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🎓 Top Research Universities in Chile

Universities and colleges in Chile 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
University of Chile118,334 papers
5,075,662
2
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile87,197 papers
4,230,328
3
University of Concepción41,285 papers
1,618,941
4
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María15,954 papers
1,198,959
5
Austral University of Chile22,133 papers
745,427
6
Universidad de Santiago de Chile24,947 papers
719,561
7
Universidad de La Frontera16,520 papers
628,574
8
Universidad Andrés Bello20,659 papers
605,907
9
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso22,563 papers
484,540
10
University of Valparaíso14,716 papers
396,208
11
Universidad Católica del Norte13,544 papers
372,677
12
University of Talca12,909 papers
359,998
13
Universidad del Desarrollo9,366 papers
307,621
14
Universidad de Antofagasta6,127 papers
277,546
15
Universidad Diego Portales12,061 papers
259,872
16
University of La Serena5,988 papers
236,379
17
Universidad de Los Andes, Chile7,568 papers
231,397
18
University of Tarapacá10,588 papers
199,855
19
Universidad Autónoma de Chile10,766 papers
194,668
20
Adolfo Ibáñez University11,539 papers
175,131
21
Universidad Mayor6,359 papers
159,917
22
University of Bío-Bío9,006 papers
148,127
23
Catholic University of the Maule9,144 papers
112,731
24
San Sebastián University9,297 papers
109,910
25
Universidad de Los Lagos5,685 papers
103,165
26
Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción7,794 papers
101,698
27
Universidad de Magallanes4,162 papers
98,813
28
Universidad Santo Tomás10,091 papers
84,233
29
Universidad Católica de Temuco6,759 papers
83,439
30
ESE Business School1,798 papers
59,656
31
Arturo Prat University4,139 papers
58,955
32
University of Atacama3,349 papers
58,420
33
Metropolitan University of Technology3,716 papers
47,873
34
Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins3,989 papers
42,837
35
Alberto Hurtado University6,339 papers
38,029
36
University of the Americas5,487 papers
33,511
37
Finis Terrae University3,247 papers
32,979
38
Universidad Central de Chile3,212 papers
32,452
39
Centro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso993 papers
30,143
40
University of O'Higgins2,181 papers
24,133
41
Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier, Saphir588 papers
22,439
42
Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación2,939 papers
22,160
43
Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences3,309 papers
20,799
44
Viña del Mar University1,504 papers
10,148
45
Universidad del Mar648 papers
8,596
46
Universidad Adventista de Chile1,239 papers
8,264
47
Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez2,079 papers
8,081
48
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales1,587 papers
6,692
49
University of the Pacific376 papers
5,342
50
Academy of Christian Humanism University1,414 papers
5,236

Highlights

Within Chile, University of Chile ranks first in 2026 with 5,075,662, followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (4,230,328) and University of Concepción (1,618,941).

Across 50 entries, values run from 5,075,662 (University of Chile) to 5,236 (Academy of Christian Humanism University), with a median of 102,432.

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.