Chile's Top 2% Scientists 2026: Career-Long List

Chile has 251 scientists on the 2026 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.1% from 230 in 2025. That places Chile 46th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists (44), followed by Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (38).

Single Year

288

+24 (+9.1%) vs 2025

Career Data

251

+21 (+9.1%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#46

down 1 place vs 2025

Institutes

+6 (+11.1%) vs 2025

Scientists in Chile on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 98% 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%

2026+9.1%

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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%
2026	288	+9.1%	251	+9.1%

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Rank in Chile	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,165	VI van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.	Universidad San Sebastián	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 17
2	7,703	RJ Rodríguez, José R.	Universidad San Sebastián	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 17
3	9,034	UR Uauy, Ricardo D.	Universidad de Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 70
4	11,634	GR Garreaud, R. Darío	Universidad de Chile	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 137
5	12,690	CB Cockburn, B.	Facultad de Matemáticas	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 11
6	12,780	NG Navarro, Gonzalo	Centro de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 290
7	14,178	AJ Aguilera, Josè Miguel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 61
8	15,550	BM Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.	Universidad San Sebastián	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 127
9	17,148	TC Teitelboim, Claudio	Centro de Estudios Cientificos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 231
10	17,917	GD Gil de Zúñiga, Homero	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 21
11	18,820	DR Deacon, Robert Michael John	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,429
12	22,971	CJ Carpenter, John M.	Atacama Large Millimeter-submillimeter Array	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 232
13	23,130	TA Tokovinin, Andreï A.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 234
14	23,619	SH Storm, Hans Henrik	Escuela de Medicina	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,024
15	24,951	PM Phillips, Mark M.	Las Campanas Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 264
16	25,553	CJ Castilla, Juan Carlos	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 170
17	31,420	KL Klerkx, Laurens W.A.	Universidad de Talca	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 146
18	32,300	VD van den Bergh, Sidney D.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 352
19	33,864	NV Nakariakov, Valery M.	Universidad Bernardo O'Higgins	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 383
20	33,930	BF Božinović, Francisco F.	Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad	Physiology	Rank 129
21	39,524	SW Sepúlveda, Waldo H.	FETALMED–Centro de Diagnóstico Materno-Fetal	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 344
22	44,260	CJ Castro-Rodriguez, Jose A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Respiratory System	Rank 426
23	46,739	ZJ Zagal, Jose H.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Energy	Rank 613
24	47,314	WA Walker, Alistair R.	Cerro Tololo Inter American Observatory	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 575
25	48,011	VS Voß, Stefan	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Operations Research	Rank 163
26	49,300	MD Minniti, Dante	Universidad Andrés Bello	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 602
27	49,624	CH Croxatto, Horacio B.	Instituto Chileno de Medicina Reproductiva	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 437
28	49,987	CA Csendes, Attila J.	Universidad de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 671
29	51,764	OJ Ortúzar, Juan de Dios	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 71
30	53,346	NH Niemeyer, Hermann M.	Universidad de Chile	Entomology	Rank 107
31	53,855	IN Inestrosa, Nibaldo C.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,609
32	53,890	HM Hamuy, Mario A.	Fundación Chilena de Astronomía	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 681
33	55,731	BA Buschmann, Alejandro H.	Universidad de Los Lagos	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 397
34	56,274	MP Marquet, Pablo Angel	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 992
35	56,406	NC Naus, Christian C.G.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,747
36	56,490	AF Aboitiz, Francisco D.	IINARA	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,752
37	56,961	JF Jaksic, Fabian M.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Ecology	Rank 1,003
38	60,064	VL Videla, Luis Alberto	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,185
39	62,004	VS Valenzuela, Sebastián	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 105
40	62,132	PK Püschel, Klaus I.	Facultad de Medicina	Legal & Forensic Medicine	Rank 19
41	62,398	MR Madariaga, Raül I.	Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,077
42	63,150	DL Dessart, Luc	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 814
43	63,258	VJ Valderrama, Jose O.	Centro de Información Tecnológica	Chemical Engineering	Rank 270
44	66,549	DJ Dixon, Juan W.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 175
45	68,159	LE Lissi, Eduardo Eduardo	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,314
46	68,515	FP Fuentealba, Patricio	Universidad de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,324
47	71,542	SJ Saéz, Juan Carlos	Universidad de Valparaiso	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,632
