Colombia's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Colombia has 96 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, up 18.5% from 81 in 2022. That places Colombia 60th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Universidad de Antioquia has the most listed scientists (12), followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (9).

Single Year

+15 (+18.5%) vs 2022

Career Data

+8 (+17.4%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#60

up 2 places vs 2022

Institutes

+6 (+17.1%) vs 2022

Scientists in Colombia on the list, by year

The single-year count has more than doubled since 2020.

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	4,367	BC Béné, Chris	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Development Studies	Rank 1
2	11,058	KK Kupferschmidt, Kai	Polines	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 199
3	15,407	SJ Schauer, James Jay	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 283
4	19,981	AJ Anaya, Juan Manuel	Health Research and Innovation Center at Coosalud	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 128
5	20,513	MN Muñoz, Nubia	Instituto de Cancerología de Colombia	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 736
6	30,512	LP Lopez-Jaramillo, Patricio	Universidad de Santander	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 977
7	33,034	BC Bustamante, Carlos	Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina	Developmental Biology	Rank 904
8	35,792	AP Arbeláez, Pablo	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,179
9	36,212	HJ Hernández, José G.	Universidad de Antioquia	Organic Chemistry	Rank 477
10	38,884	BS Beebe, Stephen E.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 591
11	41,961	TL Taylor, Luke	Bogotá	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 614
12	50,535	RI Rao, Idupulapati M.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 335
13	53,055	VL Verchot, Louis V.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,023
14	54,821	GA Garcés, Alejandro	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Energy	Rank 1,302
15	59,480	SL Silva, Luis F.O.	Universidad de la Costa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 980
16	70,114	CP Cooper, Peter J.M.	CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change	Psychiatry	Rank 1,204
17	73,280	CJ Cardenas, Juan Camilo	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Economics	Rank 895
18	73,356	DG de Gutiérrez, Ruby Mejía	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Building & Construction	Rank 491
19	74,242	FC Fauquet, Claude M.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,251
20	74,396	CA Cardona Alzate, Carlos Ariel	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Chemical Engineering	Rank 543
21	75,013	RF Ruiz, Francisco J.	Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 154
22	78,429	Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson	Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 463
23	82,212	MO Montoya, Oscar Danilo	Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas	Energy	Rank 2,012
24	83,953	AD Armenteras, Dolors	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Ecology	Rank 1,535
25	87,065	TP Torres- Palma, Ricardo A.	Universidad de Antioquia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,489
26	88,285	CA Cortés, Andrés J.	Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria, AGROSAVIA	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,529
27	91,731	SA Sanabria, Alvaro	Universidad de Antioquia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 117
28	94,744	PG Poveda, Germán	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,755
29	99,252	KV Kouznetsov, Vladimir V.	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,315
30	105,672	AN Alvis-Guzmán, Nelson	Universidad de Cartagena	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,358
31	109,222	SO Sarmiento, Olga L.	Universidad de Los Andes, Facultad de Medicina	Public Health	Rank 1,202
32	115,239	TA Tickner, Arlene B.	Universidad del Rosario	International Relations	Rank 160
33	116,380	GL Garcia, Luis F.	Universidad de Antioquia	Microbiology	Rank 2,635
34	118,523	LM Linares-Vásquez, Mario	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Software Engineering	Rank 215
35	121,754	RJ Rada, Juan	Universidad de Antioquia	General Mathematics	Rank 581
36	121,803	RJ Ramírez, Juan David	Universidad del Rosario	Microbiology	Rank 2,781
37	122,208	BL Barrero, Lope H.	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,517
38	124,825	EP Espitia, Paula	Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia	Food Science	Rank 1,334
39	129,354	HJ Hurtado, Jorge E.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Civil Engineering	Rank 537
40	131,587	CO Cardona, Omar D.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 229
41	134,438	FL Fajardo, Luis F.	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,773
42	134,602	GH García-Perdomo, Herney Andrés	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 962
43	136,997	FD Forero, Diego A.	Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,333
44	147,924	CF Cortés, Farid B.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Energy	Rank 3,860
45	148,348	FC Franco, Camilo A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Energy	Rank 3,876
46	153,236	MJ Moreno-Piraján, Juan C.	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,126
47	154,420	SM Sánchez-Silva, Mauricio	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Civil Engineering	Rank 667
