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Latin America Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total i10 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 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
5				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
6				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
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				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
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 Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	18015	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	578	591	14	68	155	228	282	306	312	315	316	316	591
12				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
13				Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5612	Hans J Herrmann	578	640	13	87	206	332	452	499	505	509	511	518	640
14				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
15				Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	13176	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	578	715	11	69	160	253	325	361	416	488	564	635	715
16				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
17				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
18				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
19				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
20				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
21				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
22				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
23				Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	26754	Gustavo De Deus	578	1205	7	57	180	334	449	489	509	597	745	932	1,205
24				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
25				Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	16739	Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque	578	683	7	44	146	284	379	416	440	499	599	666	683
26				Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	291	Clemencia Mora Herrera ⁱ	578	560	8	43	110	179	246	266	294	357	427	497	560
27				Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	25530	Rosane Schwan	578	214	4	34	104	164	199	211	213	214	214	214	214
28				Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	35448	Annia Galano	523	792	6	37	116	197	271	317	422	532	621	717	792
29				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
30				Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	8703	René Luna García ⁱ	523	944	6	34	118	239	349	384	456	596	727	842	944
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31				Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	32294	Carlos José Soares	578	820	4	30	117	238	318	367	423	474	568	702	820
32				Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	19707	Dermeval Saviani	578	517	3	34	92	170	238	262	272	294	343	431	517
33				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
34				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
35				Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	9830	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	8	26	64	122	170	204	219	225	228	230	262
36				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
37				Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	30924	Celso Vataru Nakamura	578	798	1	38	104	179	234	262	321	415	540	667	798
38				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	30588	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	578	423	3	23	55	106	138	193	256	299	331	377	423
39				Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	377	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	578	864	5	23	86	170	292	413	512	594	673	762	864
40				Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	48783	Giancarlo Lucchetti ⁱ	578	393	1	17	33	50	69	117	158	204	260	314	393
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 Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	52842	Oscar Iribarne	127	288	1	16	47	75	114	137	165	200	234	269	288
43				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
44				Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	1933	Public	87100	M. Basin	523	105	0	11	23	35	41	52	72	86	94	99	105
45				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
46				Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	Brazil	2002	Public	81936	Claudianor Alves	578	128	0	14	45	76	98	121	126	126	127	127	128
47				Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	70969	Marcos Soto Hernandez	523	322	0	12	59	100	117	152	186	213	252	297	322
48				Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro UFRRJ	Brazil	1792	Public	74062	Marcos Gervasio Pereira	578	319	0	13	42	82	117	142	191	232	257	288	319
49				Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	1975	Public	51658	Selene Maia De Morais	578	314	1	10	27	50	74	86	113	141	181	238	314
50				Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	26739	Lucindo J Quintans Júnior	578	315	3	21	64	109	148	167	168	168	194	254	315
51				Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	5842	Sandra Diaz	127	769	4	21	95	175	243	320	428	527	628	712	769
52				Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	65554	Ruby Mejia De Gutierrez	178	1050	0	9	42	98	190	306	438	591	705	831	1,050
53				El Colegio de la Frontera Sur	Mexico	1994	Public	54237	Peter Rosset	523	180	1	13	41	72	88	114	134	144	151	162	180
54				Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán	Mexico	1812	Public	66249	David Betancur Ancona	523	366	0	13	38	64	103	162	214	263	299	331	366
55				Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana UEFS	Brazil	1976	Public	38684	Germano P Guedes ⁱ	578	85	2	10	22	39	66	75	78	83	84	84	85
56				Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Mexico	1869	Public	61506	Azumi Martinez Perez	523	378	1	9	32	65	98	150	196	240	283	334	378
57				Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	1973	Public	81226	Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla	523	384	0	7	13	30	50	85	140	197	271	337	384
