i10 Productivity
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Latin America Social Sciences / Social Work i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,384,784 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,461 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Brazil
Irene Rizzini
Institutional Care
Public Policy
Childhood Studies
Children's Rights
Street Children
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
42
0.429
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chile
Maricela Gonzalez
Trabajo social
historia
salud pública
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
9
0.290
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ecuador
Tito Gabriel Villamar Vera
trabajo social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
6
0.214
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Brazil
Elaine Ferreira Do Nascimento
serviço social. saúde coletiva. interseccionalidade. feminicídio. questão racial.sexualidades. juventude. violência. população LGBT+
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
18
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brazil
Edvânia Ângela De Souza
saude. trabalho. serviço social. politicas sociais
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Colombia
Maria Rocio Cifuentes Patiño
Trabajo Social
Pos-conflicto
estudios de conflicto y violencia
sistematización
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Argentina
Gustavo Parra
Trabajo Social - Políticas Sociales
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
10
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mexico
Jesús Acevedo Alemán
Trabajo Social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Colombia
Uva Falla Ramírez
trabajo social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brazil
Ricardo Lara
Serviço Social
Trabalho
Teoria Social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Brazil
Maria De Fatima De Campos Françozo
Família
Pesquisa Qualitativa
Triagem auditiva neonatal
Surdez
Serviço Social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
4
0.267
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ecuador
Solania Marlene Unupi Zabala
Trabajo Social
Area Social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
2
0.143
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chile
Alexander Panez Pinto
Political Ecology - Critical Agrarian Studies - Social Work - Critical Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chile
Luis Vivero Arriagada
Trabajo Social
marxismo
pensamiento crítico latinoamericano
pensamiento decolonial
hegemonía
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Brazil
Lucelia Pereira
Serviço Social
Saúde
politicas sociais
Genero e raça
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Colombia
Michel Dayanna Cortes Hernandez
Trabajo social
Violencia de genero
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Brazil
Essentia Editora
Social Work
Serviço Social
Educação
Education
Geography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
5
0.455
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Brazil
Edson Marques Oliveira
serviço social
empreendedorismo e inovação social
logoterapia
saúde mental
design thinking
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Brazil
Luciane Pinho De Almeida
Serviço Social e Psicologia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chile
Marcelo Piña-Morán
Envejecimiento
gerontología
roles sociales
cultura
trabajo social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecuador
Sandra Barberan
Trabajo Social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Irene Rizzini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
42
0.429
Institutional Care
Public Policy
Childhood Studies
Children's Rights
Street Children
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Maricela Gonzalez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
9
0.290
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tito Gabriel Villamar Vera
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
6
0.214
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Elaine Ferreira Do Nascimento
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
18
0.692
serviço social. saúde coletiva. interseccionalidade. feminicídio. questão racial.sexualidades. juventude. violência. população LGBT+
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Edvânia Ângela De Souza
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
saude. trabalho. serviço social. politicas sociais
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Maria Rocio Cifuentes Patiño
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
Trabajo Social
Pos-conflicto
estudios de conflicto y violencia
sistematización
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gustavo Parra
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
10
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jesús Acevedo Alemán
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
10
0.556
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jesenia Valentina Vargas Leguizamon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Uva Falla Ramírez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
12
0.800

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ricardo Lara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
10
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria De Fatima De Campos Françozo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
4
0.267
Família
Pesquisa Qualitativa
Triagem auditiva neonatal
Surdez
Serviço Social
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Keli Regina Dal Pra
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Solania Marlene Unupi Zabala
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
2
0.143
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alexander Panez Pinto
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Political Ecology - Critical Agrarian Studies - Social Work - Critical Geography
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Luis Vivero Arriagada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Trabajo Social
marxismo
pensamiento crítico latinoamericano
pensamiento decolonial
hegemonía
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Luisa Fernanda Martinez Vargas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lucelia Pereira
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
Serviço Social
Saúde
politicas sociais
Genero e raça
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Michel Dayanna Cortes Hernandez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Essentia Editora
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
5
0.455
Social Work
Serviço Social
Educação
Education
Geography
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Social Work
Education
Engineering
Data Science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Edson Marques Oliveira
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
serviço social
empreendedorismo e inovação social
logoterapia
saúde mental
design thinking
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luciane Pinho De Almeida
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marcelo Piña-Morán
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
7
0.778
Envejecimiento
gerontología
roles sociales
cultura
trabajo social
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sandra Barberan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667