Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Natural Sciences / Biological Science Highly Cited Researchers 100 Scientists Citation in Costa Rica 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
Costa Rica
Priscila Chaverri
mycology
environmental microbiology
plant pathology
systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,201
5,693
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Costa Rica
Diego Bogarin
Biology
orchidology
evolution
systematics
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,830
2,960
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Costa Rica
Federico Bolaños
Anfibios y Reptiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,275
2,041
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Costa Rica
Miguel Cifuentes Jara
Climate Action
Sustainable Landscapes
Blue Carbon
Tropical Forest Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,138
5,335
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Costa Rica
William Bussing
Ichthyology
Systematics
Biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,205
1,433
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Costa Rica
Ingo Wehrtmann
Biodiversity
decapod crustaceans
reproductive biology
fishery biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,768
1,214
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Costa Rica
Alejandra Martínez Salinas
Ecology
agroecology
biodiversity conservation
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,686
3,023
0.820
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Costa Rica
Keilor Rojas Jimenez
Biodiversity
Microbial Ecology
Genetics
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,646
3,017
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Costa Rica
Sergio José Vilchez Mendoza
Ecología y bioestadística
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,323
0.435

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Costa Rica
Julian Monge Najera
Onychophora
Butterfly Behavior
Urban Ecology
Lichens
Human Behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
985
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Costa Rica
Mario Chacón León
biología de la conservación
mitigación al cambio climático
sistemas agroforestales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
997
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Costa Rica
Mario Espinoza
Marine ecology and conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
1,645
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Costa Rica
Adrian A Pinto Tomas
Microbial Ecology
Symbiosis
Biocontrol
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,233
1,410
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Costa Rica
J Francisco Morales
Systematics
Phylogenetics
Taxonomy
Botany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,090
933
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Costa Rica
Eric J Fuchs
Ecology
Population genetics
Plant Reproduction
Pollination
Conservation Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,853
686
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Costa Rica
Maria Elena Aguilar
Biotecnología de plantas
micropropgación
embriogénesis somática
crioconservación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,751
599
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Costa Rica
RD Briceño
Sexual Behavior
Reproductive Biology
Animal Communication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
326
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Costa Rica
Luis Sandoval
Ornithology
bioacoustic
behavioural ecology
urban ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
877
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Costa Rica
Alfredo Cascante Marín
Epiphyte ecology and floristics
Plant Reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,463
503
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Costa Rica
Mario A Blanco
botánica sistemática
biología reproductiva de plantas
morfología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,334
543
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Costa Rica
Marcelo Araya Salas
Cultural evolution
biomusicology
bioacoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
867
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Costa Rica
Carlos Rojas
ecosystem services
myxomycetes
forest ecology
tropical ecosystem dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
527
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Costa Rica
Gerardo Umaña Villalobos
Limnología
fitoplancton
zooplancton
ecología tropical
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
361
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Costa Rica
Gerardo Avalos
plant biomechanics
ecophysiology of plants
palm ecology
functional morphology of hummingbirds
multivariate biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
375
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Costa Rica
Jeffrey A Sibaja Cordero
Benthic Ecology
Taxonomy of Polychaetes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
422
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,458
Costa Rica
12
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Priscila Chaverri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,201
5,693
0.467
mycology
environmental microbiology
plant pathology
systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,141
Costa Rica
21
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Diego Bogarin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,830
2,960
0.433
Biology
orchidology
evolution
systematics
taxonomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,093
Costa Rica
24
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Federico Bolaños
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,275
2,041
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
170,760
Costa Rica
25
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Miguel Cifuentes Jara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,138
5,335
0.869
Climate Action
Sustainable Landscapes
Blue Carbon
Tropical Forest Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
200,968
Costa Rica
35
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
William Bussing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,205
1,433
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
271,012
Costa Rica
50
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ingo Wehrtmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,768
1,214
0.322
Biodiversity
decapod crustaceans
reproductive biology
fishery biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,172
Costa Rica
52
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Alejandra Martínez Salinas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,686
3,023
0.820
Ecology
agroecology
biodiversity conservation
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
278,899
Costa Rica
53
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Keilor Rojas Jimenez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,646
3,017
0.827
Biodiversity
Microbial Ecology
Genetics
Biotechnology
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,935
Costa Rica
71
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sergio José Vilchez Mendoza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
1,323
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
329,849
Costa Rica
73
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Julian Monge Najera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,988
985
0.330
Onychophora
Butterfly Behavior
Urban Ecology
Lichens
Human Behavior

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
347,557
Costa Rica
75
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mario Chacón León
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
997
0.356
biología de la conservación
mitigación al cambio climático
sistemas agroforestales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
351,429
Costa Rica
77
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mario Espinoza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,762
1,645
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
413,627
Costa Rica
96
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Adrian A Pinto Tomas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,233
1,410
0.631
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
434,242
Costa Rica
103
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
J Francisco Morales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,090
933
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
472,667
Costa Rica
120
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eric J Fuchs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,853
686
0.370
Ecology
Population genetics
Plant Reproduction
Pollination
Conservation Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
491,501
Costa Rica
124
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Maria Elena Aguilar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,751
599
0.342
Biotecnología de plantas
micropropgación
embriogénesis somática
crioconservación
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
508,533
Costa Rica
130
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
RD Briceño
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,664
326
0.196
Sexual Behavior
Reproductive Biology
Animal Communication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
513,885
Costa Rica
132
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Luis Sandoval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,638
877
0.535
Ornithology
bioacoustic
behavioural ecology
urban ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,172
Costa Rica
140
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alfredo Cascante Marín
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,463
503
0.344
Epiphyte ecology and floristics
Plant Reproduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,262
Costa Rica
151
104
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mario A Blanco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,334
543
0.407
botánica sistemática
biología reproductiva de plantas
morfología
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
632,436
Costa Rica
168
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marcelo Araya Salas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,164
867
0.745
Cultural evolution
biomusicology
bioacoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
667,721
Costa Rica
182
123
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carlos Rojas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
527
0.500
ecosystem services
myxomycetes
forest ecology
tropical ecosystem dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,471
Costa Rica
186
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gerardo Umaña Villalobos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,030
361
0.350
Limnología
fitoplancton
zooplancton
ecología tropical
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
692,090
Costa Rica
196
131
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gerardo Avalos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
986
375
0.380
plant biomechanics
ecophysiology of plants
palm ecology
functional morphology of hummingbirds
multivariate biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
759,152
Costa Rica
219
142
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jeffrey A Sibaja Cordero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
422
0.517
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