Top research institutions in El Salvador
University of El Salvador ranks first in El Salvador on research quality in 2022–2025 (#16,425 worldwide), followed by Universidad Don Bosco and Universidad de Oriente.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Institution | World rank | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of El SalvadorUniversity · San Salvador | #16,425 | 5.7% | 535 | #1 |
| 2 | Universidad Don BoscoUniversity · San Salvador | #19,287 | 3.9% | 421 | #4 |
| 3 | Universidad de OrienteUniversity · San Miguel | #20,228 | 5.6% | 144 | #2 |
| 4 | Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón CañasUniversity · San Salvador | #21,350 | 2.8% | 535 | #3 |
| 5 | Francisco Gavidia UniversityUniversity · San Salvador | #27,150 | 7.9% | 83 | #13 |
| 6 | Jose Matias Delgado UniversityUniversity · Antiguo Cuscatlán | #27,420 | 5.1% | 79 | #5 |
| 7 | Universidad Evangelica de El SalvadorUniversity · San Salvador | #27,544 | 2.8% | 108 | #7 |
| 8 | Universidad Católica de El SalvadorUniversity · San Salvador | #27,679 | 6.1% | 88 | #10 |
| 9 | Universidad Politécnica de El SalvadorUniversity · San Salvador | #27,710 | 4.6% | 68 | #11 |
| 10 | Universidad Tecnológica de El SalvadorUniversity · San Salvador | #27,866 | 2.6% | 101 | #9 |
| 11 | Universidad Salvadoreña Alberto MasferrerUniversity · San Salvador | #27,992 | 0.9% | 61 | — |
Institutions above the volume floor, ranked within El Salvador on the quality composite for 2022–2025; research measures only, not teaching. The tick on each rate track is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below; bars are scaled to the largest institution on this page.
Size against quality inside El Salvador
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%.
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One dot per institution in the table above.