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	9	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	387	Marco Leite ⁱ	578	6279	166	987	2,282	3,528	4,627	5,617	6,092	6,230	6,267	6,275	6,279
2	2	2	115	Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP	Brazil	1962	Public	764	Jose Augusto Chinellato ⁱ	578	1841	45	267	617	956	1,252	1,512	1,641	1,660	1,671	1,716	1,841
3	3	3	153	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Brazil	1976	Public	336	Sandra Dos Santos Padula ⁱ	578	1952	26	222	617	1,002	1,383	1,729	1,893	1,937	1,943	1,950	1,952
4	1	4	161	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	1551	Public	281	Leonid Serkin ⁱ	524	3445	45	233	622	1,009	1,383	1,708	2,045	2,317	2,543	3,139	3,445
5	4	5	230	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS	Brazil	1934	Public	391	César A. Bernardes ⁱ	578	1283	35	188	435	682	898	1,064	1,153	1,173	1,176	1,200	1,283
6	5	6	243	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG	Brazil	1927	Public	3014	Deborah Carvalho Malta ⁱ	578	1325	27	163	397	646	844	997	1,058	1,083	1,159	1,235	1,325
7	6	7	249	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	1920	Public	1120	Murilo Santana Rangel ⁱ	578	1069	27	136	357	580	784	973	1,043	1,057	1,064	1,067	1,069
8	1	8	289	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	1905	Public	61	María Teresa Dova ⁱ	127	2986	27	160	420	752	1,053	1,372	1,495	1,570	1,834	2,319	2,986
9	7	9	407	Fundação Oswaldo Cruz	Brazil	1900	Institution	8066	Ricardo Gazzinelli	578	667	24	92	223	317	421	512	582	622	644	659	667
10	8	10	420	Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP	Brazil	1933	Public	4681	Sergio Tufik	578	902	14	95	244	433	620	749	809	832	845	879	902
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11	9	11	434	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	1968	Public	1963	Franciole Marinho ⁱ	578	978	9	65	175	311	435	556	673	758	826	891	978
12	10	12	436	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria UFSM	Brazil	1960	Public	17601	Guilherme Luiz Dotto	578	316	10	55	123	182	242	285	306	312	315	316	316
13	11	13	462	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Brazil	1954	Public	5448	Hans J Herrmann	578	513	10	67	157	254	362	451	499	506	508	511	513
14	12	14	483	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina UFSC	Brazil	1960	Public	8774	Joao Batista Calixto	578	902	11	91	223	384	561	677	739	752	786	836	902
15	13	15	504	Universidade Federal de Viçosa UFV	Brazil	1922	Public	24376	Marcos Deon Vilela De Resende	578	387	8	55	125	189	254	285	307	324	342	365	387
16	14	16	536	Universidade Estadual de Maringá	Brazil	1970	Public	12326	Angelo Antonio Agostinho	578	505	8	47	122	199	266	325	357	386	427	463	505
17	1	17	600	Universidad de Chile	Chile	1842	Public	10969	Humberto Maturana	70	1047	11	95	245	387	523	625	710	792	875	952	1,047
18	2	18	660	Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN CINVESTAV	Mexico	1961	Institution	43	Heriberto Castilla ⁱ	524	601	12	52	142	224	293	346	401	458	477	531	601
19	15	19	685	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria	Brazil	1973	Company	10438	Mariangela Hungria	578	866	6	61	209	391	542	683	793	852	859	861	866
20	1	20	696	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	1867	Public	814	Carlos Sandoval ⁱ	178	927	7	40	106	247	407	569	687	722	736	776	927
21	16	21	729	Universidade de Brasília UNB	Brazil	1962	Public	31393	Mercedes Bustamante	578	1042	4	61	202	348	514	651	724	753	822	927	1,042
22	17	22	741	Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB	Brazil	1955	Public	31911	José Maria Barbosa Filho	578	264	3	26	77	130	189	235	254	262	264	264	264
23	18	23	743	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Brazil	1946	Public	16976	Marcelo Tabarelli	578	491	4	27	98	207	300	378	413	422	452	486	491
24	19	24	753	Universidade Federal de Pelotas UFPEL	Brazil	1969	Public	5189	Pedro C Hallal	578	286	7	28	54	101	139	180	223	250	263	277	286
