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).
Scientists in Mexico on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 44% 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 México68
- 2Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional22
- 3Instituto Politécnico Nacional21
- 4Tecnológico de Monterrey21
- 5Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo10
- 6Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada9
- 7Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica9
- 8Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran8
- 9Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León8
- 10Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa8
All 420 scientists
| Rank in Mexico | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,237 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 37 | |
| 2 | 2,132 | San Francisco | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 44 | |
| 3 | 2,686 | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo | Chemical Physics | Rank 77 | |
| 4 | 7,459 | American Medical Association | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 129 | |
| 5 | 8,606 |
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudio Avanzados, Campus Guanajuato | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 74 |
| 6 | 9,900 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 96 | |
| 7 | 10,702 | Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 80 | |
| 8 | 12,756 | Kaiser Permanente Southern California | Allergy | Rank 43 | |
| 9 | 12,895 | South Texas Veterans Health Care System | Respiratory System | Rank 127 | |
| 10 | 13,189 |
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San Diego | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 201 |
| 11 | 14,825 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 153 | |
| 12 | 14,878 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Tlalpan | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 644 | |
| 13 | 15,463 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 106 | |
| 14 | 16,465 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Ecology | Rank 306 | |
| 15 | 17,160 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Chemical Physics | Rank 398 | |
| 16 | 19,817 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 215 | |
| 17 | 20,011 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 514 | |
| 18 | 21,661 | Consejo Nacional de Humanidades, Ciencias y Tecnologías | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 290 | |
| 19 | 22,430 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Business & Management | Rank 227 | |
| 20 | 22,772 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 181 | |
| 21 | 24,115 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 522 | |
| 22 | 24,183 |
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Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 328 |
| 23 | 24,498 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Operations Research | Rank 76 | |
| 24 | 25,119 | Conceivable Life Sciences | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 184 | |
| 25 | 25,623 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 191 | |
| 26 | 26,173 | Providence Saint John's Health Center | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 1,143 | |
| 27 | 26,338 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 1,967 | |
| 28 | 26,539 | Fundación Médica Sur | Pathology | Rank 82 | |
| 29 | 27,324 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 317 | |
| 30 | 28,037 | Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de la UNAM | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 286 | |
| 31 | 31,087 | Instituto de Ecología, UNAM | Ecology | Rank 552 | |
| 32 | 33,445 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 342 | |
| 33 | 33,845 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Microbiology | Rank 862 | |
| 34 | 34,115 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana -Unidad Iztapalapa | Food Science | Rank 143 | |
| 35 | 34,333 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Energy | Rank 426 | |
| 36 | 36,087 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,422 | |
| 37 | 37,920 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública. Tlalpan | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 285 | |
| 38 | 38,864 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 662 | |
| 39 | 41,236 | Universidad Veracruzana | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 130 | |
| 40 | 42,271 | Asthma & Allergy Associates | Allergy | Rank 137 | |
| 41 | 42,582 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Immunology | Rank 1,279 | |
| 42 | 42,610 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 328 | |
| 43 | 42,721 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 329 | |
| 44 | 43,144 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Toxicology | Rank 172 | |
| 45 | 43,327 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 1,701 | |
| 46 | 43,755 | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramon de la Fuente | Psychiatry | Rank 919 | |
| 47 | 45,498 | Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro | Food Science | Rank 217 | |
| 48 | 46,841 |
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,008 |
| 49 | 47,104 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 2,004 | |
| 50 | 47,921 | Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias | Respiratory System | Rank 469 | |
| 51 | 48,634 |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Respiratory System | Rank 476 |
| 52 | 50,308 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Entomology | Rank 94 | |
| 53 | 50,440 | Public Health Consultant. Hellerup | Substance Abuse | Rank 164 | |
| 54 | 50,496 | University of California | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 1,853 | |
| 55 | 50,830 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Organic Chemistry | Rank 945 | |
| 56 | 51,595 | Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 3,528 | |
| 57 | 53,542 | Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,149 | |
| 58 | 54,784 | Tijuana Institute of Technology | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,174 | |
| 59 | 55,634 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 269 | |
| 60 | 56,187 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Environmental Sciences | Rank 397 | |
| 61 | 56,608 | Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 434 | |
| 62 | 57,208 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | Rank 190 | |
| 63 | 57,792 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 737 | |
| 64 | 58,789 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Food Science | Rank 300 | |
| 65 | 59,348 |
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C. | Entomology | Rank 128 |
| 66 | 59,710 | Loma Linda University School of Dentistry | Dentistry | Rank 293 | |
| 67 | 60,042 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Biotechnology | Rank 168 | |
| 68 | 60,256 | Hospital General de Mexico | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 420 | |
| 69 | 61,285 | Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 4,119 | |
| 70 | 61,370 | Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición Salvador Zubiran | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 1,329 | |
| 71 | 62,651 |
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 546 |
| 72 | 62,812 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 428 | |
| 73 | 62,854 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 4,215 | |
| 74 | 63,073 | Facultad de Estudios Superiores Iztacala | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 2,380 | |
| 75 | 63,432 | Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social | Public Health | Rank 592 | |
| 76 | 63,768 | UNAM Campus Morelia | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 299 | |
| 77 | 64,084 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Psychiatry | Rank 1,220 | |
| 78 | 64,180 | Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 496 | |
| 79 | 64,535 | Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León | Industrial Engineering & Automation | Rank 498 | |
| 80 | 65,019 | Instituto de Radioastronomía y Astrofísica | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 837 | |
| 81 | 66,007 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 326 | |
| 82 | 66,658 |
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Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional | Energy | Rank 893 |
| 83 | 66,729 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 890 | |
| 84 | 67,676 | for the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 853 | |
| 85 | 67,713 | Instituto de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas y Sustentabilidad | Ecology | Rank 1,173 | |
| 86 | 69,225 | Instituto de Ecología, A.C. | Entomology | Rank 153 | |
| 87 | 70,374 | Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 952 | |
| 88 | 71,128 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,099 | |
| 89 | 71,186 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 607 | |
| 90 | 71,210 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Applied Physics | Rank 1,755 | |
| 91 | 73,762 | Escuela Superior de Ingenieria Quimica e Industrias Extractivas | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | Rank 234 | |
| 92 | 74,764 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 988 | |
| 93 | 74,809 | Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica | Public Health | Rank 701 | |
| 94 | 76,116 | Universidad de Guadalajara | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 1,576 | |
| 95 | 76,480 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 1,341 | |
| 96 | 76,856 | Instituto de Energías Renovables de la UNAM | Energy | Rank 1,045 | |
| 97 | 77,233 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 1,030 | |
| 98 | 78,180 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 430 | |
| 99 | 80,368 | Instituto de Biotecnología de la UNAM | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 3,028 | |
| 100 | 82,433 | 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.