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Latin America Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 years H Index)

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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				Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	369	Marco Leite ⁱ	578	6141	224	1,344	2,970	4,460	5,602	6,013	6,104	6,128	6,134	6,139	6,141
2				Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	758	Jose Augusto Chinellato ⁱ	578	2224	63	361	803	1,196	1,515	1,649	1,660	1,670	1,741	1,953	2,224
3				Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	290	Leonid Serkin ⁱ	523	3727	55	333	839	1,324	1,732	2,163	2,554	2,758	3,158	3,550	3,727
4				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	388	César A. Bernardes ⁱ	578	1496	51	245	569	850	1,063	1,154	1,174	1,179	1,231	1,332	1,496
5				Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	3209	Deborah Carvalho Malta ⁱ	578	1918	42	217	520	813	999	1,063	1,131	1,301	1,497	1,717	1,918
6				Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	292	Sandra Dos Santos Padula ⁱ	578	1952	37	316	818	1,319	1,737	1,898	1,937	1,942	1,948	1,949	1,952
7				Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	999	Murilo Santana Rangel ⁱ	578	1577	38	195	470	749	976	1,046	1,057	1,062	1,066	1,068	1,577
8				Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	60	María Teresa Dova ⁱ	127	3671	32	219	603	1,013	1,388	1,504	1,650	1,965	2,453	3,011	3,671
9				Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	11290	Humberto Maturana	70	1459	16	136	325	500	629	730	856	1,012	1,146	1,314	1,459
10				Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	9000	Joao Batista Calixto	578	1231	17	125	295	520	675	739	765	843	948	1,087	1,231
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11				Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	5357	Pedro C Hallal	578	365	11	34	84	133	179	227	265	287	304	342	365
12				Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	4825	Sergio Tufik	578	1058	20	139	342	581	753	813	838	879	942	1,024	1,058
13				Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	18015	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	578	591	14	68	155	228	282	306	312	315	316	316	591
14				Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	13176	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	578	715	11	69	160	253	325	361	416	488	564	635	715
15				Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	757	Carlos Sandoval ⁱ	178	1250	8	49	166	376	566	701	722	735	787	911	1,250
16				Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	24586	Raul Narciso Carvalho Guedes	578	733	13	71	162	240	294	345	409	487	568	654	733
17				Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5612	Hans J Herrmann	578	640	13	87	206	332	452	499	505	509	511	518	640
18				Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	9593	Victor A Ramos	127	1575	10	95	255	470	621	716	886	1,094	1,263	1,426	1,575
19				Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	1810	Franciole Marinho ⁱ	578	1454	15	93	251	411	565	693	823	967	1,121	1,281	1,454
20				Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	8154	Carlos Ricardo Soccol	578	1075	6	73	213	382	499	553	647	746	842	947	1,075
21				Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	30702	Mercedes Bustamante	578	1650	11	92	276	476	653	741	845	1,004	1,190	1,416	1,650
22				Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	20823	José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho	578	843	3	42	115	213	295	332	350	413	553	679	843
23				Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	19707	Dermeval Saviani	578	517	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	517
24				Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	5174	Philip M Fearnside	578	147	7	20	39	62	80	90	99	112	127	134	147
25				Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	377	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	578	864	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	864
26				Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	9830	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	8	26	64	122	170	204	219	225	228	230	262
27				Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	26754	Gustavo De Deus	578	1205	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,205
28				Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	5924	Mauricio L. Barreto\|Mauricio Lima Barreto, Mauricio Barreto ⁱ	578	888	10	62	166	286	369	418	455	532	641	765	888
29				Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	24663	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	578	613	3	46	146	217	288	315	348	409	478	540	613
30				Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	291	Clemencia Mora Herrera ⁱ	578	560	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	560
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31				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	2001	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	578	310	6	39	115	197	252	297	301	304	309	309	310
32				Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	25530	Rosane Schwan	578	214	4	34	104	164	199	211	213	214	214	214	214
33				Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	16739	Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque	578	683	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	683
