ITS Research Intelligence

Peru University Research Rankings

Compare Peru universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 85 index-ready universities in Peru. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,931 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 4,160. The average publication-growth signal is -1.4%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Peru

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia	Peru	72.2	7,112	31,133	-30.0%
#2	National University of San Marcos	Peru	71.7	17,184	22,938	-29.2%
#3	Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú	Peru	70.3	8,245	22,416	-25.3%
#4	Universidad Científica del Sur	Peru	67.2	6,533	21,331	-8.4%
#5	Universidad César Vallejo	Peru	67.1	14,720	19,706	-19.7%
#6	Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola	Peru	64.8	3,785	19,666	-17.8%
#7	Peruvian University of Applied Sciences	Peru	64.1	4,876	9,329	-17.4%
#8	Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina	Peru	63.5	3,171	9,528	-27.4%
#9	National University of Engineering	Peru	63.0	2,872	8,585	0.7%
#10	National University of Saint Anthony the Abbot in Cuzco	Peru	62.9	2,269	6,624	-4.4%
#11	Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa	Peru	62.6	3,619	9,480	-21.3%
#12	National University Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza	Peru	62.1	2,184	4,695	78.9%
#13	Universidad Tecnológica del Perú	Peru	61.8	4,689	9,477	-0.9%
#14	Universidad de San Martín de Porres	Peru	61.5	2,715	7,303	-20.6%
#15	Universidad de Lima	Peru	61.2	3,105	6,188	-7.5%
#16	Universidad Nacional de San Martín	Peru	60.9	3,327	6,635	-3.3%
#17	Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana	Peru	60.4	1,248	3,779	60.0%
#18	Universidad Continental	Peru	60.3	3,566	9,346	-32.1%
#19	Private University of the North	Peru	59.9	3,826	7,980	-41.3%
#20	Catholic University of Santa María	Peru	59.6	1,840	4,442	36.0%
#21	Universidad Peruana Unión	Peru	59.5	2,641	6,622	-19.6%
#22	Universidad Nacional del Altiplano	Peru	59.2	3,465	4,396	-17.6%
#23	Federico Villarreal National University	Peru	58.6	3,192	3,919	-16.0%
#24	Universidad Ricardo Palma	Peru	58.4	2,373	5,660	-40.5%
#25	Universidad San Pedro	Peru	58.0	2,551	1,070	-30.8%
#26	Universidad Señor de Sipán	Peru	57.0	1,856	6,076	-13.0%
#27	Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología	Peru	56.0	1,073	2,289	39.8%
#28	Universidad Norbert Wiener	Peru	55.5	1,816	5,770	-75.1%
#29	National University of Cajamarca	Peru	55.3	1,289	2,444	11.2%
#30	Universidad Nacional del Centro del Perú	Peru	55.1	1,588	3,572	-29.7%
#31	Jorge Basadre Grohmann National University	Peru	55.1	1,383	2,336	26.1%
#32	University of the Pacific	Peru	55.0	833	3,593	-15.5%
#33	University of Piura	Peru	54.7	1,092	1,912	9.8%
#34	Universidad Privada San Juan Bautista	Peru	54.6	1,540	4,444	-52.3%
#35	Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruíz Gallo	Peru	54.1	1,391	1,542	36.9%
#36	Universidad Nacional de Piura	Peru	54.0	1,181	1,740	23.6%
#37	Amazon National University of Madre de Dios	Peru	54.0	1,093	2,923	-29.6%
#38	Esan University	Peru	53.8	714	2,209	22.5%
#39	Universidad Nacional San Luis Gonzaga	Peru	53.6	1,068	1,967	22.5%
#40	Universidad Andina del Cusco	Peru	53.1	964	2,296	-10.4%
#41	Antenor Orrego Private University	Peru	52.9	1,393	2,040	-4.6%
#42	Leonardo Da Vinci University	Peru	52.2	205	252	600.0%
#43	Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo	Peru	52.1	969	2,041	-22.5%
#44	Universidad Católica San Pablo	Peru	52.1	868	1,572	-5.8%
#45	Universidad Nacional de Moquegua	Peru	51.5	756	2,004	-9.9%
#46	Universidad Nacional de Huancavelica	Peru	51.4	1,301	2,040	-39.3%
