María Fernanda Beigel (born 6 September 1970, Mendoza) is an Argentine sociologist and scientist who develops her research at the crossroads between Bourdieu's reflexivity and the Latin American historical-structural tradition.

Specialized in sociology of science, she works on the international circulation of knowledge produced in the periphery through prosopographic studies, descriptive statistics, and multiple correspondence analysis.

Beigel received the “Bernardo Houssay” Award in the Young Researcher category in 2003 and the Honorable Mention for Scientific Value granted by the Argentine Senate in 2017.

Since 2018, Beigel coordinates the AmeliCA Research Commission (Open Knowledge for Latin America and the Global South), an initiative launched by various institutions, which seeks a collaborative, sustainable, protected and non-commercial Open Access solution for Latin America and the Global South.

[5] Beigel has published numerous works on the structural heterogeneity of the Argentine scientific-university field, the segmented publication circuits and the evaluative cultures faced in peripheral academic centers: