Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Chile has 254 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 0.8% from 252 in 2023. That places Chile 45th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (39), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (34).

Single Year

254

+2 (+0.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

214

+22 (+11.5%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#45

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

No change vs 2023

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 53% 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

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,196	HC Hetz, Claudio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 19
2	2,451	MB Malomed, Boris A.	Universidad de Tarapacá	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 21
3	4,126	RJ Rodriguez, José	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 14
4	5,900	GR Garreaud, René D.	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 103
5	8,764	DR Deacon, Robert M.J.	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 467
6	11,383	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 32
7	12,506	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Environmental Sciences	Rank 238
8	14,122	TA Tokovinin, Andrei	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 98
9	14,245	AJ Aguilera, José Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 110
10	16,067	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 63
11	18,233	BC Bianchi, Constanza	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Marketing	Rank 114
12	19,910	RK Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 154
13	22,727	BC Bunster, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 260
14	26,138	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,061
15	26,380	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 115
16	27,529	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 95
17	28,153	CC Celis-Morales, Carlos A.	Universidad Católica del Maule	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 410
18	30,297	RA Rosenkranz, Andreas	Universidad de Chile	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 292
19	31,590	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 84
20	34,596	AM Arrese, Marco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 394
21	35,180	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 348
22	35,554	PM Phillips, M. M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 347
23	36,608	BF Bezanilla, Francisco	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 65
24	38,421	PH Palza, Humberto	Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 324
25	39,436	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 197
26	41,233	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 170
27	41,682	WX Wortsman, Ximena	Instituto de Investigación y Diagnóstico por Imágenes en Piel y Tejidos Blandos	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 140
28	44,528	SM Sato, Masatoshi	Universidad Andrés Bello	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 211
29	45,917	BF Bozinovic, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Physiology	Rank 88
30	46,436	VR Verma, Rajkumar	Universidad de Talca	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,819
31	47,432	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,862
32	47,456	LA León, A.	Santa María Clinic	Psychiatry	Rank 845
33	47,863	CL Cavieres, Lohengrin A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 944
34	48,262	GE Gianoli, Ernesto	Universidad de La Serena	Ecology	Rank 954
35	48,484	RJ Rivera, Jaime Muñoz	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 234
36	48,774	BL Barros, L. Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,366
37	48,929	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 768
38	49,346	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Universidad de Magallanes	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,389
39	49,911	VK Varaprasad, Kokkarachedu	Universidad San Sebastián	Polymers	Rank 438
40	52,662	UE Ungerfeld, Emilio M.	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 111
41	57,647	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Respiratory System	Rank 369
42	58,083	AJ Arab, Juan Pablo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 640
43	58,886	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad	Ecology	Rank 1,131
44	60,452	MP Marquet, Pablo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,163
45	60,581	RR Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo	Universidad Andrés Bello	Sport Sciences	Rank 241
46	62,355	IA Ibáñez, Agustín	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,920
47	63,156	CF Casas, Ferran	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 791
48	65,277	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad Andrés Bello	Chemical Physics	Rank 853
49	66,304	CJ Carpenter, John	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 684
50	66,726	AT Abbott, T. M.C.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 690
51	67,712	FV Fernandez, Viviana	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 271
52	68,456	ZJ Zagal, José H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 1,833
53	73,068	Rivera, César	Universidad de Talca	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,400
54	73,573	VJ Valderrama, José O.	Centro de Información Tecnológica	Chemical Engineering	Rank 568
55	74,741	CD Cortés-Arriagada, Diego	Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana	Chemical Physics	Rank 958
56	74,917	IA Illanes, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 308
57	75,241	LS Lavandero, Sergio	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,334
58	75,380	ZF Zegers-Hochschild, Fernando	Universidad Diego Portales	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 460
59	78,349	HZ Hashemkhani Zolfani, Sarfaraz	Universidad Católica del Norte	Civil Engineering	Rank 358
60	78,830	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,017
61	79,984	SG Santibanez Gonzalez, Ernesto D.R.	Universidad de Talca	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,620
62	81,133	ÁB Ávalos, Beatrice	Universidad de Chile	Education	Rank 982
63	82,851	UM Urbina, Mauricio A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 442
64	82,870	Pauchard, Aníbal	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,537
65	83,132	Perez, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 298
66	83,147	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 443
67	85,009	Petermann-Rocha, Fanny	Universidad Diego Portales	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,083
68	85,607	IL Inostroza, Luis	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,583
69	86,188	AD Altman, David	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 673
70	87,311	DT Dillehay, Tom D.	Universidad Austral de Chile	Archaeology	Rank 70
71	87,869	RM Reich, M.	Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,257
72	88,199	UE Undurraga, Eduardo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,123
73	88,225	AF Aboitiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,941
74	88,423	VL Videla, Luis A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,571
75	88,428	SJ Salmeron, Jose L.	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,353
76	88,785	FA Fajardo, Alex	Universidad de Talca	Ecology	Rank 1,634
77	89,907	DI Dreyer, Ingo	Universidad de Talca	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,506
78	90,374	SM Simirgiotis, Mario	Universidad Austral de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,173
79	91,074	AL Abugoch, Lilian	Universidad de Chile	Food Science	Rank 976
80	91,308	VA Vega-Gálvez, Antonio	Universidad de La Serena	Food Science	Rank 983
81	92,487	MM Max-Neef, Manfred	Universidad Austral de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,516
82	93,095	Kautonen, Teemu	Universidad del Desarrollo	Business & Management	Rank 2,031
83	93,614	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,190
84	95,547	HA Hogan, Aidan	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,605
85	96,195	MS Maldonado, Sebastián	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,637
86	97,632	HF Horgan, Finbarr G.	Universidad Católica del Maule	Entomology	Rank 182
87	97,661	FC Ferreccio, Catterina	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,240
88	98,175	WA Walker, A. R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,021
89	99,841	DM Diez, María Cristina	Universidad de la Frontera	Environmental Sciences	Rank 2,027
90	100,491	AR Angles, Renzo	Universidad de Talca	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 3,771
91	100,594	MJ Munita, Jose M.	Clinica Alemana	Microbiology	Rank 2,075
92	100,937	AF Alvarez, Felipe	Universidad de Chile	Operations Research	Rank 472
93	101,291	GA García, Adolfo M.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,495
94	102,458	AM Abarca, Marco Rivera	Universidad de Talca	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 384
95	103,350	CI Cavero-Redondo, Iván	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 2,584
96	103,891	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 363
97	105,869	SM Soto, Marcelo A.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 225
98	106,330	CE Codner, Ethel	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,531
99	108,028	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 1,210
100	109,665	TF Tello-Ortiz, Francisco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,303
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

254 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2024 single-year list, and 214 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2024 single-year list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 39. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with 34.

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 254 in 2024, a change of +53.0%.

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.