Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2020

Chile has 166 scientists on the 2020 single-year Top 2% list. That places Chile 44th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (37), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (32).

Single Year

166

First year listed

Career Data

127

First year listed

World rank by count

#44

First year listed

Institutes

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Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

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%

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,363	HC Hetz, Claudio	Universidad de Chile	Developmental Biology	Rank 61
2	2,247	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad Andrés Bello	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 8
3	5,261	GR Garreaud, René	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 89
4	5,518	MJ Merigó, José M.	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 184
5	6,440	DR Deacon, Robert M.J.	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 421
6	11,634	UR Uauy, Ricardo	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 77
7	13,539	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 77
8	16,789	AJ Aguilera, José Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 81
9	18,533	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá de Arica	Chemical Physics	Rank 357
10	19,742	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 176
11	20,110	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 75
12	20,179	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 50
13	20,820	BF Bezanilla, Francisco	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 46
14	20,909	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 597
15	26,316	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 263
16	28,294	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,640
17	29,417	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 191
18	33,267	TA Tokovinin, A.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 257
19	34,160	BC Bianchi, Constanza	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Marketing	Rank 177
20	34,412	PM Phillips, Mark	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 270
21	35,041	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 89
22	37,887	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Universidad de Antofagasta	Chemical Engineering	Rank 232
23	39,839	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Allergy	Rank 90
24	39,894	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 263
25	42,832	RL Radovic, Ljubisa R.	Universidad de Concepcion	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 1,174
26	43,772	PH Palza, Humberto	Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 413
27	45,268	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 115
28	48,035	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 133
29	48,453	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,018
30	48,649	DL dessart, L.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 414
31	49,312	AM Abarca, Marco Esteban Rivera	Universidad de Talca	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 169
32	49,810	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,050
33	51,796	MM Molinos-Senante, María	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Environmental Sciences	Rank 575
34	52,698	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 459
35	54,350	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,127
36	54,692	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 771
37	56,732	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 604
38	57,094	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Universidad de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 186
39	57,130	KC Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira	Universidad Diego Portales	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 349
40	57,890	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 355
41	58,386	Perez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 207
42	58,764	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 974
43	60,304	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,536
44	61,295	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 225
45	61,780	BL Barros, Luis Felipe	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,353
46	65,874	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 233
47	66,074	DG De Gregorio, José	Universidad de Chile	Economics	Rank 846
48	66,231	HM Hamuy, M.	Universidad de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 612
49	68,671	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 199
50	69,111	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,343
51	72,486	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,414
52	72,800	DT Dillehay, Tom D.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Archaeology	Rank 60
53	72,946	BO Behar, Omar	Solar Energy Research Center (SERC-Chile)	Energy	Rank 1,589
54	74,642	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,961
55	79,605	DJ Davila, Juan	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 382
56	80,450	MA Munoz-Castro, Alvaro	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,261
57	83,281	FA Fajardo, Alex	Centro de Investigación en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP) Camino Baguales s/n	Ecology	Rank 1,628
58	85,438	CE Cerda, Enrique	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 735
59	85,729	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 300
60	86,820	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,680
61	87,069	LR López, Ramón E.	Universidad de Chile	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 118
62	87,594	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,358
63	87,648	RR Rodrigo, Ramón	Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,269
64	87,749	HF Hervé, Francisco	Universidad Andrés Bello	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,636
65	88,800	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 230
66	88,861	SM Simirgiotis, Mario	Universidad Austral de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,424
67	90,292	Övgün, A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,058
68	92,531	RM Reich, Martin	Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes (CEGA)	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,707
69	93,101	EX Emery, Xavier	Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,715
70	93,113	Muñoz, Pablo	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 1,716
71	93,818	GM Guerrero, Maribel	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 1,729
72	94,188	ÁB Ávalos, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 806
73	94,537	AL Abugoch, Lilian	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 642
74	95,034	VA Vega-Gálvez, Antonio	Universidad de La Serena	Food Science	Rank 649
75	95,502	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,451
76	96,361	MV Marianov, Vladimir	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Operations Research	Rank 544
77	97,100	HT Homem-de-Mello, Tito	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Operations Research	Rank 552
78	98,340	BJ Blakeslee, John P.	Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 963
79	98,859	SJ Segura-Aguilar, Juan	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,130
80	99,307	ME Morselli, Eugenia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,844
81	101,354	LJ Lazzús, J. A.	Universidad de La Serena	Chemical Engineering	Rank 701
82	104,156	SW Sepulveda, Waldo	FETALMED	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 663
83	105,519	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,053
84	106,201	IA Ibáñez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Experimental Psychology	Rank 1,221
85	107,684	FP Felmer, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 562
86	108,300	MS Maldonado, Sebastián	Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI)	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,678
87	108,829	CA Csendes, Attila	Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile	Surgery	Rank 605
88	110,070	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,131
89	110,645	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,111
90	110,944	Cardenas, Roberto	Universidad de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 421
91	111,549	MP Moreno, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Paleontology	Rank 460
92	115,339	Rivera, César	Universidad de Talca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 4,018
93	117,959	LC Lizama, C.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 608
94	119,229	DV del Valle, José Manuel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Engineering	Rank 853
95	121,141	AF Alvarez, Felipe	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 633
96	122,522	MD Melnick, Daniel	Universidad Austral de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 2,208
97	122,862	MM Mora, María de La Luz	Universidad de la Frontera	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 748
98	123,013	OD Olivares, Daniel E.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Energy	Rank 2,821
99	123,052	OM O'Ryan, Miguel	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Microbiology	Rank 2,592
100	124,281	DI Dreyer, Ingo	Universidad de Talca	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,851
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Frequently asked questions

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

166 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2020 single-year list, and 127 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 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 32.

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.