Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2025

Chile has 264 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 3.9% from 254 in 2024. That places Chile 49th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 4 places. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (42), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (31).

Single Year

264

+10 (+3.9%) vs 2024

Career Data

230

+16 (+7.5%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#49

down 4 places vs 2024

Institutes

+16 (+32.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 59% 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%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Chile

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	4,606	RJ Rodríguez, José R.	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 13
2	5,123	KL Klerkx, Laurens W.A.	Universidad de Talca	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 33
3	6,435	GR Garreaud, R. Darío	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 111
4	8,983	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Environmental Sciences	Rank 192
5	9,826	MJ Merigó, José María	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 478
6	9,951	TA Tokovinin, Andreï A.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 89
7	10,987	RK Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 78
8	11,665	AJ Aguilera, Josè Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 103
9	12,805	DR Deacon, Robert Michael John	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 628
10	13,364	MI Mujika, Iñigo Inigo	Universidad Finis Terrae	Sport Sciences	Rank 49
11	18,010	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 225
12	21,402	BC Bianchi, Constanza Carolina	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Marketing	Rank 141
13	22,683	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 105
14	25,634	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 115
15	25,801	UR Uauy, Ricardo D.	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 174
16	26,399	SM Sato, Masatoshi	Universidad Andrés Bello	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 147
17	27,690	CC Celis-Morales, Carlos A.	Universidad Arturo Prat	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 398
18	28,278	RA Rosenkranz, Andreas	Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 281
19	28,393	AM Arrese, Marco A.	Escuela de Medicina	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 329
20	29,504	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,334
21	30,011	CP Convey, Peter	Instituto Milenio Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 146
22	30,754	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 326
23	30,839	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Centro de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,378
24	33,649	BR Baeza-Yates, Ricardo A.	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,480
25	33,654	PF Petermann-Rocha, Fanny Emily	Facultad de Medicina	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 471
26	34,150	WX Wortsman, X. C.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 113
27	34,249	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 117
28	36,632	PH Palza, Humberto	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 308
29	36,730	PM Phillips, Mark M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 458
30	37,787	SR Smith, Rory J.E.	Millennium Nucleus for Galaxies (MINGAL)	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 474
31	38,742	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 177
32	39,598	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 199
33	40,455	UE Ungerfeld, Emilio Mauricio	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 72
34	40,954	VS Voß, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Operations Research	Rank 175
35	41,673	CF Casas, Ferrán	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 606
36	42,076	RR Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo	Universidad Andrés Bello	Sport Sciences	Rank 190
37	44,284	TE Tagliazucchi, Enzo R.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,029
38	44,521	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 556
39	45,289	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 155
40	47,872	AJ Arab, Juan Pablo	OMEGA	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 511
41	48,115	JS Jadoun, Sapana	Universidad de Tarapacá	Polymers	Rank 423
42	49,868	KV Kokkarachedu, Varaprasad	Universidad San Sebastián	Polymers	Rank 446
43	50,351	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 653
44	53,258	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,389
45	54,140	SE Santibañez-González, Ernesto Del Rosário	Universidad de Talca	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,190
46	54,891	BL Barros, Luis Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,455
47	56,663	FV Fernandez, Viviana P.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 239
48	59,626	BF Božinović, Francisco F.	Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad	Physiology	Rank 109
49	60,044	MR Mayor, Roberto	Universidad Mayor	Developmental Biology	Rank 1,321
50	60,987	FA Fajardo, Alex	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 1,151
51	61,110	MP Marquet, Pablo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,154
52	61,328	PG Panotopoulos, Grigorios P.	Universidad de la Frontera	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 811
53	61,391	MM Martorell, Miquel	Universidad de Concepcion	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 831
54	61,765	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 955
55	65,517	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 345
56	66,165	Rivera, César	Universidad de Talca	Dentistry	Rank 285
57	66,755	AL Abugoch, Lilian E.	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 761
58	68,666	VR Verma, Rajkumar	Universidad de Talca	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,923
59	69,815	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Escuela de Medicina	Respiratory System	Rank 406
60	71,324	ZJ Zagal, Jose H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 2,144
61	73,625	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,189
62	75,099	CD Cortés-Arriagada, Diego	Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana	Chemical Physics	Rank 906
63	75,876	LV Leiva, Víctor	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Statistics & Probability	Rank 370
64	76,317	VJ Valderrama, Jose O.	Centro de Información Tecnológica	Chemical Engineering	Rank 616
65	77,018	MS Maldonado, Sebastían	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,272
66	77,441	HA Hogan, Aidan	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,290
67	77,915	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,434
68	78,843	UE Undurraga, Eduardo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,036
69	80,132	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad San Sebastián	Chemical Physics	Rank 968
70	81,283	HZ Hashemkhani Zolfani, Sarfaraz	Universidad Católica del Norte	Civil Engineering	Rank 357
71	81,614	DG de Gregorio, José R.	Universidad de Chile	Economics	Rank 1,044
72	84,498	VL Videla, Luis Alberto	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,357
73	87,338	ÁB Ávalos-Bevan, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 1,108
74	88,919	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 1,090
75	89,518	PC Petrovich, Cristóbal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,126
76	91,463	LM López Morales, Ernesto José	Universidad de Chile	Geography	Rank 469
77	92,576	CJ Caballero, Julio M.	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 327
78	92,846	Barbosa, Marcelo Werneck	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Business & Management	Rank 2,058
79	94,328	CG Calaf, Gloria M.	Universidad de Tarapacá	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,884
80	94,581	Pauchard, Aníbal	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,709
81	95,684	MJ Munita, Jose M.	Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo	Microbiology	Rank 1,818
82	95,900	AD Altman, David	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 791
83	95,966	RM Reich, Martin H.	Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,377
84	96,083	CE Codner, Ethel	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,333
85	97,300	PM Pérez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 359
86	97,523	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,228
87	97,581	HG Hernández, Glenn P.	Facultad de Medicina	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 283
88	98,041	RJ Rivera, Jaime Muñoz	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 478
89	101,543	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,210
90	103,067	MC Martínez, Cristián	Universidad San Sebastián	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,310
91	103,545	VA Vega-Galvez, Antonio	Universidad de La Serena	Food Science	Rank 1,291
92	103,958	FT Foa Torres, Luis E.F.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 1,962
93	105,596	RR Rodrigo, Ramón A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,525
94	106,568	MR MacCioni, Ricardo Benjamin	International Center for Biomedicine - ICC	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,447
95	109,295	MR Madariaga, Raül I.	Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,575
96	110,398	KA Kalergis, Alexis Mikes	Facultad de Medicina	Immunology	Rank 2,004
97	111,549	UM Urbina, M. A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 585
98	111,701	SM Simirgiotis, Mario Juan	Universidad Austral de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,420
99	111,756	FC Ferreccio, Catterina R.	Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,413
100	112,001	SM Soto, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 267
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

264 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2025 single-year list, and 230 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 single-year list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 42. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with 31.

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 264 in 2025, a change of +59.0%.

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.