Spain's Top 2% Scientists 2020: Career-Long List

Spain has 2,290 scientists on the 2020 career-long Top 2% list. That places Spain 13th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitat de Barcelona has the most listed scientists (140), followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (78).

Single Year

2,767

First year listed

Career Data

2,290

First year listed

World rank by count

#13

First year listed

Institutes

368

First year listed

Scientists in Spain on the list, by year

Career-long list, change on the previous year

2021+22.8%

2022+7.7%

2023+6.6%

2024+8.6%

2025+8.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	2,767		2,290
2021	3,402	+22.9%	2,813	+22.8%
2022	3,712	+9.1%	3,030	+7.7%
2023	3,736	+0.6%	3,230	+6.6%
2024	4,008	+7.3%	3,508	+8.6%
2025	4,267	+6.5%	3,816	+8.8%

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Rank in Spain	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	28	CA Corma, Avelino	CSIC-UPV - Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 1
2	140	EM Esteller, Manel	Universitat de Barcelona	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 12
3	243	FV Fuster, Valentin	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 12
4	633	PD Posada, David	CINBIO	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 9
5	846	LJ Llovet, Josep M.	Universitat de Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 10
6	944	LL Liz-Marzán, Luis M.	Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 29
7	963	HF Herrera, Francisco	Universidad de Granada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 19
8	1,090	BJ Bisquert, Juan	Universidad Jaume I	Physical Chemistry	Rank 6
9	1,265	AM Armand, M.	CIC energigune	Energy	Rank 9
10	1,320	BM Barbacid, Mariano	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 73
11	1,381	BD Barceló, Damià	CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA)	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 3
12	1,665	PJ Peñuelas, Josep	CREAF - Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals	Ecology	Rank 26
13	1,898	GD García de Abajo, F. Javier	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Optics	Rank 13
14	2,068	PM Prato, Maurizio	CIC biomaGUNE	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 48
15	2,119	VM Vallet-Regí, María	CIBER Bioingenieria, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 11
16	2,403	BM Blasco, Maria A.	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Developmental Biology	Rank 173
17	2,619	BJ Bruix, Jordi	Hospital Clinic Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 38
18	3,451	DJ Domingo, José L.	Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili	Environmental Sciences	Rank 11
19	3,722	GF Guinea, F.	IMDEA Nanociencia	Applied Physics	Rank 97
20	3,847	AÀ Agustí, Àlvar	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 28
21	4,223	NM Nieto, M. Angela	CSIC-UMH - Instituto de Neurociencias (IN)	Developmental Biology	Rank 267
22	4,248	BJ Bosch, Jaime	Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 70
23	4,252	DJ Dalmau, Josep	Universitat de Barcelona	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 417
24	4,269	SM Serrano, Manuel	IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine	Developmental Biology	Rank 269
25	4,753	HC Herrera, Carlos M.	CSIC- Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 62
26	4,844	BF Baquero, Fernando	Hospital Ramon y Cajal	Microbiology	Rank 108
27	4,900	AM Araújo, Miguel B.	CSIC - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)	Ecology	Rank 84
28	4,918	SL Serrano, Luis	Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 216
29	5,183	FJ Fierro, J. L.G.	CSIC - Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 25
30	5,236	GJ Gisbert, Javier P.	Hospital Universitario de la Princesa	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 80
31	5,285	Longhi, Stefano	CSIC-UIB - Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC)	Optics	Rank 28
32	5,569	LM Lewenstein, Maciej	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	General Physics	Rank 49
33	5,724	BF Bosch, Francesc X.	Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 291
34	5,738	GE Garfield, Eugene	Universitat de Barcelona	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 4
35	5,774	RJ Rello, J.	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 25
36	5,789	AM Arellano, Manuel	Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros	Econometrics	Rank 10
37	5,998	EJ Elguero, José	CSIC - Instituto de Quimíca Médica (IQM)	Chemical Physics	Rank 160
38	6,023	CR Cervera, Ricard	Hospital Clinic Barcelona	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 47
39	6,202	EE Estrada, Ernesto	Universidad de Zaragoza	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 59
40	6,306	VE Vieta, Eduard	Universitat de Barcelona	Psychiatry	Rank 193
41	6,532	RR Rodríguez-Roisin, Roberto	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 60
42	6,633	RF Rodríguez-Reinoso, Francisco	Universitat d'Alacant	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 96
43	7,124	JJ Jiménez, Javier	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 69
44	7,178	GS Grabowski, Sławomir J.	Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 183
45	7,224	BM Beato, Miguel	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona	Developmental Biology	Rank 428
46	7,348	PJ Prat, Jaime	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Pathology	Rank 29
47	7,518	OS Odintsov, S. D.	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 112
48	7,596	TF Tomas-Barberan, Francisco	CEBAS- CSIC, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura	Food Science	Rank 15
49	7,713	PJ Pausas, Juli G.	CSIC-GV-UV - Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificacion (CIDE)	Ecology	Rank 134
