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Colombia's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List
Colombia has 54 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 17.4% from 46 in 2022. That places Colombia 63rd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical has the most listed scientists (6), followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (6).
Data Type
Year
Single Year
96
+15 (+18.5%) vs 2022
Career Data
54
+8 (+17.4%) vs 2022
World rank by count
#63
up 1 place vs 2022
Institutes
28
+2 (+7.7%) vs 2022
Scientists in Colombia on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 64% since 2020.
Career-long list, change on the previous year
2021+27.3%
2022+9.5%
2023+17.4%
2024+1.9%
2025+41.8%
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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
By number of listed scientists
Career-long list2023
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- 1Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical6
- 2Universidad Nacional de Colombia6
- 3Universidad de Antioquia4
- 4Universidad del Valle, Cali4
- 5Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia3
- 6Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales3
- 7Academia Nacional de Medicina2
- 8Pontificia Universidad Javeriana2
- 9Universidad de Cartagena2
- 10Universidad Industrial de Santander2
All 54 scientists
Career-long list2023
| Rank in Colombia | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4,188 |
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Instituto de Cancerología de Colombia | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 186 |
| 2 | 11,832 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 132 | |
| 3 | 32,891 | Health Research and Innovation Center at Coosalud | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 240 | |
| 4 | 33,085 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,524 | |
| 5 | 40,714 |
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Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Development Studies | Rank 21 |
| 6 | 42,994 | Ministerio de Salud | Microbiology | Rank 1,085 | |
| 7 | 46,526 | Universidad de Santander | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,770 | |
| 8 | 53,582 | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 682 | |
| 9 | 56,633 | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change | Psychiatry | Rank 1,113 | |
| 10 | 61,661 |
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International Center for Medical Research and Training | Microbiology | Rank 1,555 |
| 11 | 66,372 | Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,260 | |
| 12 | 71,360 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Facultad de Medicina | Developmental Biology | Rank 2,193 | |
| 13 | 75,722 | Polines | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 973 | |
| 14 | 81,062 | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 1,232 | |
| 15 | 82,472 | Fundación Instituto de Inmunología de Colombia | Immunology | Rank 2,330 | |
| 16 | 88,066 | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,215 | |
| 17 | 90,852 | Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 294 | |
| 18 | 94,260 | Universidad Industrial de Santander | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,739 | |
| 19 | 110,873 | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 575 | |
| 20 | 117,376 | Universidad del Valle, Cali | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | Rank 747 | |
| 21 | 125,195 |
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Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia | Tropical Medicine | Rank 289 |
| 22 | 126,214 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales | Civil Engineering | Rank 234 | |
| 23 | 137,156 | Universidad del Valle, Cali | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,338 | |
| 24 | 148,299 | Universidad de Antioquia | Organic Chemistry | Rank 2,611 | |
| 25 | 156,628 | Universidad de Antioquia | Microbiology | Rank 3,796 | |
| 26 | 157,200 | Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Medicas | Tropical Medicine | Rank 374 | |
| 27 | 158,022 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Ornithology | Rank 86 | |
| 28 | 167,610 | Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 2,734 | |
| 29 | 177,142 | Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras | Geology | Rank 290 | |
| 30 | 183,252 | Universidad de Antioquia | Otorhinolaryngology | Rank 613 | |
| 31 | 186,827 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales | Chemical Engineering | Rank 924 | |
| 32 | 194,758 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin | Civil Engineering | Rank 422 | |
| 33 | 195,817 | Universidad de Cartagena | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,392 | |
| 34 | 195,956 | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 2,837 | |
| 35 | 213,487 | Universidad del Norte | Tropical Medicine | Rank 514 | |
| 36 | 213,870 | Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira | Energy | Rank 3,005 | |
| 37 | 222,498 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin | Optics | Rank 735 | |
| 38 | 225,075 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 4,427 | |
| 39 | 227,146 | Universidad del Valle, Cali | Building & Construction | Rank 564 | |
| 40 | 230,423 | Academia Nacional de Medicina | Tropical Medicine | Rank 567 | |
| 41 | 230,650 | Academia Nacional de Medicina | Tropical Medicine | Rank 569 | |
| 42 | 242,319 | Universidad de la Costa | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,805 | |
| 43 | 242,664 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 307 | |
| 44 | 256,027 | The University of British Columbia | Veterinary Sciences | Rank 1,158 | |
| 45 | 258,388 | Universidad Industrial de Santander | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 1,164 | |
| 46 | 281,141 |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Chemical Engineering | Rank 1,511 |
| 47 | 283,695 |
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Dairy & Animal Science | Rank 1,036 |
| 48 | 302,924 | Universidad de Cartagena | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 4,101 | |
| 49 | 315,930 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Zoology | Rank 226 | |
| 50 | 328,833 | Universidad del Valle, Cali | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | Rank 2,476 | |
| 51 | 362,637 | Universidad de Antioquia | Energy | Rank 5,703 | |
| 52 | 370,135 | Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia | Civil Engineering | Rank 939 | |
| 53 | 463,019 | Pontificia Universidad Javeriana | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 6,473 | |
| 54 | 539,000 | Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas | Energy | Rank 9,156 | |
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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 career-long list, Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical has the most listed scientists from Colombia, with 6. It is followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia with 6.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Colombia changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Colombia went from 33 scientists in 2020 to 54 in 2023, a change of +63.6%.
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.