i10 Productivity
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Universidad de Costa Rica 956 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Track ongoing research productivity with the 2025 i10 Index Productivity Rankings.
By counting the number of publications with at least 10 citations, the i10 index highlights steady scholarly output and publishing consistencyThese rankings offer insight into researchers’ contribution frequency, beyond cumulative impact. The system is regularly refreshed to reflect current performance trends, enabling up-to-date comparisons across fields, institutions, and regions. Premium access includes productivity heatmaps, time-based output trends, and in-depth author benchmarks.

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Costa Rica
José María Gutiérrez
Toxinology
Experimental Pathology
Antivenom
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
442
0.650
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Costa Rica
Bruno Lomonte
snake venoms
antivenoms
myotoxins
phospholipase A2
proteomic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
227
0.709
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Costa Rica
Jorge Cortés Núñez
Arrecifes coralinos
biodiversidad marina
impactos humano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
149
0.596
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Costa Rica
Francisco Rodríguez Cascante
Literatura centroamericana
literatura costarricense
literatura regiona
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
47
0.320
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Costa Rica
Juan José Alvarado
Biología Marina-Diversidad-Ecología de Arrecifes Coralino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
66
0.579
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Costa Rica
José Luis Vásquez
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligences
Sensor Network
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
59
0.522
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Costa Rica
Iván Molina Jiménez
Political History
Cultural History
Costa Rica History
Central America History
Science Fictio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
48
0.440
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Costa Rica
Ingo Wehrtmann
Biodiversity
decapod crustaceans
reproductive biology
fishery biolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
52
0.505
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Costa Rica
Eric Alfaro
Climatología
Predicción Climática
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9278-501
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
78
0.765
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Costa Rica
Alexandra Rucavado
biochemistry toxin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
79
0.840

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Costa Rica
Christian Birkel
Hydrology
tracers
biogeochemistr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
79
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Costa Rica
E Ciencias De La Información
information science
library science
information access
computer science
technologie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
72
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Costa Rica
Hugo G Hidalgo
Hydrology
Climate Change
Hydroclimatology
Hydrometeorology
Atmospheric Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
65
0.783
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Costa Rica
Adolfo Quesada Román
Geomorphology
Geography
Natural Hazards
Disaster Risk Reduction
Geoheritag
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
81
0.988
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Costa Rica
Priscila Chaverri
mycology
environmental microbiology
plant pathology
systematic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
62
0.805
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Costa Rica
Alfredo Alvarado
Soils
Natural Resourses
Forest Nutrition
Pedolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
30
0.390
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Costa Rica
William Bussing
Ichthyology
Systematics
Biogeograph
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
9
0.127
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Costa Rica
Maria Herrera Vega
antivenoms
snake venoms
freeze-drying
proteins
purificatio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
56
0.824
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Costa Rica
Georgina Gomez
Nutrición
salud publica
consumo de alimentos
micronutriente
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
55
0.809
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Costa Rica
Carlos E Rodriguez Rodriguez
Bioremediation
Environmental Biotechnology
Biodegradation
Ecotoxicolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
56
0.848
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Costa Rica
Jorge A Amador
climate
atmospheric physics
meteorolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
48
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Costa Rica
Gilbert Barrantes
Animal Behavior
Spider Biology
Bioacustic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
29
0.439
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Costa Rica
Maria Laura Arias Echandi
food microbiology
water microbiolog
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
23
0.348
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Costa Rica
Miguel A Barboza *
Neurología Vascula
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
60
0.938
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
José María Gutiérrez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
442
0.650
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bruno Lomonte
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
227
0.709
snake venoms
antivenoms
myotoxins
phospholipase A2
proteomic
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jorge Cortés Núñez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
149
0.596
Arrecifes coralinos
biodiversidad marina
impactos humano
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Francisco Rodríguez Cascante
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
47
0.320
Literatura centroamericana
literatura costarricense
literatura regiona
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Juan José Alvarado
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
66
0.579
Biología Marina-Diversidad-Ecología de Arrecifes Coralino
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
José Luis Vásquez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
59
0.522
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligences
Sensor Network
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Iván Molina Jiménez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
48
0.440
Political History
Cultural History
Costa Rica History
Central America History
Science Fictio
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ingo Wehrtmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
52
0.505
Biodiversity
decapod crustaceans
reproductive biology
fishery biolog
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eric Alfaro
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
78
0.765
Climatología
Predicción Climática
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9278-501
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alexandra Rucavado
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
79
0.840

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Oldemar Rodríguez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
28
0.304
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Birkel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
79
0.888
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
E Ciencias De La Información
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
72
0.857
information science
library science
information access
computer science
technologie
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hugo G Hidalgo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
65
0.783
Hydrology
Climate Change
Hydroclimatology
Hydrometeorology
Atmospheric Science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Adolfo Quesada Román
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
81
0.988
Geomorphology
Geography
Natural Hazards
Disaster Risk Reduction
Geoheritag
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Priscila Chaverri
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
62
0.805
mycology
environmental microbiology
plant pathology
systematic
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alfredo Alvarado
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
30
0.390
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
William Bussing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
9
0.127
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Maria Herrera Vega
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
56
0.824
antivenoms
snake venoms
freeze-drying
proteins
purificatio
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Georgina Gomez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
55
0.809
Nutrición
salud publica
consumo de alimentos
micronutriente
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Carlos E Rodriguez Rodriguez
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
56
0.848
Bioremediation
Environmental Biotechnology
Biodegradation
Ecotoxicolog
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jorge A Amador
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
48
0.727
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Gilbert Barrantes
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
29
0.439
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Maria Laura Arias Echandi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
23
0.348
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Miguel A Barboza *
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
60
0.938