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🎓 Top Research Universities in Guatemala

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

📅 2026📏 citations13 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 del Valle de Guatemala1,916 papers
70,110
2
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala6,636 papers
58,287
3
Universidad Francisco Marroquín1,084 papers
17,553
4
Galileo University339 papers
4,973
5
Universidad Rafael Landívar597 papers
2,871
6
Mesoamerican University41 papers
2,429
7
Universidad Mariano Galvez210 papers
2,208
8
Universidad del Istmo381 papers
1,720
9
Universidad Panamericana401 papers
1,412
10
Centro Universitario de Occidente97 papers
538
11
Consejo Superior Universitario Centroamericano12 papers
88
12
Probigua6 papers
71
13
Universidad Rural de Guatemala8 papers
70

Highlights

Within Guatemala, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala ranks first in 2026 with 70,110, followed by Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (58,287) and Universidad Francisco Marroquín (17,553).

Across 13 entries, values run from 70,110 (Universidad del Valle de Guatemala) to 70 (Universidad Rural de Guatemala), with a median of 2,208.

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.