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Universities by Research h-index in Uruguay

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-index15 entries🇺🇾 See all of this country’s rankings →
Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (h-index, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.
1
Universidad de la República de Uruguay54,026 works
309
2
Universidad de Montevideo3,105 works
107
3
Universidad Católica del Uruguay2,736 works
58
4
Universidad ORT Uruguay1,645 works
52
5
Universidad Tecnológica de Uruguay463 works
27
6
Universidad CLAEH297 works
23
7
Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas185 works
20
8
Consejo de Formación en Educación433 works
11
9
Plan Ceibal76 works
10
10
Universidad de la Empresa615 works
10
11
Instituto Universitario Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes80 works
8
12
Universitario Francisco de Asís140 works
3
13
Instituto Universitario Centro de Estudio y Diagnóstico de las Disgnacias del Uruguay4 works
2
14
Facultad de Teología del Uruguay Monseñor Mariano Soler14 works
1
15
Instituto Universitario BIOS8 works
1

Highlights

Within Uruguay, Universidad de la República de Uruguay ranks first in 2026 with 309, followed by Universidad de Montevideo (107) and Universidad Católica del Uruguay (58).

Universidad de la República de Uruguay is 2.9 times higher than Universidad de Montevideo, the runner-up.

Across 15 entries, values run from 309 (Universidad de la República de Uruguay) to 1 (Instituto Universitario BIOS), with a median of 11.

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.