Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Chile has 253 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 14.0% from 222 in 2021. That places Chile 44th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (43), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (31).

Single Year

253

+31 (+14.0%) vs 2021

Career Data

171

+15 (+9.6%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#44

No change vs 2021

Institutes

+6 (+12.0%) vs 2021

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 52% 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	917	HC Hetz, Claudio	Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 22
2	3,372	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad Andrés Bello	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 10
3	6,303	GR Garreaud, René	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 115
4	6,364	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 30
5	6,752	DR Deacon, Robert M.J.	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 438
6	11,810	UR Uauy, Ricardo	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 82
7	12,432	AJ Aguilera, José Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 69
8	15,596	BC Bunster, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 167
9	18,282	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 56
10	18,558	OJ Ovalle, Jorge	Universidad de Antofagasta	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 211
11	18,713	KC Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira	Universidad Diego Portales	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 122
12	20,087	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Chemical Physics	Rank 339
13	20,702	TA Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 171
14	20,828	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 48
15	23,872	BF Bezanilla, Francisco	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 57
16	25,910	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 84
17	27,436	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 225
18	29,654	BC Bianchi, Constanza	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Marketing	Rank 149
19	29,781	PH Palza, Humberto	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 243
20	29,816	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 851
21	29,821	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, José A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Allergy	Rank 72
22	31,432	PM Phillips, M. M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 302
23	32,309	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 448
24	34,594	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 211
25	35,901	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 219
26	36,972	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 117
27	39,019	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Universidad de Magallanes	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,191
28	40,984	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 106
29	41,234	TE Tagliazucchi, Enzo	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,297
30	41,568	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 110
31	41,956	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 421
32	42,062	BL Barros, L. Felipe	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,334
33	43,053	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,199
34	46,013	PA Paliathanasis, Andronikos	Universidad Austral de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 580
35	46,858	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 542
36	46,962	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 962
37	51,774	MM Molinos-Senante, Maria	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Environmental Sciences	Rank 643
38	52,612	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 180
39	54,370	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Institute for Diagnostic Imaging and Research of the Skin and Soft Tissues	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 193
40	55,179	FA Fajardo, Alex	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 1,126
41	55,433	VJ Valderrama, J. O.	Center for Technological Information (CIT)	Chemical Engineering	Rank 342
42	55,639	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,138
43	58,082	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,366
44	58,094	GM Guerrero, Maribel	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 1,124
45	59,653	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 179
46	60,878	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,313
47	62,807	DT Dillehay, Tom D.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Archaeology	Rank 56
48	63,052	SJ Sáez, Juan C.	Universidad de Valparaiso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,378
49	63,979	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 500
50	69,194	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,636
51	71,975	RR Rodrigo, Ramón	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,001
52	72,288	UE Undurraga, Eduardo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 952
53	72,394	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de La Serena	Ecology	Rank 1,447
54	73,359	Perez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 224
55	74,516	VK Varaprasad, Kokkarachedu	Universidad San Sebastián	Polymers	Rank 657
56	75,252	CL Cavieres, Lohengrin A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,501
57	75,461	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 949
58	76,358	CF Casas, Ferran	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 851
59	77,003	LA Lilian, Abugoch	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 622
60	78,534	VA Vega-Galvez, Antonio	Universidad de La Serena	Food Science	Rank 639
61	78,555	Rivera, César	Universidad de Talca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,992
62	79,731	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,082
63	80,790	AT Abbott, T. M.C.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 871
64	80,988	SM Sato, Masatoshi	Universidad Andrés Bello	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 255
65	81,227	DI Dreyer, Ingo	Universidad de Talca	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,286
66	81,819	UE Ungerfeld, Emilio M.	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias	Microbiology	Rank 1,918
67	83,315	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 265
68	85,601	TF Tello-Ortiz, Francisco	Universidad de Antofagasta	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,069
69	86,656	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Escuela de Medicina	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,469
70	87,327	ÁB Ávalos, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 788
71	87,801	FC Ferreccio, Catterina	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,115
72	88,595	LE López-Morales, Ernesto	Universidad de Chile	Geography	Rank 436
73	92,139	Kautonen, Teemu	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 1,588
74	92,158	LJ Lazzús, J. A.	Universidad de La Serena	Chemical Engineering	Rank 619
75	93,517	PC Petrovich, Cristobal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,029
76	93,748	DG de Gregorio, José	Banco Central de Chile	Economics	Rank 1,059
77	94,349	IA Ibáñez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Experimental Psychology	Rank 1,115
78	95,343	AD Aravena, Daniel	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Chemistry	Rank 238
79	96,258	RA Rosenkranz, Andreas	Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 828
80	96,614	CA Csendes, Attila	Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,198
81	98,839	AF Alvarez, Felipe	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 487
82	99,853	MC Martínez, Cristián	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,252
83	100,497	Pauchard, Aníbal	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,946
84	101,637	HF Horgan, Finbarr G.	Universidad Católica del Maule	Entomology	Rank 234
85	102,346	RM Reich, Martin	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,707
86	102,503	HZ Hashemkhani Zolfani, Sarfaraz	Universidad Católica del Norte	Civil Engineering	Rank 374
87	102,584	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,128
88	102,613	EX Emery, Xavier	Advanced Mining Technology Center	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,713
89	103,144	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 334
90	103,902	ZF Zegers-Hochschild, Fernando	Clinica Las Condes	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 663
91	104,399	RM Rivera, Marco	Universidad de Talca	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 343
92	105,235	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,150
93	106,441	DM Diez, M. C.	Universidad de la Frontera	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,479
94	106,894	CD Cortés-Arriagada, Diego	Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,418
95	110,612	Lizama, Carlos	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 558
96	111,198	ME Morselli, Eugenia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,582
97	112,828	PF Piper, Frida I.	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 2,129
98	112,845	PR Pacheco, Rodrigo	Universidad San Sebastián	Immunology	Rank 2,607
99	114,983	FT Foa Torres, Luis E.F.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 2,342
100	115,078	AJ Amorós, José Ernesto	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 1,935
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

253 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2022 single-year list, and 171 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 43. 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 253 in 2022, a change of +52.4%.

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.