| # | University | City | World rank | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Nacional de Asunción | #0 | 168,422 | |
| 2 | Universidad San Carlos | #0 | 12,352 | |
| 3 | Universidad Católica Nuestra Senora de la Asunción | #0 | 8,844 | |
| 4 | Universidad Columbia del Paraguay | #0 | 8,441 | |
| 5 | Universidad Autónoma de Asunción | #0 | 1,797 | |
| 6 | Universidad Autónoma del Paraguay | #0 | 1,582 | |
| 7 | Universidad Nacional del Este | #0 | 1,367 | |
| 8 | Universidad Privada del Este | #0 | 1,239 | |
| 9 | Universidad de la Integración de las Americas (UNIDAD) | #0 | 1,058 | |
| 10 | Universidad Metropolitana de Asunción | #0 | 525 | |
| 11 | Universidad del Cono Sur de las Américas | #0 | 359 | |
| 12 | Universidad Comunera | #0 | 76 |
What the two columns mean
World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.
The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.