Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Mexico has 330 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, down 3.5% from 342 in 2021. That places Mexico 39th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (42), followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados (18).

Single Year

365

+1 (+0.3%) vs 2021

Career Data

330

-12 (-3.5%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#39

down 2 places vs 2021

Institutes

117

-3 (-2.5%) vs 2021

Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 13% since 2020.

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+17.5%

2022-3.5%

2023+6.7%

2024+9.1%

2025+9.4%

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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

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Rank in Mexico	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,490	CC Coello Coello, Carlos A.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 37
2	2,830	BT Bodenheimer, Thomas S.	University of California, San Francisco	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 60
3	3,368	MM Molitch, Mark E.	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 114
4	6,922	EP Enright, Paul	Institute for Development and Innovation in Respiratory Physiology	Respiratory System	Rank 67
5	8,289	WJ Weiss, James N.	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 412
6	9,144	BY Bashan, Yoav	Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Del Noroeste	Microbiology	Rank 221
7	9,414	HM Heil, Martin	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 82
8	10,395	SM Selman, Moises	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 105
9	10,511	OR Ortega, Romeo	Instituto Tecnologico Autonoma de Mexico	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 70
10	10,519	LP Levitt, Pat	Keck School of Medicine of USC	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 906
11	14,377	SH Sira-Ramírez, Hebertt	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 99
12	14,696	RI Romieu, Isabelle	Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 664
13	16,325	ER Effros, Rita Brickman	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	Immunology	Rank 612
14	18,654	AD Alarcón-Segovia, Donato	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 152
15	19,909	TM Tohen, Mauricio	UNM School of Medicine	Psychiatry	Rank 520
16	20,520	HE Halgren, Eric	University of California, San Diego	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,663
17	21,236	MT Markow, Therese Ann	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 229
18	21,485	VH Van Horn, Linda	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 171
19	22,116	GA Galano, Annia	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Chemical Physics	Rank 530
20	22,615	CJ Crossa, José	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 254
21	23,089	ME McNally, Elizabeth M.	Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 981
22	24,498	MJ Morrone, Juan J.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 416
23	25,483	DS Dong, Shi Hai	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	General Physics	Rank 154
24	26,622	GG Gamba, Gerardo	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 286
25	26,665	RM Reynolds, Matthew	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 309
26	27,174	FL Fridman, Leonid	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 202
27	27,742	AJ Albores-Saavedra, J.	Fundación Clínica y Hospital Médica Sur	Pathology	Rank 90
28	27,763	MD McElhinney, Doff B.	Stanford University School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,167
29	29,315	HB Husted, Bryan W.	EGADE Business School	Business & Management	Rank 273
30	29,977	Cárdenas-Barrón, Leopoldo Eduardo	Tecnologico de Monterrey	Operations Research	Rank 88
31	32,029	TG Torre-Amione, Guillermo	Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud TecSalud	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,308
32	32,424	SR Singh, Ravi P.	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 382
33	33,547	ME Martínez-Romero, Esperanza	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Microbiology	Rank 837
34	33,803	Castillo, Oscar	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 632
35	35,048	RB Rodriguez-Iturbe, Bernardo	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 387
36	35,255	HN Halfon, Neal	University of California, Los Angeles	Pediatrics	Rank 167
37	38,095	EJ Easton, J. Donald	University of California, San Francisco	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,805
38	39,212	CG Ceballos, Gerardo	Instituto de Ecología, UNAM	Ecology	Rank 673
39	39,627	AF Aureli, Filippo	Universidad Veracruzana	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 128
40	40,091	AJ Ancheyta, Jorge	Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo	Energy	Rank 423
41	40,116	VS Verma, Surendra P.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 692
42	40,487	LW Laskey, Warren K.	UNM School of Medicine	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,587
43	41,436	LR Lozano, Rogelio	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 309
44	43,068	BG Baranek, Grace T.	University of Southern California	Developmental & Child Psychology	Rank 283
45	43,241	RJ Rivera, Juan A.	Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 322
46	43,696	AJ Alvarez-Ramirez, J.	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 382
47	44,139	GJ Gómez-Aguilar, J. F.	Tecnológico Nacional de México	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 708
