Universities by Research Publications in Chile
Universities and colleges ranked by the number of scholarly works indexed by OpenAlex. This measures research volume, not teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1University of Chile5,092,993 citations
118,406
2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile4,245,665 citations
87,262
3University of Concepción1,624,059 citations
41,303
4Universidad de Santiago de Chile722,523 citations
24,965
5Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso487,352 citations
22,583
6Austral University of Chile747,370 citations
22,145
7Universidad Andrés Bello608,792 citations
20,693
8Universidad de La Frontera630,769 citations
16,538
9Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María1,201,773 citations
15,979
10University of Valparaíso397,472 citations
14,728
11Universidad Católica del Norte374,739 citations
13,549
12University of Talca361,596 citations
12,920
13Universidad Diego Portales261,454 citations
12,058
14Adolfo Ibáñez University176,281 citations
11,555
15Universidad Autónoma de Chile195,442 citations
10,798
16University of Tarapacá200,976 citations
10,605
17Universidad Santo Tomás84,568 citations
10,110
18Universidad del Desarrollo308,602 citations
9,381
19San Sebastián University110,509 citations
9,320
20Catholic University of the Maule113,296 citations
9,145
21University of Bío-Bío148,796 citations
9,018
22Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción102,296 citations
7,808
23Universidad de Los Andes, Chile232,208 citations
7,575
24Universidad Católica de Temuco83,788 citations
6,773
25Universidad Mayor160,369 citations
6,365
26Alberto Hurtado University38,263 citations
6,343
27Universidad de Antofagasta279,281 citations
6,133
28University of La Serena237,340 citations
5,990
29Universidad de Los Lagos103,614 citations
5,690
30University of the Americas33,686 citations
5,516
31Universidad de Magallanes99,174 citations
4,157
32Arturo Prat University59,218 citations
4,152
33Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins43,015 citations
4,002
34Metropolitan University of Technology48,154 citations
3,723
35University of Atacama58,760 citations
3,355
36Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences20,865 citations
3,309
37Finis Terrae University33,181 citations
3,253
38Universidad Central de Chile32,652 citations
3,225
39Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación22,312 citations
2,947
40University of O'Higgins24,294 citations
2,182
41Universidad Católica Silva Henríquez8,119 citations
2,081
42ESE Business School59,976 citations
1,799
43Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales6,759 citations
1,591
44Viña del Mar University10,196 citations
1,513
45Academy of Christian Humanism University5,279 citations
1,415
46Universidad Adventista de Chile8,295 citations
1,242
47Centro Científico Tecnológico de Valparaíso30,448 citations
992
48Universidad del Mar8,633 citations
650
49Millennium Institute for Subatomic Physics at High-Energy Frontier, Saphir22,712 citations
590
50Universidad del Alba3,249 citations
547
Highlights
Within Chile, University of Chile ranks first in 2026 with 118,406, followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (87,262) and University of Concepción (41,303).
Across 50 entries, values run from 118,406 (University of Chile) to 547 (Universidad del Alba), with a median of 6,354.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Publications, 2026. Unit: works.
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