Six researchers from Universidad Andrés Bello are recognized in the Research.com international ranking

Pamela Alarcón, Journalist.- For the second consecutive year, Andrés Bello University obtained important results in the Research.com international ranking, one of the world’s leading research websites. The ranking highlights the best scientists and the best universities worldwide, in different areas of knowledge.

In this second version, six academic researchers from UNAB were included in the international ranking of Research.com, standing out in the disciplines of Molecular Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, and Animal and Veterinary Science. Likewise, in the breakdown by institutions, the University was positioned in prominent places at the national level in these same areas.

“As UNAB, we promote and recognize the leadership in research of our academics in various disciplines, and we are glad that this international ranking makes it visible,” said the Vice Chancellor for Research and Doctorate at Andrés Bello University, Carolina Torrealbaadding:

Ours is a great research community, even more so considering the youth of our institution; In just a few years, UNAB has managed to build a powerful research nucleus, which contributes to the advancement of the generation of global knowledge and is placed at the service of society.

This second version of the Research.com ranking was developed analyzing the data of more than 166,000 scientists from around the world. The evaluation criteria included the number of citations and publications collected up to December 2022, as well as the D index, which is an adaptation of the Hirsch index, known as the H index. The research platform defines the D index as the index H of the discipline, that is, it considers only the publications and citations belonging to the particular discipline that is being measured.

Below are the results obtained by UNAB academic researchers.

Contributing science to the world

Among the researchers from the Andrés Bello University that make up the Research.com ranking, the Dr. Martín Montecino, director of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB) of UNAB. Dr. Montecino positioned himself as the only national scientist included in the Molecular Biology area of ​​the ranking. The biochemist and PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Massachusetts accumulates a total of 207 publications, 9,997 citations and a D index of 56.

“It is a great satisfaction that the scientific work developed throughout my career is recognized and valued by colleagues around the world, who consider and cite our contributions in the area,” said Dr. Montecino, adding that it is also where he focuses much of his teaching and training function at UNAB.

In addition to directing the ICB, Dr. Montecino is director of the UNAB Doctoral Program in Biomedicine and a member of the editorial board of various scientific journals, including Biological Research and Eukaryotic Reviews in Gene Expression.

In the field of Physical Sciences, which includes astronomy, the ranking is added to the Dr. Dante Minniti, director of the UNAB Institute of Astrophysics. In the measurement broken down by country, the prominent astronomer was positioned second among the best scientists of Physical Sciences in Chilewith a total of 1,009 publications, 49,427 citations and a D index of 114.

Along with expressing his gratitude to those who have always supported his work, Dante Minniti stressed that “this type of ranking is important because it recognizes the scientific research carried out in the country.”

The measurement of this particular discipline was based on the analysis of more than 51,000 profiles of scientists around the world, among which Dr. Minniti ranks 660.

In the ranking broken down by institution, Universidad Andrés Bello stands out in both disciplines. In the field of Molecular Biology, UNAB is the only national institution to integrate the ranking.

While, in the field of Physical Sciences, UNAB ranks third among the six best national universitiesafter the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) and the University of Chile.

A leading woman in chemistry

In the discipline of Chemistry, only one woman is mentioned among the best scientists in Chile that make up the international ranking of Research.com. It’s about the Dr. Patricia Pérez, academic from the Department of Chemical Sciences and member of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program in Molecular Physicochemistry at UNAB.

The PhD in Chemistry was ranked fourthaccumulating a total of 139 publications, 10,436 citations and a D index of 51.

At the institutional level, the UNAB is among the best four universities in Chile in Chemistryoccupying fourth place after the USACH, the PUC and the University of Talca.

Geology and animal science

In the field of Earth Sciences, two UNAB academics integrate measurement. On one hand, the PhD in Geology Francisco Herveprofessor at the University of Chile and academic researcher of the Geology career at the Andrés Bello University, an institution that granted him the recognition of honorary professor in 2021.

Dr. Herve ranked fourth among the nation’s top twelve Earth Science scientists, according to the ranking of the research portal Research.com. The prominent geologist accumulates 174 publications, 6,405 citations and a D index of 40.

Also added was the Dr. Reynaldo Charrier, renowned academic and researcher of the Geology career at Andrés Bello Universitywho ranked eleventh with a total of 101 publications, 5,024 citations and a D index of 32.

In the ranking that classifies the institutions, UNAB appears among the best national universities in Earth Sciences, ranking fifth after the U. de Chile, the U. de Concepción, the U. Austral and the PUC.

Finally, in the field of Animal and Veterinary Science, it is worth noting the work of Javier Millán, research professor at the University of Zaragoza, Spain, and visiting professor of the PhD program in Conservation Medicine at the Andrés Bello University.

Among the 40,000 scientists who were evaluated in this area, Dr. Millán was the the only researcher in Chile to be included in the ranking in this disciplinewith 112 publications, 2,982 citations and a D index of 28.

In the measurement broken down by institutions, the Universidad Andrés Bello is the only national higher education institution to be included in the field of Animal and Veterinary Science. Worldwide, among all the universities evaluated in this discipline, UNAB occupies the 300th place.