Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2021: Career-Long List

Chile has 156 scientists on the 2021 career-long Top 2% list, up 22.8% from 127 in 2020. That places Chile 44th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists (33), followed by Universidad de Chile (26).

Single Year

222

+56 (+33.7%) vs 2020

Career Data

156

+29 (+22.8%) vs 2020

World rank by count

#44

down 1 place vs 2020

Institutes

+2 (+5.3%) vs 2020

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 23% since 2020.

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%

Top 10 institutes in Chile

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	7,069	HC Hetz, Claudio	Universidad de Chile	Developmental Biology	Rank 395
2	9,565	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad Andrés Bello	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 18
3	13,142	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 219
4	15,649	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 236
5	16,601	AJ Aguilera, José M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 46
6	18,577	GR Garreaud, René	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 224
7	19,451	CJ Carpenter, J. M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 174
8	21,847	DR Deacon, Robert	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,744
9	22,542	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 150
10	23,294	PM Phillips, M. M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 226
11	24,913	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 171
12	31,832	TA Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 342
13	35,335	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 157
14	38,123	SW Sepulveda, W.	FETALMED-Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Center	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 332
15	39,596	CH Croxatto, Horacio B.	Universidad Andrés Bello	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 349
16	41,061	CA Csendes, Attila	Universidad de Chile	Surgery	Rank 341
17	43,951	GD Gil de Zúñiga, Homero	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 40
18	45,417	MD Minniti, Dante	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 534
19	45,450	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 482
20	45,731	NH Niemeyer, Hermann M.	Universidad de Chile	Entomology	Rank 83
21	46,405	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 784
22	47,368	HM Hamuy, M.	Universidad de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 562
23	50,363	LE Lissi, Eduardo	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,125
24	50,401	JF Jaksic, Fabián M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 845
25	50,832	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,599
26	50,980	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Allergy	Rank 164
27	52,374	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 132
28	54,116	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 670
29	56,243	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,948
30	58,633	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,529
31	58,927	ML Moran, Luis	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 151
32	59,290	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,304
33	59,771	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 965
34	60,520	ZH Zinnecker, H.	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 779
35	62,186	CE Castro, Enrique A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,188
36	65,696	SJ Sáez, Juan C.	Universidad de Valparaiso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,527
37	65,861	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 64
38	68,944	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 527
39	70,145	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Universidad de Antofagasta	Chemical Engineering	Rank 277
40	72,566	PM Plyushchay, Mikhail S.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,211
41	73,313	SB Santelices, Bernabé	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 586
42	74,400	RA Rigotti, Attilio	Facultad de Medicina	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,174
43	78,493	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,638
44	79,869	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 251
45	80,491	KB Kopeliovich, B. Z.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,349
46	82,381	GD Geisler, Doug	Universidad de La Serena	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,099
47	82,453	VA Valenzuela, Alfonso	Universidad de los Andes, Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 577
48	83,368	KA Katok, Anatole	Facultad de Matemáticas	General Mathematics	Rank 392
49	87,136	LL Libkin, Leonid	Universidad de Talca	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 255
50	87,985	MR Muñoz Rivera, Jaime	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 427
51	89,434	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,400
52	89,823	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,851
53	91,191	AJ Astola, Jaakko T.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 792
54	91,349	LR López, Ramón E.	Universidad de Chile	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 76
55	91,924	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 263
56	94,371	HC Hirschberg, Carlos B.	Universidad Andrés Bello	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,957
57	94,841	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,277
58	95,244	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 118
59	95,373	AJ Asenjo, Juan A.	Universidad de Chile	Biotechnology	Rank 272
60	95,955	GP Gebicke-Haerter, Peter J.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,249
61	98,105	NS Navarrete, Sergio A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 808
62	99,439	LR Latorre, Ramón	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 482
63	102,785	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,417
64	104,843	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 453
65	104,906	OM O'Ryan, Miguel	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Microbiology	Rank 2,606
66	107,008	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 299
67	107,490	SL Santos, Leonardo S.	Universidad de Talca	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,923
68	108,821	RR Rodrigo, Ramón	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,521
69	111,802	AM Arenas, Marcelo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Information Systems	Rank 279
70	113,419	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,581
71	113,886	MO Meirik, Olav	Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductive	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,123
72	115,122	Espinoza, Jose R.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 326
73	116,221	KM Kazerani, Mehrdad	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 333
74	116,420	DM Diaz, M. A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,965
75	117,683	SJ Segura-Aguilar, Juan	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,481
76	119,462	MP Moreno, Patricio I.	Universidad de Chile	Paleontology	Rank 545
77	123,463	BE Bringa, Eduardo M.	Universidad Mayor	Applied Physics	Rank 3,366
78	124,211	MI Mena, Ismael	Clinica Las Condes	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,138
79	124,851	RH Reyes, H.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,348
80	125,080	LR Le Roux, Jacobus P.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geology	Rank 220
81	125,861	EL Ebensperger, Luis A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 502
82	131,306	FP Felmer, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 750
83	132,675	JS Jara-Diaz, Sergio R.	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 186
84	136,169	FC Ferreccio, Catterina	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,487
85	136,709	IA Ibañez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Experimental Psychology	Rank 1,503
86	145,934	Lizama, Carlos	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 863
87	148,945	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,407
88	151,906	BL Bernold, Leonhard E.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Building & Construction	Rank 300
89	153,187	KM Kiwi, Miguel	Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 4,203
90	155,421	RH Rudnick, Hugh	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,903
91	155,476	SY Schröder, Y.	Universidad del Bio Bio	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,637
92	157,917	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,477
93	158,398	PH Palza, Humberto	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 1,475
94	158,786	RR Rossi, Ricardo	Clinica Alemana	Surgery	Rank 1,522
95	159,667	ZJ Zanelli, Jorge	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,705
96	160,143	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 1,002
97	167,041	VA Valencia, Alvaro	Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 1,140
98	167,539	BR Bürger, Raimund	Universidad de Concepcion	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 340
99	175,483	DJ Dumais, Jacques	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 2,488
100	177,282	CG Cvetič, Gorazd	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,997
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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 career-long list, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 33. It is followed by Universidad de Chile with 26.

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

On the career-long list, Chile went from 127 scientists in 2020 to 156 in 2021, a change of +22.8%.

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.