Venezuela's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Venezuela has 22 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, down 4.3% from 23 in 2024. That places Venezuela 85th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 4 places. Universidad Central de Venezuela has the most listed scientists (4), followed by Universidad De Los Andes, Merida (4).
Scientists in Venezuela on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 22% since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 12 | 18 | ||
| 2021 | 12 | +0.0% | 24 | +33.3% |
| 2022 | 13 | +8.3% | 24 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 13 | +0.0% | 25 | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 14 | +7.7% | 23 | -8.0% |
| 2025 | 12 | -14.3% | 22 | -4.3% |
Top 10 institutes in Venezuela
By number of listed scientists
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- 1Universidad Central de Venezuela4
- 2Universidad De Los Andes, Merida4
- 3Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas3
- 4Universidad Simón Bolívar3
- 5Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias2
- 6Universidad del Zulia, Facultad de Medicina2
- 7Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad1
- 8Instituto de Biomedicina Dr. Jacinto Convit1
- 9Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas1
- 10Universidad de Oriente - Venezuela1
All 22 scientists
| Rank in Venezuela | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21,671 | Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas | Microbiology | Rank 534 | |
| 2 | 72,346 | Universidad De Los Andes, Merida | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,404 | |
| 3 | 78,504 | Universidad Simón Bolívar | Energy | Rank 1,071 | |
| 4 | 87,359 | Centro Medico Docente La Trinidad | Allergy | Rank 256 | |
| 5 | 88,454 | Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas | Ecology | Rank 1,519 | |
| 6 | 99,960 | Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 573 | |
| 7 | 119,493 | Universidad de Oriente - Venezuela | Education | Rank 783 | |
| 8 | 135,475 | Universidad Simón Bolívar | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,949 | |
| 9 | 145,505 | Universidad De Los Andes, Merida | Languages & Linguistics | Rank 343 | |
| 10 | 163,029 | Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas | Tropical Medicine | Rank 375 | |
| 11 | 164,012 |
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Universidad Simón Bolívar | Entomology | Rank 502 |
| 12 | 175,149 |
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Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 2,722 |
| 13 | 175,173 | Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 2,723 | |
| 14 | 177,086 | Universidad Central de Venezuela | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 216 | |
| 15 | 181,693 | Universidad Central de Venezuela | Applied Physics | Rank 4,832 | |
| 16 | 182,296 | Instituto de Biomedicina Dr. Jacinto Convit | Tropical Medicine | Rank 411 | |
| 17 | 202,363 | Universidad De Los Andes, Merida | Applied Physics | Rank 5,432 | |
| 18 | 206,401 | Universidad del Zulia, Facultad de Medicina | General Clinical Medicine | Rank 142 | |
| 19 | 230,523 | Universidad Central de Venezuela | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 3,438 | |
| 20 | 243,782 | Universidad De Los Andes, Merida | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 5,399 | |
| 21 | 391,438 | Universidad del Zulia, Facultad de Medicina | Microscopy | Rank 99 | |
| 22 | 416,308 | Universidad Central de Venezuela | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 2,125 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Venezuela are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
12 scientists affiliated with Venezuela are on the 2025 single-year list, and 22 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Venezuela has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, Universidad Central de Venezuela has the most listed scientists from Venezuela, with 4. It is followed by Universidad De Los Andes, Merida with 4.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Venezuela changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Venezuela went from 18 scientists in 2020 to 22 in 2025, a change of +22.2%.
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.