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🎓 Top Research Universities in Argentina

Universities and colleges in Argentina ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations50 entries🇦🇷 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Universidad de Buenos Aires144,564 papers
6,343,737
2
Universidad Nacional de La Plata82,967 papers
2,957,548
3
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba47,495 papers
1,747,891
4
National University of Rosario26,219 papers
781,219
5
National University of Mar del Plata22,561 papers
771,381
6
National University of General San Martín13,974 papers
675,041
7
Universidad Nacional del Litoral18,240 papers
632,724
8
Universidad Nacional del Sur17,734 papers
500,172
9
National University of Tucumán13,823 papers
461,453
10
Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto8,946 papers
422,792
11
Universidad Nacional de Cuyo13,919 papers
385,653
12
National Technological University9,776 papers
372,127
13
Balseiro Institute5,820 papers
364,552
14
Universidad Nacional del Comahue11,588 papers
345,925
15
National University of San Luis8,787 papers
331,596
16
Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas4,895 papers
264,817
17
Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires8,763 papers
187,478
18
National University of Quilmes7,689 papers
171,022
19
Favaloro University2,416 papers
169,555
20
National University of San Juan6,480 papers
152,330
21
National University of Salta6,452 papers
140,070
22
National University of the Northeast10,996 papers
130,275
23
Austral University3,854 papers
108,976
24
National University of Patagonia San Juan Bosco4,736 papers
93,162
25
Universidad Nacional de La Pampa6,268 papers
87,985
26
National University of Misiones4,595 papers
83,519
27
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina7,574 papers
77,461
28
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella3,747 papers
75,437
29
National University of Río Negro4,043 papers
72,190
30
Universidad Católica de Córdoba3,449 papers
69,418
31
Universidad del Salvador3,533 papers
65,714
32
National University of Luján3,626 papers
60,129
33
University of San Andrés3,329 papers
55,550
34
Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos3,696 papers
54,728
35
National University of Santiago del Estero2,117 papers
51,216
36
Universidad Hospital Italiano1,868 papers
47,394
37
Universidad Maimónides2,243 papers
45,836
38
National University of Jujuy2,897 papers
44,034
39
National University of General Sarmiento4,656 papers
37,935
40
National University of Austral Patagonia2,258 papers
37,841
41
Instituto de Botanica Darwinion1,599 papers
25,096
42
Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA)1,339 papers
24,601
43
Universidad Abierta Interamericana2,653 papers
24,066
44
University of Palermo2,820 papers
22,404
45
National University of Villa María1,748 papers
16,160
46
National University of La Rioja1,325 papers
16,081
47
National University of Catamarca1,554 papers
14,507
48
National University of Tierra del Fuego1,261 papers
14,323
49
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Argentina2,456 papers
14,193
50
Universidad de Morón872 papers
14,025

Highlights

Within Argentina, Universidad de Buenos Aires ranks first in 2026 with 6,343,737, followed by Universidad Nacional de La Plata (2,957,548) and Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (1,747,891).

Universidad de Buenos Aires is 2.1 times higher than Universidad Nacional de La Plata, the runner-up.

Across 50 entries, values run from 6,343,737 (Universidad de Buenos Aires) to 14,025 (Universidad de Morón), with a median of 85,752.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.