Ten IMFD researchers recognized among the top 2% of most cited scientists globally – Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data

As every year, Stanford/Elsevier published its Top 2% Scientists List, which ranks the world's most influential scientists, an international ranking compiled by a group of researchers at Stanford University. The ranking is based on all author profiles in the Scopus database, which records scientific publications and citations from almost every country in the world.

The index considers not only the number of articles published, but also their impact as measured by citations and the role of those involved in the work (for example, whether they are listed as the lead author or last author). The ranking includes the 100,000 authors with the highest scores or those who are among the top 2% most cited in their field of expertise.

In this 2025 edition of the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, ten researchers from Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data recognized as the most cited in their respective fields worldwide.

Renzo Angles(DCC University of Talca)
Pablo Barceló (IMC Catholic University)
Ricardo Baeza-Yates(DCC University of Chile)
Leopoldo Bertossi (Faculty of Engineering, San Sebastián University)
Claudio Gutierrez(DCC University of Chile)
Aidan Hogan(DCC University of Chile)
Gonzalo Navarro (DCC University of Chile)
Marcelo Mendoza (DCC Catholic University)
Domingo Mery (DCC Catholic University)
Sebastián Valenzuela (Faculty of Communications, Catholic University)

Compiled by Stanford University and Elsevier, the list is based on a detailed analysis of bibliometric metrics such as citations, h-index, and scientific collaboration. It considers more than 9 million researchers from various disciplines, and only 2% make it into this select group, which is organized into 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields.