Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Latin America Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :26
comparative politics
populism
democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,327
16,044
0.830
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
language teaching
textbooks
literacies
new literacies
multiliteracies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,195
9,052
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Sentic Computing
Opinion Mining
Sentiment Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,812
11,891
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Psicología
investigación
Educación.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,429
14,186
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Information Science
Library
knowledge management
ebook
livro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,424
14,686
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Sociología
Salud Comunitaria
Epidemiologia comunitaria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,131
11,796
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Gênero e saúde
Saúde Coletiva
Epidemiologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,856
8,384
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Sociologia Rural
Sociologia da Alimentacão
Sociologia do Desenvolvimento
Economia do Desenvolvimento
Desenvolvimento Susten
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,616
8,660
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Political Theory
Political Philosophy
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Theory of Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,601
3,737
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Vivências
Psicologia das Relações interpessoais
Habilidades Sociais
Social Skills
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,981
6,463
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Human values
Attitudes
Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
Personality Traits
Subjective Well-Being
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,535
7,788
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Suicidio
Revisiones Sistemáticas de la Literatura
Estadística
Metodología de investigación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,304
15,177
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Antropologia Social
Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras
Diversidade cultural
Diversidade étnica
África
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,772
8,232
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Democracia
participação
cidadania
movimentos sociais
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,364
3,417
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Psychological assessment
Positive Psychology. Personality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,915
6,846
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,755
6,150
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Federalismo
Políticas Públicas
Burocracia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,611
5,798
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
políticas públicas
educação
primeira infância
desigualdade
pobreza e mercado de trabalho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,558
2,736
0.188
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Archaeology
Amazonia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,534
7,038
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Sociología de la cultura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,153
5,244
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
qualitative study
adhrence to treatments
psychological meanings
clinical-qualitative method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,148
5,548
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Anthropology
Public Health
Indigenous Peoples
Race and Ethnicity
History of Physical/Biological Anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,140
5,473
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Human population genetics
biological anthropology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,056
4,775
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Controle de estímulos
Psicologia Experimental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,945
6,112
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Literacy
Writing
Teaching
Research education
Alfabetización académica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,916
6,231
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,670
48
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,327
16,044
0.830
comparative politics
populism
democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,050
392
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Roxane Rojo
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,195
9,052
0.472
language teaching
textbooks
literacies
new literacies
multiliteracies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,227
117
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Alexander Gelbukh
Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,812
11,891
0.632
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Sentic Computing
Opinion Mining
Sentiment Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,519
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Hector Hugo Sanchez Carlessi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,429
14,186
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,535
434
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Abel L Packer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,424
14,686
0.797
Information Science
Library
knowledge management
ebook
livro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,572
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Florentina Villanueva|Florentina Villanueva Lorenzo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,131
11,796
0.651
Sociología
Salud Comunitaria
Epidemiologia comunitaria
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,566
460
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Estela Aquino
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Rosario, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,856
8,384
0.470
Gênero e saúde
Saúde Coletiva
Epidemiologia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,459
477
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Sergio Schneider
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,616
8,660
0.492
Sociologia Rural
Sociologia da Alimentacão
Sociologia do Desenvolvimento
Economia do Desenvolvimento
Desenvolvimento Susten
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,508
127
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
César Cansino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,601
3,737
0.212
Political Theory
Political Philosophy
Political Science
Comparative Politics
Theory of Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,885
510
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Zilda AP Del Prette
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Santarém, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,981
6,463
0.381
Vivências
Psicologia das Relações interpessoais
Habilidades Sociais
Social Skills
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,696
540
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Valdiney V Gouveia
Universidade Federal da Paraíba UFPB
João Pessoa, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,535
7,788
0.471
Human values
Attitudes
Antisocial and Prosocial Behaviors
Personality Traits
Subjective Well-Being
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,711
70
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Tamara Otzen
Universidad de la Frontera
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,304
15,177
0.931
Suicidio
Revisiones Sistemáticas de la Literatura
Estadística
Metodología de investigación
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,173
600
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Kabengele Munanga
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,772
8,232
0.522
Antropologia Social
Antropologia das Populações Afro-Brasileiras
Diversidade cultural
Diversidade étnica
África
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,170
640
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Evelina Dagnino
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,364
3,417
0.222
Democracia
participação
cidadania
movimentos sociais
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,497
675
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Claudio Hutz
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,915
6,846
0.459
Psychological assessment
Positive Psychology. Personality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,306
689
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Anuário Antropológico
Universidade de Brasília UNB
Brasilia, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,755
6,150
0.417
Social Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
Ethnography
Social Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,089
698
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Celina Souza
Universidade Federal da Bahia
Rosario, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,611
5,798
0.397
Federalismo
Políticas Públicas
Burocracia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,407
704
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Ricardo Paes De Barros
Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa INSPER
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,558
2,736
0.188
políticas públicas
educação
primeira infância
desigualdade
pobreza e mercado de trabalho
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,529
706
215
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Eduardo Goes Neves
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,534
7,038
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,804
181
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Gilberto Giménez Montiel
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,153
5,244
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,834
745
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Egberto Ribeiro Turato
Universidade Estadual de Campinas UNICAMP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,148
5,548
0.392
qualitative study
adhrence to treatments
psychological meanings
clinical-qualitative method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,881
747
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Ricardo Ventura Santos
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,140
5,473
0.387
Anthropology
Public Health
Indigenous Peoples
Race and Ethnicity
History of Physical/Biological Anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,405
88
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Francisco Rothhammer
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,056
4,775
0.340
Human population genetics
biological anthropology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,124
763
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Antonio Carlos Godinho Dos Santos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,945
6,112
0.438
Controle de estímulos
Psicologia Experimental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,301
92
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Paula Carlino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,916
6,231
0.448
Literacy
Writing
Teaching
Research education
Alfabetización académica