Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Chile
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier, Saphir590 works
5.76
2Instituto Profesional Valle Central8 works
5.00
3Metropolitan University of Technology3,723 works
4.55
4Centro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso992 works
4.15
5University of Tarapacá10,605 works
3.66
6Universidad Diego Portales12,058 works
3.66
7Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María15,979 works
3.40
8Universidad de Magallanes4,157 works
3.23
9Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile87,262 works
3.18
10University of Talca12,920 works
3.10
11Universidad de La Frontera16,538 works
3.06
12University of La Serena5,990 works
3.06
13Universidad Autónoma de Chile10,798 works
3.05
14University of Atacama3,355 works
2.87
15Universidad Católica del Norte13,549 works
2.87
16Universidad de Antofagasta6,133 works
2.84
17Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso22,583 works
2.81
18Universidad de Los Andes, Chile7,575 works
2.78
19Finis Terrae University3,253 works
2.74
20University of O'Higgins2,182 works
2.73
21Arturo Prat University4,152 works
2.50
22Universidad Andrés Bello20,693 works
2.49
23University of Concepción41,303 works
2.48
24Universidad de Santiago de Chile24,965 works
2.47
25Universidad Mayor6,365 works
2.44
26San Sebastián University9,320 works
2.41
27ESE Business School1,799 works
2.33
28Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción7,808 works
2.32
29Universidad de Los Lagos5,690 works
2.27
30Universidad del Desarrollo9,381 works
2.26
31Adolfo Ibáñez University11,555 works
2.18
32University of Bío-Bío9,018 works
2.07
33Austral University of Chile22,145 works
2.05
34Universidad Católica de Temuco6,773 works
2.01
35Universidad de Aysén407 works
1.86
36Catholic University of the Maule9,145 works
1.83
37University of Valparaíso14,728 works
1.81
38Universidad Central de Chile3,225 works
1.75
39Universidad SEK389 works
1.60
40Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins4,002 works
1.57
41Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación2,947 works
1.52
42University of the Americas5,516 works
1.47
43Viña del Mar University1,513 works
1.40
44University of Chile118,406 works
1.29
45Instituto Profesional de Chile103 works
1.28
46Red Universitaria Nacional80 works
1.26
47Universidad Santo Tomás10,110 works
1.26
48Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales1,591 works
1.10
49Universidad La República134 works
1.00
50Instituto Superior de Artes y Ciencias de la Comunicación117 works
0.99
Highlights
Within Chile, Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier, Saphir ranks first in 2026 with 5.76, followed by Instituto Profesional Valle Central (5.00) and Metropolitan University of Technology (4.55).
Across 50 entries, values run from 5.76 (Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier, Saphir) to 0.99 (Instituto Superior de Artes y Ciencias de la Comunicación), with a median of 2.43.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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