58				Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco UFRPE	Brazil	1912	Public	103020	Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal	578	344	0	16	53	97	134	174	203	241	277	311	344
59				Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	31822	Daniel Martínez Olguín	70	343	3	21	56	104	146	188	231	264	293	321	343
60				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
61				Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6807	José María Gutiérrez	30	619	3	18	65	105	152	209	289	375	477	559	619
62				Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos	Mexico	1938	Public	58710	CM Zicovich	523	337	1	9	43	83	131	177	228	266	297	325	337
63				Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	53969	Fabio Lopes Olivares\|Olivares, FL, Fabio Olivares, Fábio Lopes De Olivares	578	176	1	19	41	52	78	102	121	134	143	158	176
64				Universidad de Talca	Chile	1981	Public	47676	Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann	70	245	1	16	46	77	107	138	168	190	207	224	245
65				Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	1732	Public	69018	Julián Félix	523	563	0	13	41	95	150	223	305	387	461	517	563
66				Universidade Federal de Alagoas	Brazil	1961	Public	67031	Marilia Oliveira Fonseca Goulart	578	161	0	9	43	86	127	143	146	148	153	157	161
67				Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	10255	Alessandro D Loguercio	578	292	2	12	32	63	98	133	158	195	219	262	292
68				Universidad Industrial de Santander	Colombia	1948	Public	4702	Fernando Andres Quiñonez Granados ⁱ	178	559	3	8	24	57	94	133	196	276	357	452	559
69				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
70				Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco	Mexico	1958	Public	49406	Francisco Hernandez	523	241	1	3	11	23	47	87	123	155	185	216	241
71				Universidad de los Andes Mérida	Venezuela	1810	Public	36019	Jean Louis Salager	54	307	2	8	25	55	91	118	146	191	224	267	307
72				Universidad de Cartagena	Colombia	1827	Public	13978	Nelson Rafael Alvis Guzmán ⁱ	178	301	2	4	25	46	70	86	109	144	189	239	301
73				Universidade Estadual da Paraíba UEPB	Brazil	1966	Public	28338	Rômulo Alves\|Rômulo Romeu da Nóbrega Alves, Alves RRN, de RRN Alves	578	61	1	5	17	39	54	60	60	61	61	61	61
74				Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Argentina	1971	Public	25689	Marcelo A Aizen	127	113	2	8	15	22	33	49	64	78	93	103	113
75				Universidade Regional do Cariri URCA	Brazil	1986	Public	38307	Henrique Douglas Coutinho	578	109	1	3	9	14	23	35	48	64	78	93	109
76				Universidad de la República	Uruguay	1849	Public	80024	Raul Donangelo	13	336	0	23	97	174	262	296	316	326	328	334	336
77				Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí	Mexico	1923	Public	65285	Rafael Rubio	523	434	0	15	53	113	155	184	235	311	369	408	434
78				Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	15162	Fernando Lanas Zanetti\|Fernando Lanas Zanetti, Lanas F	70	54	1	15	43	49	51	51	53	54	54	54	54
79				Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education	Mexico	1973	Public	74288	Margarita López Martínez	523	183	0	15	42	74	100	131	151	163	169	177	183
80				Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre UFCSPA	Brazil	1953	Public	74340	Alessandro Comarú Pasqualotto ⁱ	578	164	0	15	45	63	83	102	116	129	141	154	164
81				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
82				Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina UDESC	Brazil	1965	Public	94593	Alexandro Andrade	578	322	0	11	30	63	92	119	165	210	244	281	322
83				Universidad Autónoma de Baja California	Mexico	1957	Public	79015	Ma. Del Carmen Alcala Alvarez	523	675	0	9	42	102	185	293	371	466	541	605	675
84				Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	24028	Filippo Aureli	523	490	2	10	38	97	162	181	207	272	364	448	490
85				Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz UESC	Brazil	1972	Public	71718	Jacques Hc Delabie	578	208	0	4	33	59	74	92	111	132	155	177	208
86				Universidade Federal de Alfenas UNIFAL-MG	Brazil	1914	Public	96269	Maria Das Graças Cardoso	578	261	0	8	38	78	108	117	146	170	202	237	261
87				Universidade Federal Rural do Semi-Árido	Brazil	2005	Public	176926	Eunice Maia De Andrade	578	69	0	3	21	45	59	64	68	69	69	69	69
88				Universidade de Pernambuco	Brazil	1990	Public	74116	Mauro Barros ⁱ	578	283	0	6	21	52	81	109	145	174	197	241	283
89				Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri UFVJM	Brazil	1953	Public	46941	Maria Letícia Ramos Jorge	578	211	1	7	25	48	72	97	121	137	153	179	211
90				Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina	Argentina	1992	Public	20817	Daniel De Florian ⁱ	127	215	4	8	23	35	67	101	130	156	182	202	215
91				Universidad Simón Bolívar Venezuela	Venezuela	1967	Public	22718	Alejandro J Müller	54	264	1	8	29	50	82	100	128	159	190	235	264
92				Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros UNIMONTES	Brazil	1962	Public	95752	Antonio Prates Caldeira	578	96	0	4	12	23	39	48	58	69	74	89	96
93				Universidade Estadual do Sudoeste da Bahia	Brazil	1980	Public	124860	Matheus Melo Pithon	578	212	0	2	12	30	45	79	99	118	144	178	212
94				Universidad de Valparaíso	Chile	1911	Public	4850	Francisco Varela	70	231	2	8	26	58	87	119	146	171	197	217	231
95				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
96				Universidad de Antofagasta	Chile	1981	Public	21428	Médéric Boquien	70	100	1	7	15	24	41	54	70	81	88	97	100
97				Universidad Central de Venezuela	Venezuela	1721	Public	43520	J Fernando Arevalo ⁱ	54	260	1	7	17	32	52	85	115	141	165	190	260
98				Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul UFFS	Brazil	2009	Public	81913	Helen Treichel	578	270	0	3	16	32	65	105	142	170	217	241	270
99				Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	1971	Public	9867	Oscar Castillo	523	74	2	2	4	7	17	33	38	47	57	69	74
100				Universidad del Magdalena	Colombia	1958	Public	81939	Adalberto Campo Arias	178	163	0	1	6	14	31	48	66	81	104	126	163

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Latin America Top 100 Public Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total i10 Index)

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