Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List

Brazil has 1,077 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 10.0% from 979 in 2023. That places Brazil 27th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists (232), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (82).

Single Year

1,340

+46 (+3.6%) vs 2023

Career Data

1,077

+98 (+10.0%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#27

No change vs 2023

Institutes

150

-1 (-0.7%) vs 2023

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 80% 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	427	VG van Genuchten, Martinus Theodorus	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Environmental Engineering	Rank 1
2	653	VR Varma, Rajender S.	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Organic Chemistry	Rank 18
3	1,857	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 14
4	2,359	VC Victora, Cesar G.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 21
5	3,187	FP Fearnside, Philip Martin	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 67
6	4,939	SJ Siqueira, José F.	Grande Rio University	Dentistry	Rank 14
7	6,970	MC Monteiro, Carlos Augusto	Universidade de São Paulo	Public Health	Rank 58
8	8,032	CJ Calixto, João Batista	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-Clínicos (CIEnP)	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 52
9	8,789	II Izquierdo, Ivan	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 747
10	8,884	VL van Leeuwen, Piet W.N.M.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 190
11	9,090	DS dos Santos Coelho, Leandro	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 193
12	10,067	HH Herrmann, H. J.	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 71
13	11,310	MJ Marengo, José Antonio	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 130
14	12,462	SK Syrjänen, Kari	Hospital de Câncer de Barretos	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 549
15	12,850	FN Fageria, N. K.	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 49
16	17,441	VL Villa, Luisa Lina	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 787
17	17,693	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 19
18	17,990	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,426
19	18,520	BN Berkovits, Nathan	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 250
20	19,263	SR Santos, Robson Augusto Souza	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 834
21	20,464	UD Ugarte, Daniel	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Applied Physics	Rank 500
22	22,787	GF Graeff, Frederico Guilherme	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,775
23	23,969	KL Kowalski, Luiz Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 27
24	24,004	DS de Souza, Wanderley	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 28
25	24,459	BA Brandelli, Adriano	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 93
26	24,640	BD Blanchard, D. Caroline	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,894
27	24,903	IT Iwasita, Teresa	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 277
28	25,525	ZE Zanotto, Edgar D.	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 619
29	26,627	GJ Goldemberg, José	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 301
30	27,016	GR Gazzinelli, Ricardo Tostes	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Immunology	Rank 898
31	27,030	JW Junk, Wolfgang J.	Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso	Ecology	Rank 479
32	27,687	NM Nucci, Marcio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 686
33	27,917	RD Rodriguez-Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 114
34	28,211	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 703
35	28,216	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 285
36	28,324	GJ Geromel, Jose C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 219
37	28,561	LP Lotufo, Paulo A.	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,164
38	28,720	EH Eckert, Hellmut	Universidade de São Paulo	Chemical Physics	Rank 630
39	28,729	GP Gloor, P.	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,145
40	29,224	BA Barros, Aluisio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 281
41	29,683	TS Tufik, Sergio	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,211
42	30,075	DS de Souza, Carlos E.	Laboratorio Nacional de Computacao Cientifica, Petropolis	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 235
43	30,271	BM Barreto, Maurício L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 291
44	30,363	RJ Rocha, Joao Batista Teixeira da	Universidade Federal de Santa Maria	Toxicology	Rank 117
45	30,543	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de São Paulo	Ecology	Rank 545
46	30,659	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre F.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 546
47	31,954	LY Levin, Yan	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 262
48	32,160	DV Dodonov, Viktor V.	Universidade de Brasília	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 264
49	32,795	ZA Zuardi, Antonio Waldo	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 734
50	32,863	DN Durán, Nelson	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 82
51	33,601	SJ Squire, Jeremy A.	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,507
52	33,944	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 57
53	34,426	JA Jorio, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 846
54	35,319	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia J.	Universidade de São Paulo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,469
55	35,767	AH Azeredo, Henriette M.C.	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Food Science	Rank 140
56	36,235	EM Eberlin, Marcos N.	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 228
57	36,926	MC Martínez-Huitle, Carlos A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 439
58	36,935	DJ Dias, João Carlos Pinto	Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI)	Tropical Medicine	Rank 63
59	38,306	MO Malta, Oscar L.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Applied Physics	Rank 949
60	38,993	BM Brennan, Michael J.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Acoustics	Rank 72
61	40,643	LM Labruna, Marcelo B.	Universidade de São Paulo	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 59
62	40,971	SF Sharipov, Felix	Universidade Federal do Parana	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 345
63	41,932	TW Terra, Walter R.	Universidade de São Paulo	Entomology	Rank 72
64	42,220	WB Welz, Bernhard	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 272
65	42,382	Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 126
66	42,986	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 113
67	43,235	FG Fernandes, Geraldo Wilson	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 752
68	43,522	DJ Dorea, José Garrofe	Universidade de Brasília	Toxicology	Rank 176
69	43,657	ES Esteves, Sandro C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 387
70	43,728	AM Abdu, M. A.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 649
71	43,762	SR Santos, Raul D.	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,673
72	43,763	AP Artaxo, Paulo	Universidade de São Paulo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 650
73	44,239	GM Galetti, Mauro	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Ecology	Rank 774
74	44,265	WB Wajchenberg, Bernardo Léo	Universidade de São Paulo	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,003
75	44,664	MH Mansur, Herman Sander	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Materials	Rank 567
76	45,182	RV Rocha, Vanderson	Universidade de São Paulo	Immunology	Rank 1,354
77	45,456	CE Cavalheiro, Esper A.	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,197
78	45,607	BR Boddey, R. M.	Embrapa Agrobiologia	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 204
79	45,973	MP Mourão, Paulo A.S.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,871
80	46,145	BM Bagajewicz, Miguel J.	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Chemical Engineering	Rank 173
81	46,344	AS Adhikari, Sadhan K.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	General Physics	Rank 292
82	47,760	MA Monticelli, Alcir J.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Energy	Rank 597
83	48,340	IJ Inciardi, James A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Substance Abuse	Rank 159
84	48,619	CN Canteras, Newton S.	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,403
85	48,752	FB Flynn, Barbara Bechler	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 506
86	49,021	MJ Martínez, J. M.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Operations Research	Rank 158
87	49,298	VH Vasconcelos, Heraldo L.	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Ecology	Rank 857
88	50,163	BJ Barbedo, Jayme Garcia Arnal	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 228
89	51,623	TS Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov	Universidade de São Paulo	Microbiology	Rank 1,311
90	51,673	VA Vercesi, Anibal E.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,072
91	51,862	LL Lacerda, Luiz Drude	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Environmental Sciences	Rank 314
92	52,297	PG Polanczyk, Guilherme V.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 1,050
93	52,839	PC Pasquini, Celio	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 339
94	52,904	DR Dickman, Ronald	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 451
95	52,923	MP Mazzafera, Paulo	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 683
96	52,951	FO Franco, Octavio L.	Universidade Catolica Dom Bosco	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,123
97	53,472	NA Nascimento, A. G.	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Pathology	Rank 163
98	53,543	YM Yacoub, Michel D.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 453
99	53,551	DF da F Costa, Luciano	Universidade de São Paulo	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 460
100	53,757	RL Rohde, Luis Augusto	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Psychiatry	Rank 1,075
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Brazil are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,340 scientists affiliated with Brazil are on the 2024 single-year list, and 1,077 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 career-long list, Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 232. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 82.

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 1,077 in 2024, a change of +79.5%.

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.