Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Chile has 288 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.1% from 264 in 2025. That places Chile 50th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (35).

Single Year

288

+24 (+9.1%) vs 2025

Career Data

251

+21 (+9.1%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#50

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+5 (+7.6%) vs 2025

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 73% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+33.7%

2022+14.0%

2023-0.4%

2024+0.8%

2025+3.9%

2026+9.1%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	166		127
2021	222	+33.7%	156	+22.8%
2022	253	+14.0%	171	+9.6%
2023	252	-0.4%	192	+12.3%
2024	254	+0.8%	214	+11.5%
2025	264	+3.9%	230	+7.5%
2026	288	+9.1%	251	+9.1%

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,512	VI van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.	Universidad San Sebastián	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 18
2	2,658	RJ Rodríguez, José R.	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 6
3	3,621	KL Klerkx, Laurens W.A.	Universidad de Talca	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 22
4	4,031	GD Gil de Zúñiga, Homero	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 18
5	4,355	GR Garreaud, R. Darío	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 70
6	8,675	BM Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.	Universidad San Sebastián	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 74
7	10,207	RS Rajendran, Saravanan	Universidad de Tarapacá	Energy	Rank 267
8	10,351	DR Deacon, Robert Michael John	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 510
9	11,107	CB Cockburn, B.	Facultad de Matemáticas	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 16
10	11,697	AJ Aguilera, Josè Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 115
11	12,377	TA Tokovinin, Andreï A.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 127
12	14,706	RK Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 121
13	15,000	SM Sato, Masatoshi	Universidad Andrés Bello	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 101
14	15,667	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 49
15	16,690	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 80
16	18,031	PF Petermann-Rocha, Fanny Emily	Facultad de Medicina	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 292
17	18,854	UE Ungerfeld, Emilio Mauricio	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 31
18	20,340	DL Dessart, Luc	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 233
19	20,777	RA Rosenkranz, Andreas	Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 187
20	20,970	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Centro de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,071
21	22,432	CC Celis-Morales, Carlos A.	Universidad Arturo Prat	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 372
22	22,450	UR Uauy, Ricardo D.	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 147
23	23,542	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 114
24	23,912	AJ Arab, Juan Pablo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 267
25	24,641	PM Phillips, Mark M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 291
26	25,779	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 328
27	25,987	JS Jadoun, Sapana	Universidad de Tarapacá	Polymers	Rank 195
28	28,860	WX Wortsman, X. C.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 93
29	30,012	PA Paliathanasis, Andronikos	Universidad Católica de Temuco	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 396
30	30,342	RR Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo	Universidad Andrés Bello	Sport Sciences	Rank 152
31	32,845	VS Voß, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Operations Research	Rank 124
32	36,605	MD Mery, Domingo	Instituto Milenio en Ingeniería e Inteligencia Artificial para la Salud	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,779
33	37,767	MR Mayor, Roberto	Universidad Mayor	Developmental Biology	Rank 834
34	40,530	SE Santibañez-González, Ernesto Del Rosário	Universidad de Talca	Environmental Sciences	Rank 888
35	41,157	TE Tagliazucchi, Enzo R.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,808
36	41,415	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 137
37	42,278	FA Fajardo, Alex	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 866
38	42,314	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 147
39	42,362	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 208
40	42,394	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 205
41	43,129	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Instituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera	Ecology	Rank 877
42	45,637	MM Martorell, Miquel Salom	Universidad de Concepcion	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 700
43	45,819	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 499
44	46,547	PH Palza, Humberto	Centro de Medicina Intervencional de Precisión y Terapia Celular Avanzada	Polymers	Rank 385
45	46,893	BL Barros, Luis Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,057
46	50,530	BF Božinović, Francisco F.	Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad	Physiology	Rank 90
47	50,768	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,224
48	51,105	CL Cavieres, Lohengrin Alexis	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,013
