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

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Universidade de São Paulo USP

São Paulo , Brazil - Public 1934

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	Total Citations			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				Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	249	1,487	4,781	6,069	6,132	6,143
2				Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	64	369	1,425	2,340	2,946	3,786
3				Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	69	397	1,292	1,654	1,681	2,224
4				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	52	270	921	1,166	1,196	1,495
5				Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	44	231	863	1,076	1,363	1,918
6				Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	41	218	808	1,051	1,065	1,577
7				Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	36	239	1,099	1,530	2,137	4,716
8				Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	42	353	1,438	1,917	1,946	1,952
9				Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	21	152	532	775	1,063	1,458
10				Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	11	102	521	762	1,162	1,574
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11				Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	22	146	633	824	906	1,058
12				Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	9	57	421	711	745	1,250
13				Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	19	138	572	747	889	1,231
14				Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	13	110	527	763	1,097	1,649
15				Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	15	81	262	362	521	732
16				Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	13	36	142	243	293	365
17				Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	15	79	245	310	316	591
18				Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	10	75	311	432	580	888
19				Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	16	109	449	743	1,035	1,454
20				Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12	76	273	374	523	715
21				Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	8	28	134	210	227	262
22				Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	4	50	223	339	478	843
23				Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	15	94	372	502	510	640
24				Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	8	85	428	580	797	1,075
25				Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	7	63	371	496	662	1,205
26				Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	8	49	191	274	387	560
27				Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	4	28	196	341	574	852
28				Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	7	24	68	94	119	147
29				Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	9	53	303	420	530	682
30				Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	5	49	196	261	266	266
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31				Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	3	34	253	428	447	593
32				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	7	51	216	300	308	310
33				Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	6	40	275	398	765	1,385
34				Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	3	22	113	236	423	877
35				Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina	Colombia	1983	Public	1	8	27	74	136	315
36				Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	7	39	210	352	655	1,059
37				Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	4	36	186	265	319	517
38				Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	4	43	175	213	214	214
39				Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	6	24	193	453	623	864
40				Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2	13	86	147	346	718
41				Universidad Nacional de San Martín Argentina	Argentina	1992	Public	4	9	44	111	168	231
42				Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	3	23	117	200	276	343
43				University of the West Indies	Jamaica	1948	Public	0	13	76	118	138	434
44				Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	1	19	50	52	54	54
45				Universidad Industrial de Santander	Colombia	1948	Public	3	8	62	156	299	558
46				Universidad Central de Venezuela	Venezuela	1721	Public	1	7	35	96	157	260
47				Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	4	53	240	323	433	613
48				Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	2	29	209	385	916	1,989
49				Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	6	37	256	389	518	820
50				Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	3	25	121	168	177	315
51				Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto UFOP	Brazil	1969	Public	1	13	50	60	60	60
52				Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	0	14	108	162	247	411
53				Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	3	20	83	144	217	325
54				Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	Peru	1551	Public	0	12	130	257	286	2,440
55				Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	1944	Public	2	11	119	188	443	969
56				Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	1	11	119	349	633	1,050
57				Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	1540	Public	1	14	90	179	355	685
58				Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Argentina	1971	Public	2	8	27	54	85	122
59				Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	2	15	68	141	209	292
60				Universidad Simón Bolívar Venezuela	Venezuela	1967	Public	1	8	56	107	177	264
61				Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana UEFS	Brazil	1976	Public	3	10	43	75	83	85
62				Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	1872	Public	2	7	35	122	294	643
63				Universidad Autónoma de Baja California	Mexico	1957	Public	0	9	120	327	662	1,095
64				Universidad de Valparaíso	Chile	1911	Public	2	8	62	131	177	231
65				Universidad de Cartagena	Colombia	1827	Public	3	5	53	95	158	301
66				Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Mexico	1951	Public	3	11	44	78	170	385
67				University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus Barbados	Barbados	1948	Public	1	4	23	59	85	87
68				Universidade Cidade de São Paulo UNICID	Brazil	1972	Public	1	5	13	20	26	34
69				Universidad de Antofagasta	Chile	1981	Public	1	8	30	62	81	100
70				Universidad de Cuenca	Ecuador	1867	Public	1	3	14	74	137	219
71				Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UNIRIO	Brazil	1969	Public	1	2	39	80	133	224
72				Pontificia Universidade Católica do Minas Gerais	Brazil	1958	Public	1	4	47	99	125	147
73				Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca	Colombia	1945	Public	2	3	11	33	64	173
74				Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	1971	Public	2	2	7	35	52	99
75				Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	1	40	189	278	467	798
76				Universidad de la República	Uruguay	1849	Public	0	30	201	303	328	336
77				Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	4	29	113	211	315	423
78				Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	1	17	55	128	224	393
79				Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chile	1849	Public	1	19	122	261	376	521
80				Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	1	20	60	112	136	176
81				El Colegio de la Frontera Sur	Mexico	1994	Public	1	13	75	119	156	204
82				Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	1933	Public	0	12	38	59	90	114
83				Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro UFRRJ	Brazil	1792	Public	0	13	92	157	246	319
84				Universidade Federal de Alagoas	Brazil	1961	Public	0	11	100	145	151	161
85				Universidad de Colima	Mexico	1940	Public	0	7	47	85	179	339
86				Universidad Nacional de Quilmes	Argentina	1989	Public	1	10	30	43	59	85
87				Universidad de la Serena	Chile	1981	Public	1	8	22	43	68	84
88				Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos	Mexico	1938	Public	1	12	93	195	299	414
89				Universidade Federal do Maranhão	Brazil	1966	Public	1	11	71	124	231	381
90				Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Mexico	1869	Public	2	10	71	171	321	590
91				Universidad de los Andes Mérida	Venezuela	1810	Public	2	9	65	131	208	307
92				Universidad Nacional de Tucumán	Argentina	1914	Public	1	10	60	134	165	223
93				Universidad de Tarapacá	Chile	1981	Public	1	9	29	66	87	125
94				Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados UFGD	Brazil	2005	Public	0	6	61	125	191	251
95				Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto FAMERP	Brazil	1953	Public	1	8	36	60	69	79
96				Universidade de Pernambuco	Brazil	1990	Public	0	7	60	121	185	283
97				Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica ITA	Brazil	1950	Public	0	8	56	104	167	256
98				Universidade Estadual da Paraíba UEPB	Brazil	1966	Public	1	5	42	60	61	61
99				Instituto Universitario del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1872	Public	0	5	27	49	68	89
100				Universidade Federal do Piauí	Brazil	1971	Public	1	11	112	225	247	247

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

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