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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
313,619
Country Rank
62
Institution Rank : 49
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![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Miguel A Rivera](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/56/812148.jpg)
Fisiologia del ejercicio
Genomica humana
Epidemiologia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,029
691
0.228
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
314,972
Country Rank
63
Institution Rank : 50
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Yomaira J Pagan Torres](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c4/785261.jpg)
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,505
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
317,054
Country Rank
64
Institution Rank : 51
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![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Edna Acosta Pérez](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/14/4528622.jpg)
Behavioral and community engaged research in asthma
HIV
obesity
family violence and depression/anxiety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,989
1,845
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
323,656
Country Rank
65
Institution Rank : 52
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Felix E Fernandez](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Thin film materials
Nonlinear optical properties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,915
939
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
325,549
Country Rank
66
Institution Rank : 53
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Vladimir I Makarov](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d0/819288.jpg)
spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,894
1,572
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
327,085
Country Rank
67
Institution Rank : 54
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Jaime E Ramirez Vick](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bc/785253.jpg)
Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Biophysical Stimulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,877
1,661
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
333,025
Country Rank
68
Institution Rank : 55
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Jose L Melendez](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f1/786826.jpg)
Intelligent Networks
Artificial Thinking
Decision Making
eCommerce
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,814
414
0.147
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
336,431
Country Rank
69
Institution Rank : 56
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Restrepo Carla](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Large-Scale Ecology
Macroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
640
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
347,334
Country Rank
70
Institution Rank : 57
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Jose Toro Alfonso](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2e/812145.jpg)
Genero
masculinidades
VIH/SIDA
familias no tradicionales
homosexualidades
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,672
874
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
347,705
Country Rank
71
Institution Rank : 58
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Rodolfo J Romanach](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/79/793744.jpg)
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Continuous Manufacturing
Process Analytical Technology
Theory of Sampling
Near Infrared and Ram
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,668
1,416
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
352,503
Country Rank
72
Institution Rank : 59
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Jose C Verle Rodrigues](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/42/817313.jpg)
invasive species
microbiology
entomology
plant pathology
agronomy.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
894
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
353,778
Country Rank
73
Institution Rank : 60
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Samuel P Hernandez Rivera](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/74/806540.jpg)
Explosives Properties and Detection
Spectroscopy based Detection of Che-Bio Threats
Chemometrics Enhanced Spectroscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,610
1,015
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
360,605
Country Rank
74
Institution Rank : 61
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Dimuth Siritunga](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d1/784238.jpg)
Plant Biotechnology
genetics diversity
molecular biology
gene expression
food security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,548
1,049
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
362,720
Country Rank
75
Institution Rank : 62
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Miguel E Castro](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Nanomaterials
explosive detection
biomedical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
804
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
369,552
Country Rank
76
Institution Rank : 63
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Edwin A Hernandez Delgado](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/799146.jpg)
Coral Reef Ecology
Conservation Biology
Climate Change Impacts in Coral Reefs
Anthropogenic Impacts on Tropical Marine Ecosys
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
1,229
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
370,006
Country Rank
77
Institution Rank : 64
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Luis R Navedo Sanchez](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Medicina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
971
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
374,472
Country Rank
78
Institution Rank : 65
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Elvia Melendez Ackerman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3b/788938.jpg)
Conservation Biology
Plant Reproductive Ecology
Pollination Biology
Urban Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
920
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
376,692
Country Rank
