2024 Research Leaders: Leading academic institutions

The 2024 Research Leaders are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.

Table criteria

Position Institution Share 2022 Share 2023 Count 2023 Change in Adjusted Share* 2022–2023
1 University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil 65.66 51.53 383 -22.2% Decrease
2 State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil 16.38 23.58 142 42.7% Increase
3 University of Chile, Chile 13.73 13.91 270 0.5% Increase
4 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (PUC), Chile 13.37 11.71 376 -13.2% Decrease
5 University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina 17.00 11.65 163 -32.1% Decrease
6 Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil 10.70 10.77 204 -0.2% Decrease
7 São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil 10.29 10.06 91 -3.1% Decrease
8 Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil 12.67 9.09 57 -28.9% Decrease
9 Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil 5.87 8.17 30 38.1% Increase
10 Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Brazil 8.54 7.94 21 -7.8% Decrease
11 Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Brazil 7.86 7.65 34 -3.6% Decrease
12 University of Santiago, Chile (Usach), Chile 5.15 7.32 27 40.9% Increase
13 Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil 7.79 6.80 25 -13.5% Decrease
14 Andres Bello University (UNAB), Chile 7.20 6.76 161 -6.8% Decrease
15 Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil 3.20 6.20 29 91.8% Increase
16 University of Antioquia (UdeA), Colombia 3.63 5.94 95 62.1% Increase
17 Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil 7.73 5.75 31 -26.2% Decrease
18 Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil 9.58 5.34 89 -44.8% Decrease
19 University of the Republic (UDELAR), Uruguay 5.51 4.97 23 -10.5% Decrease
20 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil 1.83 4.94 63 168.0% Increase
21 Adolfo Ibáñez University (UAI), Chile 3.04 4.88 28 58.9% Increase
22 Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT), Brazil 2.40 4.88 16 101.4% Increase
23 National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina 4.28 4.86 34 12.7% Increase
24 Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Brazil 5.89 4.83 19 -18.8% Decrease
25 National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina 7.08 4.79 131 -32.9% Decrease
26 Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso (PUCV), Chile 2.63 4.76 20 78.9% Increase
27 University of Antofagasta, Chile 2.32 4.71 29 101.8% Increase
28 Federico Santa María Technical University (UTFSM), Chile 7.06 4.69 135 -34.1% Decrease
29 University of Concepción (UdeC), Chile 7.13 4.62 57 -35.8% Decrease
30 Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador 7.47 4.60 70 -39.0% Decrease
31 Universidad San Sebastián (USS), Chile 1.35 4.46 23 228.2% Increase
32 University of Brasília (UnB), Brazil 3.22 4.44 47 36.8% Increase
33 Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Brazil 4.15 4.32 20 3.0% Increase
34 Federal University of ABC (UFABC), Brazil 10.46 4.23 105 -59.9% Decrease
35 Catholic University of the North (UCN), Chile 1.28 4.00 24 209.8% Increase
36 Austral University of Chile (UACh), Chile 3.11 3.99 25 27.5% Increase
37 Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil 1.30 3.99 106 203.9% Increase
38 Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), Brazil 6.67 3.82 21 -43.3% Decrease
39 Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil 3.76 3.62 17 -4.4% Decrease
40 Los Andes University, Colombia 5.24 3.57 72 -32.6% Decrease
41 Federal University of Paraná (UFPR), Brazil 4.05 3.40 27 -16.7% Decrease
42 National University of Colombia (UNAL), Colombia 2.44 3.35 165 35.8% Increase
43 Universidad Arturo Prat (UNAP), Chile 2.29 3.28 8 42.0% Increase
44 National University of Cuyo (UNCUYO), Argentina 3.14 3.04 32 -4.0% Decrease
