Colombia's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Colombia has 102 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 6.2% from 96 in 2023. That places Colombia 62nd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Universidad de Antioquia has the most listed scientists (14), followed by Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia (10).

Single Year

102

+6 (+6.2%) vs 2023

Career Data

+1 (+1.9%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#62

down 2 places vs 2023

Institutes

-1 (-2.4%) vs 2023

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	15,007	AJ Anaya, Juan Manuel	Health Research and Innovation Center at Coosalud EPS	Immunology	Rank 343
2	23,580	AP Arbeláez, Pablo	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 968
3	26,898	LP López-Jaramillo, Patricio	Universidad de Santander	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 817
4	29,808	KK Kupferschmidt, Kai	Polines	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 428
5	35,370	MJ Moldowan, J. M.	Biomarker Technologies Inc	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 502
6	39,557	HJ Hernández, José G.	Universidad de Antioquia	Organic Chemistry	Rank 487
7	41,011	TL Taylor, Luke	Bogotá	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 576
8	47,009	RM Richins, Marsha L.	University of Missouri	Marketing	Rank 298
9	51,210	BS Beebe, Stephen E.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 807
10	53,495	MD Mejía de Gutiérrez, Ruby	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Building & Construction	Rank 409
11	55,207	GA Garcés, Alejandro	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Energy	Rank 1,441
12	55,921	RF Ruiz, Francisco J.	Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 92
13	59,492	VL Verchot, L.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 1,070
14	60,751	AD Armenteras, Dolors	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Ecology	Rank 1,167
15	67,799	MO Montoya, Oscar Danilo	Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas	Energy	Rank 1,814
16	70,710	OS Oliveira Silva, Luis Felipe	Universidad de la Costa	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,393
17	76,457	Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson	Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 411
18	76,716	CA Cardona Alzate, Carlos Ariel	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Chemical Engineering	Rank 594
19	82,019	RI Rao, Idupulapati M.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 561
20	84,798	PC Pulgarin, Cesar	Universidad de Antioquia	Physical Chemistry	Rank 347
21	92,405	Garzón, Juan	Universidad Católica de Oriente	Education	Rank 1,111
22	100,674	TR Torres-Palma, Ricardo A.	Universidad de Antioquia	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,048
23	100,676	FC Fauquet, Claude M.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,713
24	103,003	KV Kouznetsov, Vladimir V.	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,350
25	103,123	YJ Yepes-Nuñez, Juan Jose	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Allergy	Rank 229
26	104,221	AN Alvis-Guzman, Nelson	Universidad de Cartagena	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,306
27	107,638	SA Sanabria, Alvaro	Universidad de Antioquia	Otorhinolaryngology	Rank 132
28	109,821	RJ Rada, Juan	Universidad de Antioquia	General Mathematics	Rank 567
29	110,013	RJ Ramírez, Juan David	Universidad del Rosario	Microbiology	Rank 2,289
30	110,993	GF González, Fabio A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 4,139
31	116,711	AP Aschner, Pablo	Hospital Universitario San Ignacio	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,669
32	117,934	CO Cardona, Omar Darío	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 210
33	119,470	SO Sarmiento, Olga Lucia	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Public Health	Rank 1,277
34	120,793	NJ Noriega, Jorge Ari	Universidad El Bosque	Ecology	Rank 2,105
35	123,975	PG Prieto, Germán A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,756
36	126,800	GL Guzman, Luis A.	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 429
37	126,849	EP Espitia, Paula	Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia	Food Science	Rank 1,441
38	130,547	HJ Hurtado, Jorge E.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Civil Engineering	Rank 609
39	136,775	MJ Moreno-Piraján, Juan Carlos	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,838
40	138,261	GH García-Perdomo, Herney Andrés	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 929
41	139,876	CJ Coronado, J. J.	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,296
42	144,190	KC Khoury, C. K.	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,519
43	144,544	GL Giraldo, Liliana	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,972
44	146,245	CA Cortés, Andrés J.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,558
45	149,357	CL Caraballo, Luis	Universidad de Cartagena	Allergy	Rank 310
46	152,387	GL García, Luis F.	Universidad de Antioquia	Microbiology	Rank 3,220
47	153,086	OJ Orozco-Arroyave, Juan Rafael	Universidad de Antioquia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 5,686
48	154,017	CC Castañeda-Orjuela, Carlos A.	Instituto Nacional de Salud	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,840
49	156,014	CL Colorado Lopera, Henry Alonso	Universidad de Antioquia	Materials	Rank 3,469
50	160,768	OG Ospina-Tascón, Gustavo	Universidad Icesi	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 509
51	164,186	GC Grande-Tovar, Carlos David	Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia	Polymers	Rank 1,658
