Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Gestión Ambiental
Recurso Hídrico
Modelación Matemática
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,045
3,288
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Natural Resources Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,487
2,076
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Pago por Servicios Ambientales
Biomasa forestal
Sistemas de Información Geográfica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,198
3,742
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,410
2,550
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Waste Management
Construction Waste Minimization
Sanitation
Marine Litter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
2,122
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Protected horticulture
entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,201
1,230
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
signal integrity
microelectronics
system integration and test
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
706
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
silvicultura
restauración
ecologia
botánica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,748
540
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Assisted Reproduction
Andrology
Animal Reproduction
CASA Systems
Bioethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,398
1,244
0.890
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Photovoltaic Systems
Control Theory
Power Electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,350
541
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
High Performance Computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,347
517
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Cultivo de tejidos vegetales
conservación in vitro
crioconservación
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,274
500
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
innovation
SMEs
entrepreneurship
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,233
845
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Organic emerging pollutants
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Dioxins and Furans
Organic Synthesis
Electric and electronic waste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
884
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computational Biology
Software Engineering
Marketing Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
545
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
propiedades de la madera
biomateriales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,068
660
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
manejo de bosques
silvicultura tropical
bosques secundarios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,042
478
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Redes colaborativas
flujos de trabajo científicos
inteligencia de negocios
arquitectura de información web
e-learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,017
135
0.133
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
SANIDAD FORESTAL
ENTOMOLOGIA FORESTAL
PATOLOGÍA FORESTAL
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,000
374
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Metals
Nanostructured Materials
Characterization
Electron Microscopy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
966
718
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Tecnología de la madera
biodeterioro de la madera
bioprocesos de la madera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
957
632
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Matemática educativa. Investigación educativa. Elementos afectivos en el aprendizaje de la
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
491
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Fisiología de la producción
silvicultura de plantaciones
manejo de la productividad forestal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
903
665
0.736
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Algorithmic Graph Theory
Biodiversity Informatics
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Scientific Data Visualization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
732
0.814
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Biostatistics
Biometrics
Tropical forest management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
281
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,336
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Freddy Araya Rodríguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,045
3,288
0.467
Gestión Ambiental
Recurso Hídrico
Modelación Matemática
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,154
31
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Julio Calvo Alvarado
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,487
2,076
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
197,244
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edgar Ortiz Malavasi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,198
3,742
0.720
Pago por Servicios Ambientales
Biomasa forestal
Sistemas de Información Geográfica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,759
41
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
RóGer Moya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,410
2,550
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
290,316
58
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lilliana Abarca Guerrero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,404
2,122
0.623
Waste Management
Construction Waste Minimization
Sanitation
Marine Litter
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
410,866
95
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carlos Ramírez Vargas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,201
1,230
0.559
Protected horticulture
entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
470,154
117
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Renato Rimolo Donadio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,824
706
0.387
signal integrity
microelectronics
system integration and test
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
483,977
123
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luis Guillermo Acosta Vargas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,748
540
0.309
silvicultura
restauración
ecologia
botánica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
559,422
146
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Anthony Valverde Abarca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,398
1,244
0.890
Assisted Reproduction
Andrology
Animal Reproduction
CASA Systems
Bioethics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
571,767
148
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Carlos Meza Benavides|Carlos Meza Benavides, C. Meza, Carlos Meza B.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,350
541
0.401
Photovoltaic Systems
Control Theory
Power Electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
572,508
149
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Esteban Meneses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,347
517
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,064
156
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ana Abdelnour Esquivel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,274
500
0.392
Cultivo de tejidos vegetales
conservación in vitro
crioconservación
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,293
159
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juan Carlos Leiva
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,233
845
0.685
innovation
SMEs
entrepreneurship
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
628,179
168
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Floria Roa Gutierrez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,150
884
0.769
Organic emerging pollutants
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Dioxins and Furans
Organic Synthesis
Electric and electronic waste
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
637,781
170
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Juan Esquivel Rodriguez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,120
545
0.487
Machine Learning
Data Mining
Computational Biology
Software Engineering
Marketing Analytics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
654,788
176
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carolina Tenorio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,068
660
0.618
propiedades de la madera
biomateriales
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
663,666
177
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ruperto Quesada Monge
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,042
478
0.459
manejo de bosques
silvicultura tropical
bosques secundarios
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
672,610
185
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cesar Garita
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,017
135
0.133
Redes colaborativas
flujos de trabajo científicos
inteligencia de negocios
arquitectura de información web
e-learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
678,612
190
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marcela Arguedas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,000
374
0.374
SANIDAD FORESTAL
ENTOMOLOGIA FORESTAL
PATOLOGÍA FORESTAL
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
690,823
195
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jorge M Cubero Sesin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
966
718
0.743
Metals
Nanostructured Materials
Characterization
Electron Microscopy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
694,211
198
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Alexander Berrocal Jiménez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
957
632
0.660
Tecnología de la madera
biodeterioro de la madera
bioprocesos de la madera
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
703,726
202
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luis Gerardo Meza Cascante
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
932
491
0.527
Matemática educativa. Investigación educativa. Elementos afectivos en el aprendizaje de la
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
715,144
206
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dagoberto Arias Aguilar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
903
665
0.736
Fisiología de la producción
silvicultura de plantaciones
manejo de la productividad forestal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,672
209
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Erick Mata Montero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
899
732
0.814
Algorithmic Graph Theory
Biodiversity Informatics
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Scientific Data Visualization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
718,940
211
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marlen Camacho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
894
281
0.314
Biostatistics
Biometrics
Tropical forest management