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).
Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 13% 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 México42
- 2Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados18
- 3Instituto Politécnico Nacional12
- 4Tecnologico de Monterrey11
- 5Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo8
- 6Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares de la UNAM8
- 7Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran8
- 8Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León8
- 9Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada6
- 10Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica6
All 330 scientists
| Rank in Mexico | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,490 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 37 | |
| 2 | 2,830 | University of California, San Francisco | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 60 | |
| 3 | 3,368 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 114 | |
| 4 | 6,922 | Institute for Development and Innovation in Respiratory Physiology | Respiratory System | Rank 67 | |
| 5 | 8,289 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 412 | |
| 6 | 9,144 |
BY
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Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Del Noroeste | Microbiology | Rank 221 |
| 7 | 9,414 |
HM
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 82 |
| 8 | 10,395 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 105 | |
| 9 | 10,511 | Instituto Tecnologico Autonoma de Mexico | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 70 | |
| 10 | 10,519 |
LP
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Keck School of Medicine of USC | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 906 |
| 11 | 14,377 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 99 | |
| 12 | 14,696 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 664 | |
| 13 | 16,325 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Immunology | Rank 612 | |
| 14 | 18,654 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 152 | |
| 15 | 19,909 | UNM School of Medicine | Psychiatry | Rank 520 | |
| 16 | 20,520 | University of California, San Diego | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,663 | |
| 17 | 21,236 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 229 | |
| 18 | 21,485 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 171 | |
| 19 | 22,116 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Chemical Physics | Rank 530 | |
| 20 | 22,615 |
CJ
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 254 |
| 21 | 23,089 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 981 | |
| 22 | 24,498 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 416 | |
| 23 | 25,483 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | General Physics | Rank 154 | |
| 24 | 26,622 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 286 | |
| 25 | 26,665 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 309 | |
| 26 | 27,174 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 202 | |
| 27 | 27,742 | Fundación Clínica y Hospital Médica Sur | Pathology | Rank 90 | |
| 28 | 27,763 | Stanford University School of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,167 | |
| 29 | 29,315 | EGADE Business School | Business & Management | Rank 273 | |
| 30 | 29,977 | Tecnologico de Monterrey | Operations Research | Rank 88 | |
| 31 | 32,029 | Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud TecSalud | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,308 | |
| 32 | 32,424 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 382 | |
| 33 | 33,547 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Microbiology | Rank 837 | |
| 34 | 33,803 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 632 | |
| 35 | 35,048 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 387 | |
| 36 | 35,255 |
HN
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University of California, Los Angeles | Pediatrics | Rank 167 |
| 37 | 38,095 | University of California, San Francisco | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 2,805 | |
| 38 | 39,212 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Ecology | Rank 673 | |
| 39 | 39,627 | Universidad Veracruzana | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 128 | |
| 40 | 40,091 | Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo | Energy | Rank 423 | |
| 41 | 40,116 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 692 | |
| 42 | 40,487 | UNM School of Medicine | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,587 | |
| 43 | 41,436 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 309 | |
| 44 | 43,068 | University of Southern California | Developmental & Child Psychology | Rank 283 | |
| 45 | 43,241 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 322 | |
| 46 | 43,696 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 382 | |
| 47 | 44,139 | Tecnológico Nacional de México | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 708 | |
| 48 | 44,166 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados | Toxicology | Rank 181 | |
| 49 | 45,088 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,988 | |
| 50 | 46,104 | Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,330 | |
| 51 | 47,021 |
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 341 |
| 52 | 47,308 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Energy | Rank 520 | |
| 53 | 48,198 | Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 423 | |
| 54 | 48,994 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 499 | |
| 55 | 50,220 | Cinvestav Unidad Coapa | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,599 | |
| 56 | 51,732 | Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM | Microbiology | Rank 1,302 | |
| 57 | 51,913 |
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Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 1,030 |
| 58 | 52,477 | El Colegio Nacional | Organic Chemistry | Rank 1,040 | |
| 59 | 53,620 | Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 397 | |
| 60 | 54,775 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 406 | |
| 61 | 56,720 | Hospital General de Mexico | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 387 | |
| 62 | 59,116 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Environmental Sciences | Rank 302 | |
| 63 | 59,441 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 779 | |
| 64 | 60,211 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Public Health | Rank 538 | |
| 65 | 60,411 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,055 | |
| 66 | 60,586 |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 561 |
| 67 | 60,681 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Biotechnology | Rank 165 | |
| 68 | 61,185 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,009 | |
| 69 | 61,721 | Instituto de Ecología, A.C. | Entomology | Rank 134 | |
| 70 | 61,768 | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,674 | |
| 71 | 62,252 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 804 | |
| 72 | 62,284 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Applied Physics | Rank 1,664 | |
| 73 | 62,902 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,118 | |
| 74 | 63,132 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 237 | |
| 75 | 63,414 |
OY
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Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 471 |
| 76 | 65,275 |
XY
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 852 |
| 77 | 65,580 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,162 | |
| 78 | 65,586 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 4,526 | |
| 79 | 65,654 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Immunology | Rank 1,944 | |
| 80 | 66,026 | Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 863 | |
| 81 | 68,899 | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México | Urban & Regional Planning | Rank 76 | |
| 82 | 71,303 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 1,340 | |
| 83 | 71,518 | Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 3,062 | |
| 84 | 71,816 | Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM | Energy | Rank 833 | |
| 85 | 71,942 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 643 | |
| 86 | 72,272 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 958 | |
| 87 | 72,273 | Rush University | Physiology | Rank 370 | |
| 88 | 72,774 | Instituto de Ecología, A.C. | Entomology | Rank 169 | |
| 89 | 73,070 | Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo | Chemical Physics | Rank 1,520 | |
| 90 | 73,520 | UNAM Campus Morelia | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 283 | |
| 91 | 74,056 |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 996 |
| 92 | 75,664 | University of California, San Francisco | Psychiatry | Rank 1,398 | |
| 93 | 75,868 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,143 | |
| 94 | 76,076 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Food Science | Rank 332 | |
| 95 | 76,454 | Instituto de Fisiologia Celular de la UNAM | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 5,181 | |
| 96 | 80,239 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 1,762 | |
| 97 | 80,346 |
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University of Illinois College of Medicine | Anesthesiology | Rank 303 |
| 98 | 80,513 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 583 | |
| 99 | 80,540 | Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 243 | |
| 100 | 80,543 | 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.