Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Economics & Econometrics Highly Cited Researchers 53 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
Juan Robalino
Applied microeconomics
development economics
environmental economics
impact evaluation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,820
2,484
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Costa Rica
Luciano Ciravegna
International business
entrepreneurship
emerging markets
Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,767
3,169
0.665
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Costa Rica
Alberto Trejos
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
trade and growth
search theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,201
368
0.167
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Costa Rica
Odalisca Breedy
Taxanomy and systematic
biogeography
ecology of Octocorallia and Antipatharia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
580
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Costa Rica
Nadia Ugalde Binda
contabilidad
costos
pequeña empresa
emprendedurismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
903
0.679
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Costa Rica
Emilio G Zevallos Vallejos
desarrollo económico
pymes
emprendimientos
mercado laboral
economía informal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
406
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Costa Rica
Lawrence Pratt
sustainable development
resource economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
225
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Costa Rica
Leida Mercado
Adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático
economía ambiental
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
valoración econ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
713
0.755

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Costa Rica
Adriana Chacón Cascante
Economia Agrícola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
369
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Costa Rica
Alonso Alfaro Ureña
Trade
Growth
Central banking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
446
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Costa Rica
Federico Li Bonilla
Cooperativismo
innovación
tecnologías disruptuvas
economía social
ODS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
273
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Costa Rica
Leonardo Sánchez Hernandez
Economia urbana y regional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
265
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Costa Rica
Cynthia Salas-Garita
Economía forestal
proyectos
política y legislación forestal
extensión forestal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
201
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Costa Rica
Mauricio Jenkins
Finance
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
97
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Costa Rica
Leonel Fonseca-Retana
Evaluación económica
Evaluación de Tecnologías de Salud
Farmacoeconomía
Innovación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
104
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Costa Rica
Pamela Jiménez-Fontana
Economy
Demography
Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
188
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Costa Rica
Cristian Valverde Cordero
política
economía
gestión de proyectos
disciplinas ágiles
religión
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
67
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Costa Rica
Edgar Robles
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
40
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Costa Rica
Jaime Espinosa-Tasón
Economía Agrícola
Gestión de RR.NN.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
182
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Costa Rica
José Fulvio Sandoval Vásquez
Economía
Derechos Humanos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
128
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Costa Rica
Suyen Alonso Ubieta
International Trade
Value Chain
local development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
116
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Costa Rica
Paula Arzadun
Economía Social
Cooperativismo
Negocios Internacionales
Estrategia Empresarial
Emprendizaje
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
69
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Costa Rica
Jorge Leon
Economics
Econometrics
Monetary policy
Climate Change
Labour Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
15
0.132
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Costa Rica
Conrado Cuevas
microeconomics
financial economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
30
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,209
Costa Rica
27
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Juan Robalino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,820
2,484
0.427
Applied microeconomics
development economics
environmental economics
impact evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,742
Costa Rica
40
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Luciano Ciravegna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,767
3,169
0.665
International business
entrepreneurship
emerging markets
Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,058
Costa Rica
99
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alberto Trejos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,201
368
0.167
Macroeconomics
monetary economics
trade and growth
search theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,306
Costa Rica
125
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Odalisca Breedy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,736
580
0.334
Taxanomy and systematic
biogeography
ecology of Octocorallia and Antipatharia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,451
Costa Rica
153
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nadia Ugalde Binda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,329
903
0.679
contabilidad
costos
pequeña empresa
emprendedurismo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,782
Costa Rica
158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Emilio G Zevallos Vallejos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,280
406
0.317
desarrollo económico
pymes
emprendimientos
mercado laboral
economía informal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
647,113
Costa Rica
174
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lawrence Pratt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,118
225
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
707,358
Costa Rica
201
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Leida Mercado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
944
713
0.755
Adaptación y mitigación del cambio climático
economía ambiental
agricultura climáticamente inteligente
valoración econ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,805
Costa Rica
208
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Róger Madrigal Ballestero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
345
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
769,248
Costa Rica
224
146
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Adriana Chacón Cascante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
794
369
0.465

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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
937,870
Costa Rica
304
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Alonso Alfaro Ureña
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
446
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,393
Costa Rica
314
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Federico Li Bonilla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
273
0.601
Cooperativismo
innovación
tecnologías disruptuvas
economía social
ODS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
969,416
Costa Rica
315
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Leonardo Sánchez Hernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
265
0.584
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
987,099
Costa Rica
321
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Cynthia Salas-Garita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
435
201
0.462
Economía forestal
proyectos
política y legislación forestal
extensión forestal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,014,462
Costa Rica
335
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mauricio Jenkins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
97
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,174,337
Costa Rica
420
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Leonel Fonseca-Retana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
276
104
0.377
Evaluación económica
Evaluación de Tecnologías de Salud
Farmacoeconomía
Innovación
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,205,871
Costa Rica
438
226
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pamela Jiménez-Fontana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
188
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,221,960
Costa Rica
442
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cristian Valverde Cordero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
67
0.271
política
economía
gestión de proyectos
disciplinas ágiles
religión
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,281,831
Costa Rica
472
245
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Edgar Robles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
40
0.186
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,309,408
Costa Rica
492
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jaime Espinosa-Tasón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201
182
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,332,887
Costa Rica
510
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
José Fulvio Sandoval Vásquez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
128
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,492,361
Costa Rica
629
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Suyen Alonso Ubieta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
116
0.866
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,524,194
Costa Rica
656
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Paula Arzadun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
69
0.552
Economía Social
Cooperativismo
Negocios Internacionales
Estrategia Empresarial
Emprendizaje
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,565,331
Costa Rica
696
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jorge Leon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
15
0.132
Economics
Econometrics
Monetary policy
Climate Change
Labour Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,634,309
Costa Rica
758
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Conrado Cuevas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
30
0.309
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