Top 100 Institutions

Latin America Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024

"AD Scientific Index" is the only university/institution ranking system that analyzes the distribution of scientists in an institution according to the 3, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 percentiles. In addition to the country, continent and world ranking of all institutions, the "Type of Institution" section provides the ranking of universities separately among All Universities, Private Universities and Public Universities is given separately. You can also find the rankings of institutions, companies and hospitals. The "AD Scientific Index" University Ranking will not only show the areas in which a university is best or focused, but also reflect the results of the institutions' scientist recruitment policies. This feature reveals the ability of institutions to attract successful scientists and the ability of institutions to promote advances and retain scientists. See also: University Subject Rankings

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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	4	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	387	Marco Leite ⁱ	579	6278	166	987	2,284	3,529	4,626	5,616	6,091	6,229	6,266	6,274	6,278
2	2	2	127	Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	764	Jose Augusto Chinellato ⁱ	579	1841	45	267	617	956	1,252	1,512	1,641	1,660	1,671	1,716	1,841
3	1	3	141	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	281	Leonid Serkin ⁱ	524	3445	45	233	622	1,009	1,383	1,708	2,045	2,317	2,543	3,139	3,445
4	3	4	154	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	336	Sandra Dos Santos Padula ⁱ	579	1952	26	222	617	1,002	1,384	1,729	1,893	1,937	1,943	1,950	1,952
5	4	5	196	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	391	César A. Bernardes ⁱ	579	1283	35	188	435	683	899	1,064	1,153	1,173	1,176	1,200	1,283
6	5	6	236	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	3014	Deborah Carvalho Malta ⁱ	579	1325	27	163	397	646	845	997	1,058	1,083	1,159	1,235	1,325
7	1	7	241	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	61	María Teresa Dova ⁱ	127	2986	27	160	420	752	1,053	1,372	1,495	1,570	1,834	2,319	2,986
8	6	8	287	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	1120	Murilo Santana Rangel ⁱ	579	1069	27	136	357	580	784	973	1,043	1,057	1,064	1,067	1,069
9	1	9	401	Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	10971	Humberto Maturana	70	1047	11	95	245	387	523	625	710	792	875	952	1,047
10	7	10	402	Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	4681	Sergio Tufik	579	902	14	95	244	433	620	749	809	832	845	879	902
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11	8	11	410	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	8066	Ricardo Gazzinelli	579	667	24	92	223	317	421	512	582	622	644	659	667
12	9	12	411	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	8774	Joao Batista Calixto	579	902	11	91	223	384	561	677	739	752	786	836	902
13	10	13	535	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5447	Hans J Herrmann	579	513	10	67	157	254	362	451	499	506	508	511	513
14	11	14	550	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	1963	Franciole Marinho ⁱ	579	978	9	65	175	311	435	556	674	758	826	891	978
15	12	15	576	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria	Brazil	1973	Company	10440	Mariangela Hungria	579	866	6	61	209	391	542	683	793	852	859	861	866
16	13	16	577	Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	31400	Mercedes Bustamante	579	1042	4	61	202	348	514	651	724	753	822	927	1,042
17	2	17	583	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	9710	Victor A Ramos	127	1528	9	60	181	341	501	619	695	846	1,125	1,364	1,528
18	14	18	624	Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	24380	Marcos Deon Vilela De Resende	579	387	8	55	125	189	254	285	307	324	342	365	387
19	15	19	626	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	17603	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	579	316	10	55	123	182	242	285	306	312	315	316	316
20	16	20	641	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	7894	Carlos Ricardo Soccol	579	718	3	52	151	276	417	496	547	576	620	657	718
21	2	21	642	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	43	Heriberto Castilla ⁱ	524	601	12	52	142	224	293	346	401	458	477	531	601
22	17	22	699	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12328	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	579	505	8	47	122	199	266	325	357	386	427	463	505
23	18	23	769	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	5963	Mauricio L. Barreto\|Mauricio Lima Barreto, Mauricio Barreto ⁱ	579	583	6	41	121	206	297	368	415	437	470	511	583
24	1	24	781	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	814	Carlos Sandoval ⁱ	178	927	7	40	106	247	407	569	687	722	736	776	927
25	19	25	832	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	26197	Gustavo De Deus	579	748	4	36	132	241	351	449	489	501	547	610	748
26	2	26	835	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	8235	Franz Erik Bauer ⁱ	70	458	10	36	100	168	254	299	338	350	371	429	458
27	20	27	870	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	275	Luiz Mundim\|Luiz M Mundim ⁱ	579	433	6	34	86	130	184	243	266	287	338	383	433
28	21	28	910	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	22997	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	579	425	1	32	110	171	229	290	313	325	357	386	425
