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🎓 Top Research Universities in Uruguay

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

📅 2026📏 citations15 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
Universidad de la República de Uruguay53,985 papers
1,580,187
2
Universidad de Montevideo3,108 papers
64,778
3
Universidad Católica del Uruguay2,727 papers
25,762
4
Universidad ORT Uruguay1,646 papers
16,975
5
Universidad Tecnológica de Uruguay453 papers
3,008
6
Programa de Desarrollo de las Ciencias Básicas185 papers
2,789
7
Universidad CLAEH293 papers
1,904
8
Consejo de Formación en Educación430 papers
1,641
9
Universidad de la Empresa616 papers
539
10
Plan Ceibal77 papers
480
11
Instituto Universitario Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes79 papers
281
12
Universitario Francisco de Asís150 papers
59
13
Instituto Universitario Centro de Estudio y Diagnóstico de las Disgnacias del Uruguay4 papers
6
14
Instituto Universitario BIOS8 papers
2
15
Facultad de Teología del Uruguay Monseñor Mariano Soler14 papers
1

Highlights

Within Uruguay, Universidad de la República de Uruguay ranks first in 2026 with 1,580,187, followed by Universidad de Montevideo (64,778) and Universidad Católica del Uruguay (25,762).

Universidad de la República de Uruguay is 24 times higher than Universidad de Montevideo, the runner-up.

Across 15 entries, values run from 1,580,187 (Universidad de la República de Uruguay) to 1 (Facultad de Teología del Uruguay Monseñor Mariano Soler), with a median of 1,641.

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.