Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas is a prestigious institution university established in 1955 in Venezuela. It is represented by 98 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Natural Sciences (48 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (15 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (7 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe
Hypertension
glomerulonephrtis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
44
0.524
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ernesto Medina
Physiological Ecology Tropical Plants
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
22
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jon Paul Rodríguez
Conservation biology
threatened species
threatened ecosystems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
37
0.685
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Horacio Vanegas
neuroscience
descending control of pain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
14
0.280
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rafael Herrera
Tropical Forests Ecology
Soils
Biogeochemistry
Global Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
25
0.521
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Howard Takiff
Tuberculosis
Leptospirosis
Klebsiella
Acinetobacter
Human Genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
24
0.558
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ernesto Bonilla
Neurociencias
neurotoxicologia
envejecimiento
Huntington disease
chronic manganese poisoning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
16
0.410
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joaquin L. Brito
heterogeneous catalysis
surface physicochemistry
materials physicochemistry
oil hydrotreatment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
19
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Flor Helene Pujol
Virology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
17
0.472
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Enrique Vazquez
Neurofisiología
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
21
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carlo Caputo
Muscle Physiology
Calcium Homeostasis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
12
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jafet M. Nassar
Ecología de interacciones planta-animal
genética de poblaciones de angiospermas
ecología y conservación de murciélagos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Margarita Lampo
Life Sciences
Ecology and Epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
15
0.536
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Giovanni Marin
Física
Semiconductores
Energía Solar Fotovoltaica
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stanford Zent
Environmental Anthropology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
15
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Angel L. Viloria
Sistemática de Lepidoptera (Insecta)
Biogeografía
Historia de la ciencia
Zoologia..
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
13
0.520
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fernando Ruette
computational chemistry
catalysis
educational software
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
9
0.360
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eglee Zent
Etnobiology
Etnoecology
Human Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hector R Rangel
HIV
Retroviruses
Drug discovery
animal models
Molecular Diagnostic.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carlos Sevcik
Toxins Antivenoms Pharmacokinetics Fractals
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
10
0.417
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ascanio D. Rincon
Paleontología
sistemática
evolución
biogeografía
VENEZUELA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alfredo Mijares
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosome evansi
T vivax
hemoparasites
cardiac cells
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
10
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
44
0.524
Hypertension
glomerulonephrtis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ernesto Medina
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
22
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jon Paul Rodríguez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
37
0.685
Conservation biology
threatened species
threatened ecosystems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Horacio Vanegas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
14
0.280
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rafael Herrera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
25
0.521
Tropical Forests Ecology
Soils
Biogeochemistry
Global Change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Howard Takiff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
24
0.558
Tuberculosis
Leptospirosis
Klebsiella
Acinetobacter
Human Genetics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ernesto Bonilla
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
16
0.410
Neurociencias
neurotoxicologia
envejecimiento
Huntington disease
chronic manganese poisoning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Joaquin L. Brito
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
19
0.514
heterogeneous catalysis
surface physicochemistry
materials physicochemistry
oil hydrotreatment
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Flor Helene Pujol
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
17
0.472
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Enrique Vazquez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
21
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Carlo Caputo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
12
0.375
Muscle Physiology
Calcium Homeostasis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fabian Michelangeli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
15
0.484
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jafet M. Nassar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
18
0.621
Ecología de interacciones planta-animal
genética de poblaciones de angiospermas
ecología y conservación de murciélagos
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Margarita Lampo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
15
0.536
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Giovanni Marin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
12
0.444
Física
Semiconductores
Energía Solar Fotovoltaica
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stanford Zent
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
15
0.577
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Angel L. Viloria
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
13
0.520
Sistemática de Lepidoptera (Insecta)
Biogeografía
Historia de la ciencia
Zoologia..
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fernando Ruette
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
9
0.360
computational chemistry
catalysis
educational software
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Eglee Zent
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Hector R Rangel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
16
0.667
HIV
Retroviruses
Drug discovery
animal models
Molecular Diagnostic.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carlos Sevcik
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
10
0.417
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ascanio D. Rincon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
13
0.565
Paleontología
sistemática
evolución
biogeografía
VENEZUELA
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gina D'Suze
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
9
0.409
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Maria Alexandra Garcia-Amado
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
14
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Alfredo Mijares
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
10
0.500
Trypanosoma cruzi
Trypanosome evansi
T vivax
hemoparasites
cardiac cells