Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List
Chile has 230 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.5% from 214 in 2024. That places Chile 45th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (45), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (38).
Scientists in Chile on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 81% since 2020.
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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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- 1Universidad de Chile45
- 2Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile38
- 3Universidad de Concepcion14
- 4Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María14
- 5Universidad de Talca9
- 6Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile8
- 7Universidad San Sebastián8
- 8Universidad de la Frontera6
- 9Universidad de Santiago de Chile6
- 10Universidad de Tarapacá6
All 230 scientists
| Rank in Chile | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 8,584 | Universidad de Chile | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 69 | |
| 2 | 8,736 | Universidad San Sebastián | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 18 | |
| 3 | 12,886 | Universidad de Chile | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 159 | |
| 4 | 13,068 | Centro de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 284 | |
| 5 | 14,667 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Food Science | Rank 63 | |
| 6 | 16,815 | Centro de Estudios Cientificos | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 227 | |
| 7 | 18,118 | Universidad de Chile | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 396 | |
| 8 | 19,489 | Universidad de Chile | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,504 | |
| 9 | 19,732 | Universidad de Chile | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 437 | |
| 10 | 21,217 | Instituto Milenio Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 141 | |
| 11 | 21,912 | Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 212 | |
| 12 | 24,791 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 174 | |
| 13 | 24,802 | Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 251 | |
| 14 | 24,816 | Las Campanas Observatory | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 253 | |
| 15 | 26,583 | Universidad Finis Terrae | Sport Sciences | Rank 80 | |
| 16 | 30,335 | Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 318 | |
| 17 | 34,997 | Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad | Physiology | Rank 141 | |
| 18 | 38,839 | FETALMED–Centro de Diagnóstico Materno-Fetal | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 331 | |
| 19 | 39,756 | Universidad de Talca | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 176 | |
| 20 | 41,997 | Universidad de Tarapacá | Environmental Sciences | Rank 282 | |
| 21 | 43,860 | Escuela de Medicina | Respiratory System | Rank 433 | |
| 22 | 45,825 | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Energy | Rank 583 | |
| 23 | 46,147 | Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 409 | |
| 24 | 46,939 | Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 621 | |
| 25 | 48,649 | Universidad Andrés Bello | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 588 | |
| 26 | 52,157 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,559 | |
| 27 | 52,417 | Universidad de Chile | Entomology | Rank 106 | |
| 28 | 52,726 |
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Operations Research | Rank 173 |
| 29 | 53,071 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,609 | |
| 30 | 53,264 | Fundación Chilena de Astronomía | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 671 | |
| 31 | 53,511 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Logistics & Transportation | Rank 68 | |
| 32 | 55,352 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Ecology | Rank 971 | |
| 33 | 56,173 | Facultad de Medicina | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,803 | |
| 34 | 56,651 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Ecology | Rank 990 | |
| 35 | 58,650 | Universidad de Los Lagos | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 426 | |
| 36 | 59,873 | Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,271 | |
| 37 | 61,922 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 162 | |
| 38 | 62,067 | Universidad de Chile | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,075 | |
| 39 | 64,266 | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,266 | |
| 40 | 64,275 | Centro de Información Tecnológica | Chemical Engineering | Rank 273 | |
| 41 | 67,524 | Universidad de Valparaiso | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 4,466 | |
| 42 | 67,589 | Universidad de Chile | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,326 | |
| 43 | 70,072 | Universidad Autónoma de Chile | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 915 | |
| 44 | 71,380 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Communication & Media Studies | Rank 112 | |
| 45 | 71,568 | Universidad de Concepcion | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 190 | |
| 46 | 73,294 | Escuela de Medicina | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 1,073 | |
| 47 | 76,920 | Universidad Mayor | Developmental Biology | Rank 2,305 | |
| 48 | 77,413 | Universidad de Talca | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 245 | |
| 49 | 77,869 | Universidad San Sebastián | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,496 | |
| 50 | 78,605 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Biotechnology | Rank 223 | |
| 51 | 82,901 | Universidad de Valparaiso | Physiology | Rank 371 | |
| 52 | 83,465 | Universidad San Sebastián | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,360 | |
| 53 | 83,757 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,579 | |
| 54 | 83,887 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 658 | |
| 55 | 84,271 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,531 | |
| 56 | 84,743 | Universidad de los Andes, Chile | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 604 | |
| 57 | 85,840 | Universidad del Bio Bio | General Mathematics | Rank 412 | |
| 58 | 86,797 | Facultad de Medicina | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 3,256 | |
| 59 | 87,077 | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | Marketing | Rank 232 | |
| 60 | 87,551 | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,339 | |
| 61 | 88,131 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,246 | |
| 62 | 89,568 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,858 | |
| 63 | 90,631 | Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | Rank 570 | |
| 64 | 93,227 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Food Science | Rank 521 | |
| 65 | 94,079 | Universidad de Concepcion | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 1,253 | |
| 66 | 95,360 | Universidad de Chile | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Rank 93 | |
| 67 | 95,508 |
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Universidad de Chile | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 832 |
| 68 | 95,546 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 1,281 | |
| 69 | 98,374 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Political Science & Public Administration | Rank 436 | |
| 70 | 99,205 |
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Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 279 |
| 71 | 100,698 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Marine Biology & Hydrobiology | Rank 805 | |
| 72 | 103,388 | Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile | Polymers | Rank 916 | |
| 73 | 103,504 | Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile | Microbiology | Rank 2,575 | |
| 74 | 104,545 | Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,615 | |
| 75 | 105,173 | Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 3,341 | |
| 76 | 105,903 | Universidad de Chile | Biotechnology | Rank 302 | |
| 77 | 106,440 | Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 6,638 | |
| 78 | 108,518 | Universidad del Bio Bio | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,680 | |
| 79 | 113,324 | Universidad Diego Portales | Communication & Media Studies | Rank 205 | |
| 80 | 115,042 | Universidad de Talca | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,987 | |
| 81 | 117,559 | Universidad Andrés Bello | Social Psychology | Rank 920 | |
| 82 | 119,016 | Universidad de Chile | Paleontology | Rank 505 | |
| 83 | 119,998 | Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 1,495 | |
| 84 | 121,855 | Universidad San Sebastián | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 7,481 | |
| 85 | 123,716 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Information Systems | Rank 308 | |
| 86 | 124,055 | International Center for Biomedicine - ICC | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 7,605 | |
| 87 | 124,561 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,937 | |
| 88 | 125,353 | Universidad de Chile | Logistics & Transportation | Rank 213 | |
| 89 | 126,396 | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 7,719 | |
| 90 | 128,991 | Centro Avanzado de Tecnología para la Minería | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 2,210 | |
| 91 | 129,996 | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | General Mathematics | Rank 724 | |
| 92 | 131,042 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 460 | |
| 93 | 131,225 | Universidad de Concepcion | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 380 | |
| 94 | 131,754 | Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 1,166 | |
| 95 | 132,422 | Universidad de Chile | General Mathematics | Rank 737 | |
| 96 | 134,987 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 1,192 | |
| 97 | 135,260 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso | Communication & Media Studies | Rank 264 | |
| 98 | 136,797 | Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez | Finance | Rank 260 | |
| 99 | 143,007 | Universidad de Chile | Geology | Rank 227 | |
| 100 | 144,161 | Universidad San Sebastián | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 2,235 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Chile are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
264 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2025 single-year list, and 230 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Chile has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 career-long list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 45. It is followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile with 38.
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 230 in 2025, a change of +81.1%.
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.