Argentina's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Argentina has 171 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Argentina 40th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Buenos Aires has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (25).

Single Year

146

First year listed

Career Data

171

First year listed

World rank by count

#40

First year listed

Institutes

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Scientists in Argentina on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+19.3%

2022+6.4%

2023+4.1%

2024+6.2%

2025+9.6%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	146		171
2021	178	+21.9%	204	+19.3%
2022	201	+12.9%	217	+6.4%
2023	196	-2.5%	226	+4.1%
2024	204	+4.1%	240	+6.2%
2025	217	+6.4%	263	+9.6%

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Rank in Argentina	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	6,577	BL Birnbaumer, Lutz	Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 290
2	9,288	RV Ramos, Victor A.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Geology	Rank 7
3	14,605	RG Rabinovich, Gabriel A.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Immunology	Rank 556
4	14,931	BA Boveris, Alberto	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 642
5	15,632	GP Goloboff, Pablo A.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 180
6	16,779	DS Diaz, S.	Universidad Nacional de Cordoba	Ecology	Rank 287
7	17,378	GJ Gallant, Joel E.	Southwest CARE Center	Virology	Rank 147
8	17,715	BC Ballaré, Carlos L.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 171
9	19,487	OA Olivieri, Alejandro C.	Instituto de Quimica Rosario	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 123
10	20,190	FC Fraga, César G.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 851
11	21,848	DF de Florian, Daniel	Universidad Nacional de San Martin	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 332
12	21,906	CD Cardinali, Daniel P.	Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,786
13	24,268	AM Aizen, Marcelo A.	Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche	Ecology	Rank 398
14	25,746	CJ Casal, Jorge	Fundacion Instituto Leloir Antigua Fundacion Campomar	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 287
15	26,834	CD Chialvo, Dante R.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 249
16	28,193	LM Litter, M. I.	Universidad Nacional de San Martin	Environmental Sciences	Rank 127
17	34,063	KA Kornblihtt, Alberto R.	Instituto de Fisiología, Biología Molecular y Neurociencias	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,417
18	36,784	PJ Parodi, Juan C.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,514
19	37,739	TK Todd, Knox H.	EMLine	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 139
20	39,037	SI Soler Illia, Galo J.A.A.	Universidad Nacional de San Martin	Materials	Rank 472
21	39,574	ZM Zerner, Michael C.	Universidad Nacional de Rosario	Chemical Physics	Rank 881
22	41,651	CJ Correale, J.	Fundacion Para La Lucha Contra Las Enfermedades Neurologicas de La Infancia	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,083
23	42,293	PA Parodi, Armando J.	Fundacion Instituto Leloir Antigua Fundacion Campomar	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,612
24	43,628	MI Mirabel, I. F.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 518
25	46,435	BE Baran, Enrique J.	Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 317
26	47,438	PP Purslow, Peter P.	National Central University of the Province of Buenos Aires	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 88
27	52,122	BL Bagatolli, L. A.	Universidad Nacional de Cordoba	Biophysics	Rank 165
28	52,332	BR Boland, R.	Universidad Nacional del Sur	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,974
29	52,361	PJ Paruelo, J.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Ecology	Rank 856
30	53,800	BA Boveris, A.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,033
31	54,674	SS Sookoian, Silvia	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 847
32	54,947	CH Cantiello, Horacio F.	Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,070
33	55,051	CJ Chirife, Jorge	Pontificia Universidad Catolica Argentina	Food Science	Rank 192
34	56,310	VD Vázquez, Diego P.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Ecology	Rank 912
35	59,067	CL Chimento, Luis P.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 961
36	59,324	CJ Cazzulo, Juan J.	Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,235
37	59,520	AO Azzaroni, Omar	Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,270
38	60,034	ZD Zanette, Damián H.	Instituto Balseiro	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 599
39	60,178	BR Brenner, Rodolfo R.	Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquimicas de La Plata (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 456
40	61,859	LR Leiguarda, Ramón	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,417
41	61,935	VR Villalba, Ricardo	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 877
42	63,336	AF Andrade, Fernando H.	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 255
43	65,425	RR Rey, Rodolfo A.	Hospital de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,534
44	67,196	CM Colombo, M. I.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,510
45	67,640	FA Frasch, A. Carlos	Instituto Tecnológico Chascomús	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,526
46	68,493	NF Novas, Fernando	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Paleontology	Rank 289
47	68,849	PJ Paz, Juan Pablo	Universidad de Buenos Aires	General Physics	Rank 500
48	69,727	HH Harach, H. Ruben	Dr. A. Oñativia Hospital	Pathology	Rank 232
49	70,436	JE Jagla, E. A.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 707
