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🎓 Top Research Universities in Bolivia

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

📅 2026📏 citations47 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 Mayor de San Andrés7,624 papers
163,154
2
Universidad Mayor de San Simón2,798 papers
71,035
3
Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University863 papers
46,030
4
Universidad de Los Andes6,399 papers
31,472
5
Universidad Autónoma del Beni294 papers
15,849
6
Universidad Católica Boliviana San Pablo2,171 papers
13,335
7
Universidad Privada Franz Tamayo315 papers
9,546
8
Universidad Privada Boliviana832 papers
6,626
9
Tomás Frías Autonomous University213 papers
6,083
10
Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar1,276 papers
5,361
11
University of Saint Francis Xavier848 papers
5,296
12
Universidad de la Cordillera45 papers
2,782
13
Oruro Technical University496 papers
2,700
14
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra312 papers
2,669
15
Universidad Privada del Valle901 papers
1,846
16
Universidad Autónoma Juan Misael Saracho130 papers
1,518
17
Universidad Amazonica de Pando133 papers
1,217
18
Universidad Loyola209 papers
670
19
Universidad Tecnológica Boliviana39 papers
662
20
Universidad Pública de El Alto364 papers
635
21
Universidad Cristiana de Bolivia248 papers
541
22
Universidad Unidad56 papers
509
23
Universidad La Salle328 papers
470
24
Universidad Central290 papers
449
25
Bolivia Adventist University215 papers
397
26
Nur University71 papers
397
27
Instituto Experimental de Biología21 papers
395
28
Universidad De Aquino Bolivia201 papers
312
29
Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Bolivia133 papers
275
30
Universidad Técnica Privada Cosmos318 papers
257
31
Universidad Nuestra Señora de La Paz59 papers
224
32
Universidad Indígena Quechua Boliviana Casimiro Huanca15 papers
183
33
Universidad Boliviana de Informática7 papers
164
34
Universidad Privada Domingo Savio345 papers
162
35
Universidad Nacional Ecologica73 papers
130
36
Universidad Nacional "Siglo XX"87 papers
110
37
Universidad Privada Abierta Latinoamericana185 papers
101
38
Universidad Privada San Francisco de Asís115 papers
73
39
Universidad Tecnológica Privada de Santa Cruz40 papers
72
40
Universidad Latinoamericana40 papers
53
41
Universidad Salesiana de Bolivia20 papers
44
42
Universidad Evangélica Boliviana49 papers
18
43
Universidad Privada de Oruro1 papers
12
44
Universidad Nacional del Oriente29 papers
11
45
Universidad de Postgrado para la Investigación Estratégica en Bolivia4 papers
7
46
Universidad Indígena Boliviana Aymara Tupak Katari22 papers
5
47
Universidad Pedagógica Mariscal Sucre45 papers
5

Highlights

Within Bolivia, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés ranks first in 2026 with 163,154, followed by Universidad Mayor de San Simón (71,035) and Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University (46,030).

Universidad Mayor de San Andrés is 2.3 times higher than Universidad Mayor de San Simón, the runner-up.

Across 47 entries, values run from 163,154 (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés) to 5 (Universidad Pedagógica Mariscal Sucre), with a median of 449.

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.