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Top research institutions in Bolivia

Universidad de Los Andes ranks first in Bolivia on research quality in 2022-now (#2,922 worldwide), followed by Universidad Mayor de San Andrés and Universidad La Salle.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1Universidad de Los AndesUniversity · La Paz #2,922 7.3% 1,320 #1
2Universidad Mayor de San AndrésUniversity · La Paz #3,904 4.4% 775 #2
3Universidad La SalleUniversity · La Paz #5,206 3.3% 373 #4
4Universidad Mayor de San SimónUniversity · Cochabamba #5,653 4.7% 318 #3
5Universidad Privada del ValleUniversity · Cochabamba #5,936 3.2% 288 #7
6Universidad Andina Simón BolívarUniversity · Sucre #6,743 9.4% 346 #5
7Universidad LoyolaUniversity · La Paz #8,213 9.2% 241 #8
8University of Saint Francis XavierUniversity · Sucre #9,769 4.2% 157 #13
9Universidad Privada BolivianaUniversity · Cochabamba #10,326 7.9% 205 #11
10Oruro Technical UniversityUniversity · Oruro #10,683 5.5% 163 #21
11Universidad Católica Boliviana San PabloUniversity · La Paz #11,903 8.3% 132 #6
12Fundación para el Desarrollo de la EcologíaNonprofit · La Paz #12,442 6.5% 130 #12
13Ministerio de SaludGovernment institution · La Paz #12,770 7.6% 119 #10
14Universidad Técnica Privada CosmosUniversity · Cochabamba #13,020 2.1% 114 #25
15Universidad Privada Domingo SavioUniversity · Santa Cruz #13,129 2.4% 129 #24
16Centro de Información y Desarrollo de la MujerNonprofit · La Paz #14,158 11.3% 88 #15
17Universidad Pública de El AltoUniversity · La Paz #14,290 4.6% 103 #23
18Universidad CentralUniversity · Cochabamba #14,488 8.1% 103 #9
19Nur UniversityUniversity · Santa Cruz #14,979 6.3% 125 #19
20Fundación PROINPAInstitution · Cochabamba #15,014 4.0% 92 #14
21Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous UniversityUniversity · Santa Cruz #15,081 3.4% 97 #18
22Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la SierraUniversity · Santa Cruz #16,062 7.6% 71 #16
23Bolivia Adventist UniversityUniversity · Cochabamba #16,415 2.1% 82 #26
24Tomás Frías Autonomous UniversityUniversity · Potosí #19,443 6.1% 62 #31
25National Museum of ArchaeologyArchive · La Paz #20,383 10.5% 73 #22

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Bolivia on the quality score for 2022-now; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.

Size against quality inside Bolivia

The upper left is the interesting corner: institutions that publish less than the national giants and land more of it in the world top 10%.

0%5%10%mean 6%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Los A…Universidad Mayor de…Universidad Mayor de…Universidad La Salle
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One dot per institution in the table above.

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