Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Brazil has 1,132 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 32.7% from 853 in 2020. That places Brazil 24th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP has the most listed scientists (230), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (81).

Single Year

1,132

+279 (+32.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

812

+212 (+35.3%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#24

up 2 places vs 2020

Institutes

173

+21 (+13.8%) vs 2020

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 33% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+32.7%

2022+11.6%

2023+2.5%

2024+3.6%

2025+9.0%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Brazil

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Rank in Brazil	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	399	VG van Genuchten, Martinus Theodorus	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1
2	1,899	VC Victora, Cesar G.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 20
3	2,183	FP Fearnside, Philip M.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 75
4	2,400	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 20
5	2,568	MC Monteiro, Carlos Augusto	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Public Health	Rank 26
6	3,309	DS dos Santos Coelho, Leandro	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 108
7	3,956	MJ Marengo, Jose A.	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 72
8	4,243	SJ Siqueira, José F.	Iguaçu University	Dentistry	Rank 9
9	4,284	FN Fageria, N. K.	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 26
10	5,853	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 8
11	6,821	BJ Barbedo, Jayme Garcia Arnal	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 39
12	7,345	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 175
13	8,905	AH Azeredo, Henriette M.C.	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Food Science	Rank 49
14	8,927	CJ Cohen, Jon	Brazil's Hospital Premier	Nursing	Rank 16
15	9,010	SR Santos, Robson A.S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 294
16	9,113	CJ Calixto, João B.	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 45
17	9,486	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 141
18	10,943	ZA Zuardi, Antonio W.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 246
19	11,129	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 62
20	11,469	LP Lotufo, Paulo Andrade	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 373
21	13,423	ES Esteves, Sandro	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 58
22	14,361	ZE Zanotto, Edgar D.	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 294
23	14,381	MC Martínez-Huitle, C. A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 285
24	15,058	MH Mansur, Herman S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Materials	Rank 269
25	15,462	Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C.	Universidade Federal do Piauí	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 114
26	15,521	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Ecology	Rank 367
27	16,585	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 48
28	18,693	BA Barros, Aluísio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 183
29	18,806	OG Olmo, Gonzalo J.	Universidade Federal da Paraíba	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 218
30	20,240	JW Junk, Wolfgang J.	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso	Ecology	Rank 470
31	20,465	BK Bakke, K.	Universidade Federal da Paraíba	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 239
32	20,472	BA Brunoni, Andre R.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 441
33	20,635	MD Malta, Deborah C.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Public Health	Rank 201
34	21,335	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Energy	Rank 433
35	21,368	PC Pasquini, Celio	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 101
36	21,647	GR Guedes, Raul Narciso C.	Universidade Federal de Vicosa	Entomology	Rank 32
37	21,658	BI Benseñor, Isabela Judith	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 687
38	21,809	FG Fernandes, Geraldo W.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 504
39	22,255	PG Polanczyk, Guilherme	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 486
40	22,448	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 513
41	23,322	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 32
42	23,457	BM Barreto, Maurício L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 233
43	23,591	DF Damatta, Fábio M.	Universidade Federal de Vicosa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 301
44	23,852	DG Dotto, Guilherme L.	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Chemical Engineering	Rank 143
45	24,048	CN Consoli, Nilo Cesar	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 196
46	24,442	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 145
47	25,154	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 576
48	25,162	AR Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega	Universidade Estadual da Paraiba	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 67
49	25,241	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 476
50	25,259	FD Ferreira, Daniel F.	Universidade Federal de Lavras	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 156
51	25,274	MJ Martínez, J. M.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Operations Research	Rank 130
52	25,449	KL Kowalski, Luiz P.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 18
53	25,689	SF Schuch, Felipe B.	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Psychiatry	Rank 545
54	26,026	HB Horta, Bernardo L.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 260
55	26,046	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 613
56	26,059	Tavares, Luís Marcelo	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 11
57	26,063	DA de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 75
58	26,309	AL Aragão, Luiz E.O.C.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Ecology	Rank 597
59	26,429	GA Grimm, Alice M.	Universidade Federal do Parana	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 497
60	26,639	FA Farah, Adriana	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Food Science	Rank 165
61	26,641	SR Santos, Raul D.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 817
62	26,759	RJ Rocha, João Batista	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 104
63	27,097	FO Franco, Octavio L.	Universidade Catolica de Brasilia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 632
64	27,113	AC Alves, Claudianor O.	Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	General Mathematics	Rank 121
65	27,891	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 90
66	27,924	SR Schwan, Rosane Freitas	Universidade Federal de Lavras	Food Science	Rank 180
67	28,050	NM Nucci, Marcio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 638
68	28,749	LE Lima, Eder C.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Chemical Engineering	Rank 176
69	29,473	CM Correia, M. I.T.D.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 218
70	30,014	BM Brennan, M. J.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Acoustics	Rank 57
71	30,629	CG Cordeiro, Gauss M.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Statistics & Probability	Rank 174
72	30,770	PB Phalan, Benjamin T.	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Ecology	Rank 674
73	30,773	MJ Murray, Joseph	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Psychiatry	Rank 624
74	30,929	FF Fernandes, Fabiano A.N.	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Food Science	Rank 205
75	31,193	LE Latrubesse, Edgardo M.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Geography	Rank 145
76	31,469	WP Wanke, Peter	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Operations Research	Rank 154
77	31,804	CJ Crippa, José A.S.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 641
78	32,102	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 41
79	32,206	YM Yacoub, Michel Daoud	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 247
80	32,341	PR Parker, Richard	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Public Health	Rank 337
81	32,372	SM Schmidt, Maria Inês	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 603
82	32,553	EH Eckert, Hellmut	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 133
83	32,698	SA Seabra, Amedea B.	Universidade Federal do ABC	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 833
84	32,862	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 663
85	33,151	SD Silva, Diego Augusto Santos	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Sport Sciences	Rank 123
86	33,630	PM Poletto, Matheus	Universidade de Caxias do Sul	Materials	Rank 611
87	33,677	GR Gregorio, Rinaldo	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Polymers	Rank 299
88	33,878	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,896
89	34,130	DS Deffner, Sebastian	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 266
90	34,745	TS Tufik, Sergio Brasil	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,944
91	34,886	BP Boggio, Paulo Sergio	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,951
92	35,062	ML Martínez, Leandro	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Chemical Physics	Rank 587
93	35,691	TM Tabarelli, Marcelo	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Ecology	Rank 760
94	35,842	CA Cruz, Adriano G.	Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro	Food Science	Rank 248
95	35,947	VP Vasconcelos, Pedro Fernando da Costa	Instituto Evandro Chagas	Tropical Medicine	Rank 48
96	37,095	PM Pimentel, M. M.	Universidade de Brasília	Geology	Rank 62
97	37,441	CC Cruz, Cosme Damião	Universidade Federal de Vicosa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 254
98	37,727	DO de Oliveira, Marcos Roberto	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,106
99	38,072	II Izquierdo, Ivan	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,120
100	38,445	FS Ferreira, Sérgio Luís Costa	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 203
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Brazil are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,132 scientists affiliated with Brazil are on the 2021 single-year list, and 812 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 230. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 81.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Brazil changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Brazil went from 853 scientists in 2020 to 1,132 in 2021, a change of +32.7%.

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.