Spain's Top 2% Scientists 2022

Spain has 3,712 scientists on the 2022 single-year Top 2% list, up 9.1% from 3,402 in 2021. That places Spain 12th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 1 place. Universitat de Barcelona has the most listed scientists (205), followed by Universidad de Granada (100).

Single Year

3,712

+310 (+9.1%) vs 2021

Career Data

3,030

+217 (+7.7%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#12

down 1 place vs 2021

Institutes

477

+19 (+4.1%) vs 2021

Scientists in Spain on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 34% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+22.9%

2022+9.1%

2023+0.6%

2024+7.3%

2025+6.5%

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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%

Top 10 institutes in Spain

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Rank in Spain	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	90	CA Corma, Avelino	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	Physical Chemistry	Rank 1
2	195	EM Esteller, Manel	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 8
3	304	Penuelas, Josep	CREAF - Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals	Ecology	Rank 6
4	305	AM Armand, Michel	Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)	Energy	Rank 7
5	503	HF Herrera, Francisco	Universidad de Granada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 32
6	712	SM Slater, Mel	Universitat de Barcelona	Software Engineering	Rank 1
7	817	BD Barceló, Damià	Universitat de Girona	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 4
8	860	PD Posada, David	Universidade de Vigo	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 8
9	932	AM Arellano, Manuel	Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros	Economics	Rank 19
10	983	LL Liz-Marzán, Luis M.	Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 32
11	1,040	NM Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark	Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona	Toxicology	Rank 3
12	1,163	GD García de Abajo, F. Javier	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Applied Physics	Rank 39
13	1,173	BJ Bisquert, Juan	Universidad Jaume I	Physical Chemistry	Rank 4
14	1,216	Longhi, Stefano	CSIC-UIB - Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC)	Optics	Rank 8
15	1,224	VD van Dijk, Teun A.	Centre of Discourse Studies	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 3
16	1,368	BE Brillas, Enric	Universitat de Barcelona	Energy	Rank 30
17	1,408	DJ Dalmau, Josep	Universitat de Barcelona	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 96
18	1,470	BJ Bruix, Jordi	Universitat de Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 20
19	1,640	TJ Tabernero, J.	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 50
20	1,724	VM Vallet-Regí, María	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 8
21	1,785	PJ Pausas, Juli G.	CSIC-GV-UV - Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación	Ecology	Rank 55
22	1,795	CL Cabeza, Luisa F.	Universitat de Lleida	Energy	Rank 39
23	1,907	CA Castellanos-Gomez, Andres	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM)	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 64
24	1,951	NM Nieto, M. Angela	CSIC-UMH - Instituto de Neurociencias (IN)	Developmental Biology	Rank 74
25	1,956	VS Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.	Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 24
26	2,011	GS Grabowski, Slawomir J.	Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 40
27	2,061	DJ Domingo, José Luis	Universitat Rovira i Virgili	Toxicology	Rank 6
28	2,165	VA Verkhratsky, Alexei	Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 143
29	2,232	MJ Martínez, José Luis	CSIC - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB)	Microbiology	Rank 44
30	2,247	JJ Jiménez, Javier	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 16
31	2,479	CA Cerda, Artemi	Universitat de València	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 15
32	2,511	AM Araújo, Miguel B.	CSIC - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)	Ecology	Rank 85
33	2,699	MM Malumbres, Marcos	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Developmental Biology	Rank 99
34	2,798	Xiao, Jianbo	Universidade de Vigo	Food Science	Rank 16
35	2,819	BM Blasco, María A.	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Developmental Biology	Rank 106
36	3,133	BA Baselga, Andrés	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela	Ecology	Rank 98
37	3,154	RJ Reboredo, Juan C.	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela	Economics	Rank 65
38	3,160	GE Garfield, Eugene	Universitat de Barcelona	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 8
39	3,207	CA Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso J.	Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria	General & Internal Medicine	Rank 57
40	3,441	ER Estruch, Ramón	Universitat de Barcelona	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 19
41	3,533	AJ Alonso, Jordi	Hospital del Mar	Psychiatry	Rank 93
42	3,542	EE Estrada, Ernesto	Universitat de les Illes Balears	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 27
43	3,577	GF Guinea, Francisco	IMDEA Nanociencia	Applied Physics	Rank 94
44	3,735	CE Coronado, Eugenio	Universitat de València	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 15
45	3,789	KM Khayet, Mohamed	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Chemical Engineering	Rank 17
46	3,887	RE Ros, Emilio	Hospital Clinic Barcelona	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 25
47	3,932	LJ Lorenzo, José M.	Universidade de Vigo	Food Science	Rank 20
48	3,980	JP Jordano, Pedro	CSIC- Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD	Ecology	Rank 121
49	4,256	OS Odintsov, S. D.	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 37