45 Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción (UCSC), Chile 2.00 2.96 10 47.0% Increase
46 Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), Brazil 5.07 2.89 28 -43.5% Decrease
47 National University of General San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina 1.51 2.77 17 81.3% Increase
48 Diego Portales University (UDP), Chile 1.91 2.70 23 40.5% Increase
49 University of Tarapacá (UTA), Chile 2.06 2.61 183 26.1% Increase
50 Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil 5.01 2.46 27 -51.3% Decrease
51 Federal University of Espírito Santo (UFES), Brazil 3.64 2.41 11 -34.4% Decrease
52 University of La Serena (ULS), Chile 1.75 1.98 126 12.2% Increase
53 Federal University of Campina Grande (UFCG), Brazil 3.17 1.93 6 -39.9% Decrease
54 Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Brazil 1.31 1.85 9 39.9% Increase
55 University of Valparaíso (UV), Chile 3.08 1.85 40 -40.6% Decrease
56 Cayetano Heredia University (UPCH), Peru 2.97 1.84 23 -38.4% Decrease
57 National University of the Litoral (UNL), Argentina 0.71 1.79 11 150.7% Increase
58 Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Brazil 0.17 1.78 8 930.6% Increase
59 University of the Frontier (UFRO), Chile 1.04 1.74 18 65.7% Increase
60 University of Talca (UTALCA), Chile 0.95 1.68 11 76.4% Increase
61 National Polytechnic School (EPN), Ecuador 1.22 1.65 66 34.3% Increase
62 Santa Catarina State University (UDESC), Brazil 0.03 1.58 6 4,902.4% Increase
63 Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Brazil 3.78 1.53 148 -59.8% Decrease
64 Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), Brazil 1.09 1.45 6 31.9% Increase
65 Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), Brazil 1.03 1.44 6 38.6% Increase
66 Federal University of Itajubá (UNIFEI), Brazil 0.81 1.41 3 72.5% Increase
67 Temuco Catholic University, Chile 0.50 1.39 5 175.5% Increase
68 National University of Mar Del Plata (UNMdP), Argentina 2.53 1.31 9 -48.7% Decrease
69 Universidad de las Américas (UDLA), Ecuador 0.03 1.28 8 4,478.4% Increase
70 Rosario National University (UNR), Argentina 0.97 1.21 13 23.9% Increase
71 Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (ESPOCH), Ecuador 0.51 1.17 2 127.0% Increase
72 Icesi University, Colombia 0.18 1.13 6 513.9% Increase
73 Industrial University of Santander (UIS), Colombia 2.90 1.10 8 -62.4% Decrease
74 Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Brazil 0.13 1.09 4 714.1% Increase
75 University of Valle, Colombia 0.46 1.08 14 135.5% Increase
76 Mackenzie Presbyterian University (UPM), Brazil 0.09 1.06 6 1,099.5% Increase
77 National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), Peru 0.78 1.02 11 29.1% Increase
78 State University of Piauí (UESPI), Brazil 0.00 1.00 1 0.0% Increase
79 Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Brazil 1.86 1.00 7 -46.8% Decrease
80 National University of South (UNS), Argentina 0.96 1.00 5 3.0% Increase
81 Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Peru 1.06 0.98 45 -9.0% Decrease
82 State University of Londrina (UEL), Brazil 2.18 0.97 5 -56.1% Decrease
83 Universidad Mayor, Chile 1.81 0.96 15 -47.6% Decrease
84 Federal University of Maranhão (UFMA), Brazil 3.31 0.93 6 -72.1% Decrease
85 Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN), Brazil 0.67 0.92 2 36.3% Increase
86 University of Atacama (UDA), Chile 0.54 0.89 6 64.2% Increase
87 State University of Paraíba (UEPB), Brazil 0.17 0.88 2 426.3% Increase
88 Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS), Brazil 1.07 0.88 33 -19.0% Decrease
89 University of the State of Amazonas (UEA), Brazil 0.44 0.86 27 92.4% Increase
90 State University of Santa Cruz (UESC), Brazil 0.48 0.86 5 76.0% Increase
91 Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM), Brazil 1.35 0.81 6 -40.2% Decrease
92 Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU), Brazil 1.90 0.81 9 -57.9% Decrease
