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Latin America Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024

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Country Name

Universidade de São Paulo USP

São Paulo , Brazil - Public 1934

Staff ( 6,143 ) Compare

Total Number of Scientist in Institution

Top %10

Top %30

Top %50

Top %70

1,487

4,781

6,069

6,132

	Total H Index			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024				Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Latin America Rank	Country Rank	Region Rank	World Rank	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	In top %3	In top %10	In top %30	In top %50	In top %70	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	1	2	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	249	1,487	4,781	6,069	6,132	6,143
2	2	2	101	Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	69	397	1,292	1,654	1,681	2,224
3	1	3	115	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	64	369	1,425	2,340	2,946	3,786
4	3	4	123	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	42	353	1,438	1,917	1,946	1,952
5	4	5	182	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	52	270	921	1,166	1,196	1,495
6	1	6	211	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	36	239	1,099	1,530	2,137	4,716
7	5	7	219	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	44	231	863	1,076	1,363	1,918
8	6	8	244	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	41	218	808	1,051	1,065	1,577
9	1	9	364	Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	21	152	532	775	1,063	1,458
10	7	10	372	Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	22	146	633	824	906	1,058
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11	8	11	389	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	19	138	572	747	889	1,231
12	9	12	390	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	30	138	434	612	726	835
13	10	13	463	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria	Brazil	1973	Company	9	112	557	825	881	908
14	11	14	471	Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	13	110	527	763	1,097	1,649
15	12	15	477	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	16	109	449	743	1,035	1,454
16	2	16	515	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	11	102	521	762	1,162	1,574
17	13	17	543	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	15	94	372	502	510	640
18	2	18	580	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	15	87	302	438	631	984
19	14	19	590	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	8	85	428	580	797	1,075
20	15	20	612	Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	15	81	262	362	521	732
21	16	21	619	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	15	79	245	310	316	591
22	17	22	636	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12	76	273	374	523	715
23	18	23	646	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	10	75	311	432	580	888
24	19	24	727	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	7	63	371	496	662	1,205
25	2	25	729	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	17	63	261	344	408	609
26	1	26	786	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	9	57	421	711	745	1,250
27	20	27	828	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	9	53	303	420	530	682
28	21	28	829	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	4	53	240	323	433	613
29	22	29	846	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	7	51	216	300	308	310
30	23	30	847	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	6	51	193	267	300	444
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31	24	31	858	Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	4	50	223	339	478	843
32	25	32	869	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	8	49	191	274	387	560
33	26	33	870	Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	5	49	196	261	266	266
34	27	34	949	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	4	43	175	213	214	214
35	3	35	981	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	2	41	306	482	483	483
36	3	36	993	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	6	40	275	398	765	1,385
37	28	37	995	Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	1	40	189	278	467	798
38	4	38	1005	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	7	39	210	352	655	1,059
39	3	39	1006	Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	6	39	207	327	486	665
40	5	40	1016	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	7	38	215	399	759	1,419
41	29	41	1030	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	6	37	256	389	518	820
42	30	42	1053	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	4	36	186	265	319	517
43	31	43	1056	Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	13	36	142	243	293	365
44	2	44	1093	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	3	34	253	428	447	593
45	32	45	1147	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	3	32	155	235	353	516
46	3	46	1162	Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	4	31	217	363	490	859
47	1	47	1187	Universidad de la República	Uruguay	1849	Public	0	30	201	303	328	336
48	6	48	1225	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	2	29	209	385	916	1,989
49	33	49	1234	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	4	29	113	211	315	423
50	4	50	1257	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	4	28	196	341	574	852
51	1	51	1263	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	8	28	134	210	227	262
52	7	52	1305	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	5	27	93	121	142	150
53	8	53	1350	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	7	26	52	73	80	82
54	34	54	1357	Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	3	25	121	168	177	315
55	35	55	1392	Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	6	24	193	453	623	864
56	36	56	1414	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	7	24	68	94	119	147
57	4	57	1433	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	3	23	117	200	276	343
58	37	58	1461	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	1979	Public	0	22	139	193	236	423
59	1	59	1463	Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	3	22	113	236	423	877
60	5	60	1464	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	6	22	106	147	164	168
61	38	61	1479	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	1955	Hospital	4	22	96	187	241	277
62	9	62	1511	Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.	Mexico	1974	Institution	3	21	100	155	185	204
63	39	63	1552	Instituto Butantan	Brazil	1901	Institution	3	20	94	149	170	188
64	6	64	1554	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	3	20	83	144	217	325
65	40	65	1567	Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	1	20	60	112	136	176
66	10	66	1592	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	Mexico	1971	Institution	1	20	50	87	92	118
67	5	67	1600	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chile	1849	Public	1	19	122	261	376	521
68	6	68	1624	Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	1	19	50	52	54	54
69	11	69	1661	Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí	Mexico	1923	Public	2	18	129	200	374	578
70	41	70	1666	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco UFRPE	Brazil	1912	Public	0	18	111	184	258	344
71	12	71	1670	Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education	Mexico	1973	Public	0	18	89	138	176	196
72	42	72	1672	Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre UFCSPA	Brazil	1953	Public	0	18	69	109	135	164
73	13	73	1680	Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo CIAD	Mexico	2000	Institution	2	18	71	111	157	223
74	43	74	1721	Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	4	18	27	33	35	35
75	44	75	1724	Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná UTFPR	Brazil	1909	Public	0	17	183	278	373	643
76	45	76	1730	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR	Brazil	1960	Private	4	17	104	163	222	270
77	7	77	1735	Universidad de Talca	Chile	1981	Public	1	17	82	150	195	245
78	8	78	1744	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	4	17	75	115	158	198
79	46	79	1764	Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	1	17	55	128	224	393
80	14	80	1798	Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	1732	Public	0	16	107	252	458	775
81	47	81	1799	Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	Brazil	2002	Public	0	16	80	124	127	128
82	9	82	1815	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Chile	1932	Private	3	16	62	147	188	260
83	7	83	1820	Universidad Nacional del Litoral	Argentina	1919	Public	1	16	56	118	169	225
84	4	84	1865	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	1623	Private	1	15	123	261	398	869
85	48	85	1881	Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	2	15	68	141	209	292
86	15	86	1938	Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	0	14	108	162	247	411
87	49	87	1939	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	4	14	107	202	276	405
88	16	88	1956	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	1540	Public	1	14	90	179	355	685
89	10	89	1957	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	4	14	72	105	196	377
90	17	90	1959	Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste	Mexico	1975	Institution	0	14	56	89	116	146
91	11	91	1983	Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	8	14	55	115	162	234
92	18	92	2036	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Mexico	1828	Public	1	13	148	245	474	1,075
93	50	93	2041	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	7	13	99	203	258	328
94	12	94	2047	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile	1928	Private	3	13	90	199	279	355
95	51	95	2048	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro UFRRJ	Brazil	1792	Public	0	13	92	157	246	319
96	19	96	2049	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2	13	86	147	346	718
97	20	97	2050	El Colegio de la Frontera Sur	Mexico	1994	Public	1	13	75	119	156	204
98	5	98	2051	Universidad del Rosario	Colombia	1653	Private	1	13	91	164	223	375
99	21	99	2054	Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán	Mexico	1812	Public	1	13	71	178	297	438
100	1	100	2058	University of the West Indies	Jamaica	1948	Public	0	13	76	118	138	434

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