48	44,166	MP Muriel, Pablo	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados	Toxicology	Rank 181
49	45,088	ET Ellenberger, Tom	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,988
50	46,104	SJ Sotelo, Julio	Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,330
51	47,021	YW Yu, Wen	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 341
52	47,308	BJ Buckley, J. S.	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Energy	Rank 520
53	48,198	IF Izrailev, Felix M.	Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 423
54	48,994	PR Pérez-Padilla, Rogelio	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 499
55	50,220	MA Meneses, Alfredo	Cinvestav Unidad Coapa	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,599
56	51,732	BA Bravo, Alejandra	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Microbiology	Rank 1,302
57	51,913	BG Borges, G.	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 1,030
58	52,477	JE Juaristi, Eusebio	El Colegio Nacional	Organic Chemistry	Rank 1,040
59	53,620	KR Kelly, Rafael	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 397
60	54,775	Moreno, Jaime A.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 406
61	56,720	BR Burgos-Vargas, Rubén	Hospital General de Mexico	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 387
62	59,116	PF Páez-Osuna, Federico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Environmental Sciences	Rank 302
63	59,441	RG Ruiz-Palacios, Guillermo M.	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 779
64	60,211	HM Hernández-Avila, Mauricio	Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México	Public Health	Rank 538
65	60,411	KJ Keppie, J. Duncan	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,055
66	60,586	OJ Oró, J.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 561
67	60,681	VR Vazquez-Duhalt, Rafael	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Biotechnology	Rank 165
68	61,185	MM Moshinsky, Marcos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,009
69	61,721	AM Aluja, Martín	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Entomology	Rank 134
70	61,768	MR Moreno-Sánchez, Rafael	Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,674
71	62,252	ÁE Álvarez-Buylla, Elena R.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 804
72	62,284	NC Noguez, Cecilia	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Applied Physics	Rank 1,664
73	62,902	Melin, Patricia	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,118
74	63,132	EA Estrada, Alejandro	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 237
75	63,414	OY Orlov, Yury	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 471
76	65,275	XY Xu, Yunbi	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 852
77	65,580	RJ Rubio, Jose de Jesus	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,162
78	65,586	BR Buijs, Ruud M.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,526
79	65,654	RC Rosales, Carlos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Immunology	Rank 1,944
80	66,026	VE Vázquez-Semadeni, Enrique	Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 863
81	68,899	RH Richardson, Harry W.	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Urban & Regional Planning	Rank 76
82	71,303	MM Medina-Mora, Maria Elena	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 1,340
83	71,518	PL Possani, Lourival D.	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,062
84	71,816	SP Sebastian, P. J.	Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM	Energy	Rank 833
85	71,942	MS Magallón, Susana	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 643
86	72,272	MF Masset, Frédéric S.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 958
87	72,273	RE Rios, Eduardo	Rush University	Physiology	Rank 370
88	72,774	WT Williams, Trevor	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Entomology	Rank 169
89	73,070	FJ Fripiat, José	Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo	Chemical Physics	Rank 1,520
90	73,520	MJ Mas, Jean François	UNAM Campus Morelia	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 283
91	74,056	PD Page, Dany	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 996
92	75,664	BR Binder, Renée L.	University of California, San Francisco	Psychiatry	Rank 1,398
93	75,868	RR Romo, Ranulfo	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,143
94	76,076	YE Yahia, Elhadi M.	Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Food Science	Rank 332
95	76,454	BF Bermúdez-Rattoni, Federico	Instituto de Fisiologia Celular de la UNAM	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 5,181
96	80,239	AC Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,762
97	80,346	RS Roth, Steven	University of Illinois College of Medicine	Anesthesiology	Rank 303
98	80,513	BM Basin, Michael	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 583
99	80,540	PG Pérez Gutiérrez, Rosa Martha	Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 243
100	80,543	BF Bolivar, Francisco	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Biotechnology	Rank 214
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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 career-long list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 42. It is followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados with 18.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Mexico changed since 2020?

On the career-long list, Mexico went from 291 scientists in 2020 to 330 in 2022, a change of +13.4%.

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.