Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Latin America Natural Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 7.929 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 1
Community ecology
plant functional traits
functional diversity
global environmental change
social benefits of biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,846
53,308
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
ecologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,362
18,074
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Biotechnology
Solid-State Fermentation
Microalgae
Coffee
Cocoa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,689
21,353
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
biodiversity
ecosystem services
social-ecological systems
tropical dry forests
successional forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,188
23,496
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
ecologia
conservacion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,915
16,772
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Biological Science
Cardiovascular Physiology Renin-angiotensin system
Angiotensin-(1-7)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,855
12,674
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
biogeochemistry
stable isotopes
tropical forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,095
11,404
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ecology
Agronomy
Biogeochemistry
Ecohydrology
Land Use Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,518
15,242
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Evolutionary Ecology
Conservation Biology
Pollination and Plant Reproduction
Plant-Animal Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,505
16,093
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Fish Ecology
Fish Biology
Conservation Biology
Species introduction
Floodplain Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,473
10,666
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Landscape Ecology
Biological Conservation
Fragmentation
Connectivity
Restoration Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,915
15,082
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Biological nitrogen fixation
Soil microbiology
Microbial inoculants and inoculation
Taxonomy and phylogeny of rhizobia
Genom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
13,416
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
biogeography
macroecology
comparative methods
conservation planning
spatial statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,477
10,851
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Phylogenetics
Community Ecology
Phylogeography
Coloration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,978
8,957
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
tropical ecology
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,969
14,353
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ecology
Climate change
Conservation Biology
Plant resistance
Plant-animal interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,148
13,050
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ecologia de Ecossistemas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,403
13,402
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bioenergy
Cookstoves
Climate Change Mitigation
Ecotechnology
Sustainability and Energy Transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,854
9,494
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ecology
conservation biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,191
9,687
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Forest dynamics
fire ecology
landscape ecology
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,122
11,337
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Bignoniaceae
Biogeography
Evolution
Neotropical Flora
Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,780
10,109
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ecology
Limnology
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,305
8,721
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Systematic
Taxonomy
Phylogeny
and Ecology of Ferns and Lycophytes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,948
11,901
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ciclagem de Nutrientes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,007
7,522
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
ecology
agriculture
animal production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,834
6,876
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,173
9
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sandra Diaz
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,846
53,308
0.529
Community ecology
plant functional traits
functional diversity
global environmental change
social benefits of biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,741
75
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Philip M Fearnside
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,362
18,074
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,036
91
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Carlos Ricardo Soccol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,689
21,353
0.448
Biotechnology
Solid-State Fermentation
Microalgae
Coffee
Cocoa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,799
46
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Patricia Balvanera
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,188
23,496
0.615
biodiversity
ecosystem services
social-ecological systems
tropical dry forests
successional forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,648
48
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gerardo Ceballos
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,915
16,772
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,688
129
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Robson Augusto Souza Dos Santos
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,855
12,674
0.344
Biological Science
Cardiovascular Physiology Renin-angiotensin system
Angiotensin-(1-7)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,260
133
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Luiz A Martinelli
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,095
11,404
0.316
biogeochemistry
stable isotopes
tropical forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,704
22
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Esteban Jobbágy
Universidad Nacional de San Luis
San Luis, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,518
15,242
0.429
Ecology
Agronomy
Biogeochemistry
Ecohydrology
Land Use Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,484
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marcelo A Aizen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,505
16,093
0.466
Evolutionary Ecology
Conservation Biology
Pollination and Plant Reproduction
Plant-Animal Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,314
150
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Angelo Antonio Agostinho
Universidade Estadual de Maringá
Maringá, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,473
10,666
0.328
Fish Ecology
Fish Biology
Conservation Biology
Species introduction
Floodplain Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,875
154
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jean Paul Metzger
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,915
15,082
0.473
Landscape Ecology
Biological Conservation
Fragmentation
Connectivity
Restoration Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,201
156
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mariangela Hungria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,600
13,416
0.425
Biological nitrogen fixation
Soil microbiology
Microbial inoculants and inoculation
Taxonomy and phylogeny of rhizobia
Genom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,426
170
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho
Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG
Goiania, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,477
10,851
0.356
biogeography
macroecology
comparative methods
conservation planning
spatial statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,274
30
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Juan Luis Parra Vergara
Universidad de Antioquia
Medellín, Colombia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,978
8,957
0.309
Phylogenetics
Community Ecology
Phylogeography
Coloration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,279
188
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marcelo Tabarelli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,969
14,353
0.495
tropical ecology
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,300
199
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Geraldo Wilson Fernandes
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais UFMG
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,148
13,050
0.464
Ecology
Climate change
Conservation Biology
Plant resistance
Plant-animal interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,328
207
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Mercedes Bustamante
Universidade de Brasília UNB
Brasilia, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,403
13,402
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,186
76
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Omar Masera
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Mexico City, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,854
9,494
0.354
Bioenergy
Cookstoves
Climate Change Mitigation
Ecotechnology
Sustainability and Energy Transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,224
5
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
T Mitchell Aide
Universidad de Puerto Rico
Rawalakot, Puerto Rico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,191
9,687
0.370
Ecology
conservation biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,345
37
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Kitzberger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,122
11,337
0.434
Forest dynamics
fire ecology
landscape ecology
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,876
238
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Lucia G Lohmann
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,780
10,109
0.392
Bignoniaceae
Biogeography
Evolution
Neotropical Flora
Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,698
243
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luis Mauricio Bini
Universidade Federal de Goiás UFG
Goiania, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,305
8,721
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,375
249
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jefferson Prado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,948
11,901
0.477
Systematic
Taxonomy
Phylogeny
and Ecology of Ferns and Lycophytes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,083
266
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert Boddey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,007
7,522
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,437
43
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Martin Oesterheld
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,834
6,876
0.288
ecology
agriculture
animal production