Argentina's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List
Argentina has 171 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Argentina 40th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Buenos Aires has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (25).
Scientists in Argentina on the list, by year
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 146 | 171 | ||
| 2021 | 178 | +21.9% | 204 | +19.3% |
| 2022 | 201 | +12.9% | 217 | +6.4% |
| 2023 | 196 | -2.5% | 226 | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 204 | +4.1% | 240 | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 217 | +6.4% | 263 | +9.6% |
Top 10 institutes in Argentina
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- 1Universidad de Buenos Aires37
- 2Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas25
- 3Universidad Nacional de Cordoba8
- 4Centro Atomico Bariloche6
- 5Universidad Nacional del Sur6
- 6Universidad Nacional del Litoral5
- 7Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata5
- 8Universidad Nacional de San Martin5
- 9Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)4
- 10Universidad Nacional de Rosario4
All 171 scientists
| Rank in Argentina | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6,577 | Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 290 | |
| 2 | 9,288 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Geology | Rank 7 | |
| 3 | 14,605 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Immunology | Rank 556 | |
| 4 | 14,931 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 642 | |
| 5 | 15,632 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 180 | |
| 6 | 16,779 |
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Universidad Nacional de Cordoba | Ecology | Rank 287 |
| 7 | 17,378 | Southwest CARE Center | Virology | Rank 147 | |
| 8 | 17,715 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 171 | |
| 9 | 19,487 | Instituto de Quimica Rosario | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 123 | |
| 10 | 20,190 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 851 | |
| 11 | 21,848 | Universidad Nacional de San Martin | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 332 | |
| 12 | 21,906 | Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,786 | |
| 13 | 24,268 | Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche | Ecology | Rank 398 | |
| 14 | 25,746 |
CJ
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Fundacion Instituto Leloir Antigua Fundacion Campomar | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 287 |
| 15 | 26,834 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 249 | |
| 16 | 28,193 | Universidad Nacional de San Martin | Environmental Sciences | Rank 127 | |
| 17 | 34,063 | Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias | Developmental Biology | Rank 1,417 | |
| 18 | 36,784 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,514 | |
| 19 | 37,739 | EMLine | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 139 | |
| 20 | 39,037 | Universidad Nacional de San Martin | Materials | Rank 472 | |
| 21 | 39,574 | Universidad Nacional de Rosario | Chemical Physics | Rank 881 | |
| 22 | 41,651 |
CJ
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Fundacion Para La Lucha Contra Las Enfermedades Neurologicas de La Infancia | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,083 |
| 23 | 42,293 | Fundacion Instituto Leloir Antigua Fundacion Campomar | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,612 | |
| 24 | 43,628 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 518 | |
| 25 | 46,435 | Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 317 | |
| 26 | 47,438 | National Central University of the Province of Buenos Aires | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 88 | |
| 27 | 52,122 | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba | Biophysics | Rank 165 | |
| 28 | 52,332 |
BR
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Universidad Nacional del Sur | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,974 |
| 29 | 52,361 |
PJ
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Universidad de Buenos Aires | Ecology | Rank 856 |
| 30 | 53,800 |
BA
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Universidad de Buenos Aires | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,033 |
| 31 | 54,674 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 847 | |
| 32 | 54,947 | Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,070 | |
| 33 | 55,051 | Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina | Food Science | Rank 192 | |
| 34 | 56,310 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Ecology | Rank 912 | |
| 35 | 59,067 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 961 | |
| 36 | 59,324 | Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,235 | |
| 37 | 59,520 | Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,270 | |
| 38 | 60,034 | Instituto Balseiro | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 599 | |
| 39 | 60,178 | Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas de La Plata (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 456 | |
| 40 | 61,859 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 4,417 | |
| 41 | 61,935 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 877 | |
| 42 | 63,336 | Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 255 | |
| 43 | 65,425 | Hospital de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 1,534 | |
| 44 | 67,196 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,510 | |
| 45 | 67,640 | Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,526 | |
| 46 | 68,493 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Paleontology | Rank 289 | |
| 47 | 68,849 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | General Physics | Rank 500 | |
