Mexico's Top 2% Scientists 2025: Career-Long List

Mexico has 420 scientists on the 2025 career-long Top 2% list, up 9.4% from 384 in 2024. That places Mexico 40th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists (68), followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (22).

Single Year

415

+36 (+9.5%) vs 2024

Career Data

420

+36 (+9.4%) vs 2024

World rank by count

#40

down 1 place vs 2024

Institutes

137

+31 (+29.2%) vs 2024

Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 44% 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%

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Rank in Mexico	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	1,237	CC Coello, Carlos A.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 37
2	2,132	SR Service, Robert F.	San Francisco	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 44
3	2,686	RJ Rodríguez, José Antonio	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Chemical Physics	Rank 77
4	7,459	MJ Madara, James L.	American Medical Association	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 129
5	8,606	HM Heil, Martin	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudio Avanzados, Campus Guanajuato	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 74
6	9,900	SM Selman-Lama, Moisés E.	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 96
7	10,702	OR Ortega, Romeo S.	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 80
8	12,756	SM Schatz, Michael K.	Kaiser Permanente Southern California	Allergy	Rank 43
9	12,895	AA Anzueto, Antonio R.	South Texas Veterans Health Care System	Respiratory System	Rank 127
10	13,189	CJ Cohen, Jon	San Diego	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 201
11	14,825	CJ Crossa, José Luis	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 153
12	14,878	RI Romieu, Isabelle	Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Tlalpan	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 644
13	15,463	SH Sira-Ramírez, Hebertt J.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 106
14	16,465	MJ Morrone, Juan J.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Ecology	Rank 306
15	17,160	GA Galano, Annia	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Chemical Physics	Rank 398
16	19,817	RM Reynolds, M. P.	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 215
17	20,011	MR Millar, Robert P.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 514
18	21,661	GJ Gómez-Aguilar, José Francisco	Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 290
19	22,430	HB Husted, Bryan W.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Business & Management	Rank 227
20	22,772	AD Alarcón-Segovia, Dònato G.	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 181
21	24,115	Castillo, Oscar	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 522
22	24,183	DS Dong, S. H.	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 328
23	24,498	Cárdenas-Barrón, Leopoldo Eduardo	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Operations Research	Rank 76
24	25,119	CJ Cohen, Jacques	Conceivable Life Sciences	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 184
25	25,623	FL Fridman, Leonid M.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 191
26	26,173	MK Margolin, Kim A.	Providence Saint John's Health Center	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 1,143
27	26,338	BR Buijs, Ruud M.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,967
28	26,539	AS Albores Saavedra, Jorge	Fundación Médica Sur	Pathology	Rank 82
29	27,324	SR Singh, Ravi Prakash	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 317
30	28,037	GG Gamba, Gerardo	Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la UNAM	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 286
31	31,087	CG Ceballos, Gerardo G.	Instituto de Ecología, UNAM	Ecology	Rank 552
32	33,445	RB Rodríguez-Iturbe, Bernardo	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 342
33	33,845	ME Martínez-Romero, Esperanza	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Microbiology	Rank 862
34	34,115	ÁJ Álvarez-Ramírez, José J.	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa	Food Science	Rank 143
35	34,333	AJ Ancheyta, Jorge	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Energy	Rank 426
36	36,087	TG Torre-Amione, Guillermo	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,422
37	37,920	RJ Rivera-Dommarco, Juan Ángel	Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Tlalpan	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 285
38	38,864	VS VERMA, SURENDRA P.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 662
39	41,236	AF Aureli, Filippo	Universidad Veracruzana	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 130
40	42,271	NR Nathan, Robert A.	Asthma & Allergy Associates	Allergy	Rank 137
41	42,582	RC Rosales, Carlos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Immunology	Rank 1,279
42	42,610	Moreno, Jaime A.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 328
43	42,721	LR Lózano, Rogelio L.	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 329
44	43,144	MP Muriel, Pablo	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Toxicology	Rank 172
45	43,327	DE DEGLI ESPOSTI, Mauro	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 1,701
46	43,755	BG Borges, Guilherme Luiz Guimaraes	Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente	Psychiatry	Rank 919
47	45,498	YE Yahia, Elhadi M.	Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro	Food Science	Rank 217
48	46,841	YW Yu, Wen	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,008
49	47,104	SW Symmans, William Fraser	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 2,004
50	47,921	PR Pérez-Padilla, Rogélio	Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias	Respiratory System	Rank 469
