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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 5.237 Scientists Citation 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: 26
Neurosciences
Neuron-Glia Crosstalk
Neurodegeneratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,658
8,032
0.409
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
visual perception
consciousness research
signal processin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,327
5,181
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Alpine ecology
pollination
biogeography
conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,113
5,452
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Microelectronics
particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,610
16,483
0.886
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Marketin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,272
6,766
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
medicinal chemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,152
6,008
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
cell metabolism
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum
agin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,949
8,088
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
cardiovascular
calcium signalin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,895
7,566
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
asthma
recurrent wheezing
acute viral bronchiolitis
respiratory tract infections
PIB
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,121
5,848
0.342
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Radioastronomía
Instrumentación Astronómic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,012
5,311
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Estrés oxidativo
mecanismos de daño y protección hepático
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,951
4,653
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,933
6,607
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
pharmacology gene therapy alcoholis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,880
1,509
0.089
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Ecological Restoratio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,706
7,504
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,418
11,780
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Endocrinologia y Metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,761
6,117
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Liver disease
alcohol-associated liver disease
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
live
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,581
14,614
0.938
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,305
7,043
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Autophagy
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Obesity and derived affections
Oral disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,995
6,386
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Human population genetics
biological anthropolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,655
4,371
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Obesity
adipose tissue dysfunction
calcium sensing recepto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,024
6,503
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
community ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,879
4,807
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Neuroscience
cognitive and comparative
neuroanatom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,574
3,635
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Direct Democracy
Comparative Politics
Referendums
Citizenship
Latin American Politic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,552
8,076
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Morpholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,466
4,518
0.336
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,594
51
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Juan A Orellana *
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,658
8,032
0.409
Neurosciences
Neuron-Glia Crosstalk
Neurodegeneratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,604
53
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Eugenio Rodriguez Balboa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,327
5,181
0.268
visual perception
consciousness research
signal processin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,305
54
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Mary TK Arroyo
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,113
5,452
0.285
Alpine ecology
pollination
biogeography
conservatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,073
55
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Angel Abusleme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,610
16,483
0.886
Microelectronics
particle physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,294
59
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Francisco Rodriguez
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,272
6,766
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,712
60
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Eugenio Uriarte
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,152
6,008
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,473
62
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Roberto Bravo Sagua
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,949
8,088
0.451
cell metabolism
mitochondria
endoplasmic reticulum
agin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,703
63
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Zully Pedrozo
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,895
7,566
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,758
66
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jose Antonio Castro Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,121
5,848
0.342
asthma
recurrent wheezing
acute viral bronchiolitis
respiratory tract infections
PIB
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,211
67
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Leonardo Bronfman
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,012
5,311
0.312
Radioastronomía
Instrumentación Astronómic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,477
68
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Luis A Videla
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,951
4,653
0.274
Estrés oxidativo
mecanismos de daño y protección hepático
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,551
69
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Márcio Catelan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,933
6,607
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,807
70
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Yedy Israel
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,880
1,509
0.089
pharmacology gene therapy alcoholis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,604
71
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Antonio Lara
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,706
7,504
0.449
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Ecological Restoratio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,875
72
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Stefan Gelcich C.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,418
11,780
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,092
78
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Carlos B Gonzalez *
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,761
6,117
0.388
Endocrinologia y Metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,039
80
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Juan Pablo Arab
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,581
14,614
0.938
Liver disease
alcohol-associated liver disease
non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
live
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,434
82
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Rodrigo Troncoso
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,305
7,043
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,102
84
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Mauricio Budini
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,995
6,386
0.426
Cellular and Molecular Biology
Autophagy
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Obesity and derived affections
Oral disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,067
88
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Francisco Rothhammer
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,655
4,371
0.298
Human population genetics
biological anthropolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,993
93
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Mariana Cifuentes
Universidad de Chile
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,024
6,503
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,912
95
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Sergio A Navarrete
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,879
4,807
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,877
97
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Francisco Aboitiz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,574
3,635
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,047
98
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
David Altman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,552
8,076
0.596
Direct Democracy
Comparative Politics
Referendums
Citizenship
Latin American Politic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,634
100
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
José Antonio Vega
Universidad Autónoma de Chile
Temuco, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,466
4,518
0.336