Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2021

Chile has 222 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 33.7% from 166 in 2020. That places Chile 44th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (34), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (30).

Single Year

222

+56 (+33.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

156

+29 (+22.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#44

No change vs 2020

Institutes

+9 (+22.0%) vs 2020

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 34% 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

By number of listed scientists

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,117	HC Hetz, Claudio	Universidad de Chile	Developmental Biology	Rank 47
2	3,343	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad Andrés Bello	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 9
3	4,545	GR Garreaud, René	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 82
4	5,128	GD Gil de Zúñiga, Homero	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 13
5	6,908	DR Deacon, Robert	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 429
6	8,504	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 47
7	13,233	AJ Aguilera, José M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 74
8	16,075	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 176
9	18,749	TA Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 141
10	19,780	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 55
11	22,470	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Chemical Physics	Rank 416
12	25,607	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 70
13	26,047	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 659
14	28,878	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 189
15	31,172	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 91
16	31,350	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 90
17	32,546	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 252
18	32,739	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 209
19	34,696	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Allergy	Rank 84
20	35,681	PH Palza, Humberto	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 318
21	37,201	MM Molinos-Senante, María	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Environmental Sciences	Rank 442
22	37,472	CJ Carpenter, J. M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 334
23	37,498	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,094
24	38,412	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 103
25	39,108	IA Ibañez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Experimental Psychology	Rank 546
26	39,301	PM Phillips, M. M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 352
27	42,275	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 122
28	45,243	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 663
29	47,177	MR Muñoz Rivera, Jaime	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 235
30	49,182	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,144
31	49,548	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 177
32	50,406	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Universidad de Antofagasta	Chemical Engineering	Rank 320
33	52,520	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,097
34	55,676	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,148
35	56,733	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 612
36	57,818	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,328
37	58,803	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 433
38	59,752	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,218
39	60,480	BL Barros, Luis Felipe	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,207
40	60,673	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 212
41	63,649	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,290
42	65,379	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 810
43	65,648	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,022
44	66,657	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,523
45	67,809	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,050
46	71,610	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 226
47	72,392	EX Emery, Xavier	Advanced Mining Technology Center	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,325
48	72,754	VK Varaprasad, Kokkarachedu	Centro de Investigación de Polímeros Avanzados	Polymers	Rank 698
49	73,954	CA Csendes, Attila	Universidad de Chile	Surgery	Rank 381
50	75,362	KC Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira	Universidad Diego Portales	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 485
51	75,727	FA Fajardo, Alex	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 1,516
52	76,311	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,958
53	77,963	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 235
54	80,684	FV Fernandez, Viviana	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 283
55	81,605	FT Foa Torres, Luis E.F.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 1,706
56	81,779	RR Rodrigo, Ramón	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,141
57	83,402	RM Rivera, Marco	Universidad de Talca	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 246
58	83,677	SJ Sáez, Juan C.	Universidad de Valparaiso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,319
59	84,033	GM Guerrero, Maribel	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 1,549
60	85,372	DG de Gregorio, José	Banco Central de Chile	Economics	Rank 1,040
61	85,554	Rivera, César	Universidad de Talca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,083
62	85,571	VA Vega-Gálvez, Antonio	Universidad de La Serena	Food Science	Rank 669
63	86,334	Perez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 255
64	89,173	FC Ferreccio, Catterina	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 971
65	90,366	LM López Morales, Ernesto	Universidad de Chile	Geography	Rank 474
66	90,507	SW Sepulveda, W.	FETALMED-Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Center	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 589
67	90,908	UE Undurraga, Eduardo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 993
68	91,639	BO Behar, Omar	Universidad de Concepcion	Energy	Rank 1,958
69	93,134	SG Stanghellini, Giovanni	Universidad Diego Portales	Psychiatry	Rank 1,584
70	93,166	SM Simirgiotis, Mario J.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,326
71	93,561	RM Reich, Martin	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,670
72	93,647	AL Abugoch, Lilian	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 741
73	93,937	LJ Lazzús, J. A.	Universidad de La Serena	Chemical Engineering	Rank 663
74	97,430	UE Ungerfeld, Emilio M.	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias	Microbiology	Rank 2,188
75	97,575	KM Kazerani, Mehrdad	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 296
76	98,210	JF Jaksic, Fabián M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,859
77	98,509	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 299
78	98,710	HM Hamuy, M.	Universidad de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,032
79	99,881	JS Jara-Diaz, Sergio R.	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 314
80	100,682	ÁB Ávalos, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 925
81	100,834	KA Katok, Anatole	Facultad de Matemáticas	General Mathematics	Rank 573
82	101,053	AF Alvarez, Felipe	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 574
83	102,511	HF Hervé, Francisco	Universidad Andrés Bello	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,832
84	102,615	MS Maldonado, Sebastián	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,307
85	108,550	BE Bringa, Eduardo M.	Universidad Mayor	Applied Physics	Rank 2,295
86	109,925	MM Mora, María de la Luz	Universidad de la Frontera	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 734
87	110,107	DM Diez, María Cristina	Universidad de la Frontera	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,459
88	110,630	AT Abbott, T. M.C.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,161
89	110,916	SJ Segura-Aguilar, Juan	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,615
90	111,719	UM Urbina, Mauricio A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Physiology	Rank 334
91	111,904	OM O'Ryan, Miguel	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Microbiology	Rank 2,492
92	112,405	CL Cavieres, Lohengrin A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 2,055
93	113,069	MD Minniti, Dante	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,188
94	113,246	NH Niemeyer, Hermann M.	Universidad de Chile	Entomology	Rank 274
95	113,531	MV Meruane, Viviana	Universidad de Chile	Acoustics	Rank 267
96	114,730	MD Melnick, Daniel	Universidad Austral de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 2,030
97	114,846	AJ Asenjo, Juan A.	Universidad de Chile	Biotechnology	Rank 480
98	115,356	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,215
99	115,507	PF Piper, Frida I.	Centro de Estudios de Investigacion en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia (CIEP)	Ecology	Rank 2,094
100	117,594	SM Sato, Masatoshi	Universidad Andrés Bello	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 312
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?

222 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2021 single-year list, and 156 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2021 single-year list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 34. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with 30.

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 222 in 2021, a change of +33.7%.

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.