Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2025
Mexico has 415 scientists on the 2025 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.5% from 379 in 2024. That places Mexico 42nd in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (54), followed by Tecnológico de Monterrey (31).
Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year
The single-year count has grown 37% since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 303 | 291 | ||
| 2021 | 364 | +20.1% | 342 | +17.5% |
| 2022 | 365 | +0.3% | 330 | -3.5% |
| 2023 | 355 | -2.7% | 352 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 379 | +6.8% | 384 | +9.1% |
| 2025 | 415 | +9.5% | 420 | +9.4% |
Top 10 institutes in Mexico
By number of listed scientists
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- 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México54
- 2Tecnológico de Monterrey31
- 3Instituto Politécnico Nacional26
- 4Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional19
- 5Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo15
- 6Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica10
- 7Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León8
- 8Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo8
- 9Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla7
- 10Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social7
All 415 scientists
| Rank in Mexico | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
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| 1 | 888 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 57 | |
| 2 | 5,883 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Microbiology | Rank 93 | |
| 3 | 6,218 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 161 | |
| 4 | 6,823 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 69 | |
| 5 | 6,926 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Environmental Sciences | Rank 142 | |
| 6 | 8,104 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Business & Management | Rank 245 | |
| 7 | 8,127 | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo | Chemical Physics | Rank 141 | |
| 8 | 8,553 | San Francisco | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 156 | |
| 9 | 8,901 |
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudio Avanzados, Campus Guanajuato | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 103 |
| 10 | 8,914 | Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 107 | |
| 11 | 9,992 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 117 | |
| 12 | 10,592 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Chemical Physics | Rank 178 | |
| 13 | 11,351 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 72 | |
| 14 | 11,434 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Environmental Sciences | Rank 249 | |
| 15 | 11,583 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 120 | |
| 16 | 12,323 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 67 | |
| 17 | 12,356 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Ecology | Rank 279 | |
| 18 | 12,602 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Immunology | Rank 256 | |
| 19 | 13,575 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Food Science | Rank 124 | |
| 20 | 14,635 | South Texas Veterans Health Care System | Respiratory System | Rank 78 | |
| 21 | 14,808 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Food Science | Rank 138 | |
| 22 | 15,951 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 199 | |
| 23 | 18,383 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Operations Research | Rank 74 | |
| 24 | 19,044 | Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | Biotechnology | Rank 67 | |
| 25 | 19,657 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica | Public Health | Rank 193 | |
| 26 | 21,904 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 288 | |
| 27 | 22,095 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Education | Rank 269 | |
| 28 | 22,273 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 420 | |
| 29 | 22,734 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 257 | |
| 30 | 22,789 | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 241 | |
| 31 | 22,962 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,067 | |
| 32 | 23,443 | Instituto de Quimica de la UNAM | Organic Chemistry | Rank 267 | |
| 33 | 23,969 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,110 | |
| 34 | 25,268 | Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,166 | |
| 35 | 26,171 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 277 | |
| 36 | 28,834 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Food Science | Rank 287 | |
| 37 | 29,306 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Tlalpan | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 885 | |
| 38 | 29,597 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 538 | |
| 39 | 30,287 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 323 | |
| 40 | 31,017 | Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad | Ecology | Rank 617 | |
| 41 | 31,439 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 58 | |
| 42 | 32,287 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California | Allergy | Rank 78 | |
| 43 | 33,415 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 499 | |
| 44 | 33,713 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,002 | |
| 45 | 34,552 | Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila | Biotechnology | Rank 125 | |
| 46 | 34,555 | Loma Linda University School of Dentistry | Dentistry | Rank 148 | |
| 47 | 34,700 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,524 | |
| 48 | 35,336 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Tlalpan | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 232 | |
| 49 | 35,420 | Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla | Organic Chemistry | Rank 424 | |
| 50 | 36,020 | Center for Research and Advanced Studies of IPN | Building & Construction | Rank 273 | |
| 51 | 36,439 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Environmental Sciences | Rank 819 | |
| 52 | 37,301 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Environmental Sciences | Rank 830 | |
| 53 | 37,682 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 263 | |
| 54 | 38,493 | Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,679 | |
| 55 | 38,554 |
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 525 |
| 56 | 39,245 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Food Science | Rank 415 | |
| 57 | 40,883 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Energy | Rank 1,137 | |
| 58 | 41,154 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geology | Rank 44 | |
| 59 | 41,417 | Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo | Food Science | Rank 438 | |
| 60 | 42,922 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 460 | |
| 61 | 43,613 | FLACSO México | Public Health | Rank 404 | |
| 62 | 43,816 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Toxicology | Rank 150 | |
| 63 | 45,500 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Development Studies | Rank 41 | |
| 64 | 46,078 |
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Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas | Political Science & Public Administration | Rank 373 |
| 65 | 46,354 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 744 | |
| 66 | 48,844 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,061 | |
| 67 | 49,738 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Food Science | Rank 553 | |
| 68 | 50,080 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 165 | |
| 69 | 50,356 |
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Tecnológico de Monterrey | Public Health | Rank 481 |
| 70 | 51,015 |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Respiratory System | Rank 287 |
| 71 | 51,224 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 541 | |
| 72 | 51,550 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 158 | |
| 73 | 53,306 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 305 | |
| 74 | 53,676 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 736 | |
| 75 | 53,990 | UNAM Campus Morelia | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 568 | |
| 76 | 54,233 | Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 687 | |
| 77 | 54,385 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 2,317 | |
| 78 | 54,397 |
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 2,319 |
| 79 | 54,786 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Biotechnology | Rank 199 | |
| 80 | 55,318 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Business & Management | Rank 1,343 | |
| 81 | 56,547 | Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la UNAM | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 355 | |
| 82 | 57,231 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 1,085 | |
| 83 | 58,841 | Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 845 | |
| 84 | 59,637 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 371 | |
| 85 | 59,909 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 877 | |
| 86 | 60,446 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 924 | |
| 87 | 61,124 | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 380 | |
| 88 | 61,162 | Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,854 | |
| 89 | 63,992 | Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán | Food Science | Rank 722 | |
| 90 | 64,033 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 223 | |
| 91 | 64,342 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Psychiatry | Rank 1,037 | |
| 92 | 65,407 | El Colegio de la Frontera Sur | Geography | Rank 336 | |
| 93 | 66,336 | EGADE Business School | Business & Management | Rank 1,550 | |
| 94 | 66,397 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 812 | |
| 95 | 68,103 | Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes | Chemical Engineering | Rank 541 | |
| 96 | 68,107 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Food Science | Rank 778 | |
| 97 | 68,329 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 100 | |
| 98 | 69,640 | Dimension Inx Corp | Biomedical Engineering | Rank 276 | |
| 99 | 69,741 | Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,079 | |
| 100 | 70,125 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 451 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?
415 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2025 single-year list, and 420 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Mexico has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2025 single-year list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 54. It is followed by Tecnológico de Monterrey with 31.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Mexico changed since 2020?
On the single-year list, Mexico went from 303 scientists in 2020 to 415 in 2025, a change of +37.0%.
What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?
The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.
What is the official source of this data?
The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.