Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador is a prestigious private university established in 1946 in Ecuador. It is represented by 278 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (97 scientists), Natural Sciences (56 scientists), and Social Sciences (42 scientists).

Total 27 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Renato Valencia
Tropical forest dynamics and species diversity
conservation of plants and carbon dynamics in Amazonian forests
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
40
0.702
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Santiago R Ron
Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Biology
Herpetology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Omar Torres Carvajal
Evolutionary Biology
Biogeography
Phylogenetic Systematics
Ecology
Herpetology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Hugo Navarrete
Biodiversidad
etnobotánica
biotecnología
uso de recursos naturales
conservación.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
19
0.731
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Miryan Rivera
Detección de biomoléculas con actividad antibacteriana
antifúngica
antiparasitario y anticancerígena procedente de la piel de anfibios
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Santiago Burneo
mastozoología
sistemas de información geográfica
conservación
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Priscilla Muriel
Systematic botany
long-term vegetation and climate monitoring systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Patricio Andino Guarderas
Limnología Ecología Conservación
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Verónica Crespo Pérez
Ecologia
ecología de insectos
ecología funcional
ecologia de rios
ecología de plagas y especies invasivas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Andres Merino Viteri
Amphibian ecology
Ecophysiology
Climate change impacts
Threatened species conservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Consuelo Hernandez
ecology
economic botany
database management
environmental consultancy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Susana León Yánez
Botánica
Paleoecología
Paleobotánica
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Javier Carvajal Barriga
Yeasts Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Biorefinery
Microbial Archaeology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Rafael E. Cárdenas
community ecology
functional ecology
above- belowground interactions
plant-herbivore interactions
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
M. Alejandra Camacho
Zoología
Mastozoología
Murciélagos
Taxonomía
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Catalina Quintana
Species composition
plant ecology
dry ecosystems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nicolás Tinoco
Sistemática y Evolución
Micro-mamíferos
Ecología
Dosel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Cesar Yumiseva
SIG
Ecoepidemiología
Ecología de Enfermedades Infecciosas
Modelamiento de Nicho Ecológico
Geoestadística.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Maria F. Checa
Butterflies
community ecology
biodiversity conservation
conservation biology
sustainability
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Lien Gonzalez Perez
Plant Biology
Biostimulants
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Renato Valencia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
40
0.702
Tropical forest dynamics and species diversity
conservation of plants and carbon dynamics in Amazonian forests
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Santiago R Ron
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
28
0.757
Evolutionary Biology
Conservation Biology
Herpetology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Omar Torres Carvajal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
22
0.733
Evolutionary Biology
Biogeography
Phylogenetic Systematics
Ecology
Herpetology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hugo Navarrete
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
19
0.731
Biodiversidad
etnobotánica
biotecnología
uso de recursos naturales
conservación.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Miryan Rivera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Detección de biomoléculas con actividad antibacteriana
antifúngica
antiparasitario y anticancerígena procedente de la piel de anfibios
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Santiago Burneo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
mastozoología
sistemas de información geográfica
conservación
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Priscilla Muriel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
17
0.944
Systematic botany
long-term vegetation and climate monitoring systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patricio Andino Guarderas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Verónica Crespo Pérez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Ecologia
ecología de insectos
ecología funcional
ecologia de rios
ecología de plagas y especies invasivas
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andres Merino Viteri
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
Amphibian ecology
Ecophysiology
Climate change impacts
Threatened species conservation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Consuelo Hernandez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
ecology
economic botany
database management
environmental consultancy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Susana León Yánez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Katya Romoleroux
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
13
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Javier Carvajal Barriga
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Yeasts Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Biorefinery
Microbial Archaeology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Oscar D. Perez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Rafael E. Cárdenas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
11
0.917
community ecology
functional ecology
above- belowground interactions
plant-herbivore interactions
biodiversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
M. Alejandra Camacho
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
Zoología
Mastozoología
Murciélagos
Taxonomía
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Catalina Quintana
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
Species composition
plant ecology
dry ecosystems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nicolás Tinoco
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
10
1.000
Sistemática y Evolución
Micro-mamíferos
Ecología
Dosel
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Cesar Yumiseva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
SIG
Ecoepidemiología
Ecología de Enfermedades Infecciosas
Modelamiento de Nicho Ecológico
Geoestadística.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrés Romero-Carvajal
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
9
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ailin Blasco-Zuñiga|Ailin Blasco
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maria F. Checa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
Butterflies
community ecology
biodiversity conservation
conservation biology
sustainability
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lien Gonzalez Perez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
6
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yerka Sagredo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750