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Latin America Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years Citations)

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Universidade de São Paulo USP

São Paulo , Brazil - Public 1934

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	Last 6 Years Citation			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	43	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	249	1,487	4,781	6,069	6,132	6,143
2	1	2	216	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	64	369	1,425	2,340	2,946	3,786
3	2	3	242	Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	69	397	1,292	1,654	1,681	2,224
4	3	4	267	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	52	270	921	1,166	1,196	1,495
5	4	5	398	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	44	231	863	1,076	1,363	1,918
6	5	6	399	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	41	218	808	1,051	1,065	1,577
7	6	7	420	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	42	353	1,438	1,917	1,946	1,952
8	7	8	448	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	30	138	434	612	726	835
9	1	9	573	Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	21	152	532	775	1,063	1,458
10	1	10	574	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	36	239	1,099	1,530	2,137	4,716
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11	2	11	643	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	5	27	93	121	142	150
12	8	12	646	Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	22	146	633	824	906	1,058
13	2	13	656	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	11	102	521	762	1,162	1,574
14	2	14	665	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	17	63	261	344	408	609
15	9	15	699	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria	Brazil	1973	Company	9	112	557	825	881	908
16	10	16	742	Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	15	81	262	362	521	732
17	11	17	762	Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	13	36	142	243	293	365
18	3	18	799	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	15	87	302	438	631	984
19	12	19	811	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	19	138	572	747	889	1,231
20	13	20	834	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12	76	273	374	523	715
21	1	21	836	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	9	57	421	711	745	1,250
22	14	22	860	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	16	109	449	743	1,035	1,454
23	4	23	874	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	7	38	215	399	759	1,419
24	15	24	951	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	15	79	245	310	316	591
25	16	25	997	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	15	94	372	502	510	640
26	2	26	1036	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	3	34	253	428	447	593
27	5	27	1045	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	7	26	52	73	80	82
28	17	28	1081	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	10	75	311	432	580	888
29	18	29	1119	Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	4	50	223	339	478	843
30	3	30	1154	Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	8	14	55	115	162	234
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31	19	31	1161	Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	13	110	527	763	1,097	1,649
32	20	32	1181	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	8	49	191	274	387	560
33	1	33	1203	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	8	28	134	210	227	262
34	3	34	1230	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	1623	Private	1	15	123	261	398	869
35	6	35	1241	Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica	Mexico	2004	Institution	0	6	32	42	50	51
36	21	36	1244	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	8	85	428	580	797	1,075
37	22	37	1264	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	7	51	216	300	308	310
38	23	38	1298	Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	3	25	121	168	177	315
39	24	39	1322	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	7	24	68	94	119	147
40	3	40	1343	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	6	22	106	147	164	168
41	25	41	1353	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	7	63	371	496	662	1,205
42	26	42	1355	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	9	53	303	420	530	682
43	27	43	1360	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	4	36	186	265	319	517
44	4	44	1363	Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	6	39	207	327	486	665
45	28	45	1400	Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	6	24	193	453	623	864
46	7	46	1433	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran	Mexico	1944	Institution	4	13	56	84	115	129
47	1	47	1441	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	1961	Private	4	13	44	114	190	280
48	29	48	1505	Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	5	49	196	261	266	266
49	4	49	1506	Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	4	31	217	363	490	859
50	4	50	1529	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	4	28	196	341	574	852
51	30	51	1606	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	4	14	107	202	276	405
52	5	52	1628	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Chile	1932	Private	3	16	62	147	188	260
53	5	53	1637	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Colombia	1948	Public	3	8	62	156	299	558
54	31	54	1639	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	7	13	99	203	258	328
55	32	55	1665	Instituto D'Or Pesquisa e Ensino	Brazil	2010	Institution	4	9	16	25	29	35
56	6	56	1669	Universidad Mayor Chile	Chile	1988	Private	0	1	31	75	91	105
57	33	57	1673	Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)	Brazil	1949	Institution	4	11	36	39	46	59
58	2	58	1684	National University College	Puerto Rico	1982	Private	5	7	7	10	11	11
59	8	59	1701	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	6	40	275	398	765	1,385
60	34	60	1704	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	4	43	175	213	214	214
61	35	61	1717	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	6	37	256	389	518	820
62	9	62	1725	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	2	29	209	385	916	1,989
63	1	63	1733	Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	3	22	113	236	423	877
64	7	64	1758	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	4	17	75	115	158	198
65	8	65	1767	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	3	23	117	200	276	343
66	6	66	1829	Fundación Universitaria del Area Andina	Colombia	1983	Public	1	8	27	74	136	315
67	1	67	1843	Universidad San Francisco de Quito	Ecuador	1988	Private	1	6	38	71	115	166
68	36	68	1910	Observatorio Nacional	Brazil	1827	Institution	4	10	22	36	40	61
69	37	69	1933	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	4	53	240	323	433	613
70	38	70	1937	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	6	51	193	267	300	444
71	10	71	1956	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	7	39	210	352	655	1,059
72	39	72	1967	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	1955	Hospital	4	22	96	187	241	277
73	9	73	1969	Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	1	19	50	52	54	54
74	1	74	1980	Universidad de la República	Uruguay	1849	Public	0	30	201	303	328	336
75	40	75	1983	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR	Brazil	1960	Private	4	17	104	163	222	270
76	10	76	2003	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	4	14	72	105	196	377
77	11	77	2007	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	Mexico	1971	Institution	1	20	50	87	92	118
78	41	78	2038	Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo PUC-SP	Brazil	1946	Private	3	11	76	159	284	488
79	12	79	2046	Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	0	14	108	162	247	411
80	11	80	2048	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Chile	1953	Private	3	12	70	128	197	247
81	12	81	2049	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile	1928	Private	3	13	90	199	279	355
82	42	82	2054	Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	4	18	27	33	35	35
83	7	83	2056	Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	1	11	119	349	633	1,050
84	13	84	2124	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	1540	Public	1	14	90	179	355	685
85	14	85	2142	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2	13	86	147	346	718
86	43	86	2143	Universidade Federal de Itajubá UNIFEI	Brazil	1913	Public	0	5	68	165	263	338
87	5	87	2146	Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria	Argentina	1956	Institution	2	10	91	217	315	364
88	15	88	2163	Universidad de Colima	Mexico	1940	Public	0	7	47	85	179	339
89	1	89	2255	Universidad Central de Venezuela	Venezuela	1721	Public	1	7	35	96	157	260
90	8	90	2290	Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga	Colombia	1956	Private	0	1	12	34	79	216
91	44	91	2291	Universidade do Grande Rio UNIGRANRIO	Brazil	1970	Public	1	2	10	19	28	43
92	6	92	2292	Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria	Argentina	1990	Institution	2	5	11	14	15	18
93	7	93	2328	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	2	41	306	482	483	483
94	45	94	2331	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	4	29	113	211	315	423
95	46	95	2337	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	3	32	155	235	353	516
96	9	96	2358	Universidad del Rosario	Colombia	1653	Private	1	13	91	164	223	375
97	47	97	2379	Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	1	17	55	128	224	393
98	2	98	2393	Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos	Peru	1551	Public	0	12	130	257	286	2,440
99	16	99	2407	Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo CIAD	Mexico	2000	Institution	2	18	71	111	157	223
100	13	100	2440	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chile	1849	Public	1	19	122	261	376	521

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Latin America Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Last 6 Years Citations)

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