50	72,262	AA Austin, Amy T.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Ecology	Rank 1,133
51	73,641	MJ Medina, Jorge H.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,072
52	74,528	PS Puntarulo, Susana	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 979
53	75,110	AE Albano, E. V.	Instituto de Fisica de Liquidos y Sistemas Biologicos (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 747
54	75,890	AA Arvia, A. J.	Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)	Energy	Rank 808
55	77,782	GJ Galvele, J. R.	Universidad Nacional de San Martin	Materials	Rank 980
56	78,215	RE Roulet, E.	Centro Atomico Bariloche	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,267
57	81,037	MF Manes, Facundo	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,490
58	81,692	YS Yovine, Sergio	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,332
59	82,183	CH Casini, Horacio	Centro Atomico Bariloche	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,316
60	82,286	BF Barrantes, Francisco J.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,572
61	86,246	PD Pol, Diego	Museo Paleontologico Egidio Feruglio	Paleontology	Rank 385
62	86,602	RV Rosenthal, Víctor Daniel	International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium	Epidemiology	Rank 228
63	86,688	MO Martínez, Oscar E.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Optics	Rank 363
64	88,381	GR Gürtler, Ricardo E.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Tropical Medicine	Rank 182
65	90,742	LH Le Houérou, Henry Noël	Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 394
66	90,890	FF Fernández, Francisco M.	Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)	General Physics	Rank 658
67	91,749	AM Aranguren, Mirta I.	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Polymers	Rank 837
68	91,850	OG O'Donnell, Guillermo	Centro de Estudios de Estado y Sociedad	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 300
69	92,256	MJ Morales, Juan M.	Universidad Nacional del Comahue	Ecology	Rank 1,413
70	92,364	SA Solari, A. J.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,985
71	93,268	OM Oesterheld, M.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Ecology	Rank 1,429
72	93,642	MS Mollerach, S.	Centro Atomico Bariloche	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,523
73	96,056	KT Kitzberger, Thomas	Centro Regional Universitario Bariloche	Ecology	Rank 1,484
74	98,053	GA Guglielmone, Alberto A.	Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria EEA, Rafaela	Mycology & Parasitology	Rank 206
75	99,371	CH Chemes, H. E.	Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,016
76	99,741	FN Fejerman, Natalio	Fundacion Hospital de Pediatria Professor Dr. Juan P. Garrahan	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,568
77	101,171	CE Calzetta, Esteban	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,651
78	101,202	CD Ciocca, Daniel R.	Centro Científico Tecnológico, Mendoza	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,152
79	104,592	LP Laura, Patricio A.A.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Acoustics	Rank 234
80	104,708	GA Guillermet, A. Fernandez	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Materials	Rank 1,346
81	104,735	PA Plastino, A.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 1,028
82	106,643	CE Castro, Eduardo A.	Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de La Plata)	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,108
83	107,804	SL Salgado, Leonardo	Universidad Nacional de Río Negro	Paleontology	Rank 511
84	109,182	AR Astini, Ricardo A.	Universidad Nacional de Cordoba	Geology	Rank 182
85	109,687	WR Williams, R. J.J.	Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata	Polymers	Rank 993
86	111,864	CP Cahn, P.	Fundacion Huesped	Virology	Rank 1,092
87	112,877	RG Romero, Gustavo E.	Instituto Argentino de Radioastronomia	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,560
88	113,181	RJ Riera, José A.	Instituto de Fisica Rosario	Applied Physics	Rank 2,991
89	113,942	AE Arzt, Eduardo	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 2,405
90	113,989	AR Alvarez, Roberto	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 517
91	116,057	AA Aligia, A. A.	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Applied Physics	Rank 3,078
92	116,476	FJ Fischbarg, Jorge	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Ophthalmology & Optometry	Rank 877
93	117,345	DN De Nicola, Alejandro F.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,560
94	117,493	AN Arista, N. R.	Centro Atomico Bariloche	General Physics	Rank 857
95	119,042	EG Escandar, Graciela M.	Instituto de Quimica Rosario	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 929
96	119,480	OM Otegui, María Elena	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 545
97	120,222	MP Mininni, Pablo D.	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 1,183
98	121,958	FA Fernández, Ariel	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Chemical Physics	Rank 2,389
99	122,066	IO Iribarne, Oscar	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 1,008
100	122,551	VH Videla, Héctor A.	CITEMA (UTN-FRLP)	Energy	Rank 1,344
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Argentina are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

146 scientists affiliated with Argentina are on the 2020 single-year list, and 171 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Argentina has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2020 career-long list, Universidad de Buenos Aires has the most listed scientists from Argentina, with 37. It is followed by Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas with 25.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.