Top-cited scientists by field in Colombia

17 fields · 54 subfields · Colombia

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Colombia?

135 researchers whose current affiliation is in Colombia are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 17 fields and 54 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (61, 45.2%), followed by Enabling & Strategic Technologies (12) and Chemistry (11); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (17). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 61 listed authors (45.2%)
General & Internal Medicine1712.6%3Buendia, Jefferson Antonio #74,326
Tropical Medicine64.4%0Darío Vélez, Iván Darió B. #253,638
Oncology & Carcinogenesis53.7%2Muñoz, Nubia #33,459
Neurology & Neurosurgery43.0%0Lopera, Francisco Javier #126,944
Surgery43.0%0Daes, Jorge E. #123,879
Cardiovascular System & Hematology32.2%1López-Jaramillo, P. #18,775
Endocrinology & Metabolism32.2%3Mendivil, Carlos O. #69,942
Allergy21.5%1Yepes-Nuñez, Juan Jose #84,386
Dentistry21.5%0Ardila, Carlos Martin #222,894
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine21.5%0Escobar, Maria Fernanda #361,931
Otorhinolaryngology21.5%1Sanabria, Alvaro Enrique #87,470
Pharmacology & Pharmacy21.5%0Calderón, Carlos A. #201,438
Urology & Nephrology21.5%1García-Perdomo, Herney Andrés #86,308
Immunology10.7%1Anaya, Juan Manuel #34,131
Ophthalmology & Optometry10.7%0De La Torre, Alejandra #300,461
Sport Sciences10.7%0Pino-Ortega, J. #140,895
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 12 listed authors (8.9%)
Energy75.2%2Montoya Giraldo, Oscar Danilo #41,749
Biotechnology21.5%0Solarte-Toro, Juan Camilo #191,985
Materials10.7%1Colorado Lopera, Henry Alonso #78,051
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies10.7%0Cardona, Omar D. #134,244
Chemistry · 11 listed authors (8.1%)
Organic Chemistry75.2%1Hernández, José G. #42,021
Analytical Chemistry21.5%0Orozco, Jahir A. #144,498
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry10.7%0Stashenko, Elena E. #203,426
Polymers10.7%0Palencia, Manuel S. #213,093
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 8 listed authors (5.9%)
Agronomy & Agriculture75.2%2Barrios, Edmundo #46,592
Food Science10.7%1Osorio-Tobón, J. Felipe #91,498
Horticulture10.7%0Ramirez, Fernando #330,380
Biology · 6 listed authors (4.4%)
Plant Biology & Botany43.0%1Beebe, Stephen E. #52,839
Entomology10.7%0Plata-Rueda, Angélica #377,042
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology10.7%1Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson Guillermo #27,165
Ornithology10.7%0Stiles, F. Gary #296,431
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 6 listed authors (4.4%)
Environmental Sciences43.0%3Georgin, Jordana #64,530
Geochemistry & Geophysics10.7%0Prieto, Germán A. #113,501
Biomedical Research · 5 listed authors (3.7%)
Microbiology43.0%1Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J. #27,618
Toxicology10.7%0Rodriguez-Villamizar, Laura A. #232,704
Virology10.7%0Urcuqui-Inchima, Silvio #416,177
Information & Communication Technologies · 5 listed authors (3.7%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing43.0%1Arbeláez, Pablo Andrés #31,671
Software Engineering10.7%0Linares-Vásquez, Mario #232,157
Engineering · 4 listed authors (3.0%)
Chemical Engineering21.5%2Cardona, Carlos Ariel #80,063
Civil Engineering10.7%0Carrillo, Julian #202,276
Mechanical Engineering & Transports10.7%0Lain, Santiago #290,228
Operations Research10.7%1Montoya-Torres, Jairo R. #83,341
Physics & Astronomy · 4 listed authors (3.0%)
Applied Physics32.2%0González-Hernández, Rafael J. #149,052
Nuclear & Particle Physics10.7%0Yaguna, Carlos E. #199,680
Mathematics & Statistics · 3 listed authors (2.2%)
General Mathematics32.2%1Rada, Juan #97,269
Social Sciences · 3 listed authors (2.2%)
Education21.5%1Garzón, Juan #34,673
Geography10.7%1Ojeda, Diana #52,519
Built Environment & Design · 2 listed authors (1.5%)
Building & Construction21.5%2Abellán-García, Joaquín #63,523
Economics & Business · 2 listed authors (1.5%)
Logistics & Transportation21.5%1Guzman, L. A. #44,203
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 2 listed authors (1.5%)
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology10.7%1Ruiz-Jiménez, Francisco J. #80,308
Experimental Psychology10.7%1Lindsay, D. Stephen #74,649
Public Health & Health Services · 1 listed authors (0.7%)
Health Policy & Services10.7%0Rosselli, Diego A. #244,351
Public Health10.7%0Sarmiento, Olga Lucía L. #102,857
Communication & Textual Studies · 0 listed authors (0.0%)
Literary Studies10.7%0Marcuse, Herbert #415,585

135 listed scientists in Colombia

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