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Highly Cited Researchers
Others Highly Cited Researchers 6.263 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
Cognitive Science
Neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,950
31,668
0.223
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Neurobiology
Cognition
Autopoiesis
Language
Educatio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,718
21,955
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Radio astronomy
AGN blazar variability
polarimetry
mm and submm-wave instrumentation
cryogeni
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,912
23,684
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Maternal-Fetal Medicin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,483
10,029
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Physical activity
sedentary behavior
cardiovascular disease
outcome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,257
15,078
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
autophagy
primary cilium
metabolism
obesit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,937
10,148
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
connexin and pannexin channels in physiology and pathophysiolog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,896
5,880
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,346
4,157
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
cardiovascular
calcium signalin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,759
7,441
0.419
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
asthma
recurrent wheezing
acute viral bronchiolitis
respiratory tract infections
PIB
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,960
5,705
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,836
6,511
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
manejo y cultivo de molusco
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,008
4,914
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Estudios poblacionales
desigualdades en salud
metodologia de investigacion
medicion en salu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,097
4,878
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,888
6,770
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Liver disease
alcohol-associated liver disease
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
live
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,215
13,257
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Obesity
adipose tissue dysfunction
calcium sensing recepto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,913
6,399
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Neuroscience
cognitive and comparative
neuroanatom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,504
3,571
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Morpholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,344
4,405
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
reproductive medicin
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,663
6,630
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,593
3,995
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,519
6,586
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,251
4,384
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,140
2,675
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Autophagy
primary cilium
insulin signaling
obesity
high-fat die
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,918
5,804
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Cardiovascular Medicine
Prevention
Lipid Disorders
Cardiovascular Diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,741
9,419
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,681
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Francisco Varela
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141,950
31,668
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,881
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Humberto Maturana
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,718
21,955
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,196
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rodrigo Reeves
Universidad de Concepción
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,912
23,684
0.593
Radio astronomy
AGN blazar variability
polarimetry
mm and submm-wave instrumentation
cryogeni
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,992
26
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Juan Pedro Kusanovic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,483
10,029
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,244
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gerson Ferrari
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,257
15,078
0.482
Physical activity
sedentary behavior
cardiovascular disease
outcome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,373
32
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eugenia Morselli
Universidad San Sebastián Chile
Concepción, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,937
10,148
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,252
40
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Juan C Saez
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,896
5,880
0.257
connexin and pannexin channels in physiology and pathophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,970
44
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hans Zinnecker
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,346
4,157
0.195
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,177
62
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zully Pedrozo
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,759
7,441
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,330
66
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jose Antonio Castro Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,960
5,705
0.336
asthma
recurrent wheezing
acute viral bronchiolitis
respiratory tract infections
PIB
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,874
68
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Márcio Catelan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,836
6,511
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,590
73
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miguel Avendaño Díaz
Universidad de Antofagasta
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,008
4,914
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,261
82
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sergio Munoz|Sergio Munoz Navarro
Universidad de la Frontera
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,097
4,878
0.323
Estudios poblacionales
desigualdades en salud
metodologia de investigacion
medicion en salu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,405
83
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rodrigo Troncoso
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,888
6,770
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,418
90
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Juan Pablo Arab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,215
13,257
0.933
Liver disease
alcohol-associated liver disease
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
live
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,322
94
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mariana Cifuentes
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,913
6,399
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,942
97
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Francisco Aboitiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,504
3,571
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,033
99
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
José Antonio Vega
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,344
4,405
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,896
115
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fernando Zegers Hochschild
Universidad Diego Portales
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,663
6,630
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,407
117
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Miguel Luis O Ryan
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,593
3,995
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
78,923
118
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ethel Codner
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,519
6,586
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81,011
125
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Guillermo Schmeda-Hirschmann
Universidad de Talca
Talca, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,251
4,384
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,001
127
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Figueroa
Universidad Tecnológica de Chile INACAP
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,140
2,675
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,906
131
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yenniffer Ávalos
Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,918
5,804
0.487
Autophagy
primary cilium
insulin signaling
obesity
high-fat die
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,979
151
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fátima Rodríguez
Universidad de Valparaíso
Valparaíso, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,741
9,419
0.877
Cardiovascular Medicine
Prevention
Lipid Disorders
Cardiovascular Diseas