| 48 | 69,727 | Dr. A. Oñativia Hospital | Pathology | Rank 232 | |
| 49 | 70,436 |
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 707 |
| 50 | 72,262 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Ecology | Rank 1,133 | |
| 51 | 73,641 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,072 | |
| 52 | 74,528 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 979 | |
| 53 | 75,110 | Instituto de Fisica de Liquidos y Sistemas Biologicos (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 747 | |
| 54 | 75,890 |
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Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) | Energy | Rank 808 |
| 55 | 77,782 | Universidad Nacional de San Martin | Materials | Rank 980 | |
| 56 | 78,215 |
RE
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Centro Atomico Bariloche | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,267 |
| 57 | 81,037 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,490 | |
| 58 | 81,692 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,332 | |
| 59 | 82,183 | Centro Atomico Bariloche | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,316 | |
| 60 | 82,286 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,572 | |
| 61 | 86,246 |
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Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio | Paleontology | Rank 385 |
| 62 | 86,602 | International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium | Epidemiology | Rank 228 | |
| 63 | 86,688 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Optics | Rank 363 | |
| 64 | 88,381 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Tropical Medicine | Rank 182 | |
| 65 | 90,742 | Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 394 | |
| 66 | 90,890 | Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) | General Physics | Rank 658 | |
| 67 | 91,749 | Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata | Polymers | Rank 837 | |
| 68 | 91,850 | Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad | Political Science & Public Administration | Rank 300 | |
| 69 | 92,256 | Universidad Nacional del Comahue | Ecology | Rank 1,413 | |
| 70 | 92,364 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Developmental Biology | Rank 2,985 | |
| 71 | 93,268 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Ecology | Rank 1,429 | |
| 72 | 93,642 | Centro Atomico Bariloche | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,523 | |
| 73 | 96,056 | Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche | Ecology | Rank 1,484 | |
| 74 | 98,053 | Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria EEA, Rafaela | Mycology & Parasitology | Rank 206 | |
| 75 | 99,371 | Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,016 | |
| 76 | 99,741 | Fundacion Hospital de Pediatria Professor Dr. Juan P. Garrahan | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 6,568 | |
| 77 | 101,171 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,651 | |
| 78 | 101,202 | Centro Científico Tecnológico, Mendoza | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 4,152 | |
| 79 | 104,592 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Acoustics | Rank 234 | |
| 80 | 104,708 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Materials | Rank 1,346 | |
| 81 | 104,735 |
PA
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Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 1,028 |
| 82 | 106,643 | Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata) | Chemical Physics | Rank 2,108 | |
| 83 | 107,804 | Universidad Nacional de Río Negro | Paleontology | Rank 511 | |
| 84 | 109,182 | Universidad Nacional de Cordoba | Geology | Rank 182 | |
| 85 | 109,687 | Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata | Polymers | Rank 993 | |
| 86 | 111,864 |
CP
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Fundacion Huesped | Virology | Rank 1,092 |
| 87 | 112,877 | Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 1,560 | |
| 88 | 113,181 | Instituto de Fisica Rosario | Applied Physics | Rank 2,991 | |
| 89 | 113,942 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 2,405 | |
| 90 | 113,989 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 517 | |
| 91 | 116,057 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Applied Physics | Rank 3,078 | |
| 92 | 116,476 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 877 | |
| 93 | 117,345 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 7,560 | |
| 94 | 117,493 | Centro Atomico Bariloche | General Physics | Rank 857 | |
| 95 | 119,042 | Instituto de Quimica Rosario | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 929 | |
| 96 | 119,480 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 545 | |
| 97 | 120,222 | Universidad de Buenos Aires | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 1,183 | |
| 98 | 121,958 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Chemical Physics | Rank 2,389 | |
| 99 | 122,066 | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 1,008 | |
| 100 | 122,551 | CITEMA (UTN-FRLP) | Energy | Rank 1,344 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Argentina are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?
146 scientists affiliated with Argentina are on the 2020 single-year list, and 171 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Argentina has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2020 career-long list, Universidad de Buenos Aires has the most listed scientists from Argentina, with 37. It is followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas with 25.
What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?
The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.
What is the official source of this data?
The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.