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Agriculture & Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 199 Scientists Citation in Chile 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: 1
Plant Ecology
Plant ecophysiology
Alpine Plant Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,498
7,596
0.411
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Ecological Restoratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,706
7,504
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Soil-Plant-Water Relations
Plant Breeding
Agronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,586
2,378
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Forest ecology
Biogeography
Forest dynamics
Nature conservation
Global Chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,890
6,373
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Crop Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
3,406
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Biology
Cell Biology
Genomics
Proteomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
2,486
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant functional biology - Fire ecology - Stress ecophysiology - Plant evolutionary ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,429
4,467
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Ecology
Biological invasions
invasive specie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,244
5,468
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
soil bioremediatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,097
4,815
0.678
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
química de productos naturales
plant natural products
metabolomics
food chemistry
phytochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,586
3,557
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
biopesticides
enzyme inhibitors
antioxidants
anticancer
Functional Food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
2,481
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,356
1,716
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
plant ecophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,312
3,247
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant Ecology
Plant invasion Biology
Biodiversity Coservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,164
1,761
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Agro-industry
Food Science
Food Innovation
Food Irradiation
Functional Food
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,988
3,695
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Silviculture
forest ecology
community forest management
forest polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,609
2,091
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,508
1,928
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Cell Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,940
2,505
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Postcosecha
IV gama
Postharvest
fresh cut
Minimally processe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,922
1,365
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Reproduccion Anima
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,613
1,555
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Fisherie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,595
1,086
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant molecular biology
Systems biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,870
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Soils
Forests Productivity
Sustainability & Ecophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,331
1,797
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
plant molecular biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,217
1,638
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
microeconomics
political economy
production
rural development
economic geograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,196
811
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,463
58
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Lohengrin Cavieres
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,498
7,596
0.411
Plant Ecology
Plant ecophysiology
Alpine Plant Ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,604
71
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Antonio Lara
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,706
7,504
0.449
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Ecological Restoratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,409
159
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edmundo Acevedo
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,586
2,378
0.225
Soil-Plant-Water Relations
Plant Breeding
Agronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,421
172
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alvaro G Gutierrez
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,890
6,373
0.644
Forest ecology
Biogeography
Forest dynamics
Nature conservation
Global Chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,414
200
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniel Calderini
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
3,406
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
143,125
243
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ariel Orellana
Universidad Andrés Bello
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,583
2,486
0.328
Plant Biology
Cell Biology
Genomics
Proteomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,233
249
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Susana Paula
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,429
4,467
0.601
Plant functional biology - Fire ecology - Stress ecophysiology - Plant evolutionary ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,142
258
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nicol Fuentes
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,244
5,468
0.755
Plant Ecology
Biological invasions
invasive specie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,476
270
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pablo Cornejo|Pablo Cornejo Rivas, P. Cornejo
Universidad de la Frontera
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,097
4,815
0.678
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
soil bioremediatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,561
385
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mario J Simirgiotis
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,586
3,557
0.637
química de productos naturales
plant natural products
metabolomics
food chemistry
phytochemistr
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
201,526
399
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carlos Leonardo Cespedes Acuña|Carlos L Cespedes, Carlos Cespedes
Universidad del Bío-Bío
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,419
2,481
0.458
biopesticides
enzyme inhibitors
antioxidants
anticancer
Functional Food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,796
403
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Lee Meisel
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,356
1,716
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,395
409
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frida Piper
Universidad de Talca
Talca, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,312
3,247
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
211,132
420
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ramiro O Bustamante
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,164
1,761
0.341
Plant Ecology
Plant invasion Biology
Biodiversity Coservatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,312
445
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adriano Costa De Camargo
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,988
3,695
0.741
Agro-industry
Food Science
Food Innovation
Food Irradiation
Functional Food
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,114
507
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Pablo J Donoso
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,609
2,091
0.454
Silviculture
forest ecology
community forest management
forest polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,986
517
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Leon A. Bravo
Universidad de la Frontera
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,508
1,928
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,230
610
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jose Antonio O Brien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,940
2,505
0.636
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Cell Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,374
616
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Victor Hugo Escalona Contreras
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,922
1,365
0.348
Postcosecha
IV gama
Postharvest
fresh cut
Minimally processe
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
292,249
671
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marcelo H Ratto
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,613
1,555
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,529
674
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Luis A Cubillos
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,595
1,086
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
309,959
727
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elena A Vidal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,372
1,870
0.555
Plant molecular biology
Systems biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
313,182
749
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Rafael Rubilar
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,331
1,797
0.539
Soils
Forests Productivity
Sustainability & Ecophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,395
775
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Raul Herrera
Universidad de Talca
Talca, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,217
1,638
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,211
784
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
William Ellis Foster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,196
811
0.254
microeconomics
political economy
production
rural development
economic geograph