Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2024

Mexico has 379 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 6.8% from 355 in 2023. That places Mexico 42nd in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (65), followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (24).

Single Year

379

+24 (+6.8%) vs 2023

Career Data

384

+32 (+9.1%) vs 2023

World rank by count

#42

down 1 place vs 2023

Institutes

113

-2 (-1.7%) vs 2023

Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 25% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+20.1%

2022+0.3%

2023-2.7%

2024+6.8%

2025+9.5%

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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	669	CC Coello Coello, Carlos A.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 48
2	1,096	BJ Brown, James H.	The University of New Mexico	Ecology	Rank 29
3	5,855	GJ Gómez-Aguilar, J. F.	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 60
4	7,105	HM Heil, Martin	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 89
5	7,507	CJ Crossa, José	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 94
6	8,124	GA Galano, Annia	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Chemical Physics	Rank 135
7	8,249	EP Enright, Paul	Institute for Development and Innovation in Respiratory Physiology	Respiratory System	Rank 40
8	8,270	Iqbal, Hafiz M.N.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Environmental Sciences	Rank 151
9	8,889	MJ Morrone, Juan J.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 219
10	8,906	SG Santoyo, Gustavo	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Microbiology	Rank 163
11	8,913	HB Husted, Bryan W.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Business & Management	Rank 269
12	10,673	RM Reynolds, Matthew	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 132
13	11,426	RC Rosales, Carlos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Immunology	Rank 259
14	12,245	SM Selman, M.	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 70
15	12,550	EO Erenstein, Olaf	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 72
16	12,595	Castillo, Oscar	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 555
17	13,384	SC Sánchez, Carmen	Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala	Biotechnology	Rank 40
18	13,744	CG Ceballos, Gerardo	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 309
19	14,401	Moreno, Jaime A.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 152
20	14,458	SS Serna-Saldívar, Sergio O.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Food Science	Rank 111
21	15,592	Cárdenas-Barrón, Leopoldo Eduardo	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Operations Research	Rank 70
22	15,594	GJ Gil-Garcia, J. Ramon	State University of New York Albany	Computation Theory & Mathematics	Rank 28
23	17,128	YE Yahia, Elhadi M.	Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Food Science	Rank 130
24	18,812	CE Cuevas, Erik	Universidad de Guadalajara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 794
25	19,051	OR Ortega, Romeo	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 205
26	20,158	CJ Cavanagh, James F.	The University of New Mexico	Experimental Psychology	Rank 316
27	20,348	SR Singh, Ravi	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 278
28	20,366	BG Borges, Guilherme	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 403
29	21,810	HM Hajiaghaei-Keshteli, Mostafa	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 896
30	22,612	VA Varela, Ana Sofia	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Organic Chemistry	Rank 267
31	24,532	BP Balvanera, Patricia	Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad	Ecology	Rank 509
32	25,049	RI Romieu, Isabelle	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 820
33	26,878	AJ Alvarez-Ramirez, J.	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Food Science	Rank 233
34	27,274	FL Fridman, Leonid	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 285
35	29,543	BS Barquera, Simón	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Public Health	Rank 293
36	29,624	Venegas-Andraca, Salvador E.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 43
37	30,207	AC Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos A.	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 487
38	30,876	RJ Rivera, Juan	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 212
39	31,068	BM Basin, Michael V.	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 330
40	32,995	BC Benjet, Corina	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 614
41	32,998	SS Snapp, Sieglinde	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 222
42	33,552	AJ Ancheyta, Jorge	Instituto Mexicano Del Petroleo	Energy	Rank 858
43	35,922	Oliva, Diego	Universidad de Guadalajara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,450
44	36,598	FC Franco-Paredes, Carlos	Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez	Microbiology	Rank 772
45	37,179	OM Olson, Mark E.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 250
46	37,596	GG González-Aguilar, Gustavo A.	Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo	Food Science	Rank 344
47	38,742	SH Sira-Ramírez, Hebertt	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 416
48	39,236	RM Ramírez-Montoya, Maria Soledad	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Education	Rank 456
49	40,175	DS Dong, Shi Hai	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	General Physics	Rank 255
50	40,419	SS Sánchez, Sebastián F.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 406
51	40,630	EJ Escalante-Garcia, J. Ivan	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Building & Construction	Rank 292
