Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2021
Mexico has 364 scientists on the 2021 single-year Top 2% list, up 20.1% from 303 in 2020. That places Mexico 40th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (53), followed by Tecnologico de Monterrey (19).
Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year
The single-year count has grown 20% 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 México53
- 2Tecnologico de Monterrey19
- 3Instituto Politécnico Nacional18
- 4University of California, San Francisco17
- 5Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados14
- 6Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo9
- 7Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México8
- 8Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León8
- 9Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica6
- 10Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran6
All 364 scientists
| Rank in Mexico | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 594 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 32 | |
| 2 | 2,516 | Tecnológico Nacional de México | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 20 | |
| 3 | 2,851 | The University of Chicago Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 85 | |
| 4 | 4,829 | University of Southern California | Gerontology | Rank 11 | |
| 5 | 6,156 |
HM
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudio Avanzados, Campus Guanajuato | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 77 |
| 6 | 6,503 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Chemical Physics | Rank 126 | |
| 7 | 8,039 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 227 | |
| 8 | 8,915 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 231 | |
| 9 | 9,073 |
CJ
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 117 |
| 10 | 9,539 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 121 | |
| 11 | 9,686 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Operations Research | Rank 45 | |
| 12 | 9,951 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 65 | |
| 13 | 10,546 | EGADE Business School | Business & Management | Rank 262 | |
| 14 | 11,276 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 305 | |
| 15 | 12,902 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Ecology | Rank 321 | |
| 16 | 13,880 | Los Alamos National Laboratory | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 23 | |
| 17 | 14,395 | University of California, San Francisco | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 89 | |
| 18 | 14,948 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 155 | |
| 19 | 15,350 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 157 | |
| 20 | 15,806 | UCLA Fielding School of Public Health | Statistics & Probability | Rank 108 | |
| 21 | 16,762 | Instituto Tecnologico Autonoma de Mexico | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 172 | |
| 22 | 17,376 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 214 | |
| 23 | 17,484 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 639 | |
| 24 | 17,904 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 657 | |
| 25 | 18,622 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Chemical Physics | Rank 345 | |
| 26 | 19,656 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 507 | |
| 27 | 20,184 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Immunology | Rank 510 | |
| 28 | 20,205 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | General Physics | Rank 115 | |
| 29 | 21,296 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Energy | Rank 430 | |
| 30 | 21,336 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 156 | |
| 31 | 21,891 |
CE
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Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 555 |
| 32 | 22,026 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geology | Rank 34 | |
| 33 | 24,618 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 237 | |
| 34 | 24,834 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Biotechnology | Rank 79 | |
| 35 | 25,017 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Food Science | Rank 152 | |
| 36 | 25,261 | University of California, San Francisco | Pediatrics | Rank 60 | |
| 37 | 27,225 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 172 | |
| 38 | 28,525 | Rush University Medical Center | Orthopedics | Rank 135 | |
| 39 | 28,944 | The University of Chicago | Immunology | Rank 727 | |
| 40 | 28,952 | University of California, San Francisco | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,642 | |
| 41 | 29,225 |
LB
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University of California, San Francisco | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 357 |
| 42 | 29,749 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 610 | |
| 43 | 30,593 | Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo | Energy | Rank 640 | |
| 44 | 31,107 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Chemical Engineering | Rank 192 | |
| 45 | 31,295 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 308 | |
| 46 | 32,299 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,824 | |
| 47 | 32,999 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 259 | |
| 48 | 33,251 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Public Health | Rank 345 | |
| 49 | 34,175 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 249 | |
| 50 | 36,908 | Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | Biotechnology | Rank 115 | |
| 51 | 37,175 | University of California, San Francisco | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 226 | |
| 52 | 38,486 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging | Rank 150 | |
| 53 | 39,097 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Microbiology | Rank 877 | |
| 54 | 39,183 | Northwestern University | Materials | Rank 727 | |
| 55 | 39,340 | University of California, Los Angeles | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 2,184 | |
| 56 | 39,726 | Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 734 | |
| 57 | 40,042 |
YW
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 381 |
| 58 | 40,504 | University of Southern California | Orthopedics | Rank 200 | |
| 59 | 41,169 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Organic Chemistry | Rank 597 | |
| 60 | 41,977 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 74 | |
| 61 | 42,726 | Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo | Food Science | Rank 290 | |
| 62 | 44,102 | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 328 | |
| 63 | 44,604 | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 330 | |
| 64 | 45,431 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Food Science | Rank 318 | |
| 65 | 46,258 | University of California, San Francisco | Respiratory System | Rank 336 | |
| 66 | 46,286 | UNAM Campus Morelia | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 375 | |
| 67 | 46,485 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 115 | |
| 68 | 47,258 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Environmental Sciences | Rank 570 | |
| 69 | 47,552 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 92 | |
| 70 | 47,672 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Immunology | Rank 1,107 | |
| 71 | 47,764 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 994 | |
| 72 | 47,850 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,095 | |
| 73 | 48,196 | The University of Chicago | Surgery | Rank 225 | |
| 74 | 48,587 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 472 | |
| 75 | 48,863 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Toxicology | Rank 188 | |
| 76 | 48,953 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 479 | |
| 77 | 49,154 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 358 | |
| 78 | 49,846 | American College of Surgeons | Surgery | Rank 229 | |
| 79 | 50,483 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Building & Construction | Rank 266 | |
| 80 | 52,518 |
OY
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Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 496 |
| 81 | 54,483 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 452 | |
| 82 | 54,534 | Universidad Veracruzana | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 140 | |
| 83 | 54,752 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,967 | |
| 84 | 54,787 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 400 | |
| 85 | 54,842 | Rush University Medical Center | Orthopedics | Rank 302 | |
| 86 | 54,874 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 965 | |
| 87 | 55,258 | Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad | Ecology | Rank 1,141 | |
| 88 | 55,311 | Universidad del Valle de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 2,976 | |
| 89 | 56,007 | California Pacific Medical Center | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 284 | |
| 90 | 56,325 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 252 | |
| 91 | 56,475 | Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 166 | |
| 92 | 56,849 | Centro de Geociencias de la UNAM | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,060 | |
| 93 | 56,941 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Orthopedics | Rank 317 | |
| 94 | 57,004 | Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,048 | |
| 95 | 57,070 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 475 | |
| 96 | 57,716 | Hospital Zambrano Hellion TecSalud | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,083 | |
| 97 | 58,724 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 1,034 | |
| 98 | 58,746 |
SI
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University of California, San Francisco | Medical Informatics | Rank 63 |
| 99 | 60,342 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 202 | |
| 100 | 61,089 | Rush Medical College | Education | Rank 521 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2021 Stanford Top 2% list?
364 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2021 single-year list, and 342 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Mexico has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2021 single-year list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 53. It is followed by Tecnologico de Monterrey with 19.
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 364 in 2021, a change of +20.1%.
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.