34				Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	32116	Damião Pergentino de Sousa	578	266	4	46	102	183	236	258	263	266	266	266	266
35				Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	32294	Carlos José Soares	578	820	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	820
36				Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	675	Jose David Ruiz Alvarez ⁱ	178	593	2	28	112	221	345	415	441	446	449	467	593
37				Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	5842	Sandra Diaz	127	769	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	769
38				Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	8703	René Luna García ⁱ	523	944	6	34	118	239	349	384	456	596	727	842	944
39				Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	35448	Annia Galano	523	792	6	37	116	197	271	317	422	532	621	717	792
40				Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	26739	Lucindo J Quintans Júnior	578	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	315
41				Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	7528	JC Díaz Vélez ⁱ	523	1058	2	28	81	178	277	340	469	617	799	978	1,058
42				Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6807	José María Gutiérrez	30	619	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	619
43				Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	31822	Daniel Martínez Olguín	70	343	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	343
44				Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Mexico	1951	Public	2858	A Hernandez Almada ⁱ	523	246	3	8	22	39	53	68	95	138	176	225	246
45				Universidad de Valparaíso	Chile	1911	Public	4850	Francisco Varela	70	231	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	231
46				Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2765	Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi ⁱ	523	492	2	10	35	76	114	131	188	255	329	418	492
47				Universidad de Cartagena	Colombia	1827	Public	13978	Nelson Rafael Alvis Guzmán ⁱ	178	301	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	301
48				Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	1872	Public	1586	PLM Podesta Lerma ⁱ	523	386	2	5	17	29	52	97	156	218	272	338	386
49				Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana UEFS	Brazil	1976	Public	38684	Germano P Guedes ⁱ	578	85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85
50				Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	30924	Celso Vataru Nakamura	578	798	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	798
51				Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	15162	Fernando Lanas Zanetti\|Fernando Lanas Zanetti, Lanas F	70	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	54
52				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	30588	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	578	423	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	423
53				Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	10255	Alessandro D Loguercio	578	292	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	292
54				Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	52842	Oscar Iribarne	127	288	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	288
55				Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	1540	Public	31081	Martínez Flores He	523	483	1	13	38	76	117	171	222	283	353	416	483
56				Universidad Industrial de Santander	Colombia	1948	Public	4702	Fernando Andres Quiñonez Granados ⁱ	178	559	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	559
57				Universidad de la Serena	Chile	1981	Public	36437	Ricardo Amorin	70	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	84
58				Universidad de Antofagasta	Chile	1981	Public	21428	Médéric Boquien	70	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100
59				Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Argentina	1971	Public	25689	Marcelo A Aizen	127	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113
60				Universidad de Sonora	Mexico	1942	Public	222	Jose Feliciano Benitez ⁱ	523	250	1	4	10	25	48	84	125	156	193	222	250
61				Universidade do Estado do Amazonas UEA	Brazil	2001	Public	68982	Wuelton Monteiro	578	130	0	3	11	16	26	43	57	68	87	110	130
62				Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca	Colombia	1945	Public	587	Laura Jeanty ⁱ	178	174	2	2	5	9	17	30	39	56	84	116	174
63				Tecnológico Nacional de México	Mexico	1948	Public	60203	Hugo S Garcia	523	423	1	2	7	25	43	68	116	174	255	319	423
64				Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	1971	Public	9867	Oscar Castillo	523	74	2	2	4	7	17	33	38	47	57	69	74
65				Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná UTFPR	Brazil	1909	Public	104644	Charles Windson Isidoro Haminiuk	578	643	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	643
66				Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul	Brazil	1979	Public	72815	Julio Croda	578	423	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	423
67				Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	48783	Giancarlo Lucchetti ⁱ	578	393	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	393
68				Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	53969	Fabio Lopes Olivares\|Olivares, FL, Fabio Olivares, Fábio Lopes De Olivares	578	176	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	176
