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Universidad Nacional Costa Rica Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :76
Educación preescolar
primera infancia
investigación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
97
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Diversas áreas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
94
0.122
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Imaginarios sociales
identidades nacionales
patrones de convivencia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
93
0.359
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Patrimonio Cultural
Pintura
Técnicas de análisis
Fotografía
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
92
0.948
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
91
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Interculturalidad y Practicas pedagógicas
Diversidad Cultura
Juventudes
Orientación educativa y vocacional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
90
0.865
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Ciencias políticas y comunicación
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
87
0.870
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Natural products
Secondary metabolites
Biochemistry
Phytochemistry
Biological Chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
86
0.935
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
STM
AFM
Condensed Matter Physics
Biophysics
Molecular Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
85
0.904
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
psicología
psicología del ejercicio
psicología holística
tango
tango terapéutico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
84
0.556
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Psicoanálisis
Teoría Política
Filosofía Contemporánea.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
84
0.656
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
geografía e innovación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Mycology
plant parasitic fungi
systematics
taxonomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
80
0.808
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Anaerobic Digestion
Bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
80
0.964
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Cognitive psychology
Healthy Aging/ Information and Communication Technologies / Social Cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
78
0.619
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
77
0.285
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Educación
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
77
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Inverse problems and imaging.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
76
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
educational research
pronunciation
translation
student motivation
ICT in language teaching
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
75
0.882
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Sufrimiento
lazosocial
sexualidad
enfermedad
pobreza.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
74
0.454
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
archaeology
Costa Rica
precolombian architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
70
0.598
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Biología celular
Bioquímica de Proteínas
Proteómica
Biotecnología
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
69
0.575
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Gestión ambiental
control ambiental
indicadores ambientales
Programa de Gestión Ambiental Institucional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
69
0.605
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Quimica
Quimica Ambiental
Tecnologia en Alimentos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
69
0.676
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Geochemistry
vulcanology
ecotoxicology
environmental sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
68
0.266
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,435,775
563
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Rocio Castillo
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
97
0.655
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,448,162
575
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Kendall Ortega
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
773
94
0.122
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,453,272
579
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Alexander Jiménez Matarrita
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
93
0.359
Imaginarios sociales
identidades nacionales
patrones de convivencia
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,460,767
585
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Geraldine Conejo-Barboza
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
92
0.948
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,463,287
587
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Alonso Ramirez Cover
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
91
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,469,678
592
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Carol Morales Trejos
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
90
0.865
Interculturalidad y Practicas pedagógicas
Diversidad Cultura
Juventudes
Orientación educativa y vocacional
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,484,494
606
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Dra. Cynthia Mora Izaguirre
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100
87
0.870
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,489,844
613
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Victor Alvarez Valverde
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
86
0.935
Natural products
Secondary metabolites
Biochemistry
Phytochemistry
Biological Chemistry
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,494,627
617
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Giovanni Sáenz-Arce
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
85
0.904
STM
AFM
Condensed Matter Physics
Biophysics
Molecular Electronics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,497,878
619
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Ginette Sánchez Gutiérrez
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
151
84
0.556
psicología
psicología del ejercicio
psicología holística
tango
tango terapéutico
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,498,269
620
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Laura Álvarez Garro
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
84
0.656
Psicoanálisis
Teoría Política
Filosofía Contemporánea.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,498,699
621
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Geannina Moraga López
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
84
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,520,074
636
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Melissa Mardones
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
80
0.808
Mycology
plant parasitic fungi
systematics
taxonomy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,521,302
639
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Juan Pablo Rojas-Sossa
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
80
0.964
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,529,777
648
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
María Dolores Castro Rojas
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
78
0.619
Cognitive psychology
Healthy Aging/ Information and Communication Technologies / Social Cognition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,533,934
652
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Teresita Coto Morales
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
77
0.285
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539,013
655
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Sara Leon Gonzalez
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
77
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,539,922
658
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Carlos Montalto
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
76
0.472
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,547,598
664
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Lindsay Chaves-Fernández
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
75
0.882
educational research
pronunciation
translation
student motivation
ICT in language teaching
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,551,060
666
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Isabel Gamboa Barboza
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
74
0.454
Sufrimiento
lazosocial
sexualidad
enfermedad
pobreza.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,574,615
691
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Jeffrey Peytrequín
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
70
0.598
archaeology
Costa Rica
precolombian architecture
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,580,365
699
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Javier Alvarado-Mesén
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
69
0.575
Biología celular
Bioquímica de Proteínas
Proteómica
Biotecnología
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,580,506
700
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Fabián Chavarría Solera
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
69
0.605
Gestión ambiental
control ambiental
indicadores ambientales
Programa de Gestión Ambiental Institucional
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,580,872
701
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Rosa Alfaro Solís
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
69
0.676
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,585,302
706
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Jairo García-Céspedes
Universidad Nacional Costa Rica
Sasn Pedro, Costa Rica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
68
0.266
Geochemistry
vulcanology
ecotoxicology
environmental sciences