Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Costa Rica Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Biological Science in Costa Rica 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 :51
Seguridad alimentaria
agroecología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
48
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Entomology
Social insects
Insects-microorganism interaction
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
67
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Mollusk ecology
mariculture
fish quality/freshness
academic journals
scientific writting
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
35
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Mycology
plant parasitic fungi
systematics
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
90
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
wildlife medicine
herpetology
ornithology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
94
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Remote Sensing
Wildfires
GIS
Tropical Dry Forest
Fire Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
89
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
ciencias cognitivas
educación superior
pedagogía universitaria
educación a distancia
evolución
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
89
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Entomology
Biophysics
Crossdisciplinary collab.
Biomaterials
Biomimicry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
55
0.561
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Microbiology
Quality Assurance
Bacteriology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
48
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
ciencia cognitiva
evolución
comportamiento animal
lenguaje
representaciones mentales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
77
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
hydrology
ecohydrology
modelling
ecosystem services
isotopes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
83
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
Ciencias Naturales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
80
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Parasitología
Salud del ecosistema
Ecología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
58
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
biología tropical
restauración ecológica
dispersión
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
67
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Ecología de vertebrados
conservación
educación ambiental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
50
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Resilience
Secondary Forest
Ecosystem Functioning
Forest Ecology
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
60
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
biología
genética
marcadores moleculares
biotecnología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
62
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Systematic
taxonomy
amphibians
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
56
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Bioacoustic
Acoustic Detection
Ornithology
Soundscape
Bird Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
48
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Botánica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
53
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Biología de la conservación
Manejo de Bosques
Bosques Tropicales
Mastozoología
Ciencia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
41
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
machine learning
natural language processing
biodiversity Informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Biology
Behavioral ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Biología Marina
Ecología
Taxonomía
Evolución
Echinodermata
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
37
0.949
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Conservación de Vida Silvestre
Ecología Tropical y Ornitología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,502,884
666
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Nancy Chaves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
48
0.393
Seguridad alimentaria
agroecología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,540
686
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Laura Chavarria-Pizarro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
67
0.573
Entomology
Social insects
Insects-microorganism interaction
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,534,195
700
357
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Daisy Arroyo Mora
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
35
0.310
Mollusk ecology
mariculture
fish quality/freshness
academic journals
scientific writting
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,547,396
717
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Melissa Mardones
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
90
0.826
Mycology
plant parasitic fungi
systematics
taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,554,593
724
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Randall Arguedas
Universidad Técnica Nacional
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
94
0.879
wildlife medicine
herpetology
ornithology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,573,523
740
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Daniela Vargas-Sanabria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
89
0.873
Remote Sensing
Wildfires
GIS
Tropical Dry Forest
Fire Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,577,330
744
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Andrea Melissa Mora Umaña|A.M. Mora Umaña, A.M. Mora, A.M.M. Umaña
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
89
0.881
ciencias cognitivas
educación superior
pedagogía universitaria
educación a distancia
evolución
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,590,460
757
382
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Rebeca Mora-Castro
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
55
0.561
Entomology
Biophysics
Crossdisciplinary collab.
Biomaterials
Biomimicry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,619,676
778
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Karina Astorga Quirós
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
48
0.527
Microbiology
Quality Assurance
Bacteriology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,626,981
785
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Mario Barahona Quesada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
77
0.865
ciencia cognitiva
evolución
comportamiento animal
lenguaje
representaciones mentales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,652,228
810
410
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Kevin Chavarria
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
83
1.000
hydrology
ecohydrology
modelling
ecosystem services
isotopes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,661,657
817
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Olivier Castro-Morales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
80
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,663,510
821
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Gabriela Pérez Gómez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
58
0.716
Parasitología
Salud del ecosistema
Ecología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,667,643
825
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Sergio Gabriel Quesada-Acuña
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
67
0.838
biología tropical
restauración ecológica
dispersión
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,731,669
882
442
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Melvin Cartín Núñez
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
50
0.746
Ecología de vertebrados
conservación
educación ambiental
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,746,290
895
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Erick Calderón-Morales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
60
0.938
Resilience
Secondary Forest
Ecosystem Functioning
Forest Ecology
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,755,599
905
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Ayerin Carrodeguas Gonzalez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
62
1.000
biología
genética
marcadores moleculares
biotecnología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,788,050
939
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Erick Arias
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
56
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,791,233
944
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Roberto Vargas-Masís
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
48
0.857
Bioacoustic
Acoustic Detection
Ornithology
Soundscape
Bird Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,806,640
959
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Grettel Salguero Hernandez
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
53
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,840,075
998
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Luis Guizada-Duran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
41
0.854
Biología de la conservación
Manejo de Bosques
Bosques Tropicales
Mastozoología
Ciencia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,861,032
1,032
178
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Maria Auxiliadora Mora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
29
0.644
machine learning
natural language processing
biodiversity Informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,873,131
1,045
526
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Christian Castillo Salazar
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Biology
Behavioral ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,900,827
1,072
542
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Leonardo Chacón
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
37
0.949
Biología Marina
Ecología
Taxonomía
Evolución
Echinodermata
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,917,148
1,093
553
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Sergio Villegas, B.Sc.
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
Conservación de Vida Silvestre
Ecología Tropical y Ornitología