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Latin America Public Universities 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	40	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	437	Marco Leite ⁱ	575	6347	135	851	2,018	3,147	4,197	5,199	5,903	6,207	6,319	6,338	6,347
2	1	2	194	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	1871	Guy Paic ⁱ	524	2986	39	207	564	898	1,243	1,567	1,789	1,857	1,899	2,397	2,986
3	2	3	204	Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	727	Jose Augusto Chinellato ⁱ	575	1682	38	222	557	850	1,130	1,387	1,589	1,659	1,672	1,679	1,682
4	3	4	248	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	336	César A. Bernardes ⁱ	575	1181	29	160	385	610	790	990	1,119	1,163	1,178	1,179	1,181
5	1	5	271	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	57	María Teresa Dova ⁱ	125	2332	25	142	375	666	947	1,216	1,444	1,510	1,612	1,881	2,332
6	4	6	291	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	2982	Deborah Carvalho Malta ⁱ	575	1087	23	141	342	565	759	926	1,042	1,070	1,084	1,087	1,087
7	5	7	306	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	292	Sandra Dos Santos Padula ⁱ	575	1960	21	168	524	862	1,228	1,582	1,816	1,920	1,949	1,957	1,960
8	6	8	307	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	1072	Murilo Santana Rangel ⁱ	575	1073	21	110	318	518	720	889	1,015	1,053	1,064	1,072	1,073
9	7	9	423	Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	4811	Sergio Tufik	575	834	13	83	207	360	531	686	783	820	832	832	834
10	8	10	492	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	8802	Joao Batista Calixto	575	758	10	79	183	321	489	609	717	748	754	758	758
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11	1	11	494	Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	9572	Humberto Maturana	65	861	10	74	219	348	461	574	658	733	791	824	861
12	9	12	524	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	1666	Franciole Marinho ⁱ	575	763	9	54	152	271	384	490	598	710	758	763	763
13	2	13	526	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	9441	Victor A Ramos	125	1506	9	53	162	282	437	565	645	721	919	1,267	1,506
14	10	14	597	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5636	Hans J Herrmann	575	513	7	60	126	216	314	412	477	504	508	511	513
15	11	15	613	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	280	Luiz Mundim ⁱ	575	309	7	32	71	120	161	206	260	270	302	309	309
16	1	16	630	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	10176	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	7	18	43	76	118	154	189	207	225	228	262
17	12	17	640	Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	25693	Sebastiao De Campos Valadares Filho	575	309	6	48	109	168	224	271	292	306	308	309	309
18	13	18	644	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	21945	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	575	316	6	44	102	164	206	264	295	309	314	316	316
19	1	19	651	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	839	Carlos Sandoval ⁱ	177	823	6	35	92	192	339	487	628	708	733	746	823
20	14	20	674	Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	5518	Pedro C Hallal	575	251	6	24	48	87	120	151	185	232	250	251	251
21	15	21	695	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12438	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	575	392	5	34	102	172	234	294	340	364	389	392	392
22	16	22	704	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	5979	Mauricio L. Barreto\|Mauricio Lima Barreto, Mauricio Barreto ⁱ	575	433	5	30	101	184	261	336	396	421	431	431	433
23	17	23	745	Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	28183	Mercedes Bustamante	575	732	4	49	167	293	428	592	695	726	730	732	732
24	18	24	830	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	17482	Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque	575	431	3	24	83	159	256	335	407	421	428	430	431
25	19	25	851	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	3167	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	575	303	3	18	69	124	181	228	265	297	302	303	303
26	2	26	857	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	8851	René Luna García ⁱ	524	947	3	17	63	122	211	309	363	382	469	719	947
27	20	27	870	Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	403	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	575	471	3	15	38	88	147	234	313	427	468	471	471
28	21	28	880	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	5017	Philip M Fearnside	575	97	3	13	29	41	58	71	81	88	94	97	97
29	22	29	930	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	27824	Gustavo De Deus	575	511	2	29	113	200	297	403	472	497	510	511	511
30	3	30	934	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	35888	Annia Galano	524	791	2	24	67	124	188	239	286	334	459	638	791
31	23	31	941	Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	19686	José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho	575	348	2	21	73	126	190	256	323	339	346	348	348
32	24	32	949	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	19447	Dermeval Saviani	575	269	2	17	49	93	153	204	251	263	268	269	269
33	4	33	950	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	7796	JC Díaz Vélez ⁱ	524	1069	2	17	44	92	159	243	296	349	485	800	1,069
34	25	34	969	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	31683	Rosane Schwan	575	214	2	14	65	109	151	180	203	212	213	214	214
35	26	35	974	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	34559	Carlos José Soares	575	420	2	13	64	130	208	290	329	377	415	420	420
36	5	36	1,032	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	3041	Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi ⁱ	524	494	2	9	18	48	73	101	122	134	190	338	494
37	2	37	1,047	Universidad de Valparaíso	Chile	1911	Public	4599	Francisco Varela	65	157	2	8	14	34	52	71	97	123	142	150	157
38	6	38	1,056	Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	23064	Filippo Aureli	524	491	2	7	21	48	78	131	170	179	211	357	491
39	1	39	1,065	Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6917	José María Gutiérrez	29	622	2	6	32	68	99	131	166	215	311	483	622
40	3	40	1,083	Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Argentina	1971	Public	25582	Marcelo A Aizen	125	84	2	6	12	16	20	28	35	52	68	77	84
41	27	41	1,087	Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	10749	Alessandro D Loguercio	575	143	2	5	20	38	57	81	102	135	141	143	143
42	7	42	1,106	Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	1872	Public	1590	PLM Podesta Lerma ⁱ	524	388	2	4	9	17	27	38	60	97	174	275	388
43	8	43	1,139	Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	1971	Public	10720	Oscar Castillo	524	75	2	2	3	4	7	9	17	33	41	57	75
44	2	44	1,142	Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca	Colombia	1945	Public	580	Laura Jeanty ⁱ	177	69	2	2	2	4	9	11	22	30	43	53	69
45	28	45	1,149	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	9023	Carlos Ricardo Soccol	575	557	1	38	124	228	350	464	521	548	556	557	557
46	29	46	1,155	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	24242	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	575	319	1	24	90	149	200	257	303	317	319	319	319
47	30	47	1,156	Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	32320	José Maria Barbosa Filho	575	263	1	22	70	103	163	212	245	259	262	263	263
48	3	48	1,170	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	787	Jose David Ruiz Alvarez ⁱ	177	481	1	16	60	116	198	285	376	427	447	452	481
49	31	49	1,171	Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	29780	Celso Vataru Nakamura	575	266	1	16	57	104	163	208	246	259	266	266	266
50	32	50	1,177	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	34013	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	575	222	1	15	39	58	92	124	150	196	222	222	222