25	20	25	840	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	1946	Public	5963	Mauricio L. Barreto\|Mauricio Lima Barreto, Mauricio Barreto ⁱ	578	583	6	41	121	206	297	368	415	437	470	511	583
26	21	26	886	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	1912	Public	7894	Carlos Ricardo Soccol	578	719	4	53	152	276	417	497	548	577	621	658	719
27	2	27	887	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	1821	Public	9708	Victor A Ramos	127	1528	9	60	181	341	501	618	695	846	1,124	1,364	1,528
28	22	28	896	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro UERJ	Brazil	1930	Public	275	Luiz Mundim\|Luiz M Mundim ⁱ	578	433	6	34	86	130	184	243	266	287	338	383	433
29	3	29	908	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	1974	Public	34580	Annia Galano	524	789	3	27	77	149	203	269	318	406	550	688	789
30	23	30	913	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Brazil	1969	Public	31580	Carlos José Soares	578	583	2	16	81	163	250	315	360	413	447	502	583
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31	24	31	965	Universidade Federal de Lavras UFLA	Brazil	1908	Public	26089	Rosane Schwan	578	215	3	22	73	134	172	199	212	214	214	215	215
32	2	32	968	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	1888	Private	8235	Franz Erik Bauer ⁱ	70	458	10	36	100	167	254	299	338	350	371	429	458
33	25	33	1030	Universidade Estadual de Londrina	Brazil	1970	Public	22992	Waldiceu A Verri Jr	578	425	1	32	110	171	229	290	313	325	357	386	425
34	4	34	1037	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	1936	Public	9483	René Luna García ⁱ	524	946	3	25	71	150	255	348	378	435	619	804	946
35	26	35	1042	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul PUCRS	Brazil	1948	Private	7484	Eiji Tanaka	578	353	1	29	86	142	189	242	261	268	275	319	353
36	27	36	1106	Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora UFJF	Brazil	1960	Public	52466	Giancarlo Lucchetti ⁱ	578	225	0	13	22	37	53	67	108	137	163	187	225
37	28	37	1110	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia	Brazil	1952	Public	5377	Philip M Fearnside	578	100	3	18	30	47	65	80	85	93	98	99	100
38	29	38	1143	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	1960	Public	26192	Gustavo De Deus	578	748	4	36	132	241	351	449	489	501	547	610	748
39	3	39	1161	Universidad de Concepción	Chile	1919	Private	22646	Sergio N Torres	70	444	4	30	76	135	201	249	290	334	376	404	444
40	30	40	1183	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Brazil	1954	Public	20033	Dermeval Saviani	578	368	3	20	62	111	182	235	262	268	281	316	368
41	1	41	1195	Universidad de Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico	1903	Public	9575	Zhongfang Chen	20	262	7	21	48	84	128	171	201	220	226	228	262
42	31	42	1250	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Brazil	1961	Institution	9513	Odylio D Aguiar ⁱ	578	223	6	10	27	63	96	137	183	205	215	222	223
43	5	43	1286	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	1943	Private	9504	Hafiz MN Iqbal	524	956	4	25	66	121	207	261	342	449	586	784	956
44	32	44	1295	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande FURG	Brazil	1969	Public	32593	Jorge Alberto Vieira Costa	578	309	1	19	44	78	111	138	183	230	255	275	309
45	33	45	1313	Universidade Federal do ABC UFABC	Brazil	2005	Public	405	Eduardo De Moraes Gregores ⁱ	578	549	4	17	53	115	187	288	391	469	502	521	549
46	3	46	1337	Bariloche Atomic Centre	Argentina	2013	Institution	16584	Esteban Roulet ⁱ	127	163	6	13	41	72	103	123	144	149	160	163	163
47	4	47	1393	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Argentina	1975	Public	51735	Oscar Iribarne	127	281	0	12	35	54	80	109	133	160	207	253	281
48	4	48	1395	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chile	1989	Private	21683	Hans Zinnecker	70	213	4	11	23	47	69	86	100	107	129	165	213
49	5	49	1411	Universidad Diego Portales	Chile	1982	Private	16286	Jose L Prieto	70	163	5	13	20	34	52	70	93	113	130	150	163
50	2	50	1433	National University College	Puerto Rico	1982	Private	52761	Chang-Min Park	20	12	0	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	12	12	12