48	72,743	ZH Zinnecker, Hans	Universidad Autónoma de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 960
49	72,917	MR Mayor, Roberto	Universidad Mayor	Developmental Biology	Rank 2,167
50	75,505	WX Wortsman, X. C.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 467
51	75,621	ML Morán, Luis A.T.	Universidad de Concepcion	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 206
52	77,039	TA Tirachini, Alejandro	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 118
53	77,710	IA Illanés, Andrés	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Biotechnology	Rank 220
54	77,742	SG Schmeda-Hirschmann, Guillermo	Universidad de Talca	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 246
55	78,856	PP Pérez, Patricia	Universidad San Sebastián	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,486
56	79,301	RS Rajendran, Saravanan	Universidad de Tarapacá	Energy	Rank 1,137
57	80,581	BL Barros, Luis Felipe	Universidad San Sebastián	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,132
58	80,596	CL Cavieres, Lohengrin Alexis	Universidad de Concepcion	Ecology	Rank 1,409
59	82,289	MD Mery, Domingo	Instituto Milenio en Ingeniería e Inteligencia Artificial para la Salud	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,788
60	83,402	TA Toro-Labbé, Alejandro	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,554
61	84,133	RK Rovira Kaltwasser, Cristóbal	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 389
62	85,376	RJ Rivera, Jaime Muñoz	Universidad del Bio Bio	General Mathematics	Rank 411
63	85,896	SB Santelices, Bernabé	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 657
64	86,261	GR Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 1,219
65	87,392	LR Latorre, R. O.	Universidad de Valparaiso	Physiology	Rank 377
66	87,745	VA Valenzuela, Alfonso B.	Universidad de los Andes, Chile	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 618
67	88,371	WJ Wu, Jinsong	Universidad de Chile	Networking & Telecommunications	Rank 768
68	90,715	PM Plyushchay, Mikhail S.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,373
69	91,901	CE Castro, Enrique A.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,619
70	93,088	RA Rigotti, Attilio A.	Facultad de Medicina	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,324
71	94,751	PF Pedreschi, Franco	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Food Science	Rank 552
72	94,971	LR Löpez, Ramón Eugenio	Universidad de Chile	Agricultural Economics & Policy	Rank 93
73	95,294	PH Palza, Humberto	Centro de Medicina Intervencional de Precisión y Terapia Celular Avanzada	Polymers	Rank 850
74	96,024	CM Catelan, Márcio	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,302
75	98,711	GD Geisler, Douglas P.	Universidad de Concepcion	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,341
76	101,398	OM O'Ryan, Miguel L.	Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería	Microbiology	Rank 2,515
77	103,055	NS Navarrete, Sergio A.	Universidad de Concepcion	Marine Biology & Hydrobiology	Rank 811
78	103,573	KS Kouro, Samir	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Rank 295
79	104,037	RR Rodrigo, Ramón A.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 3,297
80	104,624	PA Paliathanasis, Andronikos	Universidad Católica de Temuco	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,601
81	105,735	QA Quest, Andrew F.G.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,759
82	106,634	CT Correa, Teresa	Universidad Diego Portales	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 219
83	107,241	CF Casas, Ferrán	Universidad Andrés Bello	Social Psychology	Rank 890
84	108,091	SJ Segura-aguilar, J. E.	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,621
85	109,559	AJ Asenjo, Juan A.	Universidad de Chile	Biotechnology	Rank 322
86	109,931	KV Kopeliovich, V. B.	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,689
87	113,367	MC Mellado, Claudia	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 237
88	113,736	TE Tagliazucchi, Enzo R.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 6,939
89	115,660	SL Santos, Leonardo S.	Universidad de Talca	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,977
90	116,775	GS Gelcich, Stefan	Instituto Milenio en Socio-Ecología Costera	Ecology	Rank 1,962
91	119,050	MP Moreno, Patricio I.	Universidad de Chile	Paleontology	Rank 497
92	119,363	FC Ferreccio, Catterina R.	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 1,485
93	122,622	VB von Bernhardi, R.	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,420
94	122,727	FV Fernandez, Viviana P.	Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez	Finance	Rank 232
95	123,645	Lizama, Carlos	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	General Mathematics	Rank 687
96	125,150	EX Emery, Xavier M.	Centro Avanzado de Tecnología para la Minería	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 2,127
97	125,354	AM Arenas, Marcelo	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Information Systems	Rank 321
98	126,471	MR MacCioni, Ricardo Benjamin	Universidad de Chile	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 7,626
99	127,279	KP Kervella, Pierre	Universidad de Chile	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,737
100	128,812	JS Jara-Diaz, Sergio R.	Universidad de Chile	Logistics & Transportation	Rank 233
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Chile are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

288 scientists affiliated with Chile are on the 2026 single-year list, and 251 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2026 career-long list, Universidad de Chile has the most listed scientists from Chile, with 44. 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 251 in 2026, a change of +97.6%.

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.