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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 579 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: 1
Geología
Volcanología
Geofísica
Sismologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,169
18,144
0.693
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 4
biological oceanography
phytoplankton ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,225
6,660
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Crop Physiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
3,406
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,673
1,635
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Systematics
Evolutionary Biology
Mammalog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,871
3,943
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant functional biology - Fire ecology - Stress ecophysiology - Plant evolutionary ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,429
4,467
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marine biology
Ecophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,222
2,776
0.384
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Biological Oceanograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,081
2,585
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marine Biology
Photobiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,757
2,353
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Computational drug design
Biomedical informatics
Biomolecular simulation
Chemoinformatics
Artificial intelligenc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,455
2,453
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Neotectonics
Coastal Geomorphology
Earthquake Geology
Paleoseismolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,336
2,774
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paleoclimatology
Environmental Sciences
Forest Ecology
Dendrochronolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,166
3,322
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
GEOARQUEOLOGIA
SEDIMENTOLOGI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,072
2,845
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
química de productos naturales
plant natural products
metabolomics
food chemistry
phytochemistr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,586
3,557
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
genome evolution
gene family evolution
molecular evolution
comparative genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,260
1,956
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
ecología playas arenosas
desastres naturales y fauna acuátic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,126
1,007
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Servicios ecosistémicos
planificación de la conservación
gobernanz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,986
2,701
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Physiology of Fish
Stress
Endocrine responses
Aquaculture
Pollutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,846
2,740
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative Neurobiology
Remyelination
Multiple Sclerosis
Vascular Nich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,818
2,553
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Evolutionary Physiology
Physiological Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,779
2,005
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Silviculture
forest ecology
community forest management
forest polic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,609
2,091
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
biotecnologia diagnostico y terapi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,088
1,733
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ubiquitin
Autophagy
Cance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,001
1,125
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,714
34
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Daniel Martínez Olguín
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,169
18,144
0.693
Geología
Volcanología
Geofísica
Sismologí
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,553
71
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
60,029
78
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
75,254
104
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jl Iriarte
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,225
6,660
0.504
biological oceanography
phytoplankton ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,312
200
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniel Calderini
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,676
3,406
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,357
201
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Carlos D Figueroa
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,673
1,635
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
137,301
231
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guillermo D Elía
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,871
3,943
0.501
Systematics
Evolutionary Biology
Mammalog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,089
249
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Susana Paula
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,429
4,467
0.601
Plant functional biology - Fire ecology - Stress ecophysiology - Plant evolutionary ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,479
259
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jorge M Navarro
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,222
2,776
0.384
Marine biology
Ecophysiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
153,691
272
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Humberto González Estay
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,081
2,585
0.365
Biological Oceanograph
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,331
288
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Iván Gómez
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,757
2,353
0.348
Marine Biology
Photobiolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,203
360
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Claudio Cavasotto
Universidad Austral
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,455
2,453
0.380
Computational drug design
Biomedical informatics
Biomolecular simulation
Chemoinformatics
Artificial intelligenc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,388
325
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Daniel Melnick
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,336
2,774
0.438
Neotectonics
Coastal Geomorphology
Earthquake Geology
Paleoseismolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
177,158
335
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Duncan A Christie
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,166
3,322
0.539
Paleoclimatology
Environmental Sciences
Forest Ecology
Dendrochronolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,943
342
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mario Pino
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,072
2,845
0.469
GEOARQUEOLOGIA
SEDIMENTOLOGI
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,407
385
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mario J Simirgiotis
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,586
3,557
0.637
química de productos naturales
plant natural products
metabolomics
food chemistry
phytochemistr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,211
411
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Juan C Opazo
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,260
1,956
0.372
genome evolution
gene family evolution
molecular evolution
comparative genomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
212,424
424
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eduardo Jaramillo
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,126
1,007
0.196
ecología playas arenosas
desastres naturales y fauna acuátic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,209
446
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Laura Nahuelhual
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,986
2,701
0.542
Servicios ecosistémicos
planificación de la conservación
gobernanz
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,135
465
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Luis Vargas Chacoff
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,846
2,740
0.565
Physiology of Fish
Stress
Endocrine responses
Aquaculture
Pollutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,416
475
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Francisco J Rivera
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,818
2,553
0.530
Regenerative Medicine
Regenerative Neurobiology
Remyelination
Multiple Sclerosis
Vascular Nich
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227,133
482
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roberto F Nespolo
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,779
2,005
0.420
Evolutionary Physiology
Physiological Ecolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,939
507
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pablo J Donoso
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,609
2,091
0.454
Silviculture
forest ecology
community forest management
forest polic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,389
580
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alejandro J Yañez
Universidad Austral de Chile
Valdivia, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,088
1,733
0.424
biotecnologia diagnostico y terapi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,385
748
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mario Rossi
Universidad Austral
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,001
1,125
0.281