69				Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	1732	Public	69018	Julián Félix	523	563	0	13	41	95	150	223	305	387	461	517	563
70				Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Mexico	1828	Public	38654	AZM Salem	523	512	1	9	57	130	204	234	275	342	419	474	512
71				Universidade Federal de Itajubá UNIFEI	Brazil	1913	Public	68999	Electo Eduardo Silva Lora	578	338	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	338
72				Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán	Mexico	1812	Public	66249	David Betancur Ancona	523	366	0	13	38	64	103	162	214	263	299	331	366
73				Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto UFOP	Brazil	1969	Public	66632	Fernando Flecha Alkmim	578	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60
74				Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	70969	Marcos Soto Hernandez	523	322	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	322
75				Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí	Mexico	1923	Public	65285	Rafael Rubio	523	434	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	434
76				Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	65554	Ruby Mejia De Gutierrez	178	1050	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,050
77				Universidade Federal do Maranhão	Brazil	1966	Public	32745	Antônio Augusto Moura Da Silva	578	381	1	11	39	62	85	111	163	213	258	314	381
78				Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina UDESC	Brazil	1965	Public	94593	Alexandro Andrade	578	322	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	322
79				Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	1975	Public	51658	Selene Maia De Morais	578	314	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	314
80				Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	Peru	1551	Public	77343	Sixto E. Sanchez	127	830	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	830
81				Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri UFVJM	Brazil	1953	Public	46941	Maria Letícia Ramos Jorge	578	211	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	211
82				Universidad Nacional de Tucumán	Argentina	1914	Public	54713	H Ricardo Grau	127	204	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	204
83				Universidad de Tarapacá	Chile	1981	Public	946	Sonia Kabana\|Sonja Kabana, Kabana, S., Kabana, Sonia ⁱ	70	126	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	126
84				Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	24028	Filippo Aureli	523	490	2	10	38	97	162	181	207	272	364	448	490
85				Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila	Mexico	1957	Public	64313	Antonio Lopez	523	344	0	5	10	22	54	98	176	226	279	317	344
86				Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco UNIVASF	Brazil	2002	Public	89498	Jackson Roberto Guedes Da Silva Almeida	578	151	0	2	12	23	40	47	66	89	111	132	151
87				Universidade Cidade de São Paulo UNICID	Brazil	1972	Public	36766	Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa	578	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	34
88				El Colegio de la Frontera Sur	Mexico	1994	Public	54237	Peter Rosset	523	180	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	180
89				Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina	Argentina	1992	Public	20817	Daniel De Florian ⁱ	127	215	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	215
90				Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1974	Public	54600	Peter P Purslow	127	227	2	10	25	42	69	83	119	154	182	209	227
91				Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO	Brazil	1969	Public	48879	Renato Ambrósio Jr	578	224	1	2	18	38	57	69	89	119	154	190	224
92				Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	1973	Public	81226	Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla	523	384	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	384
93				Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto FAMERP	Brazil	1953	Public	63347	Mauricio L Nogueira	578	79	0	8	21	34	48	58	65	68	72	76	79
94				Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina	Colombia	1983	Public	23521	Ángel Alejandro Rodríguez Díaz	178	315	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	315
95				Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco	Mexico	1958	Public	49406	Francisco Hernandez	523	241	1	3	11	23	47	87	123	155	185	216	241
96				Instituto Federal Goiano	Brazil	2008	Public	116284	Guilherme Malafaia	578	159	0	2	16	31	46	51	66	87	107	127	159
97				Universidad Nacional de San Luis	Argentina	1973	Public	22490	Esteban Jobbágy	127	116	1	3	13	26	40	51	63	84	95	106	116
98				Universidade Regional do Cariri URCA	Brazil	1986	Public	38307	Henrique Douglas Coutinho	578	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109
99				Universidad Técnica de Manabí	Ecuador	1952	Public	116141	Juan Loor	82	336	0	3	8	21	38	75	104	144	184	244	336
100				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Minas Gerais	Brazil	1958	Public	8481	João Paulo Domingos Silva ⁱ	578	147	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	147

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Latin America Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 years H Index)

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