Ecuador's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Ecuador has 24 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 14.3% from 21 in 2024. That places Ecuador 82nd in the world by number of listed scientists, up 2 places. Universidad San Francisco de Quito has the most listed scientists (7), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador (2).
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 Quito7
- 2Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador2
- 3Universidad Espíritu Santo2
- 4Universidad UTE2
- 5Center for Creative Studies1
- 6Charles Darwin Foundation1
- 7Chiquil1
- 8Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Ecuador1
- 9Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco1
- 10Fundación EcoMinga1
All 24 scientists
| Rank in Ecuador | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19,227 | Universidad Espíritu Santo | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,477 | |
| 2 | 24,048 |
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Fundación EcoMinga | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 225 |
| 3 | 53,659 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 655 | |
| 4 | 56,642 | Universidad Internacional del Ecuador | Allergy | Rank 178 | |
| 5 | 84,822 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 300 | |
| 6 | 96,599 | Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco | Ecology | Rank 1,629 | |
| 7 | 119,892 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Food Science | Rank 667 | |
| 8 | 130,003 | Universidad UTE | Civil Engineering | Rank 286 | |
| 9 | 144,365 | Charles Darwin Foundation | Veterinary Sciences | Rank 478 | |
| 10 | 158,807 | Universidad Espíritu Santo | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 1,513 | |
| 11 | 159,782 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Zoology | Rank 69 | |
| 12 | 164,299 | Universidad UTE | Design Practice & Management | Rank 91 | |
| 13 | 179,936 | Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 1,069 | |
| 14 | 224,265 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 930 | |
| 15 | 242,755 | Parque Nacional Galápagos | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 1,442 | |
| 16 | 276,031 |
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Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral Ecuador | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 6,193 |
| 17 | 314,856 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Zoology | Rank 219 | |
| 18 | 337,154 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador | Zoology | Rank 243 | |
| 19 | 382,040 | Center for Creative Studies | Ornithology | Rank 133 | |
| 20 | 419,166 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Civil Engineering | Rank 1,243 | |
| 21 | 461,916 | Chiquil | Applied Physics | Rank 13,093 | |
| 22 | 483,402 | Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 1,849 | |
| 23 | 641,937 | Universidad San Francisco de Quito | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 16,038 | |
| 24 | 948,485 | Universidad de Especialidades Turisticas | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 24,800 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Ecuador are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
30 scientists affiliated with Ecuador are on the 2025 single-year list, and 24 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Ecuador has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, Universidad San Francisco de Quito has the most listed scientists from Ecuador, with 7. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador with 2.
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 24 in 2025, a change of +242.9%.
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.