Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Brazil has 892 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.9% from 812 in 2021. That places Brazil 28th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists (184), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (65).

Single Year

1,263

+131 (+11.6%) vs 2021

Career Data

892

+80 (+9.9%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#28

up 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

145

+13 (+9.8%) vs 2021

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 49% 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	1,707	TC Tsallis, C.	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 13
2	2,551	VC Victora, Cesar G.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 21
3	3,456	FP Fearnside, Philip Martin	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 69
4	3,475	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 97
5	6,224	SJ Siqueira, José F.	Iguaçu University	Dentistry	Rank 19
6	7,668	II Izquierdo, Ivan	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 678
7	8,174	CJ Calixto, Joao B.	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 54
8	8,947	MC Monteiro, Carlos A.	Universidade de São Paulo	Public Health	Rank 77
9	9,596	HH Herrmann, Hans J.	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 73
10	10,824	CJ Cohen, Jon	Brazil's Hospital Premier	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 173
11	11,181	SK Syrjänen, Kari	Hospital de Câncer de Barretos	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 511
12	11,454	DS dos Santos Coelho, Leandro	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 212
13	12,048	BD Brown, David	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Virology	Rank 84
14	12,777	FS Ferreira, Sérgio H.	Universidade de São Paulo	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 92
15	13,269	MJ Marengo, José A.	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 148
16	15,529	VL Villa, Luisa Lina	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 704
17	15,913	BN Berkovits, Nathan	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 226
18	17,070	FN Fageria, N. K.	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 68
19	17,676	UD Ugarte, Daniel	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Applied Physics	Rank 444
20	18,403	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,493
21	19,886	GF Graeff, Frederico Guilherme	Behavioural Neurosciences Institute (INeC)	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,608
22	20,242	WS Witkin, Steven S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 153
23	20,855	GP Gloor, P.	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,687
24	21,295	IT Iwasita, Teresa	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 198
25	22,039	SR Santos, Robson Augusto Souza	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 945
26	22,506	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 24
27	23,032	DS de Souza, Wanderley	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 26
28	23,638	GR Gazzinelli, Ricardo T.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Immunology	Rank 830
29	24,921	KL Kowalski, Luiz Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 29
30	25,049	VH van Heel, Marin	Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,200
31	25,308	GJ Geromel, José C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 186
32	25,614	DS de Souza, Carlos E.	Laboratorio Nacional de Computacao Cientifica, Petropolis	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 188
33	27,323	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 274
34	28,038	JW Junk, Wolfgang J.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 479
35	28,775	EH Eckert, Hellmut	Universidade de São Paulo	Chemical Physics	Rank 665
36	29,348	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 738
37	29,549	NM Nucci, Marcio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 742
38	29,781	LY Levin, Yan	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 248
39	30,418	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 534
40	30,499	ZE Zanotto, Edgar Dutra	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 798
41	30,616	SJ Squire, Jeremy A.	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,408
42	30,952	DV Dodonov, V. V.	Universidade de Brasília	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 259
43	31,865	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 110
44	31,883	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 111
45	32,155	RJ Rocha, João B.T.	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 128
46	32,258	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 54
47	32,840	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 81
48	33,380	BA Barros, Aluisio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 301
49	34,517	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de São Paulo	Ecology	Rank 602
50	34,725	DJ Dias, João C.P.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 59
51	35,028	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 319
52	35,171	LP Lotufo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,405
53	35,854	WB Welz, Bernhard	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 235
54	35,975	EM Eberlin, Marcos N.	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 236
55	36,084	TS Tufik, Sergio	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,694
56	36,136	BM Barreto, Mauricio L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 332
57	36,428	MO Malta, Oscar L.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Applied Physics	Rank 954
58	36,470	HP Hallal, Pedro	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 340
59	36,961	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de São Paulo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,674
60	38,853	TW Terra, Walter R.	Universidade de São Paulo	Entomology	Rank 61
61	38,981	PR Parker, Richard	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Public Health	Rank 365
62	39,069	WB Wajchenberg, Bernardo Léo	Universidade de São Paulo	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 926
63	40,139	ZA Zuardi, Antonio W.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 862
64	40,365	SF Sharipov, Felix	Universidade Federal do Parana	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 351
65	41,938	CE Cavalheiro, Esper Abrão	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,045
66	42,436	MA Monticelli, Alcir J.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Energy	Rank 462
67	43,299	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 1,143
68	43,309	ME Miranda, Eduardo	Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão	Civil Engineering	Rank 63
69	43,906	BM Brennan, M. J.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Acoustics	Rank 79
70	44,374	RV Rocha, Vanderson	Universidade de São Paulo	Immunology	Rank 1,397
71	44,510	MP Mourão, Paulo A.S.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,971
72	44,986	DR Dickman, Ronald	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 398
73	44,999	AS Adhikari, Sadhan K.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	General Physics	Rank 289
74	45,588	BR Boddey, Robert Michael	Embrapa Agrobiologia	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 191
75	46,076	VA Vercesi, Anibal E.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,037
76	46,909	CN Canteras, Newton S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,385
77	47,263	DF De Felice, Fernanda G.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,409
78	47,563	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de São Paulo	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 77
79	48,413	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 695
80	48,582	DJ Dórea, José G.	Universidade de Brasília	Toxicology	Rank 208
81	48,690	AM Abdu, M. A.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 698
82	49,202	GM Galetti, Mauro	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Ecology	Rank 832
83	49,530	NA Nascimento, Antonio Geraldo	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Pathology	Rank 155
84	50,126	SW Stumpf, Walter E.	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,593
85	50,277	MC Martínez-Huitle, Carlos A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 555
86	50,547	AH Azeredo, Henriette M.C.	Embrapa Agroindústria Tropical	Food Science	Rank 186
87	50,685	DA de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 142
88	51,496	CL Costa, Luciano Da Fontoura	Universidade de São Paulo	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 456
89	52,063	FG Fernandes, G. Wilson	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 881
90	52,104	RM Rossi, Marcos Antonio	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,932
91	52,481	YM Yacoub, Michel Daoud	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 454
92	52,502	LL Lacerda, Luiz Drude de	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Environmental Sciences	Rank 253
93	52,610	BZ Brener, Zigman	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 94
94	54,059	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 143
95	54,132	ME Murad, E.	Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 933
96	54,257	SR Santos, Raul D.	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,986
97	55,107	BG Burdman, Gustavo	Universidade de São Paulo	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 912
98	55,608	DC De Castro, Leandro N.	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,002
99	55,859	MJ Martínez, J. M.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Operations Research	Rank 169
100	56,132	VL Velloso, Licio A.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,266
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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 career-long list, Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 184. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 65.

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 892 in 2022, a change of +48.7%.

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.