Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Brazil has 979 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.8% from 892 in 2022. That places Brazil 27th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists (211), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (75).

Single Year

1,294

+31 (+2.5%) vs 2022

Career Data

979

+87 (+9.8%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#27

up 1 place vs 2022

Institutes

151

+6 (+4.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 63% 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	1,767	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 13
2	2,464	VC Victora, Cesar G.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 21
3	3,173	FP Fearnside, Philip M.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 65
4	3,630	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 97
5	5,537	SJ Siqueira, José F.	University of Grande Rio (UNIGRANRIO)	Dentistry	Rank 19
6	7,695	MC Monteiro, Carlos	Universidade de São Paulo	Public Health	Rank 65
7	8,156	CJ Calixto, João B.	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 53
8	8,261	II Izquierdo, Ivan	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 712
9	9,125	VL van Leeuwen, Piet W.N.M.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 201
10	9,802	DS dos Santos Coelho, Leandro	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 201
11	11,899	MJ Marengo, J. A.	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 135
12	14,101	FS Ferreira, Sérgio H.	Universidade de São Paulo	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 97
13	14,457	FN Fageria, N. K.	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 60
14	16,648	VL Villa, Luisa L.	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 747
15	17,631	BN Berkovits, Nathan	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 243
16	18,366	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,475
17	19,208	UD Ugarte, Daniel	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Applied Physics	Rank 466
18	19,857	WS Witkin, Steven S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 147
19	20,043	HP Hallal, Pedro C.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 169
20	20,073	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 22
21	20,383	SR Santos, Robson	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 866
22	21,663	GF Graeff, Frederico Guilherme	Institute of Neuroscience and Behavior	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,722
23	22,679	GP Gloor, P.	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,786
24	23,440	IT Iwasita, Teresa	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 241
25	23,608	DS de Souza, Wanderley	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 26
26	23,883	BD Blanchard, D. Caroline	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,870
27	24,363	KL Kowalski, Luiz Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 28
28	25,489	GR Gazzinelli, Ricardo T.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Immunology	Rank 874
29	26,934	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 290
30	27,029	GJ Geromel, José C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 201
31	27,099	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 101
32	27,300	JW Junk, Wolfgang J.	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso	Ecology	Rank 470
33	27,332	ZE Zanotto, Edgar Dutra	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 688
34	27,966	VH van Heel, Marin	Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,260
35	28,286	DS de Souza, Carlos E.	Laboratorio Nacional de Computacao Cientifica, Petropolis	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 215
36	28,576	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 723
37	28,913	EH Eckert, Hellmut	Universidade de São Paulo	Chemical Physics	Rank 643
38	29,066	NM Nucci, Marcio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 738
39	29,277	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 115
40	30,344	VA Varandas, A. J.C.	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Chemical Physics	Rank 682
41	30,809	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre Felizola	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 538
42	30,922	BA Barros, Aluísio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 290
43	30,971	LY Levin, Yan	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 258
44	31,408	RJ Rocha, João Batista Teixeira da	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 123
45	31,428	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 77
46	31,434	DV Dodonov, Viktor V.	Universidade de Brasília	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 261
47	31,438	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 304
48	31,609	TS Tufik, Sérgio	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,360
49	31,635	LP Lotufo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,285
50	32,134	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de São Paulo	Ecology	Rank 565
51	32,308	SJ Squire, J. A.	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,491
52	32,347	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 51
53	33,172	BM Barreto, Maurício L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 309
54	35,191	DJ Dias, João Carlos Pinto	Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI)	Tropical Medicine	Rank 61
55	35,764	EM Eberlin, Marcos N.	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 233
56	36,205	ZA Zuardi, Antônio W.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 792
57	36,299	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de São Paulo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,579
58	37,364	PR Parker, Richard	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	Public Health	Rank 360
59	38,130	MO Malta, Oscar L.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Applied Physics	Rank 978
60	39,229	WB Welz, Bernhard	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 263
61	40,094	TW Terra, Walter R.	Universidade de São Paulo	Entomology	Rank 67
62	40,186	SF Sharipov, Felix	Universidade Federal do Parana	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 340
63	41,978	WB Wajchenberg, Bernardo	Universidade de São Paulo	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 982
64	42,113	AH Azeredo, Henriette Monteiro Cordeiro de	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Food Science	Rank 167
65	42,993	MC Martínez-Huitle, Carlos A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 485
66	43,252	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de São Paulo	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 66
67	43,322	RV Rocha, Vanderson	Universidade de São Paulo	Immunology	Rank 1,341
68	44,157	BM Bagajewicz, Miguel J.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Chemical Engineering	Rank 160
69	44,454	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 654
70	44,483	DA de Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 132
71	44,668	BR Boddey, Robert Michael	Embrapa Agrobiologia	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 195
72	44,687	CE Cavalheiro, Esper	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,206
73	45,241	MP Mourão, Paulo A.S.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,919
74	45,290	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 1,179
75	45,376	MA Monticelli, Alcir J.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Energy	Rank 523
76	45,742	DJ Dórea, José G.	Universidade de Brasília	Toxicology	Rank 192
77	46,355	GM Galetti, Mauro	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Ecology	Rank 794
78	46,385	CN Canteras, Newton S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,314
79	46,607	AS Adhikari, Sadhan K.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	General Physics	Rank 298
80	46,753	FG Fernandes, G. W.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 800
81	46,792	LA Levin, Anna S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 735
82	46,846	AM Abdu, Mangalathayil A.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 693
83	47,499	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 124
84	48,698	VA Vercesi, Anibal Eugênio	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,053
85	49,137	SR Santos, R. D.	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,836
86	49,446	MH Mansur, Herman S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Materials	Rank 617
87	50,212	NA Nascimento, A. G.	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Pathology	Rank 159
88	50,374	DR Dickman, Ronald	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 441
89	51,789	YM Yacoub, Michel Daoud	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 432
90	51,831	LL Lacerda, Luiz Drude	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Environmental Sciences	Rank 287
91	51,834	CL Costa, Luciano da F.	Universidade de São Paulo	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 448
92	52,249	SW Stumpf, Walter E.	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,672
93	53,279	MJ Martínez, J. M.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Operations Research	Rank 165
94	53,508	ES Esteves, Sandro C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 495
95	53,588	HP Hoff, Paulo Marcelo Gehm	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,334
96	54,383	RM Rossi, Marcos Antonio	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,992
97	55,135	MP Mazzafera, Paulo	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 705
98	55,372	PG Polanczyk, Guilherme V.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 1,087
99	55,459	RL Rohde, Luis Augusto	Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre	Psychiatry	Rank 1,089
100	56,116	VL Velloso, Licio Augusto	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,255
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Brazil are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,294 scientists affiliated with Brazil are on the 2023 single-year list, and 979 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 career-long list, Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 211. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 75.

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 979 in 2023, a change of +63.2%.

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.