Universities by Research h-index in Chile
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional h-index, which combines publication volume and citation impact. This is a research metric, not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1University of Chile118,406 works
541
2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile87,262 works
507
3Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María15,979 works
337
4University of Concepción41,303 works
328
5Universidad de La Frontera16,538 works
243
6Universidad Andrés Bello20,693 works
232
7Universidad de Santiago de Chile24,965 works
230
8Austral University of Chile22,145 works
220
9University of Valparaíso14,728 works
193
10University of La Serena5,990 works
186
11Universidad de Los Andes, Chile7,575 works
185
12Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso22,583 works
182
13Universidad Católica del Norte13,549 works
180
14Universidad Diego Portales12,058 works
178
15Universidad de Antofagasta6,133 works
162
16University of Talca12,920 works
162
17Universidad del Desarrollo9,381 works
157
18University of Tarapacá10,605 works
147
19Universidad Autónoma de Chile10,798 works
139
20Adolfo Ibáñez University11,555 works
137
21Universidad Mayor6,365 works
130
22University of Bío-Bío9,018 works
123
23Universidad de Magallanes4,157 works
122
24Universidad de Los Lagos5,690 works
117
25ESE Business School1,799 works
108
26Catholic University of the Maule9,145 works
103
27San Sebastián University9,320 works
103
28Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción7,808 works
99
29University of Atacama3,355 works
96
30Universidad Católica de Temuco6,773 works
94
31Arturo Prat University4,152 works
91
32Universidad Santo Tomás10,110 works
89
33Metropolitan University of Technology3,723 works
75
34Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins4,002 works
75
35Alberto Hurtado University6,343 works
70
36Universidad Central de Chile3,225 works
69
37Finis Terrae University3,253 works
66
38Centro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso992 works
65
39University of the Americas5,516 works
60
40Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences3,309 works
58
41University of O'Higgins2,182 works
58
42Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier, Saphir590 works
57
43Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación2,947 works
49
44Viña del Mar University1,513 works
40
45Universidad del Mar650 works
39
46University of the Pacific374 works
36
47Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales1,591 works
34
48Universidad Tecnológica de Chile INACAP369 works
34
49Instituto Nacional de Capacitación Profesional424 works
33
50Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez2,081 works
33
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