29	3	29	947	Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	22650	Sergio N Torres	70	444	4	30	76	135	201	249	290	335	376	404	444
30	22	30	970	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	7484	Eiji Tanaka	579	353	1	29	86	142	189	242	261	268	275	319	353
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31	23	31	996	Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	5188	Pedro C Hallal	579	286	7	28	54	101	139	180	223	250	263	277	286
32	24	32	1005	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	16978	Marcelo Tabarelli	579	491	4	27	98	207	300	378	413	422	452	486	491
33	3	33	1007	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	34588	Annia Galano	524	789	3	27	77	149	203	269	318	406	552	688	789
34	25	34	1027	Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	31918	José Maria Barbosa Filho	579	264	3	26	77	130	189	235	254	262	264	264	264
35	26	35	1047	Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	20291	José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho	579	539	2	25	87	148	219	295	330	339	369	432	539
36	4	36	1050	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	9485	René Luna García ⁱ	524	946	3	25	72	150	255	348	378	435	620	804	946
37	5	37	1052	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	9506	Hafiz MN Iqbal	524	956	4	25	66	122	207	261	342	449	586	784	956
38	27	38	1070	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	2305	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	579	304	3	24	85	149	208	250	294	301	304	304	304
39	2	39	1131	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	643	Jose David Ruiz Alvarez ⁱ	178	512	2	22	74	137	237	342	407	440	448	452	512
40	28	40	1133	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	26094	Rosane Schwan	579	215	3	22	73	134	172	199	212	214	214	215	215
41	29	41	1134	Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	30295	Celso Vataru Nakamura	579	463	1	22	72	131	189	230	251	277	325	380	463
42	6	42	1155	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	5906	Matthew Reynolds	524	83	6	22	32	42	49	55	69	78	81	83	83
43	7	43	1161	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	7597	JC Díaz Vélez ⁱ	524	1065	2	21	61	114	192	272	326	440	647	923	1,065
44	1	44	1176	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	9577	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	7	21	48	84	128	171	201	220	226	228	262
45	3	45	1193	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	37116	Alejandro Olivieri	127	483	1	20	82	173	298	417	478	482	483	483	483
46	30	46	1195	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	20035	Dermeval Saviani	579	368	3	20	62	111	182	235	262	268	281	316	368
47	31	47	1265	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	32600	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	579	309	1	19	44	78	111	138	183	230	255	275	309
48	32	48	1294	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	1200	Carla Göbel ⁱ	579	323	1	18	64	112	150	189	220	245	277	306	323
49	3	49	1296	Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	917	Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra ⁱ	178	601	3	18	61	124	209	290	346	375	420	509	601
50	33	50	1334	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	5376	Philip M Fearnside	579	100	3	18	30	47	65	80	85	93	98	99	100
51	34	51	1351	Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	405	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	579	549	4	17	53	116	187	288	392	469	502	521	549
52	35	52	1391	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	31587	Carlos José Soares	579	583	2	16	81	164	250	315	360	413	447	502	583
53	36	53	1462	Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	27327	Lucindo J Quintans Júnior	579	228	2	15	43	78	116	147	167	168	170	190	228
54	8	54	1483	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	Mexico	1971	Institution	42561	Itziar Aretxaga ⁱ	524	97	1	15	27	37	48	66	81	88	90	95	97
55	1	55	1500	Universidad de la República	Uruguay	1849	Public	78415	Raul Donangelo	13	329	0	14	70	124	189	260	293	315	324	325	329
56	4	56	1513	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	32511	Daniel Martínez Olguín	70	262	2	14	39	71	113	145	179	201	225	249	262
57	9	57	1566	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	3311	Juan Rivera-Dommarco	524	140	4	13	47	68	90	107	117	127	137	140	140
58	4	58	1570	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	16586	Esteban Roulet ⁱ	127	163	6	13	41	72	103	123	144	149	160	163	163
59	10	59	1590	Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo CIAD	Mexico	2000	Institution	16959	Gustavo Adolfo Gonzalez Aguilar	524	172	1	13	32	50	68	82	99	121	140	164	172
60	37	60	1621	Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	52477	Giancarlo Lucchetti ⁱ	579	225	0	13	22	37	53	67	108	137	164	187	225
61	5	61	1628	Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	16288	Jose L Prieto	70	163	5	13	20	34	52	70	93	113	130	150	163
62	38	62	1630	Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	6643	Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira	579	40	1	13	20	24	27	31	33	33	37	40	40
63	5	63	1644	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	5898	Sandra Diaz	127	751	1	12	58	118	182	238	306	401	553	685	751
64	39	64	1668	Instituto Butantan	Brazil	1901	Institution	8545	Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior ⁱ	579	128	1	12	35	64	86	114	125	128	128	128	128
65	6	65	1669	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	51745	Oscar Iribarne	127	281	0	12	35	54	80	109	133	160	207	253	281
