A total of 9 researchers affiliated with Agrotecnio appear in the latest ranking published by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), dedicated to Spanish and international women researchers affiliated with institutions in Spain. The ranking once again places researchers linked to Agrotecnio and the University of Lleida among the most prominent in terms of scientific impact and international visibility. The ranking, prepared by the CSIC’s Cybermetrics Lab, includes more than 12,000 profiles and is based on bibliometric indicators from Google Scholar.
Among the Agrotecnio-affiliated researchers with the highest ranking is Olga Martín Belloso, Professor of Food Technology, who holds position 33 in the national ranking, with an h-index of 113 and more than 43,000 citations.
Also standing out is Sònia Marín, Professor at the University of Lleida and expert in Applied Mycology, ranked 210, with an h-index of 71 and nearly 17,400 citations.
Agrotecnio’s representation in this ranking is completed by researchers linked to strategic areas of agri-food and forestry research. In the field of crop production, Roxana Savin, Professor of Crop Physiology, appears in position 672, along with Marian Moralejo, also linked to Crop Physiology, in position 8,684.
In the field of food technologies, the ranking includes Isabel Odriozola, specialist in New Food Processing Technologies, in position 2,014, and Gemma Oms, also a researcher in this area, in position 2,308.
Regarding animal production and sustainability, the ranking includes Romi Pena, Professor of Animal Breeding, ranked 4,516, and Isabel Blanco, researcher in Animal Breeding, in position 5,787. The list is completed by Tatiana Shestakova, researcher in Forest Management, who holds position 9,497.
The 2026 edition of the ranking highlights the contribution of women researchers to the generation of high-impact knowledge in key sectors such as agrifood, biotechnology, and sustainability. The document also emphasizes the use of open identifiers such as ORCID and the commitment to open science as a tool to increase research visibility.
