Universities by Research h-index in El Salvador

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.

📅 2026📏 h-index24 entries🇸🇻 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

University of El Salvador3,247 works

Jose Matias Delgado University283 works

Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas6,473 works

Universidad Don Bosco754 works

Universidad de Oriente611 works

Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales306 works

Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador445 works

Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador825 works

Francisco Gavidia University315 works

Universidad Dr. Andrés Bello174 works

Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador190 works

Universidad Católica de El Salvador215 works

Universidad Gerardo Barrios91 works

Universidad Salvadoreña Alberto Masferrer135 works

Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana77 works

Universidad Cristiana de las Asambleas de Dios23 works

Instituto Especializado Hospital El Salvador14 works

Universidad de Sonsonate81 works

Universidad Luterana Salvadoreña34 works

Universidad Modular Abierta15 works

Universidad Pedagógica de El Salvador54 works

Universidad Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero3 works

Universidad Panamericana de El Salvador2 works

Universidad Técnica Latinoamericana29 works

Highlights

Within El Salvador, University of El Salvador ranks first in 2026 with 70, followed by Jose Matias Delgado University (29) and Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (29).

University of El Salvador is 2.4 times higher than Jose Matias Delgado University, the runner-up.

Across 24 entries, values run from 70 (University of El Salvador) to 1 (Universidad Técnica Latinoamericana), with a median of 7.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — OpenAlex indexes scholarly works and citations. Coverage and citation practices vary by institution and field; this is a research measure, not a ranking of teaching quality.

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Highlights

Within El Salvador, University of El Salvador ranks first in 2026 with 70, followed by Jose Matias Delgado University (29) and Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (29).

University of El Salvador is 2.4 times higher than Jose Matias Delgado University, the runner-up.

Across 24 entries, values run from 70 (University of El Salvador) to 1 (Universidad Técnica Latinoamericana), with a median of 7.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Research h-index, 2026. Unit: h-index.