48	155,488	KC Khoury, Colin K.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,719
49	156,205	CJ Coronado, John J.	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,405
50	156,975	OM Oliveira, Marcos L.S.	Universidad de la Costa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,872
51	157,981	GL Giraldo, Liliana	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Organic Chemistry	Rank 2,212
52	158,361	SC Stephen, Craig	The University of British Columbia	Veterinary Sciences	Rank 294
53	159,248	YC Yaguna, Carlos E.	Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,810
54	162,493	OJ Orozco, Jahir	Universidad de Antioquia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,255
55	163,194	CL Caraballo, Luis	Universidad de Cartagena	Allergy	Rank 342
56	168,480	SE Stashenko, Elena E.	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 692
57	178,266	CC Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A.	Instituto Nacional de Salud	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,153
58	178,557	AN Alexander, Neal	Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas	Tropical Medicine	Rank 284
59	179,065	DV de Vries, Esther	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,457
60	181,451	OC Ortiz, Claudia	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Biotechnology	Rank 882
61	186,456	GC Grande-Tovar, Carlos David	Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia	Polymers	Rank 1,866
62	189,068	GF González, Fabio A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,833
63	189,079	OG Ospina-Tascón, Gustavo Adolfo	Universidad Icesi	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 629
64	192,527	LP Laissue, Paul	Universidad del Rosario	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 646
65	203,274	SF Stiles, F. Gary	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Ornithology	Rank 54
66	205,015	CL Colorado Lopera, Henry Alonso	Universidad de Antioquia	Materials	Rank 4,467
67	206,550	GJ Garcia-Sucerquia, J.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Optics	Rank 770
68	208,655	BO Barbosa, Oveimar	Universidad del Tolima	Biotechnology	Rank 1,069
69	210,592	GF Guhl, Felipe	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 343
70	214,766	GG Gutierrez, Guillermo	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 708
71	225,588	RC Romero, Carlos Andres Tavera	Universidad Santiago de Cali	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 2,452
72	227,838	MF Martinez, F.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2,002
73	250,918	DC Duque, C. A.	Universidad de Antioquia	Applied Physics	Rank 5,256
74	259,142	FD Franco, Dison S.P.	Universidad de la Costa	Chemical Engineering	Rank 2,326
75	259,272	GW Gil-González, Walter	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Energy	Rank 7,097
76	261,554	GL Guzman, Luis A.	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 866
77	268,246	Florez, Ivan D.	Universidad de Antioquia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,090
78	271,368	RJ Rojas, John	Universidad de Antioquia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,212
79	277,637	IF Isla, Federico	Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras	Geology	Rank 348
80	283,498	OC Ordoñez, Carlos A.	Fundación Valle del Lili	Surgery	Rank 1,815
81	317,690	CC Cadena, Carlos Daniel	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Ornithology	Rank 86
82	328,827	CJ Cardona-Arias, Jaiberth Antonio	Universidad de Antioquia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 3,716
83	335,270	DG Díaz, G. J.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 1,113
84	353,411	CZ Cucunubá, Zulma M.	Universidad Javeriana Facultad de Medicina	Tropical Medicine	Rank 635
85	353,700	SA Salas, Alvaro H.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	General Mathematics	Rank 1,910
86	358,848	GS Gómez-Ochoa, Sergio Alejandro	Fundación Cardiovascular de Colombia	Surgery	Rank 2,423
87	359,077	RJ Rosero-García, Javier	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,577
88	361,044	DJ Daes, Jorge	Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery	Surgery	Rank 2,444
89	381,895	PS Prada, Sergio I.	Fundación Valle del Lili	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,292
90	391,557	VI Velez, Ivan Dario	Universidad de Antioquia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 695
91	523,476	LJ Lynch, John D.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Zoology	Rank 270
92	555,475	CR Cobo, Roxana	Centro Médico Imbanaco	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 1,452
93	582,849	AJ Abellán-García, Joaquín	Universidad del Norte	Building & Construction	Rank 3,782
94	669,881	GJ Gomez-Marin, Jorge E.	Universidad del Quindio	Tropical Medicine	Rank 1,342
95	840,395	CO Cadena-Castaneda, Oscar J.	Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas	Zoology	Rank 500
96	1,049,096	US Uribe, Simón	Universidad del Rosario	History	Rank 405
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Frequently asked questions

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

96 scientists affiliated with Colombia are on the 2023 single-year list, and 54 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Universidad de Antioquia has the most listed scientists from Colombia, with 12. It is followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia with 9.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Colombia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Colombia went from 48 scientists in 2020 to 96 in 2023, a change of +100.0%.

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.