Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2023

Chile has 252 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, down 0.4% from 253 in 2022. That places Chile 44th in the world by number of listed scientists. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists (36), followed by Universidad de Chile (33).

Single Year

252

-1 (-0.4%) vs 2022

Career Data

192

+21 (+12.3%) vs 2022

World rank by count

#44

No change vs 2022

Institutes

-6 (-10.7%) vs 2022

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	834	HC Hetz, Claudio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 19
2	4,494	GR Garreaud, R.	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 79
3	5,462	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 19
4	8,695	DR Deacon, Robert M.J.	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 504
5	11,001	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 55
6	11,917	AJ Aguilera, José M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 81
7	12,734	UR Uauy, Ricardo	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 86
8	13,009	TA Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 84
9	18,640	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Environmental Sciences	Rank 279
10	19,941	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 64
11	20,268	BC Bianchi, Constanza	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Marketing	Rank 109
12	20,597	BC Bunster, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 219
13	22,099	RK Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal	Universidad Diego Portales	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 133
14	23,706	GV Gewin, Virginia	Universidad Austral de Chile	Developmental Biology	Rank 661
15	24,092	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 62
16	24,740	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 64
17	24,846	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 78
18	26,462	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 906
19	31,268	PM Phillips, Mark M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 292
20	32,018	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 112
21	32,624	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 285
22	33,467	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,101
23	33,614	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 194
24	34,576	TE Tagliazucchi, Enzo	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,794
25	34,865	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 404
26	37,023	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 128
27	38,468	PH Palza, Humberto	Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 334
28	41,201	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 640
29	41,503	CC Celis-Morales, Carlos A.	Universidad Católica del Maule	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 610
30	42,514	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Respiratory System	Rank 284
31	43,554	GM Guerrero, Maribel	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 973
32	45,355	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,341
33	46,375	NV Nakariakov, Valery M.	Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 457
34	48,530	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Center for Technological Information (CIT)	Chemical Engineering	Rank 336
35	49,078	RA Rosenkranz, Andreas	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 473
36	49,145	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 113
37	50,470	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 187
38	50,895	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 961
39	51,338	AL Abugoch, Lilian	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 489
40	52,155	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 516
41	59,265	VK Varaprasad, Kokkarachedu	Universidad San Sebastián	Polymers	Rank 522
42	59,334	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de La Serena	Ecology	Rank 1,114
43	60,035	MM Molinos-Senante, Maria	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Environmental Sciences	Rank 995
44	60,633	SM Sato, Masatoshi	Universidad Andrés Bello	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 232
45	62,782	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,271
46	63,784	DG de Gregorio, José	Banco Central de Chile	Economics	Rank 814
47	64,924	UE Ungerfeld, Emilio M.	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias	Microbiology	Rank 1,471
48	65,649	SG Santibanez Gonzalez, Ernesto D.R.	Universidad de Talca	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,080
49	66,234	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 265
50	66,697	HF Horgan, Finbarr G.	Universidad Católica del Maule	Entomology	Rank 121
51	66,869	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,603
52	67,401	ÁB Ávalos, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 677
53	68,658	CF Casas, Ferran	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 826
54	70,930	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 418
55	71,271	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 699
56	71,649	MS Maldonado, Sebastián	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,281
57	71,756	DM Diez, María Cristina	Universidad de la Frontera	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,202
58	71,971	BL Barros, L. Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,516
59	75,391	UE Undurraga, Eduardo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,015
60	78,401	Perez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 255
61	79,413	IA Ibáñez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,835
62	80,419	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,026
63	81,532	SG Stanghellini, Giovanni	Universidad Diego Portales	Psychiatry	Rank 1,367
64	81,803	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,044
65	82,277	CL Cavieres, Lohengrin A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,515
66	82,963	AT Abbott, T. M.C.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 865
67	84,914	FA Fajardo, Alex	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 1,554
68	85,142	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,561
69	86,658	FT Foa Torres, Luis E.F.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 1,691
70	87,057	TF Tello-Ortiz, Francisco	Universidad de Antofagasta	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 990
71	87,369	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,102
72	88,615	Rivera, César	Universidad de Talca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 3,183
73	88,762	MR Muñoz Rivera, Jaime	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 408
74	91,028	RM Reich, Martin	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,456
75	91,626	FV Fernandez, Viviana	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 313
76	91,764	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,349
77	92,161	AJ Arenas, Jorge P.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Acoustics	Rank 185
78	92,570	Pauchard, Aníbal	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,683
79	93,229	CD Cortés-Arriagada, Diego	Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,181
80	93,924	LE López-Morales, Ernesto	Universidad San Sebastián	Geography	Rank 476
81	94,046	RR Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo	Universidad Andrés Bello	Sport Sciences	Rank 419
82	94,120	VA Vega-Galvez, Antonio	Universidad de La Serena	Food Science	Rank 980
83	94,522	DI Dreyer, Ingo	Universidad de Talca	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,634
84	95,193	CJ Caballero, Julio	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 321
85	96,755	RR Rodrigo, Ramón	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,620
86	96,796	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,098
87	97,098	SJ Salmeron, Jose L.	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,034
88	99,152	UM Urbina, Mauricio A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 606
89	99,245	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,984
90	99,411	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,069
91	101,156	PC Petrovich, Cristobal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,091
92	101,379	AJ Arab, Juan P.	Escuela de Medicina	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,122
93	101,500	SJ Segura-Aguilar, Juan	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,792
94	102,459	AD Aravena, Daniel	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Chemistry	Rank 224
95	104,135	LJ Lazzús, J. A.	Universidad de La Serena	Chemical Engineering	Rank 831
96	107,399	MJ Munita, Jose M.	Universidad del Desarrollo	Microbiology	Rank 2,448
97	108,100	AM Abarca, Marco Rivera	Universidad de Talca	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 390
98	108,558	FC Ferreccio, Catterina	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,389
99	110,929	VR Verma, Rajkumar	Universidad de Talca	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,446
100	111,210	MP Moreno, Patricio I.	Universidad de Chile	Paleontology	Rank 333
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?

252 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2023 single-year list, and 192 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2023 single-year list, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 36. It is followed by Universidad de Chile with 33.

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 252 in 2023, a change of +51.8%.

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.