Brazil's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Brazil has 1,195 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 11.0% from 1,077 in 2024. That places Brazil 27th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists (238), followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas (91).

Single Year

1,461

+121 (+9.0%) vs 2024

Career Data

1,195

+118 (+11.0%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#27

No change vs 2024

Institutes

195

+45 (+30.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Brazil on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 99% 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	589	VR Varma, Rajender S.	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Organic Chemistry	Rank 13
2	1,991	TC Tsallis, Constantino	Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 14
3	2,259	VC Victora, Cesar Gomes	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 21
4	3,143	FP Fearnside, Philip Martin	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Ecology	Rank 69
5	3,231	WT Webster, Thomas Jay	Universidade Federal do Piauí	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 74
6	4,109	DJ Dupont, Jairton	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Organic Chemistry	Rank 106
7	4,545	SJ Siqueira, J. F.	Universidade Estacio de Sa	Dentistry	Rank 13
8	5,700	GA Gandini, Alessandro	Universidade de São Paulo	Polymers	Rank 40
9	6,087	MC Monteiro, Carlos Augusto	Revista de Saúde Pública	Public Health	Rank 52
10	6,964	WC Wood, Chris M.	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazonia	Physiology	Rank 22
11	8,109	LL Lynd, Lee Rybeck	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 20
12	8,256	CJ Calixto, João Batista	Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-clínicos and National Institute for Science and Technology on Innovation in Medicines and Identification of New Therapeutics Targets (INCT-INOVAMED). Avenida Luiz Boiteux Piazza	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 52
13	8,488	CL Coelho, Leandro dos Santos	Universidade Federal do Parana	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 194
14	8,781	CR Colwell, Robert K.	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 174
15	9,352	II Izquierdo, Ivan A.	Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 769
16	10,331	MJ Marengo, José António	Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 119
17	11,997	FN Fageria, Nanda Kumar	Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 46
18	16,428	DF Dantas-Torres, Filipe	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 19
19	17,250	HP Hallal, Pedro Curi Curi	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 140
20	17,744	FS Ferreira, Seérgio Henrique	Universidade de São Paulo	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 126
21	17,955	CF Cendes, Fernando	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,395
22	18,317	VL Villa, Luísa Lina	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 802
23	19,106	SR Santos, R. A.S.	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 827
24	19,668	BN Berkovits, Nathan J.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 264
25	21,369	BA Brandelli, A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Food Science	Rank 86
26	22,092	HH Herrmann, Hans Jürgen	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 165
27	23,324	FR Fischer, Ronald	Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino	Social Psychology	Rank 274
28	23,372	KL Kowalski, Luiz Paulo	A.C.Camargo Cancer Center	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 25
29	23,381	UD Ugarte, Daniel	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Applied Physics	Rank 553
30	23,884	ZE Zanotto, E. D.	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Applied Physics	Rank 566
31	24,029	GF Graeff, F. G.	Universidade de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,828
32	24,407	DS de Souza, W. D.	Centro Nacional de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (CENABIO) - Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Biologia Estrutural e Bioimagem (INBEB)	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 31
33	24,908	Rodrigues, Joel J.P.C.	Universidade Federal do Piauí	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 206
34	25,515	CA Cunliffe, Ann L.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Business & Management	Rank 266
35	26,320	LP Lotufo, P. Andrade	Universidade de São Paulo	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,071
36	26,421	GJ Goldemberg, Jóse	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 314
37	27,330	RA Rodriguez Amaya, Delia B.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Food Science	Rank 120
38	27,351	NM Nucci, Márcio Luiz Moore	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Microbiology	Rank 691
39	27,583	BA Barros, Aluisio J.D.	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 263
40	28,036	IT Iwasita, Teresa	Universidade de São Paulo	Energy	Rank 337
41	28,306	AH Azeredo, Henriette Monteiro Cordeiro de	Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária - Embrapa	Food Science	Rank 125
42	28,591	GR Gazzinelli, Ricardo T.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Immunology	Rank 925
43	28,626	MJ Metzger, Jean Paul	Universidade de São Paulo	Ecology	Rank 517
44	28,785	BJ Bové, Joseph Marie	Fundo de Defesa da Citricultura	Microbiology	Rank 730
45	28,832	EH Eckert, Hellmut G.	Universidade de São Paulo	Chemical Physics	Rank 624
46	29,118	JA Jório, Ado	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Applied Physics	Rank 698
47	29,407	BM Barreto, Mauricio L.	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Public Health	Rank 284
48	29,422	GJ Geromel, Josè C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 234
49	30,091	TS Tufik, Sergio Brasil	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,190
