---
title: "Rafael Luque"
type: "entity"
entity_kind: "person"
status: "hub"
canonical_name: "Rafael Luque"
aliases: []
first_seen: "2026-07-30T00:00:00.000Z"
writer_model: "claude-sonnet-5"
connects_to: ["Highly Cited Researchers list","King Saud University","University of Córdoba","Manuel Ansede","Saudi HCR affiliation scandal"]
---


University of Córdoba chemist suspended for 13 years by the Spanish
university over an incorrect secondary Saudi affiliation (King Saud
University) — per SIRIS Academic's report, itself citing Manuel Ansede's
April 2023 El País reporting. His case is the specific, named scandal the
vault's broader Clarivate Saudi-HCR-affiliation cluster treats as its
proximate trigger point; it has not yet been independently verified against
a primary disciplinary record or El País's own reporting.

## References

- [[claim-saudi-universities-bought-clarivate-highly-cited-researcher-status]]
- [[claim-clarivate-tightened-2023-hcr-evaluation-methodology]]