Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Brazil has 600 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Brazil 30th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP has the most listed scientists (120), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (53).

Single Year

853

First year listed

Career Data

600

First year listed

World rank by count

#30

First year listed

Institutes

107

First year listed

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+35.3%

2022+9.9%

2023+9.8%

2024+10.0%

2025+11.0%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	853		600
2021	1,132	+32.7%	812	+35.3%
2022	1,263	+11.6%	892	+9.9%
2023	1,294	+2.5%	979	+9.8%
2024	1,340	+3.6%	1,077	+10.0%
2025	1,461	+9.0%	1,195	+11.0%

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Rank in Brazil	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	459	VG van Genuchten, Martinus Th	UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista	Environmental Engineering	Rank 2
2	1,660	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 18
3	2,968	VC Victora, Cesar	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 20
4	3,200	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 91
5	3,804	FP Fearnside, Philip Martin	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 72
6	6,682	GA Gandini, Alessandro	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Polymers	Rank 52
7	6,853	II Izquierdo, Ivan	Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 633
8	7,976	SJ Siqueira, José F.	Iguaçu University	Dentistry	Rank 26
9	8,373	CJ Calixto, João B.	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 59
10	11,528	FS Ferreira, Sérgio H.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 89
11	11,783	MC Monteiro, Carlos A.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Public Health	Rank 100
12	11,977	PC Pérez, Carlos A.	Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 579
13	14,388	BN Berkovits, Nathan	UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 218
14	14,595	DS dos Santos Coelho, Leandro	Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 249
15	14,928	VL Villa, Luisa Lina	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 722
16	15,134	UD Ugarte, Daniel	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Applied Physics	Rank 345
17	16,841	MJ Marengo, José Antonio	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 193
18	17,628	GF Graeff, Frederico Guilherme	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,492
19	18,471	GP Gloor, P.	Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,545
20	18,802	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,570
21	19,295	IT Iwasita, Teresa	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Energy	Rank 159
22	21,393	GR Gazzinelli, Ricardo	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Immunology	Rank 759
23	22,044	VH van Heel, M.	Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia	Biophysics	Rank 70
24	23,024	WB Welz, Bernhard	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 148
25	23,079	FN Fageria, N. K.	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 84
26	23,148	DS De Souza, C.	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 154
27	23,158	GJ Geromel, Jose C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 155
28	23,627	DS De Souza, Wanderley	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 26
29	25,763	RM Richardson, Michael	Fundacao Ezequiel Dias	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,159
30	26,791	KL Kowalski, Luiz Paulo	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 39
31	27,598	WS Wagner, Stefan	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 287
32	27,732	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Energy	Rank 236
33	28,023	RW Rössler, Wulf	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 668
34	28,306	LY Levin, Yan	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 266
35	28,655	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 39
36	28,751	SR Santos, Robson Augusto Souza	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,222
37	29,593	EH Eckert, Hellmut	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 197
38	30,068	NM Nucci, Marcio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 738
39	30,211	SJ Squire, Jeremy A.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,450
40	30,832	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.	Universidade Federal de Goias	Ecology	Rank 513
41	30,938	JW Junk, W. J.	Instituto Nacional de Cincia e Tecnologia em reas midas (INCT-INAU-UFMT)	Ecology	Rank 516
42	31,080	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 45
43	32,123	WB Wajchenberg, Bernardo Léo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 818
44	32,771	DV Dodonov, V. V.	Universidade de Brasília	General Physics	Rank 211
45	32,813	BD Blanchard, D. Caroline	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,528
46	33,138	RJ Rocha, João B.T.	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 153
47	34,658	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Federal do ABC	Biotechnology	Rank 99
48	35,471	MO Malta, Oscar L.	Universidade de Pernambuco	Applied Physics	Rank 849
49	35,592	EM Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 263
50	35,969	TW Terra, Walter R.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Entomology	Rank 42
51	36,240	ZE Zanotto, Edgar D.	Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 877
52	36,457	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 106
53	39,906	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Ecology	Rank 675
54	40,020	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 120
55	40,073	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 965
56	40,144	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 358
57	40,315	CE Cavalheiro, Esper	Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,995
58	40,739	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,564
59	40,772	SF Sharipov, Felix	Universidade Federal do Parana	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 402
60	40,952	TS Tufik, Sergio	Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,043
61	41,037	DR Dickman, Ronald	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 406
62	41,147	PR Parker, Richard G.	Associação Brasileira Interdisciplinar de AIDS (ABIA)	Public Health	Rank 394
63	41,682	MA Monticelli, A.	Estadual de Campinas University	Energy	Rank 381
64	42,511	BM Barreto, M.	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Public Health	Rank 409
65	42,844	MP Mourão, Paulo A.S.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,628
66	43,151	BA Barros, Aluisio	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 413
67	43,837	SW Stumpf, Walter E.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 375
68	43,860	VA Vercesi, Anibal E.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,668
69	43,958	AS Adhikari, Sadhan K.	UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista	General Physics	Rank 301
70	44,206	CN Canteras, Newton Sabino	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,280
71	44,807	NA Nascimento, Antonio G.	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Pathology	Rank 155
72	45,856	HP Hallal, Pedro C.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 439
73	46,555	BM Brennan, Michael J.	UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista	Acoustics	Rank 84
74	46,889	ER Ellis, Ronald J.	Hospital Infantil Pequeño Principe	Virology	Rank 418
75	47,579	DJ Dias, João Carlos Pinto	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 82
76	47,747	BR Boddey, Robert Michael	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 181
77	48,747	RM Rossi, Marcos A.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,891
78	48,756	ZA Zuardi, Antônio W.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 985
79	49,285	RV Rocha, Vanderson	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Immunology	Rank 1,519
80	49,336	BG Burdman, Gustavo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 816
81	49,732	BZ Brener, Zigman	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Microbiology	Rank 1,226
82	50,387	SW Savino, Wilson	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Immunology	Rank 1,558
83	50,748	HP Hoff, Paulo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,279
84	50,768	ME Murad, E.	Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri	Geology	Rank 68
85	50,940	RN Ratcliffe, Norman Arthur	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 78
86	51,244	DJ Dórea, José G.	Fundacao Universidade Federal de Rondonia	Toxicology	Rank 264
87	51,612	PA Palmini, André	Pontificia Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,754
88	51,827	AM Abdu, Mangalathayil Ali	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 721
89	53,038	LL Lacerda, L. D.	Universidade Federal do Ceara	Environmental Sciences	Rank 259
90	53,563	CL Costa, Luciano Da F.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 539
91	55,361	YM Yacoub, Michel Daoud	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 481
92	55,809	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 89
93	56,032	ZW Zimdahl, W.	Federal University of Espirito Santo	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 921
94	57,379	GM Galetti, Mauro	UNESP-Universidade Estadual Paulista	Ecology	Rank 926
95	57,956	LP Lotufo, Paulo A.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,155
96	58,225	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 812
97	58,426	Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 221
98	58,642	VL Velloso, Licio A.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,381
99	59,253	DP de Paoli, Marco Aurelio	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Polymers	Rank 549
100	59,871	FS Ferreira, Sérgio L.C.	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 416
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Brazil are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

853 scientists affiliated with Brazil are on the 2020 single-year list, and 600 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Brazil has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2020 career-long list, Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 120. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 53.

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.