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares	Brazil	1997	Institution	111981	Marcelo Linardi	575	121	0	2	19	31	50	66	86	116	121	121	121
35	11	35	1,142	Instituto Potosino de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica	Mexico	2000	Institution	100909	Jose Rene Rangel Mendez	524	107	0	2	17	29	36	53	59	67	78	93	107
36	1	36	1,143	Institut Pasteur de Montevideo	Uruguay	1888	Institution	53488	Barbeito Luis	13	50	0	2	14	21	31	33	38	44	50	50	50
37	12	37	1,149	Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán	Mexico	1979	Institution	90626	Victor M. Loyola-Vargas	524	119	0	2	10	22	37	53	65	74	82	105	119
38	14	38	1,171	Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron	Brazil	1997	Institution	95596	Júlio Criginski Cezar	575	42	0	2	6	9	13	20	29	37	41	41	42
39	1	39	1,201	International Potato Center (CIP)	Peru	1971	Institution	94534	Samarendu Mohanty	123	21	0	2	4	7	10	14	18	20	21	21	21
40	13	40	1,217	Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía	Mexico	1964	Institution	70260	Antonio Arauz ⁱ	524	36	0	2	3	8	11	17	20	25	33	33	36
41	14	41	1,227	Instituto Nacional de Geriatría	Mexico	1998	Institution	71167	Luis Miguel Gutierrez Robledo	524	11	0	2	3	4	4	4	6	7	7	11	11
42	8	42	1,236	Instituto Sabato	Argentina	1993	Institution	104136	Juan Manuel Figueira	125	6	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	6
43	15	43	1,247	Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)	Brazil	1995	Institution	102027	Ane Alencar	575	7	0	2	2	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	7
44	16	44	1,253	Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada	Brazil	1964	Institution	123805	Leila Posenato Garcia	575	85	0	1	13	24	29	42	52	71	82	85	85
45	15	45	1,258	Mexican Petroleum Institute	Mexico	1965	Institution	126092	Carlos Angeles-Chavez	524	90	0	1	9	21	28	37	48	60	71	84	90
46	17	46	1,259	Instituto Adolfo Lutz	Brazil	1892	Institution	125795	Suely Nonogaki	575	74	0	1	9	19	27	45	57	72	74	74	74
47	16	47	1,260	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	Mexico	1943	Institution	116133	Anel Gómez García	524	163	0	1	9	15	26	38	55	74	104	137	163
48	18	48	1,272	Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	2016	Institution	90866	Gilberto M. Amado Filho	575	35	0	1	7	13	16	22	26	29	35	35	35
49	1	49	1,287	Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Zonas Aridas	Chile	2003	Institution	87570	Boris Dewitte	65	28	0	1	6	8	12	15	18	23	25	26	28
50	17	50	1,291	Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agricolas y Pecuarias	Mexico	1985	Institution	83973	Jorge A. Acosta-Gallegos	524	205	0	1	5	14	33	61	87	118	158	190	205