93 National University of San Antonio Abad in Cuzco (UNSAAC), Peru 0.23 0.80 11 250.8% Increase
94 University of Nariño (UDENAR), Colombia 0.75 0.75 1 -0.9% Decrease
95 Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil 1.42 0.74 12 -48.8% Decrease
96 Central University of Chile (UCEN), Chile 0.00 0.73 5 0.0% Increase
97 National University of San Luis (UNSL), Argentina 0.43 0.72 4 67.5% Increase
98 National University of Quilmes (UNQ), Argentina 0.98 0.71 4 -28.5% Decrease
99 Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil 0.38 0.70 8 82.1% Increase
100 Universidade Tiradentes (UNIT), Brazil 0.13 0.67 1 428.7% Increase
101 Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil 0.91 0.66 8 -28.7% Decrease
102 National University of Southern Patagonia (UNPA), Argentina 0.08 0.58 7 595.9% Increase
103 National University of Saint Augustine (UNSA), Peru 0.50 0.56 3 12.0% Increase
104 Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), Venezuela 1.88 0.54 5 -71.5% Decrease
105 Ceará State University (UECE), Brazil 1.42 0.52 4 -63.5% Decrease
106 Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham ( UNAHUR), Argentina 0.00 0.50 1 17,297.2% Increase
106 Universidade Federal do Cariri (UFCA), Brazil 0.00 0.50 2 0.0% Increase
107 Universidad de O'Higgins (UOH), Chile 0.95 0.50 5 -47.9% Decrease
108 Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), Brazil 2.00 0.49 3 -75.6% Decrease
109 Universidad del Norte, Colombia 0.49 0.46 5 -7.9% Decrease
110 Universidad Ricardo Palma (URP), Peru 0.04 0.43 3 1,089.3% Increase
111 University of Fortaleza (Unifor), Brazil 0.00 0.40 1 0.0% Increase
112 State University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS), Brazil 0.10 0.39 2 274.3% Increase
113 Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Brazil 0.44 0.39 5 -11.4% Decrease
114 University of the Andes (ULA), Venezuela 0.68 0.36 6 -47.2% Decrease
115 National University of San Juan (UNSJ), Argentina 0.17 0.36 3 112.7% Increase
116 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia 0.18 0.36 13 93.5% Increase
117 Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Brazil 0.60 0.35 8 -41.7% Decrease
118 National University of the Northeast (UNNE), Argentina 0.04 0.35 4 869.7% Increase
119 Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana (UTEM), Chile 0.50 0.34 2 -32.0% Decrease
120 Central University of Ecuador (UCE), Ecuador 0.00 0.34 2 0.0% Increase
121 Universidad Autónoma de Chile (UA), Chile 0.87 0.34 5 -61.5% Decrease
122 Universidad EAFIT, Colombia 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
122 Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán (UNHEVAL), Peru 0.00 0.33 1 0.0% Increase
122 Federal Rural University of Semi-Árido (UFERSA), Brazil 0.25 0.33 1 32.2% Increase
123 University Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), Brazil 0.25 0.33 3 30.2% Increase
124 Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG), Brazil 1.06 0.33 4 -69.4% Decrease
125 Austral University Hospital, Argentina 0.04 0.32 7 651.6% Increase
126 Austral University, Argentina 0.05 0.32 2 555.3% Increase
127 Universidad del Desarrollo (UDD), Chile 1.54 0.32 6 -79.7% Decrease
128 Catholic University of Cordoba (UCC), Argentina 0.31 0.30 1 -2.0% Decrease
129 National University of Comahue (UNCo), Argentina 0.74 0.30 5 -60.4% Decrease
130 University of San Simón (UMSS), Bolivia 0.13 0.29 6 122.7% Increase
131 Universidad de los Andes (UANDES), Chile 0.18 0.29 7 61.3% Increase
132 Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Brazil 1.08 0.29 4 -73.6% Decrease
133 Universidad Nacional de Caaguazú (UNCA), Paraguay 0.00 0.29 1 17,856.6% Increase
134 Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense (UNSEC), Brazil 0.00 0.28 1 0.0% Increase
135 Universidad ORT Uruguay, Uruguay 0.00 0.27 1 0.0% Increase
136 Positive University, Brazil 0.00 0.27 1 0.0% Increase
136 Evangelical Mackenzie Faculty of Parana, Brazil 0.00 0.27 1 0.0% Increase
