Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2022
Mexico has 365 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 0.3% from 364 in 2021. That places Mexico 40th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (52), followed by Instituto Politécnico Nacional (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 México52
- 2Instituto Politécnico Nacional19
- 3Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados17
- 4Tecnologico de Monterrey16
- 5Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México13
- 6Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo11
- 7Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran10
- 8Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León8
- 9Universidad de Guanajuato7
- 10Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla6
All 365 scientists
| Rank in Mexico | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 683 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 36 | |
| 2 | 3,579 | Tecnológico Nacional de México | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 27 | |
| 3 | 4,122 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 86 | |
| 4 | 5,736 |
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Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Del Noroeste | Microbiology | Rank 118 |
| 5 | 5,959 | University of California, San Francisco | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 107 | |
| 6 | 6,531 |
HM
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 84 |
| 7 | 7,585 | Institute for Development and Innovation in Respiratory Physiology | Respiratory System | Rank 52 | |
| 8 | 8,239 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Chemical Physics | Rank 144 | |
| 9 | 8,372 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 280 | |
| 10 | 9,775 |
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 130 |
| 11 | 10,013 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Operations Research | Rank 43 | |
| 12 | 10,116 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 256 | |
| 13 | 10,278 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 133 | |
| 14 | 10,463 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 73 | |
| 15 | 12,604 | EGADE Business School | Business & Management | Rank 285 | |
| 16 | 12,923 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Ecology | Rank 311 | |
| 17 | 13,163 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 123 | |
| 18 | 13,483 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Immunology | Rank 379 | |
| 19 | 14,370 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Chemical Engineering | Rank 69 | |
| 20 | 14,674 |
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Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 470 |
| 21 | 15,988 | Instituto Tecnologico Autonoma de Mexico | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 145 | |
| 22 | 16,300 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Environmental Sciences | Rank 195 | |
| 23 | 17,089 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 124 | |
| 24 | 18,490 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 608 | |
| 25 | 18,679 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 171 | |
| 26 | 18,757 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geology | Rank 22 | |
| 27 | 18,991 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 137 | |
| 28 | 19,712 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 254 | |
| 29 | 19,928 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 610 | |
| 30 | 22,479 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 838 | |
| 31 | 22,737 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 685 | |
| 32 | 23,982 | Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | Biotechnology | Rank 71 | |
| 33 | 24,682 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | General Physics | Rank 150 | |
| 34 | 25,033 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Food Science | Rank 163 | |
| 35 | 26,112 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 822 | |
| 36 | 26,278 |
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Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 532 |
| 37 | 27,104 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 247 | |
| 38 | 27,389 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 246 | |
| 39 | 27,569 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 173 | |
| 40 | 27,799 | Stanford University School of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 871 | |
| 41 | 28,479 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Food Science | Rank 190 | |
| 42 | 29,284 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Organic Chemistry | Rank 410 | |
| 43 | 29,939 | Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad | Ecology | Rank 657 | |
| 44 | 30,727 |
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 426 |
| 45 | 30,849 |
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Keck School of Medicine of USC | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,783 |
| 46 | 31,032 | Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo | Energy | Rank 628 | |
| 47 | 32,315 | University of Southern California | Developmental & Child Psychology | Rank 270 | |
| 48 | 33,667 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Public Health | Rank 332 | |
| 49 | 33,675 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 615 | |
| 50 | 34,683 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 314 | |
| 51 | 35,670 | Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo | Food Science | Rank 246 | |
| 52 | 36,129 | Stanford University School of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,100 | |
| 53 | 36,944 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 270 | |
| 54 | 39,713 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Microbiology | Rank 954 | |
| 55 | 39,917 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Energy | Rank 835 | |
| 56 | 40,738 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Quimica | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 985 | |
| 57 | 42,083 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 312 | |
| 58 | 43,719 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 312 | |
| 59 | 44,097 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 89 | |
| 60 | 44,577 | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 318 | |
| 61 | 44,744 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 361 | |
| 62 | 45,395 | UNAM Campus Morelia | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 378 | |
| 63 | 45,411 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 98 | |
| 64 | 45,473 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 839 | |
| 65 | 47,477 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Toxicology | Rank 178 | |
| 66 | 47,933 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Immunology | Rank 1,211 | |
| 67 | 48,019 | Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,334 | |
| 68 | 48,263 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 829 | |
| 69 | 48,918 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 180 | |
| 70 | 49,299 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 363 | |
| 71 | 49,745 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 88 | |
| 72 | 49,791 | University of California, San Francisco | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,450 | |
| 73 | 50,044 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 404 | |
| 74 | 50,591 | Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,928 | |
| 75 | 51,182 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 424 | |
| 76 | 52,344 | Universidad Veracruzana | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 113 | |
| 77 | 54,726 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 1,118 | |
| 78 | 55,405 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 830 | |
| 79 | 56,324 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Building & Construction | Rank 303 | |
| 80 | 56,398 |
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Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 506 |
| 81 | 57,007 | Keck School of Medicine of USC | Ophthalmology & Optometry | Rank 301 | |
| 82 | 57,921 | Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 179 | |
| 83 | 57,958 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Applied Physics | Rank 1,172 | |
| 84 | 58,866 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Environmental Sciences | Rank 741 | |
| 85 | 59,452 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 210 | |
| 86 | 59,693 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 533 | |
| 87 | 59,938 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 236 | |
| 88 | 60,220 | Hospital Zambrano Hellion TecSalud | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,289 | |
| 89 | 60,873 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 934 | |
| 90 | 61,362 | Centro de Geociencias de la UNAM | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,052 | |
| 91 | 61,419 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Materials | Rank 1,004 | |
| 92 | 61,595 | Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Del Noroeste | Microbiology | Rank 1,463 | |
| 93 | 62,547 | Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 969 | |
| 94 | 63,040 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Optics | Rank 251 | |
| 95 | 64,478 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 199 | |
| 96 | 65,047 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 197 | |
| 97 | 65,709 | Universidad del Valle de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,498 | |
| 98 | 65,851 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Food Science | Rank 520 | |
| 99 | 67,323 |
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 602 |
| 100 | 69,114 | Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez | Microbiology | Rank 1,637 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?
365 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2022 single-year list, and 330 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Mexico has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2022 single-year list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 52. It is followed by Instituto Politécnico Nacional 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 365 in 2022, a change of +20.5%.
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.