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Top research institutions in Cuba

University of Havana ranks first in Cuba on research quality in 2022-now (#3,237 worldwide), followed by Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV) and University of Holguín.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionWorld rankTop-10% rateWorksAll time
1University of HavanaUniversity · Havana #3,237 4.3% 1,132 #4
2Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de las Villas (UCLV)University · Santa Clara #3,767 4.8% 619 #1
3University of HolguínUniversity · Holguín #4,990 4.9% 478 #7
4Instituto de Información Científica y TecnológicaResearch facility · Havana #5,660 31.1% 315 #15
5Universidad de OrienteUniversity · Santiago de Cuba #5,701 4.1% 374 #10
6Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la HabanaUniversity · Havana #5,957 6.3% 452 #27
7University of CamagüeyUniversity · Camagüey #6,148 2.6% 373 #5
8University of Pinar del RíoUniversity · Pinar del Río #6,259 5.5% 395 #12
9Polytechnic José Antonio EcheverríaUniversity · Havana #6,538 3.1% 239 #3
10Universidad de Las TunasUniversity · Las Tunas #6,555 4.8% 295 #8
11University of GranmaUniversity · Bayamo #7,031 3.7% 290 #9
12Universidad de GuantánamoUniversity · Guantánamo #7,456 5.5% 251 #17
13Universidad de Ciego de ÁvilaUniversity · Ciego de Ávila #7,466 8.2% 273 #11
14Latin American School of MedicineUniversity · Havana #8,597 7.5% 220 #20
15University of MatanzasUniversity · Matanzas #8,695 6.6% 206 #6
16University of CienfuegosUniversity · Cienfuegos #8,700 4.8% 229 #2
17University of Sancti Spíritus José Martí PérezUniversity · Sancti Spíritus #8,817 3.5% 232 #14
18Ministerio de Salud PúblicaGovernment institution · Havana #10,837 5.4% 152 #13
19Hospital Oncológico Docente "Conrado Benítez García"Hospital / health system · Santiago de Cuba #11,874 3.6% 289 #48
20University of Information ScienceUniversity · Havana #12,212 8.2% 139 #24
21Centro Nacional de Investigaciones CientíficasResearch facility · Havana #14,378 5.2% 95 #18
22Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de CienfuegosUniversity · Cienfuegos #14,868 3.8% 97 #31
23Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología y Medio AmbienteGovernment institution · Havana #16,817 4.1% 97 #19
24Agricultural University of HavanaUniversity · Havana #16,979 2.9% 79 #16
25Instituto de Nutricion e Higiene de los AlimentosResearch facility · Havana #17,243 6.3% 79 #25
26Higher Institute of Technologies and Applied SciencesUniversity · Havana #17,568 5.6% 71 #29
27Instituto de Geofísica y AstronomíaResearch facility · Havana #17,871 4.2% 104 #36
28Centro de Ingeniería Genética y BiotecnologíaResearch facility · Havana #17,903 4.5% 172 #56
29Cuban Neuroscience CenterResearch facility · Havana #19,925 5.3% 106 #50
30Instituto de Neurologia Y NeurocirugiaResearch facility · Havana #19,986 4.1% 98 #47
31Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Sancti SpíritusUniversity · Sancti Spíritus #20,210 3.5% 60 #44
32Universidad de Ciencias Pedagógicas Enrique José VaronaUniversity · Havana #20,927 5.2% 64 #40
33Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí”Research facility · Havana #21,151 6.4% 66 #46
34Hermanos Ameijeiras HospitalHospital / health system · Havana #21,472 1.7% 84 #34
35Center of Molecular Immunology (Cuba)Company · Havana #22,301 4.4% 65 #54

Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within Cuba 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 Cuba

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%20%40%mean 5.59143%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Instituto de Informa…University of HolguínUniversidad Central …University of Havana
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One dot per institution in the table above.

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