66	11	66	1672	Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí	Mexico	1923	Public	63871	Rafael Rubio	524	427	0	12	33	74	128	156	179	229	329	388	427
67	7	67	1688	Universidad Nacional del Litoral	Argentina	1919	Public	62781	Hector Goicoechea	127	213	0	12	28	39	54	74	108	133	165	195	213
68	40	68	1724	Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto UFOP	Brazil	1969	Public	68448	Fernando Flecha Alkmim	579	60	0	12	18	33	49	57	60	60	60	60	60
69	41	69	1743	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	30850	Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ⁱ	579	292	2	11	40	69	106	139	182	208	233	254	292
70	12	70	1749	Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.	Mexico	1974	Institution	35260	Martin Aluja	524	185	2	11	37	72	96	121	143	161	175	184	185
71	6	71	1756	Universidad de Talca	Chile	1981	Public	46504	Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann	70	191	1	11	34	60	81	107	134	148	161	178	191
72	42	72	1759	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	1955	Hospital	23254	Pedro A. Lemos	579	205	2	11	33	62	91	123	167	187	199	200	205
73	4	73	1762	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	1623	Private	34680	Esther De Vries	178	524	1	11	32	70	113	181	241	280	329	413	524
74	43	74	1767	Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	58135	Fabio Lopes Olivares\|Olivares, FL, Fabio Olivares, Fábio Lopes De Olivares	579	124	0	11	32	45	53	79	99	109	117	117	124
75	13	75	1786	Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	1732	Public	67500	Julián Félix	524	560	0	11	27	55	99	147	209	288	399	503	560
76	44	76	1796	Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre UFCSPA	Brazil	1953	Public	72817	Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto ⁱ	579	133	0	11	26	51	68	83	101	111	120	124	133
77	14	77	1799	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran	Mexico	1944	Institution	8905	Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas ⁱ	524	116	3	11	26	44	52	67	79	90	106	114	116
78	7	78	1812	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	21686	Hans Zinnecker	70	213	4	11	23	47	69	86	100	107	129	165	213
79	45	79	1869	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR	Brazil	1960	Private	19266	Roberto Pecoits Filho	579	212	2	10	32	65	97	133	149	171	189	202	212
80	46	80	1877	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	9515	Odylio D Aguiar ⁱ	579	223	6	10	27	63	96	137	183	205	215	222	223
81	47	81	1880	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro UFRRJ	Brazil	1792	Public	72515	Marcos Gervasio Pereira	579	230	0	10	26	56	84	120	142	173	191	209	230
82	5	82	1884	Universidad del Rosario	Colombia	1653	Private	10466	Juan Manuel Anaya	178	281	1	10	25	54	87	123	147	176	203	243	281
83	15	83	1885	Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán	Mexico	1812	Public	68039	David Betancur Ancona	524	337	0	10	25	46	68	101	154	205	268	323	337
84	1	84	1922	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	1961	Private	16215	J. Jaime Miranda ⁱ	127	211	3	10	20	30	41	71	95	136	176	199	211
85	8	85	1969	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chile	1849	Public	49449	José H Zagal	70	342	0	9	50	86	118	152	219	256	291	310	342
86	9	86	1979	Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	14791	Fernando Lanas Zanetti\|Fernando Lanas Zanetti, Lanas F	70	54	1	9	32	46	50	51	51	53	54	54	54
87	10	87	1995	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile	1928	Private	27156	Joel Saavedra ⁱ	70	284	2	9	27	53	88	115	165	212	240	265	284
88	16	88	2003	Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste	Mexico	1975	Institution	73308	Felipe De Jesus Ascencio Valle	524	128	0	9	26	45	54	69	83	100	108	121	128
89	48	89	2006	Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo PUC-SP	Brazil	1946	Private	55543	Lucia Santaella	579	358	0	9	25	45	72	109	136	177	234	278	358
90	17	90	2009	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2829	Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi ⁱ	524	492	2	9	24	56	81	114	127	175	268	380	492
91	2	91	2020	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	Peru	1551	Public	75976	Sixto E. Sanchez	127	515	0	9	22	53	119	195	250	269	279	320	515
92	49	92	2041	Universidade Nove de Julho	Brazil	1972	Private	61504	Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal Junior Pt	579	62	0	9	19	27	35	42	45	53	58	61	62
93	18	93	2051	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	1933	Public	85208	M. Basin	524	104	0	9	17	29	36	40	49	67	88	98	104
94	1	94	2091	Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6630	José María Gutiérrez	30	620	2	8	42	77	110	150	200	277	393	535	620
95	6	95	2099	Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	62683	Luis Eduardo Bravo	178	601	0	8	30	65	110	187	269	338	425	492	601
96	11	96	2102	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	345	Sergey Kuleshov ⁱ	70	157	3	8	28	54	73	86	104	124	137	151	157
97	19	97	2106	Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	23429	Filippo Aureli	524	490	2	8	26	56	110	161	179	196	283	421	490
98	50	98	2113	Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	9987	Alessandro D Loguercio	579	230	2	8	25	44	66	98	129	151	180	207	230
99	12	99	2130	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Chile	1953	Private	765	Giovanna Cottin ⁱ	70	180	2	8	21	42	67	88	109	129	154	166	180
100	51	100	2136	Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	1975	Public	53257	Selene Maia De Morais	579	195	0	8	20	36	58	74	85	108	130	153	195

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