50	30,160	DJ Diniz-Filho, José Alexandre Felizola Alexandre Felizola	Universidade Federal de Goiás	Ecology	Rank 541
51	30,214	ZA Zuardi, A. W.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 694
52	30,945	RJ Rocha, Joao Batista Teixeira Da	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Toxicology	Rank 120
53	31,360	VM Van-Heel, Marin Gerard	Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,285
54	32,303	LY Levin, Yan	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 259
55	32,344	DN Durán, Nelson Eduardo	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Biotechnology	Rank 84
56	32,368	VA Varandas, António J.C.	Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo	Chemical Physics	Rank 686
57	32,755	DS De Souza, Carlos E.	Laboratorio Nacional de Computacao Cientifica, Petropolis	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 263
58	33,187	DV Dodonov, Viktor V.	Universidade de Brasília	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 270
59	33,679	MC Martínez-Huitle, Carlos A.	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Energy	Rank 414
60	34,138	FJ Frenkel, Jacob Karl	Universidade Federal de Uberlândia	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 49
61	34,552	CJ Coura, José Rodrigues	Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz	Tropical Medicine	Rank 56
62	34,650	KA Kowaltowski, Alicia Juliana	Universidade de São Paulo	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,395
63	35,189	SJ Squire, Jeremy Andrew	Universidade de São Paulo	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,542
64	35,672	BJ Barbedo, Jayme G.A.	Embrapa Agricultura Digital	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 156
65	36,154	EM Eberlin, M. N.	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 223
66	36,408	ES Esteves, Sandro C.	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 305
67	36,479	SC Soccol, Carlos Ricardo	Universidade Federal do Parana	Biotechnology	Rank 105
68	37,663	Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 107
69	37,907	SF Sharipov, Felix M.	Universidade Federal do Parana	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 304
70	38,152	MO Malta, Oscar L.	Universidade Federal de Pernambuco	Applied Physics	Rank 922
71	38,944	LM Labruna, Marcelo Bahia	Universidade de São Paulo	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 59
72	39,203	DF de Felice, Fernanda Guarino	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,778
73	40,291	BO Bertrand, Olivier M.	Fundacao Getulio Vargas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,841
74	40,643	SR Santos, Raul D.	Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,567
75	40,749	MH Mansur, Herman Sander	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Materials	Rank 530
76	40,881	FG Fernandes, G. Wilson	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Ecology	Rank 739
77	41,027	DJ Dias, João Carlos Pinto	Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI)	Tropical Medicine	Rank 68
78	41,264	DJ Dórea, José Garrofe	Universidade de Brasília	Toxicology	Rank 162
79	41,720	WB Wajchenberg, Bernardo Léo	Universidade de São Paulo	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 949
80	41,965	TW Terra, Walter Ribeiro	Universidade de São	Entomology	Rank 70
81	42,284	AP Artaxo, Paulo Eduardo	Universidade de São Paulo	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 633
82	42,501	AM Abdu, Mangalathayil Ali	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 638
83	43,299	GM Galetti, Mauro	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	Ecology	Rank 773
84	44,768	WB Welz, Bernhard	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 285
85	45,912	BR Boddey, Robert Michael	Embrapa Agrobiologia	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 210
86	46,051	RV Rocha, Vanderson G.	Universidade de São Paulo	Immunology	Rank 1,359
87	46,369	LA Levin, Anna Sara Shafferman	Universidade de São Paulo	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 690
88	46,605	OG Olmo, Gonzalo J.	Universidade Federal do Ceará	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 699
89	46,789	TS Todorov, S. D.	Universidade de São Paulo	Microbiology	Rank 1,181
90	47,037	MJ Martínez, José Mario	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Operations Research	Rank 155
91	47,423	AS Adhikari, Sadhan K.	Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho	General Physics	Rank 296
92	47,739	FO Franco, Octavio Luiz	Universidade Católica de Brasília	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,859
93	47,833	PM Patti, Marco Giuseppe	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Surgery	Rank 381
94	47,990	CE Cavalheiro, Esper Abraão	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,317
95	48,026	DS de Souza Mourão, Paulo Antônio	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,868
96	48,123	AI Aprahamian, Ivan	Faculty of Medicine of Jundiaí	Geriatrics	Rank 83
97	48,834	HB Horta, Bernardo Lessa	Universidade Federal de Pelotas	Public Health	Rank 462
98	49,127	SA Simpson, Andrew John George	Orygen Biotecnologia	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 75
99	49,524	MA Monticelli, Alcir José	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Energy	Rank 634
100	49,563	PG Polanczyk, Guilherme V.	Universidade de São Paulo	Psychiatry	Rank 1,005
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Brazil are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

1,461 scientists affiliated with Brazil are on the 2025 single-year list, and 1,195 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Universidade de São Paulo has the most listed scientists from Brazil, with 238. It is followed by Universidade Estadual de Campinas with 91.

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 1,195 in 2025, a change of +99.2%.

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.