Top-cited scientists by field in Peru

13 fields · 24 subfields · Peru

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

45 researchers whose current affiliation is in Peru are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 13 fields and 24 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (23, 51.1%), followed by Biomedical Research (4) and Earth & Environmental Sciences (4); the largest subfield is General & Internal Medicine (12). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfield	Listed authors	Share	Top 100k	Highest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 23 listed authors (51.1%)
General & Internal Medicine	12	26.7%	0	Benites-Zapata, Vicente A. #175,459
Tropical Medicine	4	8.9%	1	García, Héctor Hugo #38,102
Arthritis & Rheumatology	1	2.2%	1	Alarcón, Graciela S. #44,878
Neurology & Neurosurgery	1	2.2%	0	Pacheco-Barrios, Kevin #118,249
Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	1	2.2%	1	Gonzales, Gustavo Francisco #83,435
Surgery	1	2.2%	0	Ciudad, Pedro #351,522
Biomedical Research · 4 listed authors (8.9%)
Microbiology	5	11.1%	1	Ruiz, Joaquim #80,385
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 4 listed authors (8.9%)
Environmental Sciences	2	4.4%	2	De-la-Torre, Gabriel Enrique #9,529
Geochemistry & Geophysics	1	2.2%	1	Dold, Bernhard #76,232
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 3 listed authors (6.7%)
Energy	1	2.2%	0	Álvarez-Risco, Aldo #217,256
Materials	1	2.2%	0	Mantari, J. L. #117,546
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	1	2.2%	1	Mayorga-Martínez, Carmen C. #77,342
Biology · 2 listed authors (4.4%)
Plant Biology & Botany	1	2.2%	0	Kreuze, Jan Frederik #220,386
Zoology	1	2.2%	0	Catenazzi, Alessandro #118,130
Engineering · 2 listed authors (4.4%)
Civil Engineering	1	2.2%	0	Pinto-Cruz, Mao Cristian #3,057,009
Mechanical Engineering & Transports	1	2.2%	0	Arias Velásquez, Ricardo Manuel #132,125
Public Health & Health Services · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Public Health	2	4.4%	2	Garcia, P. J. #53,112
Substance Abuse	1	2.2%	0	Anthony, J. C. #110,963
Chemistry · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Polymers	2	4.4%	1	Torres, Fernando G. #56,235
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Food Science	1	2.2%	1	Siche, Raúl #62,176
Mathematics & Statistics · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Applied Mathematics	1	2.2%	0	Flamarion, Marcelo V. #693,418
Physics & Astronomy · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Nuclear & Particle Physics	1	2.2%	0	Alfaro, Rubén #442,981
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Social Psychology	1	2.2%	0	Dominguez-Lara, Sergio Alexis #115,855
Social Sciences · 1 listed authors (2.2%)
Education	1	2.2%	0	Portuguez-Castro, May Iliana #113,768

45 listed scientists in Peru

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