Colombia's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Colombia has 48 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Colombia 60th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia has the most listed scientists (9), followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (9).

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World rank by count

#60

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Institutes

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Scientists in Colombia on the list, by year

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+54.2%

2022+9.5%

2023+18.5%

2024+6.2%

2025+25.5%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	48		33
2021	74	+54.2%	42	+27.3%
2022	81	+9.5%	46	+9.5%
2023	96	+18.5%	54	+17.4%
2024	102	+6.2%	55	+1.9%
2025	128	+25.5%	78	+41.8%

Top 10 institutes in Colombia

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Rank in Colombia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	13,739	MN Muñoz, Nubia	Cancer Institute of Colombia	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 493
2	15,095	BC Béné, Christophe	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Development Studies	Rank 17
3	17,085	AP Arbeláez, Pablo	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 513
4	28,324	LP Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio	Universidad de Santander	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 834
5	38,021	AJ Anaya, Juan Manuel	Universidad del Rosario	Immunology	Rank 851
6	42,641	VL Verchot, Louis	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 252
7	44,224	JA Jarvis, Andy	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 840
8	53,431	BZ Bauman, Zygmunt	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Sociology	Rank 203
9	53,500	BS Beebe, Steve	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 742
10	54,304	BW Barnett, William Steven	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Education	Rank 459
11	57,277	CJ Cardenas, Juan Camilo	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 83
12	59,410	GA Garces, Alejandro	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Energy	Rank 1,279
13	64,877	LM Linares-Vásquez, Mario	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Software Engineering	Rank 134
14	67,413	FC Fauquet, Claude M.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Virology	Rank 306
15	67,579	KV Kouznetsov, Vladimir V.	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,042
16	69,900	CC Cardona, Carlos A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 473
17	77,865	Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J.	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Microbiology	Rank 1,634
18	82,575	HJ Hurtado, Jorge E.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Civil Engineering	Rank 289
19	90,240	HY Hernández, Y.	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 2,536
20	96,444	EM El-Sharkawy, Mabrouk	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,428
21	106,925	SO Sarmiento, Olga L.	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Public Health	Rank 1,159
22	107,102	TR Torres-Palma, Ricardo A.	Universidad de Antioquia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,334
23	108,785	SL Silva, Luis F.O.	Universidad de la Costa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,355
24	122,366	PG Poveda, Germán	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 2,192
25	124,173	EF Escobedo, Francisco J.	Universidad del Rosario	Forestry	Rank 146
26	130,102	RF Ruiz, Francisco J.	Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 378
27	133,632	MF Martinez, Fleming	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 990
28	134,263	GF González, Fabio A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,238
29	134,421	LM Lorieux, Mathias	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,018
30	142,873	CO Cardona, Omar Dario	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 268
31	149,934	BO Barbosa, Oveimar	Universidad del Tolima	Biotechnology	Rank 692
32	151,205	OJ Orozco, Jahir	Universidad de Antioquia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,304
33	152,899	GJ Garcia-Sucerquia, Jorge	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Optics	Rank 786
34	156,158	YC Yaguna, Carlos E.	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,823
35	156,366	CJ Coronado, J. J.	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,451
36	160,313	GF Guhl, Felipe	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 271
37	170,186	SA Sanabria, A.	Universidad de Antioquia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 343
38	180,334	SM Sánchez-Silva, Mauricio	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Civil Engineering	Rank 665
39	201,638	AN Alvis-Guzman, Nelson	Universidad de Cartagena	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,721
40	206,573	SE Stashenko, Elena	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 884
41	208,375	LP Laissue, Paul	Universidad del Rosario	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 812
42	234,151	VA Viloria, Amelec	Universidad de la Costa	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,575
43	257,240	BJ Baena, Juan D.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 3,093
44	266,044	CC Cadena, Carlos Daniel	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Ornithology	Rank 119
45	280,843	FA Falconar, Andrew K.	Universidad del Norte	Tropical Medicine	Rank 543
46	319,506	MJ Middleton, J. R.	University of Missouri	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 699
47	377,525	RJ Rosero, Javier A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,731
48	875,683	MO Montoya, Oscar Danilo	Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar	Energy	Rank 22,650
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Colombia are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

48 scientists affiliated with Colombia are on the 2020 single-year list, and 33 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 single-year list, Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia has the most listed scientists from Colombia, with 9. It is followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia with 9.

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.