Top 100 Institutions

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

"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	5	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	2	2	116	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	1	3	141	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	3	4	146	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	4	5	175	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	5	6	245	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	6	7	246	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	1	8	268	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	7	9	362	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	8	10	403	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	8650	Ricardo Gazzinelli	578	835	28	127	283	400	517	591	656	713	751	806	835
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11	9	11	425	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
12	10	12	440	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
13	11	13	469	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
14	12	14	471	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5612	Hans J Herrmann	578	640	13	87	206	332	452	499	505	509	511	518	640
15	13	15	501	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
16	14	16	519	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	13176	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	578	715	11	69	160	253	325	361	416	488	564	635	715
17	1	17	549	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
18	15	18	606	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria	Brazil	1973	Company	10738	Mariangela Hungria	578	908	9	97	314	506	685	795	859	874	884	902	908
19	16	19	627	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
20	2	20	628	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	44	Heriberto Castilla ⁱ	523	598	13	83	190	277	351	415	457	471	497	557	598
21	1	21	672	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
22	17	22	724	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
23	18	23	762	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
24	19	24	808	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
25	20	25	823	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
26	21	26	875	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	26754	Gustavo De Deus	578	1205	7	57	180	334	449	489	509	597	745	932	1,205
27	22	27	877	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	24663	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	578	613	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	613
28	23	28	878	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	16739	Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque	578	683	7	44	146	284	379	416	440	499	599	666	683
29	2	29	879	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	8185	Franz Erik Bauer ⁱ	70	609	15	50	136	240	303	339	354	381	472	553	609
30	24	30	884	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
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31	25	31	886	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	25530	Rosane Schwan	578	214	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	214
32	3	32	894	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	35448	Annia Galano	523	792	6	37	116	197	271	317	422	532	621	717	792
33	2	33	934	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
34	26	34	942	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	7710	Eiji Tanaka	578	444	3	44	118	177	243	263	268	280	332	386	444
35	4	35	943	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	8703	René Luna García ⁱ	523	944	6	34	118	239	349	384	456	596	727	842	944
36	27	36	991	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	32294	Carlos José Soares	578	820	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	820
37	28	37	998	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	19707	Dermeval Saviani	578	517	3	34	92	170	238	262	272	294	343	431	517
38	29	38	1140	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
39	30	39	1143	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	2001	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	578	310	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	310
40	3	40	1149	Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	22320	Sergio N Torres	70	665	6	36	106	198	251	306	385	465	533	588	665
41	1	41	1178	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	9830	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	8	26	64	122	170	204	219	225	228	230	262
42	31	42	1207	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
43	32	43	1232	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
44	33	44	1249	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
45	34	45	1276	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
46	35	46	1308	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
47	36	47	1312	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	9091	Odylio D Aguiar ⁱ	578	328	7	11	49	91	140	191	215	243	280	309	328
48	2	48	1341	National University College	Puerto Rico	1982	Private	49412	Wan Beom Park	20	12	5	7	7	7	7	10	10	11	12	12	12
49	5	49	1344	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
50	6	50	1346	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	9425	Hafiz MN Iqbal	523	949	7	33	109	194	266	362	462	570	697	818	949
51	3	51	1392	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	17022	Esteban Roulet ⁱ	127	168	6	18	63	98	123	146	152	160	166	167	168
52	37	52	1398	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	31502	Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ⁱ	578	405	3	12	51	99	137	186	223	257	307	357	405
53	4	53	1418	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
54	7	54	1438	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
