Universities by Research i10-index in Costa Rica
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's institutional i10-index, the number of works with at least ten citations. 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.
1Universidad de Costa Rica43,043 works
13,762
2Universidad Nacional9,786 works
3,632
3Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie2,739 works
2,007
4Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica5,240 works
1,460
5Universidad del Valle6,312 works
602
6Distance State University3,769 works
300
7Instituto Centroamericano de Administración de Empresas532 works
266
8Universidad de Ciencias Medicas1,750 works
185
9Earth University361 works
159
10Latin University of Costa Rica564 works
82
11Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Costa Rica705 works
61
12University for Peace289 works
61
13Iberoamerican University293 works
51
14International Christian University170 works
35
15Universidad Autónoma de Centro América240 works
31
16Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnología453 works
30
17Universidad Hispanoamerica471 works
26
18Universidad Veritas93 works
18
19Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional81 works
10
20Universidad de San Jose53 works
9
21Universidad Internacional de las Américas119 works
8
22Universidad Central235 works
7
23Quetzal Education and Research Center18 works
5
24Business University of Costa Rica54 works
4
25Universidad Católica de Costa Rica139 works
4
26Universidad Libre de Costa Rica29 works
4
27Universidad San Marcos243 works
4
28Universidad Independiente266 works
3
29Universidad La Salle Costa Rica111 works
3
30University of Tourism56 works
3
31Fidélitas University165 works
2
32Instituto Centroamericano de Administración Pública163 works
2
33Universidad Santa Paula96 works
2
34Universidad Americana19 works
1
35Universidad Centroamericana de Ciencias Sociales4 works
1
36Universidad Creativa6 works
1
37Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho71 works
1
38Universidad Florencio del Castillo206 works
1
39Universidad Metropolitana Castro Carazo8 works
1
40Universidad Santa Lucía4 works
1
Highlights
Within Costa Rica, Universidad de Costa Rica ranks first in 2026 with 13,762, followed by Universidad Nacional (3,632) and Centro Agronomico Tropical de Investigacion y Ensenanza Catie (2,007).
Universidad de Costa Rica is 3.8 times higher than Universidad Nacional, the runner-up.
Across 40 entries, values run from 13,762 (Universidad de Costa Rica) to 1 (Universidad Santa Lucía), with a median of 9.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research i10-index, 2026. Unit: i10-index.
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