137 Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador (PUCE), Ecuador 0.60 0.27 6 -55.8% Decrease
138 National University of Salta (UNSa), Argentina 0.00 0.26 3 0.0% Increase
139 Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Norte de Minas Gerais (IFNMG), Brazil 0.33 0.26 2 -22.5% Decrease
140 Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia (UPTC), Colombia 0.01 0.25 1 1,568.4% Increase
140 Instituto Federal Fluminense (IFF), Brazil 0.00 0.25 1 0.0% Increase
141 Federal University Foundation of Rio Grande (FURG), Brazil 0.37 0.25 5 -33.3% Decrease
142 Fundacion Cimas del Ecuador, Ecuador 0.00 0.23 1 0.0% Increase
143 Federal University of Acre (UFAC), Brazil 0.02 0.22 7 1,202.7% Increase
144 Peruvian University of Applied Sciences (UPC), Peru 0.00 0.22 2 0.0% Increase
145 Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Argentina 0.36 0.22 4 -39.0% Decrease
146 Bahia School of Medicine and Public Health (BAHIANA), Brazil 0.02 0.22 3 874.5% Increase
147 Catholic University of Maule (UCM), Chile 1.54 0.21 4 -86.4% Decrease
148 Scientific University of the South (UCSUR), Peru 0.18 0.21 4 16.8% Increase
149 Ponta Grossa State University (UEPG), Brazil 0.22 0.20 2 -8.6% Decrease
150 Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA), Bolivia 0.99 0.20 2 -80.0% Decrease
150 State University of Norte Fluminense (UENF), Brazil 0.28 0.20 1 -28.4% Decrease
151 Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins (UBO), Chile 0.81 0.20 3 -75.8% Decrease
152 Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG), Brazil 0.10 0.19 2 91.2% Increase
153 Federal University of Western Pará (UFOPA), Brazil 0.02 0.19 4 807.2% Increase
154 State University of Maringá (UEM), Brazil 0.29 0.19 1 -35.5% Decrease
155 University of Bío-Bío (UBB), Chile 2.84 0.19 3 -93.5% Decrease
156 Universidad del Rosario, Colombia 1.68 0.18 6 -89.2% Decrease
157 University of La Sabana (Unisabana), Colombia 0.12 0.17 5 43.6% Increase
158 Universidad Privada del Norte (UPN), Peru 0.00 0.17 1 0.0% Increase
159 Catholic University of Pelotas (UCPEL), Brazil 0.23 0.16 3 -33.3% Decrease
160 Universidad de Piura (UDEP), Peru 0.01 0.15 2 1,921.5% Increase
161 University of Córdoba (Unicor), Colombia 0.00 0.15 1 0.0% Increase
162 Federal University of São João del-Rei (UFSJ), Brazil 0.19 0.15 11 -25.2% Decrease
163 National School of Public Health (ENSP), Brazil 0.45 0.14 2 -68.4% Decrease
164 Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUCPR), Brazil 1.06 0.14 1 -86.6% Decrease
165 Estácio de Sá University, Brazil 0.00 0.14 4 0.0% Increase
166 University of San Andrés, Argentina 0.04 0.13 4 270.4% Increase
167 University Finis Terrae (UFT), Chile 0.04 0.13 3 216.7% Increase
168 National University of Río Negro (UNRN), Argentina 0.29 0.13 4 -55.4% Decrease
169 Mato Grosso State University (UNEMAT), Brazil 0.17 0.13 4 -24.0% Decrease
170 Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (UAGRM), Bolivia 0.06 0.13 5 113.8% Increase
171 University of Cartagena, Colombia 0.13 0.13 3 -1.1% Decrease
172 University of CEMA (UCEMA), Argentina 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
172 Universidad Santiago de Cali (USC), Colombia 0.42 0.13 1 -70.7% Decrease
172 Institute of Advanced Studies in Administration (IESA), Venezuela 0.00 0.13 1 0.0% Increase
173 University of Santander (UDES), Colombia 0.23 0.12 7 -46.2% Decrease
174 National University of Tucumán (UNT), Argentina 0.17 0.12 2 -31.1% Decrease
175 Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brazil 0.09 0.12 2 26.0% Increase
176 National Technological University (UTN), Argentina 0.19 0.12 3 -37.6% Decrease
177 Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Colombia 0.01 0.12 2 1,083.4% Increase
178 National University of Engineering (UNI), Peru 0.36 0.11 5 -68.4% Decrease
179 Catholic University of Brasília (UCB), Brazil 0.08 0.11 1 42.3% Increase
179 Uruguay Technological University (UTEC), Uruguay 0.00 0.11 1 0.0% Increase