55	8	55	1455	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	1933	Public	87100	M. Basin	523	105	0	11	23	35	41	52	72	86	94	99	105
56	38	56	1490	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	1165	Carla Göbel ⁱ	578	516	3	27	94	143	190	227	269	334	382	450	516
57	2	57	1491	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
58	39	58	1503	Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	Brazil	2002	Public	81936	Claudianor Alves	578	128	0	14	45	76	98	121	126	126	127	127	128
59	3	59	1504	Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	904	Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra ⁱ	178	859	4	27	92	189	293	348	384	448	559	714	859
60	9	60	1515	Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	70969	Marcos Soto Hernandez	523	322	0	12	59	100	117	152	186	213	252	297	322
61	40	61	1536	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
62	41	62	1548	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	1955	Hospital	22882	Pedro A. Lemos	578	277	4	19	47	84	124	175	209	232	248	264	277
63	4	63	1556	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	23195	Hans Zinnecker	70	378	4	13	32	68	85	100	123	177	234	300	378
64	42	64	1587	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
65	10	65	1599	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran	Mexico	1944	Institution	8129	Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas ⁱ	523	116	4	13	33	49	68	80	93	103	113	114	116
66	5	66	1601	Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	17427	Jose L Prieto	70	234	7	13	28	49	72	103	124	152	179	204	234
67	5	67	1643	Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina	Argentina	1958	Private	2829	Lutz Birnbaumer	127	274	4	9	17	28	49	77	113	155	194	233	274
68	43	68	1670	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
69	11	69	1694	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	Mexico	1971	Institution	43564	Itziar Aretxaga ⁱ	523	104	1	17	30	46	67	83	88	90	93	98	104
70	6	70	1697	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	5842	Sandra Diaz	127	769	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	769
71	12	71	1701	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	5859	Matthew Reynolds	523	82	6	25	37	49	57	70	77	80	81	82	82
72	13	72	1712	Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste	Mexico	1975	Institution	74998	Felipe De Jesus Ascencio Valle	523	130	0	12	38	54	71	84	101	109	115	124	130
73	4	73	1720	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
74	6	74	1722	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	316	Sergey Kuleshov ⁱ	70	198	3	16	41	69	90	106	134	151	167	187	198
75	44	75	1749	Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	6824	Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira	578	35	3	18	23	26	31	33	34	35	35	35	35
76	14	76	1751	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
77	15	77	1780	Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán	Mexico	1812	Public	66249	David Betancur Ancona	523	366	0	13	38	64	103	162	214	263	299	331	366
78	45	78	1783	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Brazil	1952	Private	13184	Marcos N Eberlin	578	281	2	10	27	56	86	100	115	152	191	251	281
79	46	79	1787	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
80	47	80	1792	Universidade Nove de Julho	Brazil	1972	Private	59998	Ernesto Cesar Pinto Leal Junior Pt	578	71	1	11	23	33	42	45	52	56	60	66	71
81	48	81	1802	Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)	Brazil	1949	Institution	282	Gilvan Augusto Alves ⁱ	578	60	4	11	27	34	39	39	41	44	54	60	60
82	1	82	1805	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	1961	Private	14591	J. Jaime Miranda ⁱ	127	281	4	13	26	39	74	104	143	179	210	238	281
83	49	83	1810	Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense UNESC	Brazil	1968	Private	13776	Felipe Dal Pizzol	578	106	2	11	18	25	31	40	52	64	78	90	106
84	16	84	1849	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
85	50	85	1884	Instituto D'Or Pesquisa e Ensino	Brazil	2010	Institution	42446	Jorge Salluh	578	35	3	8	13	15	19	25	27	29	30	34	35
86	17	86	1892	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
87	7	87	1932	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	37937	Alejandro Olivieri	127	483	1	33	131	275	428	478	482	483	483	483	483
88	18	88	1943	Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.	Mexico	1974	Institution	36070	Martin Aluja	523	191	3	18	59	91	126	146	162	172	181	185	191
89	51	89	1952	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
90	7	90	1957	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	31822	Daniel Martínez Olguín	70	343	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	343
91	19	91	1965	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	3326	Juan Rivera-Dommarco ⁱ	523	140	4	23	60	85	107	118	126	134	138	140	140
92	20	92	1968	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
93	1	93	1986	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
94	21	94	1989	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
95	52	95	1992	Instituto Butantan	Brazil	1901	Institution	6512	Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior ⁱ	578	188	3	19	46	81	123	144	160	167	176	180	188
96	53	96	1993	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
97	8	97	1997	Universidad de Talca	Chile	1981	Public	47676	Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann	70	245	1	16	46	77	107	138	168	190	207	224	245
98	22	98	2005	Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	1732	Public	69018	Julián Félix	523	563	0	13	41	95	150	223	305	387	461	517	563
99	54	99	2006	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
100	55	100	2008	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

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

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