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).

Single Year

264

+10 (+3.9%) vs 2024

Career Data

230

+16 (+7.5%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#45

No change vs 2024

Institutes

+9 (+20.0%) vs 2024

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 81% 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	8,584	UR Uauy, Ricardo D.	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 69
2	8,736	RJ Rodríguez, José R.	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 18
3	12,886	GR Garreaud, R. Darío	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 159
4	13,068	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Centro de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 284
5	14,667	AJ Aguilera, Josè Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 63
6	16,815	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 227
7	18,118	MJ Merigó, José María	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 396
8	19,489	DR Deacon, Robert Michael John	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,504
9	19,732	BR Baeza-Yates, Ricardo A.	Universidad de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 437
10	21,217	CP Convey, Peter	Instituto Milenio Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antárticos y Subantárticos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 141
11	21,912	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 212
12	24,791	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 174
13	24,802	TA Tokovinin, Andreï A.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 251
14	24,816	PM Phillips, Mark M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 253
15	26,583	MI Mujika, Iñigo Inigo	Universidad Finis Terrae	Sport Sciences	Rank 80
16	30,335	VD van den Bergh, Sidney D.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 318
17	34,997	BF Božinović, Francisco F.	Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad	Physiology	Rank 141
18	38,839	SW Sepúlveda, Waldo H.	FETALMED–Centro de Diagnóstico Materno-Fetal	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 331
19	39,756	KL Klerkx, Laurens W.A.	Universidad de Talca	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 176
20	41,997	SR Saravanan, Rajendran	Universidad de Tarapacá	Environmental Sciences	Rank 282
21	43,860	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Escuela de Medicina	Respiratory System	Rank 433
22	45,825	ZJ Zagal, Jose H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 583
23	46,147	CH Croxatto, Horacio B.	Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 409
24	46,939	CA Csendes, Attila J.	Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 621
25	48,649	MD Minniti, Dante	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 588
26	52,157	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,559
27	52,417	NH Niemeyer, Hermann M.	Universidad de Chile	Entomology	Rank 106
28	52,726	VS Voß, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Operations Research	Rank 173
29	53,071	NC Naus, Christian C.G.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,609
30	53,264	HM Hamuy, Mario A.	Fundación Chilena de Astronomía	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 671
31	53,511	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 68
32	55,352	JF Jaksic, Fabian M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 971
33	56,173	AF Aboitiz, Francisco D.	Facultad de Medicina	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,803
34	56,651	MP Marquet, Pablo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 990
35	58,650	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 426
36	59,873	VL Videla, Luis Alberto	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,271
37	61,922	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 162
38	62,067	MR Madariaga, Raül I.	Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,075
39	64,266	LE Lissi, Eduardo Eduardo	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,266
40	64,275	VJ Valderrama, Jose O.	Centro de Información Tecnológica	Chemical Engineering	Rank 273
41	67,524	SJ Saéz, Juan Carlos	Universidad de Valparaiso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,466
42	67,589	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,326
43	70,072	ZH Zinnecker, Hans	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 915
44	71,380	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 112
45	71,568	ML Morán, Luis A.T.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 190
46	73,294	AM Arrese, Marco A.	Escuela de Medicina	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 1,073
47	76,920	MR Mayor, Roberto	Universidad Mayor	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,305
48	77,413	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 245
49	77,869	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad San Sebastián	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,496
50	78,605	IA Illanés, Andrés F.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 223
51	82,901	LR Latorre, R. O.	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 371
52	83,465	BL Barros, Luis Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,360
53	83,757	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,579
54	83,887	SB Santelices, Bernabé	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 658
55	84,271	CE Castro, Enrique A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,531
56	84,743	VA Valenzuela, Alfonso B.	Universidad de los Andes, Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 604
57	85,840	RJ Rivera, Jaime Muñoz	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 412
58	86,797	RA Rigotti, Attilio A.	Facultad de Medicina	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,256
59	87,077	BC Bianchi, Constanza Carolina	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Marketing	Rank 232
60	87,551	PM Plyushchay, Mikhail S.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,339
61	88,131	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,246
62	89,568	MD Mery, Domingo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,858
63	90,631	WX Wortsman, X. C.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 570
64	93,227	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 521
65	94,079	GD Geisler, Douglas P.	Universidad de Concepcion	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,253
66	95,360	LR Löpez, Ramón Eugenio	Universidad de Chile	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 93
67	95,508	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 832
68	95,546	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,281
69	98,374	RK Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 436
70	99,205	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 279
71	100,698	NS Navarrete, Sergio A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 805
72	103,388	PH Palza, Humberto	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Polymers	Rank 916
73	103,504	OM O'Ryan, Miguel L.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Microbiology	Rank 2,575
74	104,545	KV Kopeliovich, V. B.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,615
75	105,173	RR Rodrigo, Ramón A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,341
76	105,903	AJ Asenjo, Juan A.	Universidad de Chile	Biotechnology	Rank 302
77	106,440	SJ Segura-aguilar, J.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,638
78	108,518	DA Davydychev, Andrei I.	Universidad del Bio Bio	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,680
79	113,324	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 205
80	115,042	SL Santos, Leonardo S.	Universidad de Talca	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,987
81	117,559	CF Casas, Ferrán	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 920
82	119,016	MP Moreno, Patricio I.	Universidad de Chile	Paleontology	Rank 505
83	119,998	FC Ferreccio, Catterina R.	Instituto de Salud Publica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,495
84	121,855	VB von Bernhardi, R.	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,481
85	123,716	AM Arenas, Marcelo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Information Systems	Rank 308
86	124,055	MR MacCioni, Ricardo Benjamin	International Center for Biomedicine - ICC	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,605
87	124,561	DM Díaz, Marco Aurelio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,937
88	125,353	JS Jara-Diaz, Sergio R.	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 213
89	126,396	TE Tagliazucchi, Enzo R.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,719
90	128,991	EX Emery, Xavier M.	Centro Avanzado de Tecnología para la Minería	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 2,210
91	129,996	Lizama, Carlos	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 724
92	131,042	EL Ebensperger, Luis A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 460
93	131,225	Espinoza, Jose R.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 380
94	131,754	TJ Turner, James E.H.	Gemini ObservatorySouthern Operations Center	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,166
95	132,422	FP Felmer, Patricio L.	Universidad de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 737
96	134,987	BR Botnar, René Michael Michael	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	Rank 1,192
97	135,260	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 264
98	136,797	FV Fernandez, Viviana P.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 260
99	143,007	LR Le Roux, J. P.	Universidad de Chile	Geology	Rank 227
100	144,161	MC Martínez, Cristián	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.