Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Social Sciences and Humanities Highly Cited Researchers 457 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
Literatura centroamericana
literatura costarricense
literatura regional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,952
2,340
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
Political History
Cultural History
Costa Rica History
Central America History
Science Fiction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,798
1,726
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Health Psychology
Behavioral Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,677
2,002
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Psicología Social
Social psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,282
2,780
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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: 7
information science
library science
information access
computer science
technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,850
3,038
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
media psychology
cyberpsychology
social cognition
misinformation
psicologia de los usos y efectos de las Tecnologías digit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,557
2,097
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Exercise Physiology
Aging
Measurement and Evaluation
Exercise Psychology
Soccer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,119
1,769
0.567
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Exercise Physiology
Sports Nutrition
Exercise Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
967
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Critical algorithm studies
critical data studies
media and communications
new media and society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,630
1,747
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Psychology
Couples Therapy
Research Methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,471
2,167
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Social Sciences
Sociology
Violence against women
femicide
feminisms in Latin America
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,212
942
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Educación a distancia
innovación educativa
ciencia de alimentos
educación a distancia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,210
628
0.284
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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: 16
psicometría
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,897
812
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Psicología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,896
500
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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: 19
educación matemática
historia y filosofía de las matemáticas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
507
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Historia
Memoria
Identidad
América Latina
Nacionalismo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
646
0.474
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Media Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,344
1,033
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Women History
Domestic Violence
Sufragist Movement
Costa Rica History
Central America History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
325
0.244
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
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: 24
innovation
SMEs
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,298
795
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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
Rankings
150,289
20
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Francisco Rodríguez Cascante
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,952
2,340
0.337
Literatura centroamericana
literatura costarricense
literatura regional
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
180,209
27
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Juan Robalino
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
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
180,918
28
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Iván Molina Jiménez
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,798
1,726
0.298
Political History
Cultural History
Costa Rica History
Central America History
Science Fiction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,663
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Benicio Gutiérrez Doña
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,677
2,002
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,092
33
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vanessa Smith Castro
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,282
2,780
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,742
40
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Luciano Ciravegna
INCAE Business School
Alajuela, Costa Rica
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
265,997
49
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
E Ciencias De La Información
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,850
3,038
0.789
information science
library science
information access
computer science
technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,864
57
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rolando Pérez Sánchez|Rolando Pérez, Rolando Pérez-Sanchez
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,557
2,097
0.590
media psychology
cyberpsychology
social cognition
misinformation
psicologia de los usos y efectos de las Tecnologías digit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
318,338
67
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
José Moncada Jiménez
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,119
1,769
0.567
Exercise Physiology
Aging
Measurement and Evaluation
Exercise Psychology
Soccer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
357,297
82
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Luis Fernando Aragon Vargas
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,706
967
0.357
Exercise Physiology
Sports Nutrition
Exercise Science
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
365,377
83
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ignacio Siles|Ignacio Siles Gonzalez
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,630
1,747
0.664
Critical algorithm studies
critical data studies
media and communications
new media and society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,394
88
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diego Vega
Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,471
2,167
0.877
Psychology
Couples Therapy
Research Methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,457
97
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Montserrat Sagot
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,212
942
0.426
Social Sciences
Sociology
Violence against women
femicide
feminisms in Latin America
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,784
98
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carmen Andrés Jiménez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,210
628
0.284
Educación a distancia
innovación educativa
ciencia de alimentos
educación a distancia
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
418,058
99
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alberto Trejos
INCAE Business School
Alajuela, Costa Rica
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
465,089
113
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Eiliana Montero
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,897
812
0.428
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
465,306
114
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Henning Jensen Pennington
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,896
500
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,306
125
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Odalisca Breedy
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
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
560,761
145
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Angel Ruiz
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,427
507
0.355
educación matemática
historia y filosofía de las matemáticas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
576,430
149
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David Díaz Arias
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
646
0.474
Historia
Memoria
Identidad
América Latina
Nacionalismo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,463
150
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David Torres
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,344
1,033
0.769
Media Psychology
Evolutionary Psychology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,352
152
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Eugenia Rodriguez Sáenz
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,330
325
0.244
Women History
Domestic Violence
Sufragist Movement
Costa Rica History
Central America History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
585,451
153
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nadia Ugalde Binda
Universidad de Costa Rica
San José, Costa Rica
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
593,663
157
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Juan Carlos Leiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,298
795
0.612
innovation
SMEs
entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
598,782
158
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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