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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 226 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: 51
Biomedical Informatics
Medicine
Health
Computer Science
Time Motion Studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
730
0.722
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Medicina. Infectologia. Hantaviru
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
463
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Development
multidimensional analysis and public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
716
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
605
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Simulation
Operations Management
Multiobjective
Metaheuristics
Healthcar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
195
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
geotechnical engineering
structural engineering
earthquakes
earth pressures
numerical modellin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
649
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Health Economics
Health Polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
598
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
nutition
food security
food environments
public healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
490
0.552
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Materiales
Camino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
457
0.550
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Geologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
365
0.450
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
454
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Fisiología
quimiorreceptores arteriales
inflamación
educación médica
simulació
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
214
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Adipogenesis
Metabolic Syndrome
Cancer
Stem cell
obesit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
401
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
salud pública
epidemiología
enfermedades transmisible
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
240
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Salud Pública
epidemiología
envejecimiento
determinantes sociales de la salu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
673
366
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
bioinformatics
heteroplasmy
mitochondria
clinical genomics
rare disease
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
378
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Psicoterapia
Procesos relacionales
semióticos
Temporalidad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
294
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Behavioral economics
Experimental economics
Agent-based models
Moral psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
272
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Entrepreneurshi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
450
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Educación
Procesos Industriales
Estrategi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
378
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
economics
public polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
286
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Ciencia polític
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
223
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Bioética
ética medioambiental
bioderecho
Filosofí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
411
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Epidemiología
Estadística
Investigación Cualitativ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
229
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
342
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701,830
2,392
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Marcelo Lopetegui
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
730
0.722
Biomedical Informatics
Medicine
Health
Computer Science
Time Motion Studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701,974
2,393
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Francisca Valdivieso
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
463
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,977
2,504
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Mauricio Apablaza
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
716
0.759
Development
multidimensional analysis and public healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
727,040
2,506
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Juan Francisco Calderón Giadrosic
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
605
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731,105
2,525
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Felipe Baesler
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
933
195
0.209
Simulation
Operations Management
Multiobjective
Metaheuristics
Healthcar
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
737,035
2,555
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Gabriel Candia
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
917
649
0.708
geotechnical engineering
structural engineering
earthquakes
earth pressures
numerical modellin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
745,385
2,591
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Carla Castillo Laborde
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
896
598
0.667
Health Economics
Health Polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
749,046
2,608
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Anna Christina Pinheiro Fernandes
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
490
0.552
nutition
food security
food environments
public healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,122
2,713
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Alvaro Gonzalez Vaccarezza
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
457
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,262
2,748
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Christian Salazar
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
812
365
0.450
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
782,716
2,765
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Francisca Dussaillant
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
806
454
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837,750
2,998
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Edison Pablo Reyes Aramburu
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
214
0.311
Fisiología
quimiorreceptores arteriales
inflamación
educación médica
simulació
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
842,214
3,017
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
David Contador
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
401
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,425
3,021
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Andrea Olea Normandin
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
678
240
0.354
salud pública
epidemiología
enfermedades transmisible
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
845,850
3,033
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Macarena Hirmas Adauy
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
673
366
0.544
Salud Pública
epidemiología
envejecimiento
determinantes sociales de la salu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
858,436
3,080
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Boris Rebolledo Jaramillo
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
378
0.582
bioinformatics
heteroplasmy
mitochondria
clinical genomics
rare disease
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
860,174
3,084
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
María Elisa Molina Pavez
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
646
294
0.455
Psicoterapia
Procesos relacionales
semióticos
Temporalidad
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864,051
3,097
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Ricardo Andrés Guzmán
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
272
0.426
Behavioral economics
Experimental economics
Agent-based models
Moral psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
873,299
3,136
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Carlos Poblete
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
622
450
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
879,004
3,162
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Hector Valdes-Gonzalez
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
612
378
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
888,055
3,195
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Rodrigo Troncoso
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
597
286
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
892,526
3,209
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Eugenio Guzman
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
590
223
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
893,531
3,213
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Juan Alberto Lecaros Urzúa
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
588
411
0.699
Bioética
ética medioambiental
bioderecho
Filosofí
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,246
3,221
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Patricio Fabián Oliva Mella
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
229
0.392
Epidemiología
Estadística
Investigación Cualitativ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
900,587
3,236
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Paul Bosch
Universidad del Desarrollo
Santiago, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
577
342
0.593