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Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Uruguay

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.

📅 2026📏 mean citations per work10 entries🇺🇾 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (mean citations per work); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas185 works
2.46
2
Universidad Católica del Uruguay2,736 works
1.83
3
Universidad de Montevideo3,105 works
1.65
4
Universidad Tecnológica de Uruguay463 works
1.52
5
Universidad ORT Uruguay1,645 works
1.46
6
Universidad de la República de Uruguay54,026 works
1.04
7
Consejo de Formación en Educación433 works
0.50
8
Universidad CLAEH297 works
0.42
9
Instituto Universitario Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes80 works
0.17
10
Universidad de la Empresa615 works
0.16

Highlights

Within Uruguay, Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas ranks first in 2026 with 2.46, followed by Universidad Católica del Uruguay (1.83) and Universidad de Montevideo (1.65).

Across 10 entries, values run from 2.46 (Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas) to 0.16 (Universidad de la Empresa), with a median of 1.25.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.

Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness · 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.