51	48,634	PA Pardo, Annie	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Respiratory System	Rank 476
52	50,308	BA Bravo, Alejandra	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Entomology	Rank 94
53	50,440	AP Anderson, Peter	Public Health Consultant. Hellerup	Substance Abuse	Rank 164
54	50,496	AE Amsterdam, Ezra Abraham	University of California	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,853
55	50,830	JE Juaristi, Eusebio	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Organic Chemistry	Rank 945
56	51,595	SJ Sotelo, Julio M.	Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 3,528
57	53,542	RJ Rubio, José De Jesús	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,149
58	54,784	Melin, Patricia	Tijuana Institute of Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,174
59	55,634	EO Erenstein, Olaf	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 269
60	56,187	PF Paez-Osuna, Federico	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Environmental Sciences	Rank 397
61	56,608	OY Orlov, Yury V.	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 434
62	57,208	EA Estrada, Alejandro	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology	Rank 190
63	57,792	SS Sánchez, Sebastián F.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 737
64	58,789	SS Serna-Saldivar, Sergio O.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Food Science	Rank 300
65	59,348	AM Aluja, M.	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Entomology	Rank 128
66	59,710	GC Goodacre, Charles J.	Loma Linda University School of Dentistry	Dentistry	Rank 293
67	60,042	VR Vazquez-Duhalt, Rafael	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Biotechnology	Rank 168
68	60,256	BR Burgos-Vargas, Rubén	Hospital General de Mexico	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 420
69	61,285	MA Meneses, Alfredo	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,119
70	61,370	AC Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos Alberto	Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 1,329
71	62,651	OJ Oró, John F.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 546
72	62,812	MM Madou, Marc J.	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 428
73	62,854	BR Buijs, Ruud Marinus	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 4,215
74	63,073	MR Moreno-Sánchez, Rafael	Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 2,380
75	63,432	HM Hernández-Ávila, Mauricio M.	Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social	Public Health	Rank 592
76	63,768	MJ Mas-Caussel, Jean F.	UNAM Campus Morelia	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 299
77	64,084	MM Medina-Mora, M. E.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Psychiatry	Rank 1,220
78	64,180	KR Kelly, Rafael	Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 496
79	64,535	BM Basin, Michael V.	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 498
80	65,019	VE Vázquez-Semadeni, Enrique C.	Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 837
81	66,007	SS Snapp, Sieglinde S.	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 326
82	66,658	OG Oskam, Gerko	Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Energy	Rank 893
83	66,729	AE Alvarez-Buylla, E. R.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 890
84	67,676	RG Ruìz-Palacios, Guillermo M.	for the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN)	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 853
85	67,713	BP Balvanera, Patricia	Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad	Ecology	Rank 1,173
86	69,225	WT Williams, Trevor	Instituto de Ecología, A.C.	Entomology	Rank 153
87	70,374	BP Boddupalli, Prasanna M.	Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 952
88	71,128	MM Moshińsky, Marcos	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 1,099
89	71,186	MS Magallón, Susana A.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 607
90	71,210	NC Noguez, Cecilia	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Applied Physics	Rank 1,755
91	73,762	PR Pérez-Gutiérrez, Rosa Martha G.	Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas	Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry	Rank 234
92	74,764	MF Masset, Frédéric S.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 988
93	74,809	BS Barquera, Simón	Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica	Public Health	Rank 701
94	76,116	CE Cuevas, Erik V.	Universidad de Guadalajara	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,576
95	76,480	KJ Keppie, John Duncan	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 1,341
96	76,856	SP Sebastian, P. J.	Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM	Energy	Rank 1,045
97	77,233	PD Page, Dany P.	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 1,030
98	78,180	MD Morales-Morales, David	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 430
99	80,368	PL Possani, Lourival D.	Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 3,028
100	82,433	Iqbal, Hafiz M.N.	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Environmental Sciences	Rank 611
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Mexico are in the 2025 Stanford Top 2% list?

415 scientists affiliated with Mexico are on the 2025 single-year list, and 420 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2025 career-long list, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México has the most listed scientists from Mexico, with 68. It is followed by Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional with 22.

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 420 in 2025, a change of +44.3%.

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.