Environmental Science research in Ecuador

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	University of CuencaCuenca	#1,314	11.5	8.7%	122
2	Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoQuevedo	#1,376	10.9	10.9%	94
3	Universidad Nacional de LojaLoja	#1,382	10.9	9.7%	62
4	University of GuayaquilGuayaquil	#1,387	10.8	8.3%	146
5	Universidad Estatal AmazónicaPuyo	#1,389	10.8	10.1%	63
6	Universidad San Francisco de QuitoQuito	#1,418	10.5	8.5%	97
7	Universidad Católica de CuencaCuenca	#1,516	9.7	9.1%	172
8	Universidad Estatal del Sur de ManabiJipijapa	#1,543	9.5	8.3%	165
9	Escuela Superior Politécnica del ChimborazoRiobamba	#1,583	9.2	8.1%	124
10	Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesAmbato	#1,590	9.1	4.1%	172
11	Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorQuito	#1,844	7.3	10.7%	116
12	Universidad de Las AméricasQuito	#1,883	7.0	11.8%	64
13	Universidad Nacional de ChimborazoRiobamba	#1,891	7.0	10.6%	73
14	Universidad Estatal de MilagroGuayaquil	#1,899	6.9	8.3%	81
15	Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíManta	#1,931	6.7	4.3%	75
16	Universidad Técnica de ManabíPortoviejo	#1,950	6.6	7.5%	144
17	Universidad Tecnica de MachalaMachala	#2,009	6.2	6.3%	74
18	Escuela Superior Politecnica del LitoralGuayaquil	#2,195	5.2	7.9%	117
19	Central University of EcuadorQuito	#2,199	5.1	4.8%	98
20	Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPESangolquí	#2,366	4.2	7.2%	72
21	Politecnica Salesiana UniversityCuenca	#2,403	4.0	4.4%	73
22	Universidad Técnica Particular de LojaLoja	#2,466	3.7	5.5%	85
23	Universidad Técnica de AmbatoAmbato	#2,564	3.2	7.2%	104

Institutions in Ecuador above the floor of 40 fractional works in Environmental Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

David Neill, Renato Valencia and Rafael Alvarado rank highest among researchers based in Ecuador, on their papers in Environmental Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1David Neill#17,836 worldwide overall48.8 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Renato Valencia#29,585 worldwide overall37.8 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Rafael Alvarado#8,280 worldwide overall20.0 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4María Cristina Peñuela Mora#72,990 worldwide overall17.8 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Gonzalo Francisco Rivas‐Torres#67,446 worldwide overall17.1 of 36 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Ecuador on their work in Environmental Science alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.