79
Institution Rank : 66
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Hector J Carlo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/802084.jpg)
Distribution Logistics & Material Handling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,407
1,276
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
380,238
Country Rank
80
Institution Rank : 67
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Edgar Acuna](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fa/798514.jpg)
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Statistics
Bigdata
Data Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,378
1,008
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
381,337
Country Rank
81
Institution Rank : 68
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Francisco Bezares](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/807339.jpg)
Photonics and Nanophotonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
1,171
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
381,594
Country Rank
82
Institution Rank : 69
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Marvin J Bayro](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c5/797297.jpg)
Protein Structure
NMR Spectroscopy
HIV Structure
Amyloid Fibrils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
838
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
382,141
Country Rank
83
Institution Rank : 70
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Jorge Colón](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/eb/803355.jpg)
Layered inorganic compounds
artificial photosynthesis and solar fuels
electrocatalysis
drug delivery
biosensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,363
728
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
386,771
Country Rank
84
Institution Rank : 71
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Ratnakar Palai](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/807336.jpg)
III-Nitride based Wide bandgap semiconductors
Magnetoelectric Multiferroics
spintronics
magnetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,326
796
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
389,886
Country Rank
85
Institution Rank : 72
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Sean Locke](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
1,358
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
390,414
Country Rank
86
Institution Rank : 73
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9392.jpg)
![Puerto Rico](/flags/pr.png)
![Alex J Ruiz Torres](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b2/807337.jpg)
Production Planning
Supply Chain Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
912
0.397
Miguel A Rivera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,029
691
0.228
Yomaira J Pagan Torres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,013
1,505
0.500
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Edna Acosta Pérez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,989
1,845
0.617
Behavioral and community engaged research in asthma
HIV
obesity
family violence and depression/anxiety
Felix E Fernandez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,915
939
0.322
Thin film materials
Nonlinear optical properties
Vladimir I Makarov
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,894
1,572
0.543
Jaime E Ramirez Vick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,877
1,661
0.577
Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering
Regenerative Medicine
Biophysical Stimulation
Jose L Melendez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,814
414
0.147
Intelligent Networks
Artificial Thinking
Decision Making
eCommerce
Restrepo Carla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,780
640
0.230
Large-Scale Ecology
Macroecology
Jose Toro Alfonso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,672
874
0.327
Genero
masculinidades
VIH/SIDA
familias no tradicionales
homosexualidades
Rodolfo J Romanach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,668
1,416
0.531
Pharmaceutical manufacturing
Continuous Manufacturing
Process Analytical Technology
Theory of Sampling
Near Infrared and Ram
Jose C Verle Rodrigues
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
894
0.341
invasive species
microbiology
entomology
plant pathology
agronomy.
Samuel P Hernandez Rivera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,610
1,015
0.389
Explosives Properties and Detection
Spectroscopy based Detection of Che-Bio Threats
Chemometrics Enhanced Spectroscopy
Dimuth Siritunga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,548
1,049
0.412
Plant Biotechnology
genetics diversity
molecular biology
gene expression
food security
Miguel E Castro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,529
804
0.318
Nanomaterials
explosive detection
biomedical sciences
Edwin A Hernandez Delgado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,468
1,229
0.498
Coral Reef Ecology
Conservation Biology
Climate Change Impacts in Coral Reefs
Anthropogenic Impacts on Tropical Marine Ecosys
Luis R Navedo Sanchez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,464
971
0.394
Elvia Melendez Ackerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,426
920
0.379
Conservation Biology
Plant Reproductive Ecology
Pollination Biology
Urban Ecology
Social-Ecological Systems
Hector J Carlo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,407
1,276
0.530
Distribution Logistics & Material Handling
Edgar Acuna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,378
1,008
0.424
Data Mining
Machine Learning
Statistics
Bigdata
Data Science
Francisco Bezares
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,369
1,171
0.494
Marvin J Bayro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,367
838
0.354
Protein Structure
NMR Spectroscopy
HIV Structure
Amyloid Fibrils
Jorge Colón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,363
728
0.308
Layered inorganic compounds
artificial photosynthesis and solar fuels
electrocatalysis
drug delivery
biosensors
Ratnakar Palai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,326
796
0.342
III-Nitride based Wide bandgap semiconductors
Magnetoelectric Multiferroics
spintronics
magnetic
Sean Locke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
1,358
0.590
Alex J Ruiz Torres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,297
912
0.397
Production Planning
Supply Chain Management