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🎓 Top Research Universities in Colombia

Universities and colleges in Colombia 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); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Universidad de Los Andes36,807 papers
1,930,579
2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia97,075 papers
1,546,955
3
Universidad de Antioquia60,964 papers
1,342,345
4
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana34,096 papers
572,092
5
Universidad del Valle33,974 papers
564,698
6
Universidad Antonio Nariño4,588 papers
339,395
7
Universidad del Rosario16,759 papers
335,817
8
Universidad Industrial de Santander17,984 papers
315,598
9
University of Cartagena11,513 papers
303,765
10
Universidad del Norte10,782 papers
174,561
11
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana15,373 papers
167,217
12
Universidad El Bosque8,430 papers
159,401
13
Universidad de La Sabana10,285 papers
156,051
14
Technological University of Pereira7,717 papers
136,551
15
University of the Coast6,386 papers
127,859
16
University of Córdoba11,792 papers
117,418
17
Icesi University6,577 papers
107,240
18
Universidad EAFIT10,309 papers
98,183
19
Universidad De Santander3,870 papers
97,274
20
University of Cauca8,821 papers
89,905
21
University of Caldas10,699 papers
89,698
22
Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia12,035 papers
87,644
23
Universidad CES7,235 papers
87,574
24
Universidad Simón Bolívar7,109 papers
84,811
25
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas14,552 papers
80,832
26
University of Tolima6,322 papers
72,969
27
University of Atlántico6,554 papers
70,298
28
Military University Nueva Granada9,466 papers
66,931
29
Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga4,343 papers
66,790
30
Universidad de Medellín4,589 papers
62,976
31
Universidad Santo Tomás9,772 papers
52,670
32
Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia8,059 papers
52,127
33
University of Quindío4,401 papers
51,653
34
Institución Universitaria ITM4,018 papers
51,017
35
University of Pamplona5,191 papers
45,879
36
Universidad FUCS3,643 papers
44,918
37
Universidad Surcolombiana4,082 papers
43,471
38
Universidad Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca1,352 papers
43,304
39
University of Magdalena5,470 papers
39,470
40
Institución Universitaria Visión de las Américas1,384 papers
38,924
41
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano3,565 papers
38,750
42
Universidad Santiago de Cali4,016 papers
35,088
43
University of Nariño4,706 papers
33,689
44
University of La Salle7,162 papers
33,329
45
Universidad de San Buenaventura3,858 papers
32,728
46
Universidad Autonoma de Manizales2,037 papers
31,914
47
Francisco de Paula Santander University4,883 papers
31,605
48
Universidad Tecnológica de Bolívar2,539 papers
29,550
49
Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz1,306 papers
24,809
50
Sergio Arboleda University2,228 papers
24,081

Highlights

Within Colombia, Universidad de Los Andes ranks first in 2026 with 1,930,579, followed by Universidad Nacional de Colombia (1,546,955) and Universidad de Antioquia (1,342,345).

Across 50 entries, values run from 1,930,579 (Universidad de Los Andes) to 24,081 (Sergio Arboleda University), with a median of 76,901.

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.