Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 248 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Astrophysics - Galactic Archaeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,474
11,959
0.826
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Psicología de la Salud
Psicología
Calidad de Vida
Bienestar
Inmigració
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,428
6,788
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ecologia
Conservación
Evaluacion de Impacto Ambienta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,632
3,201
0.371
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
MCDM
Strategic Planning
Fuzzy set theory
Supply Chain Management
Sustainabilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,951
5,347
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Galactic Archaeolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,303
4,901
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
late stellar evloution
investigating the earth atmospher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,023
2,922
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Geologí
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
2,329
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
ecología marina
manejo
conservación
algas parda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,596
2,527
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
deep sea ecology
invertebrate taxonomy
chemosynthetic faun
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,384
1,783
0.407
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Seabird ecology and conservatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,110
2,032
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Information Systems
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoptio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,047
2,833
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dynamical systems
Differential Equations
Cosmology
Mathematical physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,039
2,556
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Seismotectoinics
structural geology
paleoseismolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
1,736
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
pharmacology
pharmacognosy
toxicology
phytotherapy
natural product
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,836
1,145
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
social psychology
coping
intergroup relations
political psychology
positive psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,830
3,344
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
ecologia marina
pesquería artesana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,740
1,427
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Conservación marina ecología de comunidades submareale
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,478
1,754
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Geomicrobiology of arid zones
Biominin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,190
1,348
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Marine botany
ecophysiology
reproductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,770
1,255
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
evolutionary genetics
molecular ecology
marine biogeograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,695
1,041
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Apego adulto
relaciones de pareja
perdón en relaciones cercanas
ajuste al divorcio y l
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,645
2,014
0.761
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
earth-science
geology
geomorpholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,495
1,243
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Research Assessment
Scientific Collaboration
Strategic Managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,430
1,141
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Physiology and Genetics applied to Aquacultur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
1,104
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biological Oceanography
Ichthyology
Marine Resources Assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,281
628
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,801
90
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
José G Fernández-Trincado
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,474
11,959
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,575
162
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Alfonso Urzúa
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,428
6,788
0.651
Psicología de la Salud
Psicología
Calidad de Vida
Bienestar
Inmigració
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,415
206
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Alonso Vega Reyes
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,632
3,201
0.371
Ecologia
Conservación
Evaluacion de Impacto Ambienta
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
135,183
228
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,951
5,347
0.672
MCDM
Strategic Planning
Fuzzy set theory
Supply Chain Management
Sustainabilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,058
254
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Christian Moni Bidin
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,303
4,901
0.671
Galactic Archaeolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,290
273
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stefan Kimeswenger
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,023
2,922
0.416
late stellar evloution
investigating the earth atmospher
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
161,322
294
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guillermo Chong
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,727
2,329
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,671
302
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julio A Vasquez
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,596
2,527
0.383
ecología marina
manejo
conservación
algas parda
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,885
541
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Javier Sellanes
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,384
1,783
0.407
deep sea ecology
invertebrate taxonomy
chemosynthetic faun
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,026
576
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Guillermo Luna Jorquera
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,110
2,032
0.494
Seabird ecology and conservatio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,637
590
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Patricio E Ramírez Correa
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,047
2,833
0.700
Information Systems
Management
Psychology
Technology Adoptio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
264,140
592
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Genly Leon
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,039
2,556
0.633
Dynamical systems
Differential Equations
Cosmology
Mathematical physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,251
606
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gabriel Gonzalez L
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,951
1,736
0.439
Seismotectoinics
structural geology
paleoseismolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,276
625
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Gabino Garrido
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,836
1,145
0.298
pharmacology
pharmacognosy
toxicology
phytotherapy
natural product
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
276,605
627
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anna Marcelina Wlodarczyk
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,830
3,344
0.873
social psychology
coping
intergroup relations
political psychology
positive psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,343
649
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Wolfgang Stotz
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,740
1,427
0.382
ecologia marina
pesquería artesana
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
300,515
698
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Carlos F Gaymer
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,478
1,754
0.504
Conservación marina ecología de comunidades submareale
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
323,175
786
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Cecilia Demergasso
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,190
1,348
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
362,464
920
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fadia Tala
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,770
1,255
0.453
Marine botany
ecophysiology
reproductio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
370,283
942
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pilar A Haye
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,695
1,041
0.386
evolutionary genetics
molecular ecology
marine biogeograph
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
375,760
972
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Monica Guzmán González
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,645
2,014
0.761
Apego adulto
relaciones de pareja
perdón en relaciones cercanas
ajuste al divorcio y l
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,028
1,044
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rodrigo Riquelme
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,495
1,243
0.498
earth-science
geology
geomorpholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,017
1,076
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guillermo Armando Ronda Pupo
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,430
1,141
0.470
Research Assessment
Scientific Collaboration
Strategic Managemen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
407,283
1,101
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Katherina Brokordt
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,379
1,104
0.464
Physiology and Genetics applied to Aquacultur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,248
1,153
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Enzo Acuña
Universidad Católica del Norte
Antofagasta, Chile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,281
628
0.275
Biological Oceanography
Ichthyology
Marine Resources Assessmen