52	41,275	LF Lagunas-Rangel, Francisco Alejandro	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 743
53	41,745	RB Rodriguez-Iturbe, Bernardo	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 252
54	41,920	AJ Armstrong-Altrin, John S.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geology	Rank 44
55	42,338	MJ Mas, Jean Francois	UNAM Campus Morelia	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 409
56	42,560	AC Aguilar, Cristobal N.	Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila	Biotechnology	Rank 152
57	44,278	PR Pérez-Padilla, Rogelio	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 288
58	44,522	OY Orlov, Yury	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 471
59	44,589	PJ Pedraza-Chaverri, José	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 801
60	45,628	Parra-Saldívar, Roberto	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Environmental Sciences	Rank 878
61	47,523	DJ de Jesús Rubio, José	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,864
62	47,664	KJ Kickul, Jill	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Business & Management	Rank 1,171
63	48,818	RD Romero, David	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 511
64	49,162	BA Biswas, Asit K.	University of Glasgow	Environmental Engineering	Rank 256
65	49,429	Melin, Patricia	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,932
66	50,483	SL Sánchez-Lozada, Laura Gabriela	Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 317
67	51,572	ER Effros, Rita Brickman	David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA	Immunology	Rank 1,041
68	51,978	Bonilla-Petriciolet, Adrián	Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes	Chemical Engineering	Rank 369
69	52,829	Morones-Ramírez, José Rubén	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Biotechnology	Rank 187
70	53,305	MK Mottaleb, Khondoker	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Development Studies	Rank 59
71	54,151	GG Gamba, Gerardo	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 346
72	54,669	BL Bello-Pérez, Luis A.	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Food Science	Rank 534
73	54,678	MM Medina-Mora, Maria Elena	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 949
74	54,910	BJ Baizabal-Carvallo, José Fidel	Universidad de Guanajuato	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 2,620
75	55,686	VS Verma, Surendra P.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 808
76	55,819	AO Arrieta, Oscar	Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia, México	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,802
77	56,137	DE Díaz-Montes, Elsa	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Food Science	Rank 552
78	56,140	MF Masset, Frédéric	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 577
79	56,304	LJ López-Bucio, José	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 897
80	58,522	MP Muriel, Pablo	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Toxicology	Rank 204
81	58,839	ME Martínez-Romero, Esperanza	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Microbiology	Rank 1,225
82	61,270	SL SIMENTAL-MENDÍA, LUIS E.	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 334
83	61,926	Shruti, V. C.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,196
84	63,228	Kharisov, Boris I.	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 210
85	63,851	SE Soto-Perez-de-Celis, Enrique	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,068
86	64,571	BJ Buckley, J. S.	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,724
87	67,030	PR Peeters, Rik	Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas	Political Science & Public Administration	Rank 523
88	67,778	PF Páez-Osuna, Federico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,332
89	69,412	MJ Mahlknecht, Jürgen	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,368
90	70,624	EA Elías-Zúñiga, Alex	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Polymers	Rank 654
91	71,283	RH Ruiz, Héctor A.	Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila	Biotechnology	Rank 286
92	71,491	RJ Ruiz-García, Jorge	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Strategic, Defence & Security Studies	Rank 117
93	71,599	PG Pérez Gutiérrez, Rosa Martha	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 227
94	71,759	VJ Villaseñor, José Luis	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 1,346
95	72,640	AJ Ayala-Zavala, Jesús Fernando	Centro de Investigacion en Alimentacion y Desarrollo	Food Science	Rank 729
96	73,000	SE Sansinenea, Estibaliz	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Organic Chemistry	Rank 942
97	74,757	GF Guerrero-Romero, Fernando	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,119
98	75,503	Jacobo-Velázquez, Daniel A.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Food Science	Rank 769
99	75,573	BG Bruzual, Gustavo	Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 771
100	76,355	KG Kutralam-Muniasamy, Gurusamy	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Environmental Sciences	Rank 1,525
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?

379 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2024 single-year list, and 384 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Mexico has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2024 single-year list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 65. It is followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional with 24.

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 379 in 2024, a change of +25.1%.

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.