49	51,482	NV Nakariakov, Valery M.	Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 669
50	56,202	CG Calaf, Gloria M.	Universidad de Tarapacá	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,709
51	58,429	HA Hogan, Aidan	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,725
52	62,799	KW Kristjanpoller, Werner D.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,946
53	63,190	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 995
54	63,257	RC Rivera, César Andrés	Universidad de Talca	Dentistry	Rank 286
55	65,972	FV Fernandez, Viviana P.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 269
56	66,116	ÁB Ávalos-Bevan, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 928
57	67,504	Kokkarachedu, Varaprasad	Universidad San Sebastián	Polymers	Rank 600
58	67,722	CF Casas, Ferrán	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 813
59	68,761	LV Leiva, Víctor	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Statistics & Probability	Rank 326
60	71,315	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Respiratory System	Rank 410
61	72,430	UO Urrea Onate, Claudio	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 790
62	74,880	HM Hamuy, Mario A.	Fundación Chilena de Astronomía	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 953
63	75,749	MS Maldonado, Sebastían	Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,564
64	77,738	Pauchard, Aníbal	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,507
65	79,078	MP Marquet, Pablo Angel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,525
66	79,754	Mussagy, Cassamo U.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 274
67	80,287	CD Cortés-Arriagada, Diego	Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana	Chemical Physics	Rank 928
68	80,751	Barbosa, Marcelo Werneck	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Business & Management	Rank 1,862
69	82,876	MR Madariaga, Raül I.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,116
70	84,861	RM Reich, Martin H.	Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,146
71	85,911	VL Videla, Luis Alberto	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,275
72	86,728	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 433
73	86,791	PG Panotopoulos, Grigorios P.	Universidad de la Frontera	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,070
74	87,037	ZF Zegers-Hochschild, Fernando	Universidad Diego Portales	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 463
75	87,837	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad San Sebastián	Chemical Physics	Rank 994
76	88,237	KP Kervella, Pierre	Universidad de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,115
77	90,768	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,154
78	93,315	MF Matus, Francisco J.	Universidad de la Frontera	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 699
79	93,475	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,365
80	96,174	AJ Anderson, Joseph P.	European Southern Observatory Santiago	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,225
81	97,091	FE Fuentes, Eduardo Q.	Universidad de Talca	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,333
82	97,553	UE Undurraga, Eduardo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,323
83	98,152	TG Tortella, Gonzalo R.	Universidad de la Frontera	Biotechnology	Rank 364
84	100,140	UM Urbina, M. A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 496
85	100,211	KA Kalergis, Alexis Mikes	Escuela de Medicina	Immunology	Rank 1,720
86	100,866	GL Gnanasekaran, Lalitha	Universidad de Tarapacá	Energy	Rank 3,105
87	101,250	MM Marian, Max	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 965
88	101,478	JP Jofré, Paula	Millennium Nucleus ERIS	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,311
89	102,373	LG Labarca, Gonzalo P.T.	Complejo Asistencial Dr. Víctor Ríos Ruiz	Respiratory System	Rank 583
90	103,966	PM Pérez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 393
91	104,451	VJ Valderrama, Jose O.	Centro de Información Tecnológica	Chemical Engineering	Rank 921
92	106,085	MD Minniti, Dante	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,368
93	106,537	Lizama, Carlos	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 510
94	106,543	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,184
95	106,604	MJ Munita, Jose M.	Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo	Microbiology	Rank 2,009
96	107,388	RR Rodrigo, Ramón A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,536
97	107,550	VM Viswanathan, Mangalaraja Ramalinga	Universidad Arturo Prat	Materials	Rank 2,532
98	107,791	DL Diaz, Luis Antonio	Escuela de Medicina	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,070
99	108,351	FC Ferreccio, Catterina R.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,456
100	108,428	AL Abugoch, Lilian E.	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 1,504
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

288 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2026 single-year list, and 251 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 single-year list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 37. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with 35.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Chile changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Chile went from 166 scientists in 2020 to 288 in 2026, a change of +73.5%.

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.