51	34	51	1438	Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG	Brazil	1960	Public	20289	José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho	578	539	2	25	87	148	219	295	330	339	369	432	539
52	35	52	1440	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	1958	Public	2305	Victor Araujo Ferraz ⁱ	578	304	3	24	85	149	208	250	294	301	304	304	304
53	36	53	1441	Universidade Federal do Pará UFPA	Brazil	1957	Public	30288	Celso Vataru Nakamura	578	463	1	22	72	131	189	230	251	277	325	380	463
54	6	54	1447	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	1792	Public	7597	JC Díaz Vélez ⁱ	524	1065	2	21	61	114	192	272	326	440	647	923	1,065
55	2	55	1451	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	1803	Public	643	Jose David Ruiz Alvarez ⁱ	178	512	2	22	74	136	237	342	407	440	448	452	512
56	37	56	1460	Universidade Federal de Sergipe UFS	Brazil	1967	Public	27322	Lucindo J Quintans Júnior	578	227	2	15	42	77	115	146	166	167	169	189	227
57	38	57	1462	Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	Brazil	2002	Public	80299	Claudianor Alves	578	127	0	7	31	54	80	98	120	125	125	126	127
58	3	58	1470	Universidad de los Andes Colombia	Colombia	1949	Private	917	Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra ⁱ	178	601	3	18	61	123	209	290	346	375	420	509	601
59	7	59	1516	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)	Mexico	1994	Institution	5906	Matthew Reynolds	524	83	6	22	32	42	49	55	69	78	81	83	83
60	39	60	1518	Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV	Brazil	1944	Private	6643	Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira	578	40	1	13	20	24	27	31	33	33	37	40	40
61	40	61	1531	Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos UNISINOS	Brazil	1969	Private	30843	Maria Teresa Anselmo Olinto ⁱ	578	292	2	11	40	69	106	139	182	208	233	254	292
62	8	62	1536	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	1578	Public	2829	Mario Rodriguez Cahuantzi ⁱ	524	492	2	9	24	56	81	114	127	175	268	380	492
63	9	63	1576	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	1933	Public	85188	M. Basin	524	104	0	9	17	29	36	40	49	66	88	98	104
64	41	64	1582	Universidade Estadual do Ceará	Brazil	1975	Public	53246	Selene Maia De Morais	578	195	0	8	20	35	58	74	85	108	130	153	195
65	42	65	1586	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Brazil	1952	Private	12831	Marcos N Eberlin	578	189	2	6	19	37	59	86	99	109	140	168	189
66	43	66	1601	Brazilian Center for Research in Physics (CBPF)	Brazil	1949	Institution	325	Gilvan Augusto Alves ⁱ	578	43	4	7	17	29	34	39	39	40	41	43	43
67	5	67	1620	Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina	Argentina	1958	Private	2730	Lutz Birnbaumer	127	266	3	6	14	20	32	48	72	108	161	214	266
68	44	68	1667	Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro PUC-RIO	Brazil	1940	Private	1200	Carla Göbel ⁱ	578	323	1	18	64	112	150	189	220	245	277	306	323
69	6	69	1676	National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Argentina	Argentina	1958	Institution	37108	Alejandro Olivieri	127	483	1	20	82	173	298	417	478	482	483	483	483
70	10	70	1703	Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica	Mexico	1971	Institution	42553	Itziar Aretxaga ⁱ	524	97	1	15	27	37	48	66	81	88	90	95	97
71	11	71	1706	National Institute of Public Health of Mexico	Mexico	1987	Institution	3311	Juan Rivera-Dommarco	524	140	4	13	47	68	90	107	117	127	137	140	140
72	12	72	1715	Instituto de Ecologia, A.C.	Mexico	1974	Institution	35252	Martin Aluja	524	185	2	11	37	72	96	121	143	161	175	184	185
73	45	73	1718	Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro UFRRJ	Brazil	1792	Public	72498	Marcos Gervasio Pereira	578	230	0	10	26	56	84	120	142	173	191	209	230
74	46	74	1724	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Brazil	1955	Hospital	23249	Pedro A. Lemos	578	205	2	11	33	62	91	123	167	187	199	200	205
75	4	75	1738	Universidad del Valle	Colombia	1945	Public	62668	Luis Eduardo Bravo	178	601	0	8	30	65	110	187	269	338	425	492	601
