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

Population health
health economics
modeling
poverty and inequality
infectious disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,583
87,755
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Macroeconomics
International Economics
International Finance
Economic Developmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,792
6,760
0.235
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Financiamiento de la seguridad socia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,801
14,617
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Economía de la salu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,249
20,112
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Economic development
environmental economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,929
3,386
0.262
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Macroeconomics
Environmental Economics
Development
Economics of Crim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,923
2,142
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Earth Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,568
6,549
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8

economics
statistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,051
2,161
0.215
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Macroeconomics
International Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,131
1,058
0.148
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10

pobreza
desigualdad
mercados laborales
economía de la educación
evaluación de impact
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,061
2,044
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Public transport
Transport planning
Transport policy
Transport engineering
Transport economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,859
5,179
0.755
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12

Economic development
international economics
macroeconomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,626
1,461
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13

International Trade
Productivity
Innovatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,572
2,316
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Economics
Education
Descentralization
Public Policie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,086
2,992
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Industrial Organization
Environmental and Energy Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,031
1,202
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Industrial Organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,380
1,364
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Applied Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,969
1,220
0.246
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Economía Ambiental
Economía de los RR.NN.
Desarrollo Económic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,263
2,367
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19

economía laboral
pensiones
seguridad social
estudios longitudinales
microdato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,997
1,451
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Labor Economics
Economics of Educatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,718
419
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Finance
Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,520
2,931
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22

economía agraria
bienestar subjetiv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
2,080
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Financial Econometrics
Mineral economics
Innovation
Entrepreneushi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,211
1,545
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Financial Development
Political Economy
Economic Histor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
823
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25

Regional Economics
Labor Mobility and Growth
Spatial Econometrics
Natural Resources Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,662
892
0.335
Eduardo A. Undurraga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,583
87,755
0.620
Population health
health economics
modeling
poverty and inequality
infectious disease
José De Gregorio
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,792
6,760
0.235
Macroeconomics
International Economics
International Finance
Economic Developmen
Ruben Castro Landman
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,801
14,617
0.526
Financiamiento de la seguridad socia
Garcia Gordillo Ma
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,249
20,112
0.946
Ramon López
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,929
3,386
0.262
Economic development
environmental economic
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,923
2,142
0.166
Macroeconomics
Environmental Economics
Development
Economics of Crim
Martin Reich
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,568
6,549
0.620
Economic Geology
Geochemistry
Earth Scienc
Eduardo Engel
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,051
2,161
0.215
Rodrigo Valdes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,131
1,058
0.148
Macroeconomics
International Financ
Dante Contreras
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,061
2,044
0.289
pobreza
desigualdad
mercados laborales
economía de la educación
evaluación de impact
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Alejandro Tirachini
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,859
5,179
0.755
Public transport
Transport planning
Transport policy
Transport engineering
Transport economic
Manuel Agosin
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,626
1,461
0.220
Economic development
international economics
macroeconomic
Roberto Álvarez
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,572
2,316
0.352
International Trade
Productivity
Innovatio
Jp Valenzuela
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,086
2,992
0.492
Economics
Education
Descentralization
Public Policie
Juan Pablo Montero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,031
1,202
0.199
Industrial Organization
Environmental and Energy Economic
Raimundo Soto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,380
1,364
0.254
Macroeconomics
Econometrics
Industrial Organizatio
Andrea Repetto|Andrea Repetto Lisboa, A Repetto Lisboa
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Viña del Mar, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,969
1,220
0.246
Eugenio Figueroa Benavides
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,263
2,367
0.555
Economía Ambiental
Economía de los RR.NN.
Desarrollo Económic
David Bravo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,997
1,451
0.363
economía laboral
pensiones
seguridad social
estudios longitudinales
microdato
Pilar Romaguera
Universidad de las Américas Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,718
419
0.113
Labor Economics
Economics of Educatio
Werner Kristjanpoller
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
Valparaíso, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,520
2,931
0.833
German Lobos
Universidad de Talca
Talca, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
2,080
0.638
economía agraria
bienestar subjetiv
Viviana Fernandez
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Viña del Mar, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,211
1,545
0.481
Financial Econometrics
Mineral economics
Innovation
Entrepreneushi
Matias Braun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,871
823
0.287
Financial Development
Political Economy
Economic Histor
Patricio Aroca
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Viña del Mar, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,662
892
0.335
Regional Economics
Labor Mobility and Growth
Spatial Econometrics
Natural Resources Economic