Top research institutions in Costa Rica

#	Institution	World rank	Top-10% rate	Works	All time
1	Universidad de Costa RicaUniversity · San José	#2,240	5.5%	3,846	#1
2	Universidad IndependienteUniversity · San José	#2,781	5.5%	842	#5
3	Universidad NacionalUniversity · Heredia	#3,636	5.4%	1,060	#2
4	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa RicaUniversity · Cartago	#4,370	4.5%	891	#3
5	Universidad de Ciencias MedicasUniversity · San José	#4,966	3.3%	630	#6
6	Distance State UniversityUniversity · San Pedro	#5,016	5.4%	570	#4
7	Ministerio de Educación PúblicaGovernment institution · San José	#5,449	8.6%	444	#11
8	Universidad Autónoma MonterreyUniversity · San José	#7,227	6.2%	305	#14
9	Universidad Autónoma de Centro AméricaUniversity · San José	#7,577	6.2%	283	#9
10	Universidad HispanoamericaUniversity · Heredia	#10,106	3.5%	154	#12
11	Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y SaludInstitution · Tres Ríos	#10,303	7.0%	97	#7
12	Costa Rican Department of Social SecurityInstitution · San José	#10,471	2.9%	236	#13
13	Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y TecnologíaUniversity · San José	#12,388	6.7%	122	#26
14	Universidad del ValleUniversity · San José	#12,833	3.2%	111	#15
15	Latin University of Costa RicaUniversity · San Pedro	#13,024	8.2%	99	#21
16	University of TourismUniversity · San José	#13,431	10.2%	133	#24
17	Universidad CentralUniversity · San José	#13,444	3.1%	106	#10
18	Universidad Bíblica LatinoamericanaUniversity · San José	#14,859	8.8%	96	#18
19	National Biodiversity InstituteNonprofit · Santo Domingo	#16,235	10.3%	151	#23
20	Instituto Interamericano de Derechos HumanosResearch facility · San José	#17,029	7.3%	111	#17
21	Hospital Nacional de NiñosHospital / health system · San José	#17,728	5.0%	90	#16
22	Central American Adventist UniversityUniversity · Alajuela	#17,787	5.7%	64	#31
23	Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería de Costa RicaGovernment institution · San José	#17,832	8.5%	67	#19
24	Iberoamerican UniversityUniversity · San José	#18,869	4.1%	67	#27
25	Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de EmpresasUniversity · Alajuela	#19,156	12.3%	71	#28
26	Guanacaste Conservation AreaArchive · Liberia	#19,214	2.1%	68	#20

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Costa Rica 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.