Top 100 Scientists

Latin America Top 100 Scientists 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (873,690 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gloria Amparo Rodríguez
Environmental law
Derecho Ambiental
Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
Sociología Jurídica
Antropología Jurídica
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
27
51
2,235
Jose Rubens Morato Leite
Environmental Law
Environmental Damage
Civl Liability
Constitucional Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
37
5,006
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Délton Winter De Carvalho
Direito Ambiental
Direito dos Desastres
Direito das Mudanças Climáticas
Environmental Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
33
1,503
José Augusto Fontoura Costa
international business law
international economic law
international environmental law
law and economics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
31
1,268
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leonardo Güiza
Mining Law
Environmental Law
Human Rights
Environmental and Social Conflicts
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
19
966
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sâmia Nunes
Amazon
forest restoration
land use and land cover
brazilian environmental law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
1,877
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patricia Urteaga Crovetto
Anthropology of Law
Water Law
Environmental Law
Political Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
14
893
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bernardo Bolaños Guerra
Philosophy of Law
Philosophy of Social Sciences
Environmental Law
Political Ecology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
272

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Soledad Aguilar
climate change
environmental law
international law
trade and environment
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
9
341
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luis E Rodriguez Rivera
International Environmental
Environmental Law
Human Right to Environment
Law of the Sea
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
7
4
306
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Camila Boettiger
Derecho Ambiental
Derecho de Aguas
Environmental Law
Water Law
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
177
Paulo Santos De Almeida
Environmental Law
International Law
Public Policies
Human Rights
and Sustainable Cities
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
4
147
Carla Delfina Aceves Avila
derecho ambiental
desarrollo sostenible
environmental law
international environmental law
environmental impact
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
109
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pía Weber
Environmental Law
Indigenous Right
Human Right to Water
River protection
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
1
1
24
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gloria Amparo Rodríguez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
27
51
2,235
Environmental law
Derecho Ambiental
Derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas
Sociología Jurídica
Antropología Jurídica
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jose Rubens Morato Leite
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
37
5,006
Environmental Law
Environmental Damage
Civl Liability
Constitucional Environmental Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Délton Winter De Carvalho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
33
1,503
Direito Ambiental
Direito dos Desastres
Direito das Mudanças Climáticas
Environmental Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
José Augusto Fontoura Costa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
31
1,268
international business law
international economic law
international environmental law
law and economics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leonardo Güiza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
966
Mining Law
Environmental Law
Human Rights
Environmental and Social Conflicts
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fernando Rei
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
19
620
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sâmia Nunes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
1,877
Amazon
forest restoration
land use and land cover
brazilian environmental law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patricia Urteaga Crovetto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
14
893
Anthropology of Law
Water Law
Environmental Law
Political Ecology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Julio Cesar de Sá da Rocha
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
11
720
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bernardo Bolaños Guerra
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
272
Philosophy of Law
Philosophy of Social Sciences
Environmental Law
Political Ecology

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Soledad Aguilar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
9
341
climate change
environmental law
international law
trade and environment
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Luis E Rodriguez Rivera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
306
International Environmental
Environmental Law
Human Right to Environment
Law of the Sea
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Camila Boettiger
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
177
Derecho Ambiental
Derecho de Aguas
Environmental Law
Water Law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Paulo Santos De Almeida
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
4
147
Environmental Law
International Law
Public Policies
Human Rights
and Sustainable Cities
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Violeta S. Radovich
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
5
0
62
law of the sea
environmental law
maritime law
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Carla Delfina Aceves Avila
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
109
derecho ambiental
desarrollo sostenible
environmental law
international environmental law
environmental impact
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pía Weber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
1
24
Environmental Law
Indigenous Right
Human Right to Water
River protection
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Gaia Hasse
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
1
0
6
Environmental Law
Decolonial
International Law