50	4,339	GD Gil De Zúñiga, Homero	Universidad de Salamanca	Communication & Media Studies	Rank 11
51	4,367	SM Serrano, Manuel	IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine	Developmental Biology	Rank 171
52	4,410	MF Maestre, Fernando T.	Universitat d'Alacant	Ecology	Rank 129
53	4,427	MS Munné-Bosch, Sergi	Universitat de Barcelona	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 40
54	4,518	KK Kostarelos, Kostas	Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 143
55	4,598	AS Alvarez, Santiago	Universitat de Barcelona	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 17
56	4,625	FR Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	Biotechnology	Rank 14
57	4,641	MM Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel	Universidad de Navarra	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 31
58	4,662	LC Lopez-Otin, Carlos	Instituto Universitario de Oncologia del Principado de Asturias	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 118
59	4,673	KG Konstantatos, Gerasimos	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 147
60	4,685	HE Herrera-Viedma, Enrique	Universidad de Granada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 156
61	4,814	AA Agusti, Alvar	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 26
62	4,835	Barba, Francisco J.	Universitat de València	Food Science	Rank 24
63	4,963	BJ Bosch, Jaime	Universitat de Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 67
64	4,980	HM Hidalgo, Manuel	Centro Integral Oncológico Clara Campal	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 181
65	5,049	VE Vieta, Eduard	Universitat de Barcelona	Psychiatry	Rank 134
66	5,127	FG Frühbeck, Gema	Universidad de Navarra	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 107
67	5,130	OA Ortiz, Alberto	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Urology & Nephrology	Rank 29
68	5,221	ZJ Zamorano, Jose L.	Hospital Ramon y Cajal	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 172
69	5,366	HM Huarte, Maite	Universidad de Navarra	Developmental Biology	Rank 208
70	5,430	CR Cervera, Ricard	Hospital Clinic Barcelona	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 38
71	5,442	PY Picó, Yolanda	Universitat de València	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 16
72	5,567	PE Panadero, Ernesto	Universidad de Deusto	Education	Rank 43
73	5,650	CF Corpas, Francisco J.	CSIC - Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ)	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 68
74	5,828	EM Estévez, M.	Universidad de Extremadura	Food Science	Rank 30
75	5,882	GJ Galí, Jordi	Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)	Economics	Rank 102
76	6,045	PJ Prat, Jaime	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Pathology	Rank 5
77	6,113	GI García-Sánchez, Isabel María	Universidad de Salamanca	Business & Management	Rank 139
78	6,141	TF Toldrá, Fidel	CSIC - Instituto de Agroquimica y Tecnologia de los Alimentos (IATA)	Food Science	Rank 33
79	6,154	RR Resta, Raffaele	Donostia International Physics Center	Applied Physics	Rank 132
80	6,307	SJ Sunyer, J.	Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 37
81	6,391	TA Tobias, Aurelio	CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA)	Toxicology	Rank 24
82	6,464	LF Liñán, Francisco	Universidad de Sevilla	Business & Management	Rank 148
83	6,488	MJ Martinez-Alier, J.	UAB Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Ambientales	Geography	Rank 22
84	6,502	CG Catalan, Gustau	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Applied Physics	Rank 144
85	6,573	PM Palacín, M. Rosa	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB)	Energy	Rank 124
86	6,604	DL Domingo, Luis R.	Universitat de València	Organic Chemistry	Rank 94
87	6,718	GJ García-Bellido, Juan	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Astronomy & Astrophysics	Rank 32
88	6,945	GT Gabaldón, Toni	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Developmental Biology	Rank 258
89	7,159	CG Camps-Valls, Gustau	Universitat de València	Geological & Geomatics Engineering	Rank 58
90	7,163	ZC Zott, Christoph	Universidad de Navarra	Business & Management	Rank 166
91	7,185	DM Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel	Universidad Pablo de Olavide, de Sevilla	Ecology	Rank 195
92	7,237	BM Barbacid, Mariano	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 268
93	7,241	Khan, Khalid S.	Universidad de Granada	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 23
94	7,321	Escobar-Morreale, Héctor F.	Hospital Ramon y Cajal	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 143
95	7,347	AC Andrade, Carmen	Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria(CIMNE)	Building & Construction	Rank 37
96	7,453	CA Cuadrado, Antonio	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 180
97	7,503	SF Saura-Calixto, Fulgencio	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos y Nutricion (ICTAN)	Food Science	Rank 44
98	7,635	LR Luque, Rafael	Universidad de Córdoba	Organic Chemistry	Rank 109
99	7,640	CJ Castresana, Jose	CSIC-UPF - Instituto de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 81
100	7,654	EA Estrada-Peña, Agustín	Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Zaragoza	Microbiology	Rank 164
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Spain are in the 2022 Stanford Top 2% list?

3,712 scientists affiliated with Spain are on the 2022 single-year list, and 3,030 are on the career-long list.

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

On the 2022 single-year list, Universitat de Barcelona has the most listed scientists from Spain, with 205. It is followed by Universidad de Granada with 100.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Spain changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Spain went from 2,767 scientists in 2020 to 3,712 in 2022, a change of +34.2%.

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.