Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Brazil has 1,263 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 11.6% from 1,132 in 2021. That places Brazil 22nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists (249), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (85).

Single Year

1,263

+131 (+11.6%) vs 2021

Career Data

892

+80 (+9.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#22

up 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

199

+26 (+15.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 48% 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	1,625	VC Victora, Cesar G.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 14
2	2,269	MC Monteiro, Carlos Augusto	Universidade de São Paulo	Public Health	Rank 20
3	2,494	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 18
4	3,059	FP Fearnside, Philip Martin	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 95
5	3,344	DS dos Santos Coelho, Leandro	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 125
6	3,473	SJ Siqueira, José F.	Iguaçu University	Dentistry	Rank 6
7	4,234	FN Fageria, N. K.	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 24
8	4,306	MJ Marengo, José A.	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 69
9	6,137	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 7
10	6,543	BJ Barbedo, Jayme Garcia Arnal	Embrapa Digital Agriculture	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 35
11	6,594	AH Azeredo, Henriette M.C.	Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical	Food Science	Rank 39
12	8,602	CJ Calixto, Joao B.	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 44
13	8,742	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 200
14	9,063	SR Santos, Robson Augusto Souza	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 307
15	9,519	CJ Cohen, Jon	Brazil's Hospital Premier	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 164
16	9,663	LP Lotufo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 334
17	9,807	ES Esteves, Sandro C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 39
18	9,874	ZA Zuardi, Antonio W.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 227
19	9,878	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 136
20	11,087	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 58
21	12,720	DF De Felice, Fernanda G.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 776
22	13,538	MD Malta, Deborah C.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Public Health	Rank 141
23	13,599	MC Martínez-Huitle, Carlos A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 263
24	14,472	HP Hallal, Pedro	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 149
25	15,014	ZE Zanotto, Edgar Dutra	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 310
26	15,500	MH Mansur, Herman S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Materials	Rank 241
27	15,533	BD Brown, David	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Virology	Rank 77
28	15,925	BA Brunoni, Andre R.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 346
29	15,976	AI Aprahamian, I.	Jundiaí Medical School	Organic Chemistry	Rank 224
30	16,478	ME Miranda, Eduardo	Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão	Civil Engineering	Rank 55
31	17,192	JW Junk, Wolfgang J.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 402
32	17,677	DG Dotto, Guilherme Luiz	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Chemical Engineering	Rank 83
33	17,761	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 47
34	18,932	FG Fernandes, G. Wilson	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 442
35	19,120	BM Barreto, Mauricio L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 188
36	19,193	PG Polanczyk, Guilherme V.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 407
37	19,355	LE Lima, Eder C.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Chemical Engineering	Rank 100
38	19,895	BA Barros, Aluisio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 197
39	20,335	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de São Paulo	Ecology	Rank 472
40	20,444	SF Schuch, Felipe	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Psychiatry	Rank 439
41	20,880	AL Aragão, Luiz E.O.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Ecology	Rank 481
42	21,494	SD Silva, Diego Augusto Santos	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Sport Sciences	Rank 89
43	22,238	HB Horta, Bernardo L.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 224
44	22,809	SR Santos, Raul D.	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 728
45	23,603	SM Schmidt, Maria Inês	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 445
46	23,806	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 571
47	24,608	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 75
48	24,964	CN Consoli, Nilo Cesar	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 218
49	25,061	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de São Paulo	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 29
50	25,388	FD Ferreira, Daniel Furtado	Universidade Federal de Lavras	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 153
51	25,494	BM Brennan, M. J.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Acoustics	Rank 44
52	25,572	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 516
53	25,837	DA de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 79
54	26,277	CG Cordeiro, Gauss M.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Statistics & Probability	Rank 157
55	26,486	PB Phalan, Ben	Instituto Claravis	Ecology	Rank 594
56	26,676	GM Galetti, Mauro	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Ecology	Rank 597
57	26,698	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de São Paulo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 642
58	26,931	AC Alves, Claudianor O.	Universidade Federal de Campina Grande	General Mathematics	Rank 110
59	27,055	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 503
60	27,353	SJ Sforcin, José Maurício	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 85
61	27,381	CM Correia, Maria Isabel T.D.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 187
62	27,666	PC Pasquini, Celio	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 129
63	27,762	LE Latrubesse, Edgardo Manuel	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Geography	Rank 119
64	28,252	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,636
65	28,788	MK Mousavi Khaneghah, Amin	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 193
66	28,990	DO de Oliveira, Marcos Roberto	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,681
67	29,395	DF Damatta, Fábio M.	Universidade Federal de Vicosa	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 403
68	29,678	BI Bensenor, Isabela M.	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 938
69	29,729	GR Guedes, Raul N.C.	Universidade Federal de Vicosa	Entomology	Rank 47
70	31,161	FS Ferreira, Sergio T.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 752
71	31,217	Toledo Filho, Romildo Dias	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Building & Construction	Rank 162
72	31,304	SA Seabra, Amedea Barozzi	Universidade Federal do ABC	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 892
73	31,460	SJ Souza, João Paulo Ponte	Universidade de São Paulo	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 162
74	31,504	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 213
75	31,652	GA Grimm, Alice Marlene	Universidade Federal do Parana	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 594
76	31,789	WS Witkin, Steven S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 164
77	31,855	AR Alves, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega	Universidade Federal da Paraíba	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 100
78	32,260	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 40
79	32,334	TS Tufik, Sergio	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,866
80	32,351	DG Durigan, Giselda	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Ecology	Rank 699
81	32,383	CA Cruz, Adriano G.	Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro	Food Science	Rank 220
82	33,273	AM Araújo, Maurício G.	Universidade Estadual de Maringa	Dentistry	Rank 135
83	33,345	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 716
84	33,353	MS Monteiro, Sergio Neves	Instituto Militar de Engenharia	Materials	Rank 536
85	33,480	AM Abdu, M. A.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 633
86	33,525	BM Banea, Mariana Doina	Centro Federal De Educacão Tecnológica Celso Suckow Da Fonseca	Polymers	Rank 277
87	33,646	Tavares, Luís Marcelo	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 11
88	33,827	FF Fernandes, Fabiano A.N.	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Food Science	Rank 232
89	34,068	KL Kowalski, Luiz Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 24
90	34,367	BP Boggio, Paulo S.	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,955
91	34,444	DB Duncan, Bruce B.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 629
92	34,669	HH Herrmann, Hans J.	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 245
93	34,790	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 705
94	35,075	RJ Rocha, João B.T.	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 126
95	35,195	GP Guimarães, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Ecology	Rank 765
96	35,262	AR Ambrósio, Renato	Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 166
97	35,529	FO Franco, Octavio L.	Universidade Catolica de Brasilia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 857
98	35,663	FA Farah, Adriana	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Food Science	Rank 245
99	35,698	CJ Crippa, José Alexandre	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 691
100	35,973	SR Schwan, Rosane Freitas	Universidade Federal de Lavras	Food Science	Rank 251
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Brazil are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,263 scientists affiliated with Brazil are on the 2022 single-year list, and 892 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 249. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 85.

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 1,263 in 2022, a change of +48.1%.

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.