Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Brazil has 812 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 35.3% from 600 in 2020. That places Brazil 30th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP has the most listed scientists (169), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (62).

Single Year

1,132

+279 (+32.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

812

+212 (+35.3%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#30

No change vs 2020

Institutes

132

+25 (+23.4%) vs 2020

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 35% since 2020.

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	414	VG van Genuchten, Martinus Th	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1
2	1,655	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 13
3	2,707	VC Victora, Cesar G.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 23
4	3,352	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 90
5	3,458	FP Fearnside, Philip M.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 70
6	6,804	SJ Siqueira, Jose F.	Iguaçu University	Dentistry	Rank 24
7	7,368	II Izquierdo, Ivan	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 654
8	8,224	CJ Calixto, João B.	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 55
9	9,380	MC Monteiro, Carlos	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Public Health	Rank 80
10	10,950	CJ Cohen, Jon	Brazil's Hospital Premier	Nursing	Rank 16
11	11,677	CL Coelho, Leandro dos Santos	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 195
12	13,250	FS Ferreira, Sérgio H.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 102
13	14,310	MJ Marengo, Jose A.	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 164
14	15,734	BN Berkovits, Nathan	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 240
15	15,903	VL Villa, Luisa L.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 723
16	16,661	UD Ugarte, Daniel	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Applied Physics	Rank 392
17	18,221	FN Fageria, N. K.	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 73
18	18,628	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,494
19	18,788	GF Graeff, Frederico Guilherme	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,507
20	20,079	GP Gloor, P.	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,618
21	20,972	IT Iwasita, Teresa	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Energy	Rank 191
22	22,667	GR Gazzinelli, Ricardo T.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Immunology	Rank 796
23	23,228	SR Santos, Robson A.S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 996
24	23,302	DS De Souza, Wanderley	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 25
25	23,630	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 26
26	24,208	VH van Heel, Marin	Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,164
27	24,720	GJ Geromel, José C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 177
28	24,795	WB Welz, Bernhard	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 150
29	24,971	KL Kowalski, Luiz P.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 28
30	25,378	DS de Souza, Carlos E.	Laboratorio Nacional de Computacao Cientifica, Petropolis	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 187
31	26,654	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Energy	Rank 250
32	28,710	LY Levin, Yan	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 236
33	29,013	EH Eckert, Hellmut	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 195
34	29,451	JW Junk, Wolfgang J.	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso	Ecology	Rank 511
35	29,747	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 739
36	29,984	SJ Squire, Jeremy A.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,385
37	30,243	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 526
38	30,447	NM Nucci, Marcio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 755
39	30,972	DV Dodonov, Viktor V.	Universidade de Brasília	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 262
40	31,469	RJ Rocha, João Batista	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 126
41	31,502	ZE Zanotto, Edgar D.	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 785
42	31,754	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 52
43	32,513	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 84
44	32,520	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 107
45	33,099	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 110
46	35,458	EM Eberlin, Marcos Nogueira	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 238
47	35,612	MO Malta, Oscar L.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Applied Physics	Rank 883
48	35,874	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,612
49	36,020	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Ecology	Rank 623
50	36,027	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 324
51	36,256	BA Barros, Aluísio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 337
52	36,721	LP Lotufo, Paulo Andrade	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,455
53	37,039	TS Tufik, Sergio Brasil	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,727
54	37,520	TW Terra, Walter R.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Entomology	Rank 55
55	37,666	WB Wajchenberg, Bernardo Léo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 897
56	37,958	BM Barreto, Maurício L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 353
57	38,558	PR Parker, Richard	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Public Health	Rank 361
58	39,945	SF Sharipov, F.	Universidade Federal do Parana	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 352
59	41,367	ZA Zuardi, Antonio W.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Psychiatry	Rank 890
60	41,858	CE Cavalheiro, Esper A.	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,031
61	42,128	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 1,060
62	42,734	MA Monticelli, Alcir J.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Energy	Rank 453
63	42,961	RV Rocha, Vanderson	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Immunology	Rank 1,358
64	43,203	AS Adhikari, Sadhan K.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	General Physics	Rank 299
65	43,249	DR Dickman, Ronald	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 387
66	43,958	MP Mourão, Paulo A.S.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,933
67	44,225	BM Brennan, M. J.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Acoustics	Rank 84
68	44,862	CN Canteras, Newton S.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,233
69	44,960	VF Vercesi Filho, Anibal Eugênio	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,976
70	45,675	BR BODDEY, Robert M.	Embrapa Agrobiologia	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 191
71	47,897	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 84
72	48,285	SW Stumpf, Walter E.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,450
73	49,083	NA Nascimento, Antonio Geraldo	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Pathology	Rank 155
74	49,267	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 710
75	49,617	DJ Dórea, José G.	Universidade de Brasília	Toxicology	Rank 211
76	50,060	DJ Dias, João Carlos Pinto	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 90
77	50,648	HP Hoff, Paulo M.	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,219
78	51,160	RM Rossi, Marcos Antonio	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,905
79	51,469	MC Martínez-Huitle, C. A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 548
80	51,550	LL Lacerda, Luiz Drude de	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Environmental Sciences	Rank 253
81	51,555	DA de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 153
82	51,572	RN Ratcliffe, Norman A.	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Entomology	Rank 101
83	52,411	BZ Brener, Zigman	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 98
84	52,469	YM Yacoub, Michel Daoud	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 442
85	52,686	ME Murad, E.	Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 904
86	52,755	CL Costa, Luciano Da Fontoura	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 483
87	53,188	AH Azeredo, Henriette M.C.	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Food Science	Rank 196
88	53,216	BG Burdman, Gustavo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 913
89	53,980	FG Fernandes, Geraldo W.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 892
90	55,020	PA Palmini, André	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,872
91	55,080	MJ Martínez, J. M.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Operations Research	Rank 169
92	56,466	VL Velloso, Licio A.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,271
93	57,143	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 161
94	57,352	VH Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Ecology	Rank 937
95	57,428	MP Mazzafera, Paulo	Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 731
96	57,582	RL Rohde, Luis Augusto	Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre	Psychiatry	Rank 1,144
97	57,910	FS Ferreira, Sérgio Luís Costa	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 389
98	58,789	ZW Zimdahl, Winfried	Federal University of Espirito Santo	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 993
99	58,951	TM Teixeira, Mauro Martins	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Immunology	Rank 1,786
100	59,405	MH Mansur, Herman S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Materials	Rank 756
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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 career-long list, Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 169. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 62.

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

On the career-long list, Brazil went from 600 scientists in 2020 to 812 in 2021, a change of +35.3%.

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.