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" (870,057 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.

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Total 123 scientist
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Luisa Lina Villa
câncer
epidemiologia
biologia molecular
papilomavírus humano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
92
360
39,995
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniela Tirapelli
oncologia molecular
neurociências
biologia molecular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
46
86
45,305
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ivan Delgado Enciso
Oncology
Molecular Medicine
Experimental Therapy
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
33
95
4,459

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Del Pilar Estevez Diz
oncologia
cancerologia
cancer hereditário
qualidade de vida
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
62
3,315
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yanin Chavarri Guerra
Oncología Médica/ Cáncer de mama/ Oncogenética/ Acceso a cuidados de salud
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
57
6,410
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vladmir Cláudio Cordeiro De Lima
Oncologia
Imunologia
Inflamação
Câncer de pulmão
Câncer de mama
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
55
3,144
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adilson Kleber
Oncologia Experimental
Desenvolvimento Racional de Fármacos Antitumorais
Screening de compostos antitumorais
Targeted therap
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
36
1,752
Elvis Terci Valera
oncologia pediátrica
biologia do câncer infantil
neuro-oncologia pediátrica
TMO autólogo pediátrico
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
25
61
2,875
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Andrea Rodrigues
oncologia
sistematização da assistência de enfermagem
enfermagem clínica e cirúrgica
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
24
53
2,513
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Luciane Feminino Salaroli
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Social Determinants of Health
Chronic Diseases
Nutrition.
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
23
44
2,620
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Ismael Riquelme
Oncology
Gastric cancer
RNA transcripts
Systems biology
Functional genomics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
22
33
2,132
Leandro Machado Colli
Molecular Oncology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Clinical Oncology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
35
1,688
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Luciana Martins Da Rosa
Oncologia
Enfermagem
Doenças crônicas
Hematologia
Ética em pesquisa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
21
40
1,501
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Cristian G Torres
Oncología Veterinaria y comparada
Patología mamaria
Biología de células troncales mesenquimáticas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
19
29
892
Daniel Bernabé
Oncologia
Estomatologia
Psiconeuroimunologia
Medicina Psicossomática
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
39
1,441
Milena Mak
Head and neck cancer
translational research
quality of life
lung cancer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
18
23
1,401
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Simone Dos Santos Aguiar
Oncologia pediátrica
biologia molecular
epidemiologia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
12
15
894
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Eloah Rabello Suarez
Oncologia
CAR T cells
peptides
antibodies
glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
12
726
Ricardo Kalaf Mussi
oncologia torácica
transplantes
inflamação
engenharia tissular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
11
14
495
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Mariángeles Díaz
Oncología
Biología Celular
Biología tumoral
Microambiente tumoral
Matriz Extracelular
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
10
10
367
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Romina Celeste Geysels
Oncology
Molecular Diagnosis
Thyroid hormone biosynthesis
Endocrinology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
217
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Carlos Jc Andrade
Felicidade
Comportamento e Saúde
Oncologia Clínica
Inovação
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
9
8
674
David Muniz
Clinical Oncology
Urology
Prostate Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
405
Wilber E Bernaola-Paredes
Head and Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Pathology
Oral Oncology
Oral Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
8
7
200
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Juan Carlos Samamé Pérez-Vargas
Clinical Oncology
Oncology
Paliative Care
Translational Research
Circulating Tumor Cells
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
236
SouzaMcla
Oncology
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
GI cancer
Molecular bology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
6
5
168
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Luisa Lina Villa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
92
360
39,995
câncer
epidemiologia
biologia molecular
papilomavírus humano
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Roger Chammas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
53
195
8,388
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniela Tirapelli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
86
45,305
oncologia molecular
neurociências
biologia molecular
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gilberto De Castro Junior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
121
19,564
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Osvaldo Podhajcer
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
93
7,253
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Paulo Assumpcao
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
40
125
4,739
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luis Felipe Ribeiro Pinto
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
97
4,189
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Luiz Claudio Fernandes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
34
96
3,786
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ivan Delgado Enciso
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
95
4,459

