Table 1 Scientometric descriptors for a sample of 10% most-cited Chilean ecologists, ordered by WoS h-index within age-classes young (< 50 year), middle-aged (50–60 year), and senior (> 60 year). An * identifies those ecologists awarded Chile’s National Prize for Natural Sciences. na denotes not available

Senior (> 60 year)

 Jaksic FM*

29

68

14,853

0.311

 Niemeyer HM

26

na

na

na

 Castilla JC*

25

80

27,898

0.229

 Santelices B*

24

49

7,949

0.302

 Armesto JJ

23

67

25,927

0.173

 Corcuera LJ

22

43

5,782

0.320

 Bozinovic F*

20

61

11,998

0.310

 Ojeda FP

18

36

4,623

0.280

 Arroyo MTK*

16

64

15,755

0.261

 Villagrán C

16

na

na

na

 Marín VH

14

31

3,657

0.263

 Moreno CA

15

na

na

na

 Soto D

9

na

na

na

Mean ± SE (n)

19.8 ± 1.6(13)

55.4 ± 5.5(9)

13,160.2 ± 2,971.9(9)

0.272 ± 0.016(9)

Middle-aged 50–60 yr

 Marquet PA

20

60

19,742

0.182

 Navarrete SA

18

54

9,625

0.303

 Lima M

15

39

7,702

0.197

 Ulloa O

14

52

10,144

0.267

 Buschmann AH

13

50

10,505

0.238

 Fernández M

13

na

na

na

 Thiel M

13

na

na

na

 Camus PA

11

21

2,152

0.205

 Medel R

11

na

na

na

 Jiménez JE

10

36

3,809

0.340

 Pérez FJ

10

17

1,302

0.222

Mean ± SE (n)

13.4 ± 1.0 (11)

41.1 ± 5.6(8)

8,122.6 ± 2,104.3(8)

0.244 ± 0.019(8)

Young < 50 year

 Gianoli E

11

38

5,929

0.243

 Cavieres LA

10

54

1,1343

0.257

 Moreno PI

9

41

6,700

0.252

 Nespolo RF

9

30

2,974

0.303

 Bacigalupe LD

8

26

1,893

0.357

 Lardies MA

8

32

2,792

0.367

 Broitman BR

7

32

5,266

0.194

 Fuentes-Contreras E

7

22

1,379

0.351

 Pauchard A

6

43

7,286

0.234

 Hinojosa LF

5

22

2,311

0.209

 Haye PA

4

22

1,771

0.273

 Estades CF

3

20

1,738

0.230

Mean ± SE (n)

7.2 ± 0.7(12)

31.8 ± 3.0(12)

4,281.8 ± 883.9(12)

0.272 ± 0.017(12)