2021 tables: Institutions - academic

The 2021 tables are based on Nature Index data from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

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# Institution Share 2019 Share 2020 Count 2020 Change in Adjusted Share* 2019–2020
1 University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina 15.82 23.07 139 40.6%
2 National University of La Plata (UNLP), Argentina 6.40 7.36 86 10.9%
3 Rosario National University (UNR), Argentina 4.81 4.99 29 0.0%
4 National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina 2.29 3.75 24 57.6%
5 National University of General San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina 2.78 3.41 26 18.1%
6 National University of Cuyo (UNCUYO), Argentina 2.69 2.72 26 -2.6%
7 National University of the Litoral (UNL), Argentina 1.98 2.22 18 7.8%
8 National University of Quilmes (UNQ), Argentina 0.24 1.52 5 503.2%
9 National University of Mar Del Plata (UNMdP), Argentina 4.02 1.05 8 -74.8%
10 National University of San Luis (UNSL), Argentina 1.33 0.67 4 -51.2%
11 National University Arturo Jauretche (UNAJ), Argentina – 0.54 2 N/A
12 Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), Argentina 0.46 0.52 4 9.8%
13 National University of Comahue (UNCo), Argentina 0.26 0.48 5 82.1%
14 National University of Río Cuarto, Argentina 0.01 0.43 4 5678.0%
15 National University of Tucumán (UNT), Argentina 0.05 0.36 4 580.1%
16 National University of Central Buenos Aires (UNICEN), Argentina 0.25 0.29 5 10.8%
17 National University of Río Negro (UNRN), Argentina 0.06 0.27 5 331.2%
18 National University of Salta (UNSa), Argentina 0.44 0.26 3 -42.9%
19 Maimonides University, Argentina 0.11 0.22 3 92.8%
20 National University of South (UNS), Argentina 1.21 0.22 3 -82.6%
21 National University of Northwestern Buenos Aires (UNNOBA), Argentina – 0.22 2 N/A
22 National Technological University (UTN), Argentina 0.33 0.17 6 -49.3%
23 National University of San Juan (UNSJ), Argentina 0.69 0.16 2 -77.6%
24 National University of Entre Ríos (UNER), Argentina 0.20 0.14 1 -31.1%
25 National University of Jujuy (UNJU), Argentina 0.25 0.14 3 -46.0%
26 Austral University, Argentina – 0.13 2 N/A
27 National University of La Pampa (UNLPAM), Argentina – 0.13 1 N/A
28 Universidad Nacional de Hurlingham ( UNAHUR), Argentina – 0.08 1 N/A
28 Interamerican Open University (UAI), Argentina – 0.08 1 N/A
29 University of Mendoza (UM), Argentina 0.25 0.07 1 -72.5%
30 National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Argentina – 0.06 1 N/A
31 National University of Southern Patagonia (UNPA), Argentina 0.06 0.06 2 5.4%
32 Faculty of Engineering and Water Sciences, UNL, Argentina – 0.06 1 N/A
32 Buenos Aires Institute of Technology (ITBA), Argentina – 0.06 1 N/A
33 Universidad Nacional de San Antonio de Areco (UNSAdA), Argentina – 0.05 1 N/A
34 National University of the Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), Argentina – 0.04 1 N/A
35 University of San Andrés, Argentina – 0.04 1 N/A
36 National University of Luján (UNLU), Argentina 0.01 0.03 2 309.2%
37 Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego (UNTDF), Argentina – 0.02 1 N/A
38 National University of Misiones (UNAM), Argentina 0.08 0.02 1 -75.9%
39 Catholic University of Cordoba (UCC), Argentina 0.35 0.01 1 -98.0%
40 Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Argentina – 0.00 1 N/A

Footnote

Each year, the Nature Index publishes tables based on counts of high-quality research outputs in the previous calendar year. Users please note:

  1. The data behind the tables are based on a relatively small proportion of total research papers, they cover the natural sciences only and outputs are non-normalized (that is, they don’t reflect the size of the country or institution, or its overall research output).
  2. The Nature Index is one indicator of institutional research performance. The metrics of Count and Share used to order Nature Index listings are based on an institution’s or country’s publication output in 82 natural-science journals through 2022, in 2023 64 health-science journals were added to the Index. The 146 journals in the Nature Index were selected on reputation by an independent panel of leading scientists in their fields.
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The Nature Index database undergoes regular updating, corrections, adjustment of institutional hierarchies, and removal of retracted papers and thus the live website can differ from the frozen annual tables.

*The change in adjusted Share accounts for the small annual variation in the total number of articles in Nature Index journals. Share values have been adjusted to 2022 levels to calculate the percentage change. For more information on the adjustment, please see the Adjusted metric explainer.


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