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maria Aparecida Nagai
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
33
69
5,421
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Del Pilar Estevez Diz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
62
3,315
oncologia
cancerologia
cancer hereditário
qualidade de vida
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nora Manoukian Forones
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
30
71
2,720
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andréia Cristina Melo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
74
3,631
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Vanina Medina
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
56
2,260
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Oncología Médica/ Cáncer de mama/ Oncogenética/ Acceso a cuidados de salud
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vladmir Cláudio Cordeiro De Lima
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
55
3,144
Oncologia
Imunologia
Inflamação
Câncer de pulmão
Câncer de mama
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paula Elaine Diniz Dos Reis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
75
2,616
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Heloisa De Andrade Carvalho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
56
2,805
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Adilson Kleber
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
36
1,752
Oncologia Experimental
Desenvolvimento Racional de Fármacos Antitumorais
Screening de compostos antitumorais
Targeted therap
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Elvis Terci Valera
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
61
2,875
oncologia pediátrica
biologia do câncer infantil
neuro-oncologia pediátrica
TMO autólogo pediátrico
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Etel Rodrigues Pereira Gimba
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
38
1,997
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Mariana Emerenciano
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
47
2,821
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Márcia Mc Marques Silveira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
43
1,578
genômica funcional
oncologia molecular
biomarcadores
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Andrea Rodrigues
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
53
2,513
oncologia
sistematização da assistência de enfermagem
enfermagem clínica e cirúrgica
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Gustavo Mendonça Ataide Gomes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
32
6,676
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Luciane Feminino Salaroli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
44
2,620
Epidemiology
Risk Factors
Social Determinants of Health
Chronic Diseases
Nutrition.
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Sérgio De Melo Alves Junior
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
46
1,455
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Maria Mercedes Bravo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
23
42
1,752
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
mateus de camargo barros filho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
36
1,324
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Ismael Riquelme
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
22
33
2,132
Oncology
Gastric cancer
RNA transcripts
Systems biology
Functional genomics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Leandro Machado Colli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
35
1,688
Molecular Oncology
Molecular Epidemiology
Computational Clinical Oncology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Maria Ignez Braghiroli
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
33
3,602
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Harley Francisco De Oliveira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
34
1,388
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Luciana Martins Da Rosa
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
40
1,501
Oncologia
Enfermagem
Doenças crônicas
Hematologia
Ética em pesquisa
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Juliano Dos Santos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
20
33
1,209
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Roberto Carmagnani Pestana
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
25
1,469
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Leonardo Da Fonseca
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
1,121
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Cristian G Torres
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
29
892
Oncología Veterinaria y comparada
Patología mamaria
Biología de células troncales mesenquimáticas
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Daniel Bernabé
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
39
1,441
Oncologia
Estomatologia
Psiconeuroimunologia
Medicina Psicossomática
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Pedro Dantas Oliveira
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
1,296
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Leonor Roguin
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
33
1,460
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Milena Mak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
23
1,401
Head and neck cancer
translational research
quality of life
lung cancer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Luciana Ns Andrade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
21
1,070
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Servando Cardona
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
26
2,159
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Karine A Damasceno
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
28
1,363
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Flávia De Sousa Gehrke
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
989
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Marcos Bandiera Paiva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
17
25
1,043
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Tiago Castria
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
19
925
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Carolina Bizama
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
1,165
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Eduardo Weltman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
22
2,068
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Maria Celeste Diaz Flaque
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
18
911
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Camila Maria Longo Machado
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
1,035
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Carlos Anselmo Lima
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
21
11,129
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Helena Andrea Sterle
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
18
612
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Carina Balasini
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
16
7,497
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Patrícia Nicolucci
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
22
1,018
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Cecilia Ferreira Da Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
22
819
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
BonadioR
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
21
698
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Raquel Ramos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
22
671
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Jorge Organista Nava
Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Mexico
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
17
601
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Igor Moyses Longo Snitcovsky
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
15
1,052
Oncology
Chemotherapy
biomarkers
head and neck cancer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Iva Polakovicova
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
14
10,331
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Alvaro Eduardo Mondragon Cardona
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
20
716
Oncología
Hematología
Cuidado Crítico
Infectología
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Tiago Donizetti Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
15
625
Oncologia
Biologia Molecular
Genética
Medicina
Biologia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Oncology
Breast cancer
Cancer genetics
Latin America
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Simone Dos Santos Aguiar
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
894
Oncologia pediátrica
biologia molecular
epidemiologia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Valeria I Segatori
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
12
403
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Anna Claudia Yokoyama Dos Anjos
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
632
oncology nursing
breast neoplasms
family
chemotherapy
elderly
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Márcia Kazumi Nagamine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
17
487
oncologia
teste de drogas antineoplásicas
cultivo celular
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Jose Manuel Vela-Ruiz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
11
582
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Eloah Rabello Suarez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
726
Oncologia
CAR T cells
peptides
antibodies
glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Ricardo Kalaf Mussi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
14
495
oncologia torácica
transplantes
inflamação
engenharia tissular
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Julio E Valdivia-Silva
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
11
12
417
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Mariángeles Díaz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
367
Oncología
Biología Celular
Biología tumoral
Microambiente tumoral
Matriz Extracelular
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
James Fleck
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
10
10
953
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Romina Celeste Geysels
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
217
Oncology
Molecular Diagnosis
Thyroid hormone biosynthesis
Endocrinology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Carlos Jc Andrade
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
9
8
674
Felicidade
Comportamento e Saúde
Oncologia Clínica
Inovação
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
David Muniz
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
405
Clinical Oncology
Urology
Prostate Cancer
Kidney Cancer
Bladder Cancer
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Wilber E Bernaola-Paredes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
7
200
Head and Neck Cancer
Head and Neck Pathology
Oral Oncology
Oral Medicine
Radiation Oncology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Ligia Petrolini De Oliveira; Oliveira LP
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
8
6
276
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Eduardo Cárdenas Cárdenas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
246
Oncologia
Cancer
Quimioterapia
Terapia blanco
Inmunoterapia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Federico Cayol
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
3
166
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Marco Galvez-Nino
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
5
155
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Carla Daruich De Souza
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
4
752
radioterapia
física nuclear
iodo-125
RTG
nanotecnologia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Adrian Hunis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
148
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Leonardo Verduzco-Rodriguez
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
7
6
119
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Juan Carlos Samamé Pérez-Vargas
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
236
Clinical Oncology
Oncology
Paliative Care
Translational Research
Circulating Tumor Cells
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
SouzaMcla
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
5
168
Oncology
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
GI cancer
Molecular bology