Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Costa Rica
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.
1Quetzal Education and Research Center18 works
9.00
2Universidad de San Jose53 works
7.00
3Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie2,739 works
3.76
4Universidad Internacional de las Américas119 works
2.92
5Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas532 works
2.76
6Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Costa Rica705 works
2.69
7Iberoamerican University293 works
2.65
8International Christian University170 works
2.44
9Universidad de Costa Rica43,043 works
1.53
10Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica5,240 works
1.52
11Latin University of Costa Rica564 works
1.39
12Central American Adventist University14 works
1.30
13Universidad Veritas93 works
1.18
14Universidad Hispanoamerica471 works
1.16
15Universidad Nacional9,786 works
1.14
16Universidad Autónoma de Centro América240 works
1.02
17Universidad Creativa6 works
1.00
18Earth University361 works
0.96
19Distance State University3,769 works
0.73
20University for Peace289 works
0.70
21Universidad La Salle Costa Rica111 works
0.67
22Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional81 works
0.58
23Universidad del Valle6,312 works
0.56
24Universidad de las Ciencias y el Arte de Costa Rica8 works
0.50
25Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología453 works
0.47
26Universidad de Ciencias Medicas1,750 works
0.45
27Universidad Santa Paula96 works
0.36
28Universidad Juan Pablo II12 works
0.33
29Universidad Braulio Carrillo10 works
0.29
30Universidad Católica de Costa Rica139 works
0.26
31Fidélitas University165 works
0.24
32Universidad San Marcos243 works
0.20
33Business University of Costa Rica54 works
0.19
34University of Tourism56 works
0.14
35Universidad Americana19 works
0.13
36Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública163 works
0.09
37Universidad Internacional San Isidro Labrador50 works
0.08
38Universidad Florencio del Castillo206 works
0.06
39Universidad Central235 works
0.05
40Universidad Independiente266 works
0.01
Highlights
Within Costa Rica, Quetzal Education and Research Center ranks first in 2026 with 9.00, followed by Universidad de San Jose (7.00) and Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie (3.76).
Across 40 entries, values run from 9.00 (Quetzal Education and Research Center) to 0.01 (Universidad Independiente), with a median of 0.68.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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