Ecuador's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List
Ecuador has 21 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 31.2% from 16 in 2023. That places Ecuador 84th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 4 places. Universidad San Francisco de Quito has the most listed scientists (4), followed by Universidad UTE (3).
Scientists in Ecuador on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 7 | ||
| 2021 | 19 | +35.7% | 13 | +85.7% |
| 2022 | 17 | -10.5% | 14 | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 21 | +23.5% | 16 | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 25 | +19.0% | 21 | +31.2% |
| 2025 | 30 | +20.0% | 24 | +14.3% |
Top 10 institutes in Ecuador
By number of listed scientists
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- 1Universidad San Francisco de Quito4
- 2Universidad UTE3
- 3Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador2
- 4Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE2
- 5Universidad Espíritu Santo2
- 6Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Ecuador1
- 7Fundación EcoMinga1
- 8Fundación Jocotoco1
- 9Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador1
- 10Universidad del Azuay1
All 21 scientists
| Rank in Ecuador | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15,078 | Universidad ECOTEC | Organic Chemistry | Rank 328 | |
| 2 | 19,869 | Universidad Espíritu Santo | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,565 | |
| 3 | 26,448 |
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Fundación EcoMinga | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 252 |
| 4 | 55,560 | Universidad Internacional del Ecuador | Allergy | Rank 177 | |
| 5 | 57,972 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 627 | |
| 6 | 62,374 | Universidad del Azuay | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,465 | |
| 7 | 98,440 | Fundación Jocotoco | Ecology | Rank 1,633 | |
| 8 | 136,444 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Food Science | Rank 737 | |
| 9 | 137,771 | Universidad UTE | Civil Engineering | Rank 287 | |
| 10 | 159,751 | Universidad Espíritu Santo | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,556 | |
| 11 | 160,158 | Universidad UTE | Design Practice & Management | Rank 88 | |
| 12 | 165,805 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Zoology | Rank 78 | |
| 13 | 218,341 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 902 | |
| 14 | 237,721 | Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 1,486 | |
| 15 | 285,023 | Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Ecuador | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 6,017 | |
| 16 | 323,381 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Zoology | Rank 232 | |
| 17 | 349,678 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Zoology | Rank 259 | |
| 18 | 375,637 | Universidad UTE | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 5,073 | |
| 19 | 445,703 | Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja | Applied Physics | Rank 13,027 | |
| 20 | 539,403 | Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 2,115 | |
| 21 | 987,998 | Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 24,185 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Ecuador are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?
25 scientists affiliated with Ecuador are on the 2024 single-year list, and 21 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Ecuador has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2024 career-long list, Universidad San Francisco de Quito has the most listed scientists from Ecuador, with 4. It is followed by Universidad UTE with 3.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Ecuador changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Ecuador went from 7 scientists in 2020 to 21 in 2024, a change of +200.0%.
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.