76	7	76	1750	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	1613	Public	5899	Sandra Diaz	127	751	1	12	58	118	182	238	306	400	553	685	751
77	13	77	1752	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Mexico	1828	Public	39600	AZM Salem	524	491	1	5	36	79	142	203	229	262	356	447	491
78	47	78	1769	Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro	Brazil	1993	Public	58120	Fabio Lopes Olivares\|Olivares, FL, Fabio Olivares, Fábio Lopes De Olivares	578	124	0	11	32	45	53	79	99	109	117	117	124
79	1	79	1777	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	1961	Private	16213	J. Jaime Miranda ⁱ	127	211	3	10	20	30	41	71	95	136	176	199	211
80	1	80	1780	Universidad de Costa Rica	Costa Rica	1940	Public	6630	José María Gutiérrez	30	620	2	8	42	77	110	150	200	277	393	535	620
81	6	81	1784	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chile	1988	Private	345	Sergey Kuleshov ⁱ	70	157	3	8	28	54	73	86	104	124	137	151	157
82	7	82	1806	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Chile	1928	Private	27151	Joel Saavedra ⁱ	70	284	2	9	27	53	88	115	165	212	240	265	284
83	48	83	1807	Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa UEPG	Brazil	1970	Public	9985	Alessandro D Loguercio	578	230	2	8	25	44	66	98	129	151	179	207	230
84	14	84	1812	Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran	Mexico	1944	Institution	8905	Carlos A. Aguilar Salinas ⁱ	524	116	3	11	26	44	52	67	79	90	106	114	116
85	49	85	1813	Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana UEFS	Brazil	1976	Public	34529	Germano P Guedes ⁱ	578	83	2	8	18	26	40	65	73	78	82	82	83
86	15	86	1841	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Mexico	1869	Public	59938	Carlos Rodriguez	524	378	0	6	19	42	70	94	142	187	244	309	378
87	50	87	1856	Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense UNESC	Brazil	1968	Private	12862	Felipe Dal Pizzol	578	76	1	8	16	21	25	30	41	48	59	66	76
88	1	88	1893	Universidad de los Andes Mérida	Venezuela	1810	Public	36872	Jean Louis Salager	54	307	1	4	16	34	61	89	114	140	195	251	307
89	8	89	1913	Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia Agropecuaria	Argentina	1956	Institution	44428	Alberto A. Guglielmone	127	357	1	3	24	50	86	127	184	251	304	338	357
90	16	90	1935	Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	1973	Public	79610	Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla	524	379	0	5	10	18	35	48	77	121	212	308	379
91	17	91	1940	Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco	Mexico	1958	Public	50667	Francisco Hernandez	524	239	0	3	7	15	25	43	79	115	162	203	239
92	18	92	1947	Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Mexico	1951	Public	2934	A Hernandez Almada ⁱ	524	246	1	5	16	27	43	52	62	89	145	206	246
93	51	93	1956	Observatorio Nacional	Brazil	1827	Institution	8499	Marcio AG Maia ⁱ	578	48	3	4	13	18	22	25	34	37	40	42	48
94	52	94	1986	Universidade Guarulhos UNG	Brazil	1969	Private	28802	Magda Feres	578	35	2	5	9	11	16	21	27	31	33	34	35
95	19	95	1988	Universidad de las Américas Puebla	Mexico	1940	Private	33085	Aurelio LóPez Malo	524	171	1	4	7	15	27	39	52	76	110	152	171
96	20	96	2037	Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	1959	Public	80944	Marcos Soto Hernandez	524	320	0	6	34	67	104	117	146	184	217	280	320
97	8	97	2051	Universidad Austral de Chile	Chile	1954	Public	32504	Daniel Martínez Olguín	70	262	2	14	39	71	113	145	179	201	225	249	262
98	9	98	2057	Universidad de la Frontera	Chile	1981	Public	14789	Fernando Lanas Zanetti\|Fernando Lanas Zanetti, Lanas F	70	54	1	9	32	46	50	51	51	53	54	54	54
99	53	99	2061	Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco UFRPE	Brazil	1912	Public	100766	Maria Jesus Nogueira Rodal	578	228	0	7	32	66	103	131	169	185	206	214	228
100	54	100	2065	Instituto Butantan	Brazil	1901	Institution	8545	Pedro Ismael Da Silva Junior ⁱ	578	128	1	12	35	64	86	114	125	128	128	128	128

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

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