Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2023
Mexico has 355 scientists on the 2023 single-year Top 2% list, down 2.7% from 365 in 2022. That places Mexico 41st in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (47), followed by Instituto Politécnico Nacional (22).
Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year
The single-year count has grown 17% 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 México47
- 2Instituto Politécnico Nacional22
- 3Tecnológico de Monterrey19
- 4Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo17
- 5Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional16
- 6Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México12
- 7Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León8
- 8Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo8
- 9Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran7
- 10Universidad de Guanajuato7
All 355 scientists
| Rank in Mexico | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 738 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 46 | |
| 2 | 1,193 | The University of New Mexico | Ecology | Rank 29 | |
| 3 | 2,911 | Pritzker School of Medicine | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 37 | |
| 4 | 4,941 | Tecnológico Nacional de México | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 42 | |
| 5 | 6,036 |
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 78 |
| 6 | 6,185 |
BY
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Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas Del Noroeste | Microbiology | Rank 121 |
| 7 | 7,330 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 421 | |
| 8 | 7,997 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Chemical Physics | Rank 126 | |
| 9 | 8,030 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 193 | |
| 10 | 8,749 |
CJ
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 118 |
| 11 | 9,936 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 133 | |
| 12 | 11,376 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Environmental Sciences | Rank 173 | |
| 13 | 11,771 | EGADE Business School | Business & Management | Rank 311 | |
| 14 | 11,847 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 76 | |
| 15 | 11,946 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 467 | |
| 16 | 12,135 | Santa Fe Institute | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 115 | |
| 17 | 13,408 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 173 | |
| 18 | 14,128 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Immunology | Rank 337 | |
| 19 | 15,383 | Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala | Biotechnology | Rank 55 | |
| 20 | 15,881 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Operations Research | Rank 73 | |
| 21 | 16,473 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Food Science | Rank 119 | |
| 22 | 17,680 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Ecology | Rank 374 | |
| 23 | 17,790 | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 177 | |
| 24 | 17,973 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 114 | |
| 25 | 20,072 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 419 | |
| 26 | 20,184 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 201 | |
| 27 | 20,326 |
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Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 284 |
| 28 | 20,432 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 203 | |
| 29 | 20,930 |
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Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 727 |
| 30 | 21,011 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Food Science | Rank 170 | |
| 31 | 23,473 | The University of Chicago | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 184 | |
| 32 | 24,849 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 848 | |
| 33 | 25,388 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 227 | |
| 34 | 27,230 |
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Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 200 |
| 35 | 27,425 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Public Health | Rank 289 | |
| 36 | 31,143 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 312 | |
| 37 | 32,012 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Optoelectronics & Photonics | Rank 68 | |
| 38 | 32,075 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,068 | |
| 39 | 32,621 | Instituto de Quimica de la UNAM | Organic Chemistry | Rank 425 | |
| 40 | 32,811 | Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad | Ecology | Rank 648 | |
| 41 | 32,918 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 245 | |
| 42 | 33,086 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 598 | |
| 43 | 33,691 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 337 | |
| 44 | 34,498 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geology | Rank 35 | |
| 45 | 34,904 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | General Physics | Rank 201 | |
| 46 | 35,128 | Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo | Food Science | Rank 310 | |
| 47 | 35,624 | Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo | Energy | Rank 814 | |
| 48 | 35,868 | UNAM Campus Morelia | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 339 | |
| 49 | 36,681 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 247 | |
| 50 | 37,422 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,311 | |
| 51 | 38,687 | Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,269 | |
| 52 | 40,147 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,313 | |
| 53 | 40,615 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Building & Construction | Rank 260 | |
| 54 | 40,702 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 268 | |
| 55 | 41,061 | Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 287 | |
| 56 | 41,252 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 836 | |
| 57 | 43,077 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Microbiology | Rank 1,008 | |
| 58 | 43,324 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 306 | |
| 59 | 44,743 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 327 | |
| 60 | 44,925 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 727 | |
| 61 | 45,533 | UNM Health Sciences Center | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 336 | |
| 62 | 47,296 | New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology | Energy | Rank 1,136 | |
| 63 | 48,502 | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Respiratory System | Rank 332 | |
| 64 | 48,529 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Food Science | Rank 456 | |
| 65 | 48,768 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 355 | |
| 66 | 50,558 | Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila | Biotechnology | Rank 188 | |
| 67 | 50,728 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 180 | |
| 68 | 51,674 | Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez | Microbiology | Rank 1,180 | |
| 69 | 52,981 | Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 174 | |
| 70 | 53,415 | Tecnológico de Monterrey, Querétaro | Chemical Physics | Rank 719 | |
| 71 | 53,934 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 97 | |
| 72 | 54,403 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Psychiatry | Rank 983 | |
| 73 | 54,634 |
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Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 527 |
| 74 | 54,996 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Microbiology | Rank 1,258 | |
| 75 | 55,498 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,596 | |
| 76 | 55,860 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Toxicology | Rank 198 | |
| 77 | 56,726 | Hospital Regional #6 IMSS | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 194 | |
| 78 | 57,434 | Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 955 | |
| 79 | 59,164 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 578 | |
| 80 | 59,717 | Universidad de Guanajuato | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 2,965 | |
| 81 | 60,995 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,013 | |
| 82 | 61,318 | Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, México | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,197 | |
| 83 | 61,839 |
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 606 |
| 84 | 61,912 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Immunology | Rank 1,385 | |
| 85 | 62,965 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Environmental Sciences | Rank 1,040 | |
| 86 | 63,266 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 118 | |
| 87 | 63,860 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Food Science | Rank 616 | |
| 88 | 63,967 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Education | Rank 632 | |
| 89 | 64,085 | American College of Surgeons | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 215 | |
| 90 | 64,172 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Materials | Rank 1,165 | |
| 91 | 64,982 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 2,089 | |
| 92 | 65,005 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,350 | |
| 93 | 65,636 | Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 399 | |
| 94 | 66,683 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 457 | |
| 95 | 67,970 | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 1,142 | |
| 96 | 68,023 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,142 | |
| 97 | 69,052 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Gerontology | Rank 128 | |
| 98 | 69,237 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | Rank 216 | |
| 99 | 70,849 | Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 730 | |
| 100 | 71,515 | Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 1,203 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2023 Stanford Top 2% list?
355 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2023 single-year list, and 352 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Mexico has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2023 single-year list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 47. It is followed by Instituto Politécnico Nacional with 22.
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 355 in 2023, a change of +17.2%.
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.