50	7,727	CA Cerda, Artemi	University of Valencia	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 19
51	7,789	JJ Jalife, José	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 396
52	7,942	FA Fuertes, Antonio B.	CSIC-Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, (INCAR)	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 103
53	8,048	MM Malumbres, Marcos	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Developmental Biology	Rank 470
54	8,090	BJ Barluenga, José	Universidad de Oviedo	Organic Chemistry	Rank 189
55	8,124	SJ Sunyer, Jordi	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 79
56	8,237	AJ Alonso, Jordi	Hospital del Mar	Psychiatry	Rank 240
57	8,247	NJ Nieto, Juan J.	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela	Applied Mathematics	Rank 17
58	8,268	RR Rosell, Rafael	Institute Catala Oncologia	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 409
59	8,320	TT Tadros, Tharwat F.	CIBER Bioingenieria, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina	Chemical Physics	Rank 211
60	8,332	DJ DeFelipe, Javier	CSIC - Instituto Cajal (IC)	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 753
61	8,333	TA Torres, Antoni	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 85
62	8,598	MJ Malagelada, Juan R.	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 144
63	8,707	GR García Rodríguez, Luis Alberto	Centro Español de Investigacion Farmacoepidemiologica	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 63
64	8,921	FG Frühbeck, Gema	Universidad de Navarra	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 274
65	9,111	TJ Tabernero, Josep	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 446
66	9,166	JP Jordano, Pedro	CSIC- Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD	Ecology	Rank 160
67	9,184	VD van Dijk, Teun A.	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 4
68	9,294	BG Barja, Gustavo	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 415
69	9,347	BE Bouza, Emilio	Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon	Microbiology	Rank 221
70	9,400	TR Tauler, Romà	CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA)	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 53
71	9,801	GJ Gómez, J.	Universidad Europea de Madrid	Ecology	Rank 183
72	9,874	DL de Lorenzo, Víctor	CSIC - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB)	Microbiology	Rank 235
73	9,913	TM Tena-Sempere, Manuel	Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 300
74	9,928	GJ Galı́, Jordi	Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional	Economics	Rank 74
75	9,986	RL Ruilope, Luis	Universidad Europea de Madrid	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 504
76	10,066	GV Grushin, Vladimir V.	Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)	Organic Chemistry	Rank 231
77	10,143	TG Thomas, George	Universitat de Barcelona	Developmental Biology	Rank 558
78	10,223	MJ Martinez, Jose Luis	CSIC - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB)	Microbiology	Rank 243
79	10,334	SV Soriano, Vicente	International University of La Rioja	Virology	Rank 80
80	10,403	WR Winkelmann, Richard K.	Osakidetza, Cruces University Hospital	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 45
81	10,410	FR Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Biotechnology	Rank 27
82	10,533	DL de Leon, Jose	Universidad de Granada	Psychiatry	Rank 295
83	10,539	CE Campo, Elias	Universitat de Barcelona	Immunology	Rank 391
84	10,573	RE Ros, Emilio	Instituto de Salud Carlos III	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 87
85	10,616	AV Arroyo, V.	European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure (EF-CLIF)	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 177
86	10,672	SM Slater, Mel	Universitat de Barcelona	Software Engineering	Rank 7
87	10,678	IL Ibáñez, Luis E.	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 163
88	10,683	DE Domingo, Esteban	Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas	Virology	Rank 84
89	10,735	TJ Tesarik, Jan	MARGen Clinic	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 60
90	10,736	AS Alvarez, Santiago	Universitat de Barcelona	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 67
91	10,741	SF Saura-Calixto, Fulgencio	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos y Nutricion (ICTAN)	Food Science	Rank 24
92	10,798	CJ Castresana, Jose	CSIC-UPF - Instituto de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 134
93	10,847	FI Ferrer, Isidre	Universitat de Barcelona	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 966
94	11,035	FI Ferrer, Isidro	Universitat de Barcelona	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 983
95	11,346	AF Artigas, Francesc	CSIC - Instituto de Investigaciones Biomedicas de Barcelona (IIBB)	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,009
96	11,477	GM González-Gay, Miguel A.	Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 103
97	11,501	BE Brillas, Enric	Universitat de Barcelona	Energy	Rank 84
98	11,536	HE Herrera-Viedma, Enrique	Universidad de Granada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 190
99	11,615	EA Echavarren, Antonio M.	Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)	Organic Chemistry	Rank 262
100	11,656	GL Garcia-Segura, Luis M.	CSIC - Instituto Cajal (IC)	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,034
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Spain are in the 2020 Stanford Top 2% list?

2,767 scientists affiliated with Spain are on the 2020 single-year list, and 2,290 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2020 career-long list, Universitat de Barcelona has the most listed scientists from Spain, with 140. It is followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid with 78.

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.