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 (98 scientists), Natural Sciences (56 scientists), and Social Sciences (42 scientists).

Total 278 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
Mario J Grijalva
Tropical diseases
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
28
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
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 :6
Jose María Gil-Sánchez
Biología de la Conservación
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Hugo Navarrete
Biodiversidad
etnobotánica
biotecnología
uso de recursos naturales
conservación.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Eugenia M Del Pino
Developmental Biology
Frog development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
11
0.423
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Marcos Serrano Dueñas
Neurología
Movimientos Anormales
Investigación Médica
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Espinoza Montero Patricio Javier
Photoelectrochemistry
Advanced Oxidation Processes
Biosensors
Wastewater Treatment
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Miguel Vivas Cortez
Mathematics
Integral Inequalities
Fractional Calculus
Quantum Analysis
Nonlinear Analysis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
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
19
0.864
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Maria Eugenia Ordoñez
Plant pathology
mycology
population genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
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 :16
Ana Lucia Moncayo Benalcazar
Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Public Health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Marleen Haboud
Sociolingüística/Geolingüística
Lenguas en Contacto
Bilingüismo
Documentación y Revitalización Lingüística
Educaci
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
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 :19
Anita Gabriela Villacis Salazar
Medical entomology
Chagas disease
Triatomines
Education
Prevention
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Consuelo Hernandez
ecology
economic botany
database management
environmental consultancy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Jorge Gómez Rendón
sociolingüística
antropología
contacto lingüístico
interculturalidad
análisis del discurso
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
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 :23
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 :24
Rommel Montufar
palms
palmas
genética de poblaciones
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
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
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
Mario J Grijalva
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
28
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carlos Ramos Galarza
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
30
0.968
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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: 6
Jose María Gil-Sánchez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
19
0.704
Biología de la Conservación
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Isabel Hernández
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
21
0.808
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hugo Navarrete
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
Biodiversidad
etnobotánica
biotecnología
uso de recursos naturales
conservación.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eugenia M Del Pino
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
11
0.423
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marcos Serrano Dueñas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
Neurología
Movimientos Anormales
Investigación Médica
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Espinoza Montero Patricio Javier
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
24
1.000
Photoelectrochemistry
Advanced Oxidation Processes
Biosensors
Wastewater Treatment
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Miguel Vivas Cortez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Mathematics
Integral Inequalities
Fractional Calculus
Quantum Analysis
Nonlinear Analysis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Miryan Rivera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
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: 14
Maria Eugenia Ordoñez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
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: 16
Ana Lucia Moncayo Benalcazar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
15
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marleen Haboud
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
Sociolingüística/Geolingüística
Lenguas en Contacto
Bilingüismo
Documentación y Revitalización Lingüística
Educaci
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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: 19
Anita Gabriela Villacis Salazar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Medical entomology
Chagas disease
Triatomines
Education
Prevention
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Consuelo Hernandez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
13
0.722
ecology
economic botany
database management
environmental consultancy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jorge Gómez Rendón
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
12
0.667
sociolingüística
antropología
contacto lingüístico
interculturalidad
análisis del discurso
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
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: 23
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: 24
Rommel Montufar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
14
0.824
palms
palmas
genética de poblaciones
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
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