52	170,632	OJ Orozco, Jahir	Universidad de Antioquia	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 1,299
53	170,769	AJ Arellana, Julian	Universidad del Norte	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 576
54	172,599	RA Reyes, Alejandro	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Microbiology	Rank 3,620
55	174,334	BL Barrero, Lope H.	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,064
56	178,207	GJ Georgin, Jordana	Universidad de la Costa	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,542
57	178,787	LM Linares-Vásquez, Mario	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Software Engineering	Rank 387
58	179,296	GW Gil-González, Walter	Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira	Energy	Rank 5,171
59	180,683	CA Cardona, Andrés Felipe	Universidad El Bosque	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 5,979
60	181,851	FD Franco, Dison Stracke Pfingsten	Universidad de la Costa	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,580
61	182,265	DC Duque, C. A.	Universidad de Antioquia	Applied Physics	Rank 3,636
62	192,231	SM Sánchez-Silva, Mauricio	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Civil Engineering	Rank 949
63	192,620	SE Stashenko, Elena	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 814
64	197,250	DJ Daes, Jorge	Division of Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery	Surgery	Rank 1,113
65	198,145	MF Martinez, F.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Chemical Engineering	Rank 1,739
66	199,814	OC Ortiz, Claudia	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Biotechnology	Rank 967
67	201,691	FC Firacative, Carolina	Universidad del Rosario	Microbiology	Rank 4,241
68	202,006	DV de Vries, E.	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 6,740
69	207,066	PM Pardo Martínez, Clara Inés	Universidad del Rosario	Energy	Rank 6,042
70	209,494	CF Cortés, Farid B.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Energy	Rank 6,109
71	212,044	Carrillo, Julian	Universidad Militar Nueva Granada	Civil Engineering	Rank 1,063
72	216,170	BO Barbosa, Oveimar	Universidad del Tolima	Biotechnology	Rank 1,067
73	234,313	RC Romero, Carlos Andrés Tavera	Universidad Santiago de Cali	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 8,576
74	236,122	Florez, Ivan D.	Universidad de Antioquia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,739
75	244,473	ME Mosquera, Edgar	Universidad del Valle, Cali	Applied Physics	Rank 4,956
76	246,227	LP Laissue, Paul	Biopas Laboratoires	Genetics & Heredity	Rank 698
77	251,378	PS Prada, Sergio	Fundación Valle del Lili	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 2,884
78	256,740	OC Ordonez, Carlos	Fundación Valle del Lili	Surgery	Rank 1,535
79	261,308	FC Franco, Camilo A.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Energy	Rank 7,667
80	264,810	Lain, Santiago	Universidad Autónoma de Occidente	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 2,463
81	269,078	SA Salas, Alvaro H.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	General Mathematics	Rank 1,547
82	270,832	AH Arguello, Henry	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 9,827
83	271,117	SF Stiles, F. Gary	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Ornithology	Rank 60
84	299,198	SJ Solarte-Toro, J. C.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales	Biotechnology	Rank 1,604
85	305,015	AJ Abellan-Garcia, Joaquin	Universidad del Norte	Building & Construction	Rank 2,324
86	317,910	RL Rodríguez-Villamizar, Laura	Universidad Industrial de Santander	Toxicology	Rank 1,381
87	326,724	RJ Rojas, John	Universidad de Antioquia	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 2,705
88	336,008	GF Guhl, Felipe	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 507
89	341,094	RJ Rosero-García, Javier	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 1,570
90	353,212	ÁC Álvarez-Moreno, Carlos	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 534
91	360,603	VI Velez, Ivan Dario	Universidad de Antioquia	Tropical Medicine	Rank 552
92	384,757	RF Ramírez, Fernando	Independent Researcher	Horticulture	Rank 102
93	406,135	GJ Garcia-Sucerquia, J.	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Medellin	Optics	Rank 1,900
94	422,945	KJ Kretschmann, Jürgen	Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola University	Mining & Metallurgy	Rank 374
95	424,213	CC Cadena, Carlos Daniel	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia	Ornithology	Rank 114
96	442,220	MJ Malagón-Rojas, Jeadran N.	Instituto Nacional de Salud	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,863
97	449,511	CJ Cardona-Arias, Jaiberth Antonio	Universidad de Antioquia	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 4,922
98	455,032	DA de-la-Torre, Alejandra	Universidad del Rosario	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 2,441
99	565,766	MH Marcuse, Herbert	Institute for Social Research	Literary Studies	Rank 164
100	630,967	GJ Gómez-Marín, Jorge Enrique	Universidad del Quindio	Tropical Medicine	Rank 1,058
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Frequently asked questions

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

102 scientists affiliated with Colombia are on the 2024 single-year list, and 55 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Universidad de Antioquia has the most listed scientists from Colombia, with 14. It is followed by Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia with 10.

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 102 in 2024, a change of +112.5%.

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.