#47	San Cristóbal of Huamanga University	Peru	51.3	1,042	1,373	-0.2%
#48	Daniel Alcides Carrión National University	Peru	51.3	977	1,672	-24.2%
#49	Universidad Nacional del Callao	Peru	51.2	1,002	1,659	-22.4%
#50	Universidad Nacional del Santa	Peru	51.0	762	1,046	24.2%
#51	Universidad de Huánuco	Peru	50.9	669	1,145	48.4%
#52	Universidad Nacional de Tumbes	Peru	50.3	739	965	17.6%
#53	Universidad Nacional Intercultural de la Amazonía	Peru	50.2	1,091	1,723	-23.1%
#54	Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizán	Peru	49.9	872	1,029	6.4%
#55	National University of Education Enrique Guzmán y Valle	Peru	49.9	1,258	1,444	-35.9%
#56	Universidad Privada de Tacna	Peru	49.8	982	1,699	-31.7%
#57	National University of Trujillo	Peru	49.6	3,599	6,633	-7.2%
#58	Universidad Nacional José María Arguedas	Peru	48.9	467	1,298	-14.2%
#59	Universidad de Ciencias y Humanidades	Peru	48.8	723	1,022	-23.4%
#60	Universidad Nacional Agraria de la Selva	Peru	48.8	559	693	18.4%
#61	Universidad Alas Peruanas	Peru	48.3	753	765	-3.6%
#62	Los Andes Peruvian University	Peru	48.1	759	1,047	-9.9%
#63	Universidad Nacional José Faustino Sánchez Carrión	Peru	47.7	703	872	-14.6%
#64	Universidad Nacional Tecnológica de Lima Sur	Peru	47.5	480	1,272	-19.6%
#65	Universidad Católica Sedes Sapientiae	Peru	47.4	509	518	41.4%
#66	Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo	Peru	47.2	703	787	-7.7%
#67	Private University of Trujillo	Peru	47.0	460	629	31.7%
#68	Universidad de Lambayeque	Peru	45.7	372	1,094	-32.2%
#69	Universidad Nacional Micaela Bastidas de Apurimac	Peru	45.4	660	631	-31.8%
#70	Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega	Peru	45.0	277	563	3.7%
#71	Universidad Nacional de Ucayali	Peru	44.2	555	435	-30.8%
#72	Universidad Femenina del Sagrado Corazón	Peru	44.0	447	429	-37.3%
#73	Catholic University of Trujillo	Peru	43.1	602	549	-10.4%
#74	Catholic University Los Angeles of Chimbote	Peru	42.4	217	406	-30.6%
#75	Universidad Andina Néstor Cáceres Velásquez	Peru	42.3	481	517	-47.1%
#76	Universidad Particular de Iquitos	Peru	41.9	210	268	-18.1%
#77	University of Sciences and Arts of Latin America	Peru	41.6	163	737	-26.1%
#78	Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya	Peru	41.4	309	229	-16.1%
#79	Universidad Tecnológica de Los Andes	Peru	41.1	402	467	-49.8%
#80	Universidad de Chiclayo	Peru	39.8	147	229	-7.0%
#81	Universidad Privada San Carlos	Peru	36.8	133	75	83.3%
#82	Universidad Marcelino Champagnat	Peru	36.0	120	161	-36.7%
#83	Universidad Peruana de Ciencias e Informática	Peru	35.0	117	52	72.4%
#84	Universidad para el Desarrollo Andino	Peru	34.3	181	83	-51.0%
#85	Universidad José Carlos Mariategui	Peru	33.2	110	97	-37.2%

Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v2 is constructed

Every index-ready institution has a base score from recent output, citations, h-index, i10-index and publication growth. After deep enrichment completes, ITS Research Score v2 uses six dimensions: 25% output strength, 30% Research Impact Score, 20% Momentum Score, 10% international-collaboration share, 5% open-access share and 10% topic-diversity signal. Output and citation-scale terms are log-normalized to reduce domination by the largest universities.

Research Impact Score combines citation intensity, h-index, two-year mean citedness when available and i10 visibility. It is intentionally not called field-normalized impact. International collaboration is based on recent works with authors from more than one country. Research diversity is an entropy-based summary of the institution’s leading topic signals, not a department count.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.