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Highly Cited Researchers
Latin America Highly Cited Researchers 266 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Educação Inclusiva
educação especia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
243
0.561
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Asteroids
Comets
Meteors
Meteorites
Exoplanet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
166
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Educação
Educação Matemátic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
342
0.812
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
nanomagnetismo
spin ice
phase transitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
244
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Economia Florestal
Inteligência Artificial
Modelage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
310
0.760
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
economia criativa
economia da cultura
politica cultural
gestão cultural
produção cultura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
221
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Música
Teorias da Comunicação
Experiência Estétic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
114
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Medicamentos
Segurança do Pacient
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388
270
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
educação para a sustentabilidad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
376
225
0.598
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Polímeros
Compósitos
Fibras Naturai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
258
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Biotecnologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
281
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Filosofia e Psicanális
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
204
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
coprecipitation synthesis
solution combustion synthesis
ceramic materials
inorganic antimicrobial
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351
232
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
346
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
206
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Desastres
patologia das construçõe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
177
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Interações Clima-Biosfera
Mudanças Climáticas
Modelagem Climática
Meteorologia Tropical
Clima Urban
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336
228
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
trabalho
Enfermagem
Epidemiologia
Saúde Pública
saúde Coletiv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
156
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Museologia
Arqueologia
Teorias e Práticas do Patrimônio Cultural
Arte Rupestre
Arqueologia Históric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
143
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Virologia
viroma
animais selvagens
adenovírus
norovírus rotavírus gastrenterites virai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
89
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
detectores de ondas gravitacionais
relatividade geral
Lig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299
67
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Saúde coletiva
Enfermagem
Mixed Studies
Adoecimento congênito
Tecnologias em Saúd
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
276
0.936
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Sistemas de Produção
Agroecologia
Estatística Multivariada
Ruminante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271
163
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
arqueologia
história
arte rupestre
baleação
educação patrimonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
113
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
digital systems
signal processing
machine learnin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
255
0.973
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,017,122
35,363
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Susana Couto Pimentel
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
243
0.561
Educação Inclusiva
educação especia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,021,934
35,473
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Alberto Silva Betzler
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
428
166
0.388
Asteroids
Comets
Meteors
Meteorites
Exoplanet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,409
35,623
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Bete Madruga
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
342
0.812
Educação
Educação Matemátic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,028,683
35,631
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Fabio S Nascimento
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
244
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,041,542
35,940
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Liniker Fernandes Da Silva
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
408
310
0.760
Economia Florestal
Inteligência Artificial
Modelage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,044,850
36,021
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Daniele Pereira Canedo
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
221
0.546
economia criativa
economia da cultura
politica cultural
gestão cultural
produção cultura
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,057,624
36,289
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Jorge Luiz Cunha Cardoso Filho
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
393
114
0.290
Música
Teorias da Comunicação
Experiência Estétic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,062,449
36,380
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Marcus Fernando Da Silva Praxedes
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
388
270
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,075,700
36,629
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Flora Piasentin
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
376
225
0.598
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,096,092
37,046
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Joyce Batista Azevedo
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
358
258
0.721
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,097,181
37,073
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Paulo Juiz
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
281
0.787
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,103,409
37,217
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Sergio Augusto Franco Fernandes
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
204
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,104,439
37,234
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Roger Honorato Piva
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
351
232
0.661
coprecipitation synthesis
solution combustion synthesis
ceramic materials
inorganic antimicrobial
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,108,459
37,310
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Tiago Palma Pagano
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
346
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,109,190
37,320
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Silvio Porto
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
347
206
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,116,766
37,461
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Alexandra Passuello
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
177
0.519
Desastres
patologia das construçõe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,921
37,565
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Vinícius Machado Rocha
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
336
228
0.679
Interações Clima-Biosfera
Mudanças Climáticas
Modelagem Climática
Meteorologia Tropical
Clima Urban
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,133,382
37,773
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Eder Rodrigues
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
328
156
0.476
trabalho
Enfermagem
Epidemiologia
Saúde Pública
saúde Coletiv
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,146,748
38,080
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Carlos Alberto Santos Costa
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
318
143
0.450
Museologia
Arqueologia
Teorias e Práticas do Patrimônio Cultural
Arte Rupestre
Arqueologia Históric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,159,434
38,314
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Fernando Vicentini
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
309
89
0.288
Virologia
viroma
animais selvagens
adenovírus
norovírus rotavírus gastrenterites virai
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,173,825
38,596
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Kilder Leite Ribeiro
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
299
67
0.224
detectores de ondas gravitacionais
relatividade geral
Lig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,179,071
38,715
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Paulo Roberto Lima Falcão Do Vale
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295
276
0.936
Saúde coletiva
Enfermagem
Mixed Studies
Adoecimento congênito
Tecnologias em Saúd
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,219,113
39,573
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Carlos Eduardo Crispim De Oliveira Ramos
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271
163
0.601
Sistemas de Produção
Agroecologia
Estatística Multivariada
Ruminante
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,229,913
39,787
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Fabiana Comerlato
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
265
113
0.426
arqueologia
história
arte rupestre
baleação
educação patrimonia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,234,076
39,878
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Igor Ds Miranda
Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia UFRB
Cruz das Almas, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
255
0.973