Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2023: Career-Long List

Chile has 192 scientists on the 2023 career-long Top 2% list, up 12.3% from 171 in 2022. That places Chile 44th in the world by number of listed scientists. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists (40), followed by Universidad de Chile (34).

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

-2 (-4.4%) vs 2022

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 51% 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	5,426	HC Hetz, Claudio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 261
2	8,365	UR Uauy, Ricardo	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 65
3	9,474	RJ Rodriguez, Jose	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 18
4	13,051	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 258
5	15,781	AJ Aguilera, José M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 55
6	15,937	GR Garreaud, R.	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 195
7	16,217	BC Bunster, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 228
8	20,107	DR Deacon, Robert M.J.	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,590
9	20,841	TM Thiel, Martin	Universidad Católica del Norte	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 139
10	21,409	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 203
11	24,076	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 170
12	24,136	PM Phillips, Mark M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 239
13	29,195	TA Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 312
14	34,080	NV Nakariakov, Valery M.	Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 370
15	35,497	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 155
16	37,911	SW Sepulveda, Waldo	FETALMED-Maternal-Fetal Diagnostic Center	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 326
17	40,959	BM Bañados, Máximo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 632
18	43,021	CH Croxatto, Horacio B.	Universidad Andrés Bello	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 381
19	43,988	CA Csendes, Attila	Universidad de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 594
20	45,101	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Respiratory System	Rank 455
21	46,407	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 534
22	46,772	MD Minniti, D.	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 556
23	48,418	NH Niemeyer, H. M.	Universidad de Chile	Entomology	Rank 91
24	50,822	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,582
25	51,266	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 637
26	51,523	JF Jaksic, Fabián M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 872
27	55,029	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,846
28	56,655	DJ Dixon, Juan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 145
29	57,239	LE Lissi, Eduardo	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,197
30	58,281	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 63
31	60,184	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 986
32	61,024	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,531
33	61,819	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,284
34	63,350	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 476
35	63,924	ML Moran, Luis	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 172
36	65,474	SJ Sáez, Juan C.	Universidad de Valparaiso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,485
37	66,667	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Center for Technological Information (CIT)	Chemical Engineering	Rank 269
38	67,786	ZH Zinnecker, H.	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 876
39	73,676	CE Castro, Enrique A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,393
40	75,620	LR Latorre, Ramon	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 366
41	77,144	RA Rigotti, Attilio	Facultad de Medicina	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,131
42	77,411	SB Santelices, Bernabé	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 620
43	79,407	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,565
44	79,649	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 243
45	79,869	PM Plyushchay, Mikhail S.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,279
46	80,050	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 220
47	82,274	VA Valenzuela, Alfonso	Universidad de los Andes, Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 572
48	84,256	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 114
49	86,937	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de La Serena	Ecology	Rank 1,390
50	88,058	MR Muñoz Rivera, Jaime	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 428
51	89,220	LR López, Ramón Eugenio	Universidad de Chile	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 78
52	89,367	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,724
53	90,079	GD Geisler, Doug	Universidad de La Serena	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,207
54	91,694	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,270
55	91,768	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,319
56	93,520	KB Kopeliovich, B. Z.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,511
57	96,136	CM Catelan, M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,302
58	98,251	BL Barros, L. Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,345
59	99,951	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 494
60	100,338	NS Navarrete, Sergio A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 835
61	101,207	AJ Asenjo, Juan A.	Universidad de Chile	Biotechnology	Rank 280
62	101,365	SJ Salmeron, Jose L.	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,903
63	102,721	DA Davydychev, Andrei I.	Universidad del Bio Bio	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,668
64	103,563	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 293
65	106,956	RR Rodrigo, Ramón	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,444
66	107,714	OM O'Ryan, Miguel	Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI)	Microbiology	Rank 2,710
67	109,678	SJ Segura-Aguilar, Juan	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,010
68	110,386	SL Santos, Leonardo S.	Universidad de Talca	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,986
69	114,983	DM Diaz, M. A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,862
70	117,213	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,242
71	118,050	MP Moreno, Patricio I.	Universidad de Chile	Paleontology	Rank 520
72	118,559	AM Arenas, Marcelo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Information Systems	Rank 300
73	118,925	MO Meirik, Olav	Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductive	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 1,162
74	123,791	Espinoza, Jose R.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 356
75	124,264	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 1,118
76	129,095	PH Palza, Humberto	Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 1,180
77	129,156	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 813
78	129,528	EL Ebensperger, Luis A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 475
79	129,761	FP Felmer, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 732
80	129,894	FC Ferreccio, Catterina	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,676
81	130,216	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 204
82	130,441	JS Jara-Díaz, Sergio	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 198
83	130,895	IA Ibáñez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 8,202
84	131,307	SG Stanghellini, Giovanni	Universidad Diego Portales	Psychiatry	Rank 2,178
85	131,817	BR Botnar, René M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,202
86	134,504	VB von Bogdandy, Armin	Universidad de Chile	Law	Rank 75
87	135,353	LR Le Roux, Jacobus P.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geology	Rank 208
88	135,609	HR Humberto Reyes, B.	Universidad de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,741
89	137,059	ZJ Zanelli, J.	Universidad San Sebastián	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,215
90	139,515	MI Mena, Ismael	Clínica Las Condes	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,278
91	142,480	Lizama, Carlos	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 828
92	147,587	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 232
93	150,337	BL Bernold, Leonhard E.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Building & Construction	Rank 349
94	151,318	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,009
95	157,715	RH Rudnick, Hugh	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Energy	Rank 2,127
96	158,019	MC Martínez, Cristián	Universidad San Sebastián	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,563
97	165,650	KM Kiwi, Miguel	Universidad de Chile	Applied Physics	Rank 4,648
98	168,374	SY Schröder, York	Universidad del Bio Bio	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 2,741
99	168,574	LJ Lazzús, J. A.	Universidad de La Serena	Chemical Engineering	Rank 838
100	169,232	WS Walborn, Stephen P.	Universidad de Concepcion	General Physics	Rank 1,099
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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 career-long list, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 40. It is followed by Universidad de Chile with 34.

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 192 in 2023, a change of +51.2%.

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.