179 São Judas Tadeu University (USJT), Brazil 0.00 0.11 1 0.0% Increase
180 Marilia Medical School, Brazil 0.00 0.10 2 0.0% Increase
181 Universidad Nacional de Loja (UNL), Ecuador 0.01 0.10 1 891.3% Increase
181 Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), Brazil 0.28 0.10 1 -65.0% Decrease
181 National University of the Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), Argentina 0.60 0.10 1 -83.3% Decrease
181 Catholic University of Santa María, Peru 0.00 0.10 1 0.0% Increase
182 Federal Rural University of the Amazon (UFRA), Brazil 0.03 0.10 2 242.6% Increase
183 University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), Brazil 1.51 0.09 5 -93.8% Decrease
184 Campo Catino Austral Observatory (CAO), Chile 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
185 Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Peru 0.02 0.09 2 284.0% Increase
186 University of the Pacific/Ecuador, Ecuador 0.00 0.09 2 0.0% Increase
187 Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP), Peru 0.09 0.09 7 3.3% Increase
188 Centro Universitário FIPMoc (UNIFIPMoc), Brazil 0.07 0.09 2 22.6% Increase
189 Colegio Médico Veterinario de Apurímac, Peru 0.00 0.09 1 0.0% Increase
190 Amazon Regional University (IKIAM), Ecuador 0.09 0.09 2 -3.7% Decrease
191 University of Palermo (UP), Argentina 1.00 0.09 2 -91.5% Decrease
192 National University of Chimborazo (UNACH), Ecuador 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
192 Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso (IFMT), Brazil 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
192 Pará State University (UEPA), Brazil 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
193 Universidade Federal de Catalão (UFCAT), Brazil 0.00 0.08 1 0.0% Increase
194 Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Brazil 0.22 0.08 2 -65.7% Decrease
195 Universidad de Morón, Argentina 0.01 0.08 2 793.5% Increase
196 Universidad de la Defensa Nacional (UNDEF), Argentina 0.07 0.07 1 -0.9% Decrease
196 Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil 0.22 0.07 1 -67.2% Decrease
197 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-Campinas), Brazil 0.19 0.07 2 -63.4% Decrease
198 National University of Misiones (UNAM), Argentina 0.03 0.07 2 166.7% Increase
199 Universidade Paulista (UNIP), Brazil 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
199 Universidad CESMAG, Colombia 0.00 0.07 1 0.0% Increase
200 Antonio Nariño University (UAN), Colombia 0.40 0.07 95 -83.9% Decrease
201 National University of La Pampa (UNLPAM), Argentina 0.00 0.07 2 0.0% Increase
202 University of El Salvador (USAL), Argentina 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
202 Argentine University of Enterprise (UADE), Argentina 0.06 0.06 1 11.5% Increase
202 University of Paraíba Valley (UNIVAP), Brazil 0.13 0.06 1 -50.4% Decrease
202 National University of Entre Ríos (UNER), Argentina 0.08 0.06 1 -18.1% Decrease
203 Universidade Brasil, Brazil 0.00 0.06 2 0.0% Increase
204 University of Saint Francis Xavier (USFX), Bolivia 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
205 Universidad Central, Colombia 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
206 EMSM (Escola de Medicina Souza Marques), Brazil 0.00 0.06 1 0.0% Increase
206 Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador 0.31 0.06 1 -82.5% Decrease
206 Maimonides University, Argentina 0.05 0.06 2 10.1% Increase
207 State University of Feira de Santana (UEFS), Brazil 0.03 0.05 3 67.8% Increase
208 University of Magallanes (UMAG), Chile 0.52 0.05 4 -89.6% Decrease
209 National University Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ), Argentina 0.06 0.05 3 -8.7% Decrease
210 University of Atlántico (UA), Colombia 0.01 0.05 2 714.1% Increase
211 Universidad ECOTEC, Ecuador 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
211 Yachay Tech University, Ecuador 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
