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

Chile has 127 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Chile 43rd in the world by number of listed scientists. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists (27), followed by Universidad de Chile (26).

Single Year

166

First year listed

Career Data

127

First year listed

World rank by count

#43

First year listed

Institutes

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Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+22.8%

2022+9.6%

2023+12.3%

2024+11.5%

2025+7.5%

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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	8,639	UR Uauy, Ricardo	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 71
2	9,231	BF Bezanilla, Francisco	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 31
3	9,970	HC Hetz, Claudio	Universidad de Chile	Developmental Biology	Rank 552
4	10,392	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad Andrés Bello	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 19
5	13,090	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 218
6	15,030	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 226
7	17,477	AJ Aguilera, José Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 44
8	19,629	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 177
9	22,949	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 137
10	23,299	PM Phillips, Mark	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 228
11	24,155	GR Garreaud, René	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 292
12	25,948	DR Deacon, Robert M.J.	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,079
13	30,032	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 196
14	33,928	MJ Merigó, José M.	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 584
15	34,438	RL Radovic, Ljubisa R.	Universidad de Concepcion	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 310
16	35,172	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 562
17	36,837	CH Croxatto, Horacio B.	Chilean Institute for Reproductive Medicine	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 332
18	37,533	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 159
19	38,048	SW Sepulveda, Waldo	FETALMED	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 349
20	38,741	TA Tokovinin, A.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 453
21	39,980	CA Csendes, Attila	Hospital Clinico de la Universidad de Chile	Surgery	Rank 325
22	44,531	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 412
23	45,491	NH Niemeyer, Hermann M.	Universidad de Chile	Entomology	Rank 67
24	45,827	HM Hamuy, M.	Universidad de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 553
25	47,860	LE Lissi, Eduardo	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,065
26	47,877	MD Minniti, D.	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 586
27	50,575	JF Jaksic, F. M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 831
28	50,978	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 123
29	52,186	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,791
30	54,002	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 669
31	54,981	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Allergy	Rank 188
32	55,031	ML Moran, L.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 135
33	56,381	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,054
34	56,508	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,215
35	59,969	ZH Zinnecker, Hans	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 764
36	60,564	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 972
37	60,824	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,288
38	68,243	PM Plyushchay, Mikhail S.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,112
39	70,382	RA Rigotti, Attilio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,629
40	71,211	SB Santelices, Bernabé	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 537
41	73,073	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Universidad de Antofagasta	Chemical Engineering	Rank 275
42	74,117	BJ Blakeslee, John P.	Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 985
43	75,640	KB Kopeliovich, B. Z.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,216
44	76,709	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 598
45	79,151	SJ Sáez, Juan C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,395
46	80,110	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,617
47	80,731	GD Geisler, Doug	Universidad de La Serena	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,089
48	81,042	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 86
49	81,110	LR Latorre, Ramón	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 367
50	82,443	VA Valenzuela, Alfonso	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 617
51	85,474	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 354
52	86,381	HC Hirschberg, Carlos B.	Universidad Andrés Bello	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,157
53	86,615	DT Dillehay, Tom D.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Archaeology	Rank 51
54	90,358	GP Gebicke-Haerter, Peter J.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,014
55	92,443	LR López, Ramón E.	Universidad de Chile	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 77
56	95,334	AJ Asenjo, Juan A.	Universidad de Chile	Biotechnology	Rank 304
57	95,479	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,471
58	95,733	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,909
59	97,672	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 312
60	99,171	CE Castro, Enrique A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,775
61	99,806	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,369
62	100,959	NS Navarrete, Sergio A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 794
63	104,569	MO Meirik, Olav	Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductive	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,070
64	107,200	DM Diaz, M. A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,756
65	107,944	DL dessart, L.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,480
66	108,164	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 444
67	108,494	SL Santos, Leonardo S.	Universidad de Talca	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,930
68	109,962	AM Arenas, Marcelo	PUC Chile	Information Systems	Rank 260
69	112,555	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 305
70	112,931	EJ Espinoza, J. R.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 306
71	113,491	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,582
72	116,490	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 139
73	119,937	SJ Segura-Aguilar, Juan	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,684
74	128,215	FP Felmer, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 614
75	132,758	MM Molina, Mario I.	Universidad de Chile	General Physics	Rank 967
76	134,039	LR Le Roux, Jacobus P.	Centro de Excelencia en Geotermia de Los Andes (CEGA)	Geology	Rank 238
77	135,809	JS Jara-Díaz, Sergio R.	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 180
78	146,879	RR Rossi, Ricardo	Universidad del Desarrollo	Surgery	Rank 1,357
79	147,211	BL Bernold, Leonhard E.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Building & Construction	Rank 273
80	149,103	KM Kiwi, Miguel	Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 3,972
81	150,890	RH Rudnick, Hugh	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,733
82	156,591	LC Lizama, C.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 814
83	160,039	VÁ Valencia, Álvaro	Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 969
84	162,890	DV del Valle, José Manuel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Engineering	Rank 755
85	166,657	BR Bürger, Raimund	Universidad de Concepcion	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 322
86	169,213	CG Cvetič, G.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,747
87	169,226	LN López, N. J.	Universidad de Chile	Dentistry	Rank 1,032
88	169,892	GL Grande, Luis	Universidad de la Frontera	Surgery	Rank 1,591
89	173,491	PR Peña, Rubén	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 508
90	173,538	IA Ibáñez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Experimental Psychology	Rank 1,724
91	177,098	GC Gutierrez, Claudio	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,891
92	191,567	BR Benbenishty, Rami	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Work	Rank 79
93	192,022	BR Batalla, Ramon J.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,226
94	194,991	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,207
95	195,027	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Universidad de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 1,222
96	196,278	LJ Lazzús, J. A.	Universidad de La Serena	Chemical Engineering	Rank 929
97	197,199	Cardenas, Roberto	Universidad de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 587
98	197,814	Perez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 593
99	198,493	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,877
100	199,126	IR Iturriaga, Rodrigo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,603
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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 career-long list, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 27. It is followed by Universidad de Chile with 26.

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.