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🎓 Top Research Universities in El Salvador

Universities and colleges in El Salvador ranked by the total citations their research has received (OpenAlex).

📅 2026📏 citations24 entries🇸🇻 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (citations, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
University of El Salvador3,247 papers
20,888
2
Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas6,473 papers
6,441
3
Jose Matias Delgado University283 papers
5,774
4
Universidad Don Bosco757 papers
4,470
5
Universidad de Oriente606 papers
1,757
6
Universidad Tecnológica de El Salvador825 papers
1,725
7
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales303 papers
1,449
8
Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador445 papers
1,276
9
Francisco Gavidia University314 papers
910
10
Universidad Dr. Andrés Bello176 papers
594
11
Universidad Politécnica de El Salvador185 papers
569
12
Universidad Católica de El Salvador215 papers
458
13
Universidad Salvadoreña Alberto Masferrer133 papers
251
14
Universidad Gerardo Barrios91 papers
158
15
Universidad Pedagógica de El Salvador56 papers
75
16
Universidad Cristiana de las Asambleas de Dios23 papers
53
17
Universidad Autónoma de Santa Ana77 papers
47
18
Universidad Luterana Salvadoreña34 papers
27
19
Universidad de Sonsonate81 papers
24
20
Universidad Modular Abierta15 papers
20
21
Instituto Especializado Hospital El Salvador14 papers
9
22
Universidad Técnica Latinoamericana30 papers
3
23
Universidad Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero3 papers
1
24
Universidad Panamericana de El Salvador2 papers
1

Highlights

Within El Salvador, University of El Salvador ranks first in 2026 with 20,888, followed by Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (6,441) and Jose Matias Delgado University (5,774).

University of El Salvador is 3.2 times higher than Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, the runner-up.

Across 24 entries, values run from 20,888 (University of El Salvador) to 1 (Universidad Panamericana de El Salvador), with a median of 355.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers, 2026. Unit: citations.

Source: OpenAlex, citations received by each institution's papers · CC0 1.0 (OpenAlex) · fetched Oct 13, 2026 — Counts every citation to papers by authors affiliated with the institution, so large and old universities score high. It measures research impact, not teaching quality.