212 El Bosque University, Colombia 0.17 0.05 4 -71.1% Decrease
213 University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC), Peru 0.03 0.05 1 88.8% Increase
214 Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia (UFRB), Brazil 0.12 0.05 1 -61.0% Decrease
214 Popular University of Cesar, Colombia 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
214 Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Colombia 0.01 0.05 1 363.2% Increase
214 Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina, Colombia 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
214 University of the Region of Joinville (UNIVILLE), Brazil 0.06 0.05 1 -19.0% Decrease
214 Yanayacu Biological Station & Center for Creative Studies, Ecuador 0.00 0.05 1 0.0% Increase
215 University of the Amazon, Colombia 0.00 0.04 1 0.0% Increase
216 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Goiás (PUC Goiás), Brazil 0.00 0.04 1 0.0% Increase
217 University of Carabobo (UC), Venezuela 0.13 0.04 1 -66.0% Decrease
218 Federal University of Rondônia (UNIR), Brazil 0.05 0.04 4 -7.7% Decrease
219 Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (FCMSC-SP), Brazil 0.00 0.04 2 0.0% Increase
220 Federal University of Western Bahia (UFOB), Brazil 0.00 0.04 1 0.0% Increase
221 Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador 0.02 0.04 2 83.9% Increase
222 Universidad Nacional de Asuncion (UNA), Paraguay 0.19 0.04 4 -78.1% Decrease
223 National Agrarian University (UNALM), Peru 0.01 0.04 2 346.7% Increase
224 Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE), Brazil 1.59 0.04 1 -97.6% Decrease
224 Universidad Andina del Cusco (UAC), Peru 0.00 0.04 1 0.0% Increase
225 National University of Central Buenos Aires (UNICEN), Argentina 0.12 0.04 2 -70.5% Decrease
226 Universidad Continental, Peru 0.28 0.03 1 -88.3% Decrease
227 University of San Martín de Porres (USMP), Peru 0.02 0.03 3 97.5% Increase
228 Universidad Científica del Perú (UCP), Peru 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
228 Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (UNASAM), Peru 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
228 Instituto Federal do Pará (IFPA), Brazil 0.22 0.03 1 -86.1% Decrease
228 Centro Universitário São Lucas, Brazil 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
229 Faculty of Medicine of ABC (FMABC), Brazil 0.07 0.03 2 -54.1% Decrease
230 Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda (UNDAV), Argentina 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
231 Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Colombia 0.00 0.03 1 0.0% Increase
231 CES University, Colombia 0.00 0.03 1 690.3% Increase
231 Jorge Tadeo Lozano University (UTADEO), Colombia 0.13 0.03 1 -78.7% Decrease
232 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (IFET), Brazil 0.63 0.03 4 -95.9% Decrease
233 University of Tolima (UT), Colombia 0.00 0.02 3 0.0% Increase
234 Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (UIDE), Ecuador 0.03 0.02 1 -25.7% Decrease
235 Universidad Católica de Colombia, Colombia 0.00 0.02 1 0.0% Increase
236 University of Guyana, Guyana 0.00 0.02 2 0.0% Increase
237 Federal University of Southern Bahia (UFSB), Brazil 0.12 0.02 2 -85.9% Decrease
237 Fundação Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB), Brazil 0.22 0.02 2 -92.2% Decrease
238 Universidad de Pamplona, Colombia 0.04 0.02 1 -60.8% Decrease
239 Universidade Nilton Lins, Brazil 0.02 0.02 1 -5.8% Decrease
240 National University of Luján (UNLU), Argentina 0.07 0.02 2 -76.4% Decrease
241 Federal University of Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (UFVJM), Brazil 0.49 0.02 1 -96.8% Decrease
242 Grupo UniEduK, Brazil 0.05 0.02 1 -70.5% Decrease
243 Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (UNISUL), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
244 University of Santo Amaro (UNiSA), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
245 Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University (UNJBG), Peru 0.00 0.01 2 0.0% Increase
246 Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Chile 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
247 Faculdades Pequeno Príncipe (FPP), Brazil 0.01 0.01 1 -9.9% Decrease
248 Ean University, Colombia 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
249 University of Passo Fundo (UPF), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
250 Universidade Metropolitana de Santos (UNIMES), Brazil 0.06 0.01 1 -80.6% Decrease
251 Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
251 Universidad de los Llanos, Colombia 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
252 National Open University and Distance (UNAD), Colombia 0.04 0.01 3 -71.3% Decrease
253 Veiga de Almeida University (UVA), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
254 Centro Universitário Fametro (Unifametro), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
254 Christus College, Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
254 Universidade Iguaçu (UNIG), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
255 Universidad Santo Tomás (UST), Chile 0.01 0.01 1 1.0% Increase
256 Catholic University of Salta (UCASAL), Argentina 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
257 Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA), Ecuador 0.02 0.01 2 -48.0% Decrease
257 Andes to Amazon Biodiversity Program (AABP), Peru 0.00 0.01 2 0.0% Increase
258 University of Cuenca, Ecuador 0.30 0.01 3 -97.3% Decrease
259 Centro Universitário Aparício Carvalho FIMCA, Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
260 Acre Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology (IFAC), Brazil 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
261 University of Caldas, Colombia 0.02 0.01 1 -72.1% Decrease
262 Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego (UNTDF), Argentina 0.05 0.01 1 -88.3% Decrease
263 Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios (UMD), Colombia 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
264 National University of Formosa, Argentina 0.00 0.01 1 0.0% Increase
265 Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), Brazil 0.01 0.01 1 -40.3% Decrease
266 University of Magdalena, Colombia 0.00 0.00 1 -5.0% Decrease
267 Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Brazil 0.61 0.00 12 -99.3% Decrease
268 Escuela de Ingeniería de Antioquia (EIA), Colombia 0.01 0.00 1 -50.4% Decrease
269 National University of Jujuy (UNJU), Argentina 0.02 0.00 1 -75.8% Decrease
270 Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul (UNISC), Brazil 0.00 0.00 2 0.0% Increase
271 University of Pernambuco (UPE), Brazil 0.41 0.00 1 -99.1% Decrease
272 University Center of Brasilia (UniCEUB), Brazil 0.02 0.00 1 -78.3% Decrease
273 University of Medellin (UdeM), Colombia 0.22 0.00 2 -98.4% Decrease
274 University of Sinú Elías Bechara Zainúm (UNISINU), Colombia 0.00 0.00 1 0.0% Increase
275 Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN), Ecuador 0.00 0.00 1 0.0% Increase
276 Federal Center for Technological Education Celso Suckow da Fonseca (CEFET-RJ), Brazil 0.03 0.00 1 -90.8% Decrease
277 Sergio Arboleda University, Colombia 0.00 0.00 1 -50.4% Decrease
278 Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Brazil 0.57 0.00 2 -99.6% Decrease
279 Cafam University Foundation (UNICAFAM), Colombia 0.00 0.00 2 0.0% Increase
279 Autonomous University of Bucaramanga (UNBA), Colombia 0.00 0.00 2 0.0% Increase
279 Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado (UCLA), Venezuela 0.00 0.00 2 0.0% Increase
279 Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (UNICENTRO), Brazil 0.00 0.00 2 0.0% Increase
280 Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), Brazil 0.92 0.00 1 -99.9% Decrease
280 State University of Montes Claros (UNIMONTES), Brazil 0.03 0.00 1 -97.9% Decrease

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