Spain's Top 2% Scientists 2022: Career-Long List

Spain has 3,030 scientists on the 2022 career-long Top 2% list, up 7.7% from 2,813 in 2021. That places Spain 13th in the world by number of listed scientists. Universitat de Barcelona has the most listed scientists (177), followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid (86).

Single Year

3,712

+310 (+9.1%) vs 2021

Career Data

3,030

+217 (+7.7%) vs 2021

World rank by count

#13

No change vs 2021

Institutes

454

+30 (+7.1%) vs 2021

Scientists in Spain on the list, by year

The career-long count has grown 32% since 2020.

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	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	Physical Chemistry	Rank 1
2	120	EM Esteller, Manel	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 7
3	648	PD Posada, David	Universidade de Vigo	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 12
4	780	HF Herrera, Francisco	Universidad de Granada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 19
5	836	LL Liz-Marzán, Luis M.	Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 25
6	1,008	AM Armand, Michel	Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)	Energy	Rank 9
7	1,059	BJ Bisquert, Juan	Universidad Jaume I	Physical Chemistry	Rank 5
8	1,144	BD Barceló, Damià	Universitat de Girona	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 2
9	1,235	PJ Peñuelas, Josep	CREAF - Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals	Ecology	Rank 22
10	1,571	BM Barbacid, Mariano	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 66
11	1,625	BJ Bruix, Jordi	Universitat de Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 21
12	1,792	GD García de Abajo, F. Javier	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	Applied Physics	Rank 69
13	1,891	VM Vallet-Regí, María	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Biomedical Engineering	Rank 7
14	1,900	BM Blasco, María A.	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Developmental Biology	Rank 123
15	3,083	DJ Domingo, José Luis	Universitat Rovira i Virgili	Toxicology	Rank 8
16	3,243	VA Verkhratsky, Alexei	Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 315
17	3,471	DJ Dalmau, Josep	Universitat de Barcelona	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 332
18	3,487	AA Agusti, Alvar	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 31
19	3,560	HM Hidalgo, Manuel	Centro Integral Oncológico Clara Campal	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 156
20	3,634	GF Guinea, Francisco	IMDEA Nanociencia	Applied Physics	Rank 116
21	3,850	Longhi, Stefano	CSIC-UIB - Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC)	Optics	Rank 18
22	3,900	NM Nieto, M. Angela	CSIC-UMH - Instituto de Neurociencias (IN)	Developmental Biology	Rank 217
23	4,010	BJ Bosch, Jaime	Universitat de Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 67
24	4,381	SM Serrano, Manuel	IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine	Developmental Biology	Rank 240
25	4,794	AM Araújo, Miguel B.	CSIC - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN)	Ecology	Rank 85
26	4,844	HC Herrera, Carlos M.	CSIC- Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD	Ecology	Rank 86
27	4,888	BF Baquero, Fernando	Hospital Ramon y Cajal	Microbiology	Rank 116
28	4,967	RJ Rello, Jordi	Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca	Emergency & Critical Care Medicine	Rank 21
29	4,974	FJ Fierro, Jose L.G.	CSIC - Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP)	Physical Chemistry	Rank 22
30	5,039	AM Arellano, Manuel	Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros	Economics	Rank 42
31	5,233	CR Cervera, Ricard	Hospital Clinic Barcelona	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 45
32	5,601	SL Serrano, Luis	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 292
33	5,652	VE Vieta, Eduard	Universitat de Barcelona	Psychiatry	Rank 159
34	5,703	GE Garfield, Eugene	Universitat de Barcelona	Information & Library Sciences	Rank 4
35	5,830	LM Lewenstein, Maciej	Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats	General Physics	Rank 40
36	5,914	GS Grabowski, Sławomir J.	Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science	Chemical Physics	Rank 163
37	6,029	EE Estrada, Ernesto	Universitat de les Illes Balears	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 40
38	6,125	DA Djouadi, Abdelhak	Universidad de Granada	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 85
39	6,146	CA Cerda, Artemi	Universitat de València	Agronomy & Agriculture	Rank 20
40	6,173	EJ Elguero, José	CSIC - Instituto de Quimíca Médica (IQM)	Organic Chemistry	Rank 144
41	6,177	PJ Pausas, Juli G.	CSIC-GV-UV - Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación	Ecology	Rank 105
42	6,284	BF Bosch, F. Xavier	Universitat Oberta de Catalunya	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 291
43	6,330	CE Coronado, Eugenio	Universitat de València	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 35
44	6,384	RF Rodríguez-Reinoso, Francisco	Universitat d'Alacant	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 97
45	6,441	SM Slater, Mel	Universitat de Barcelona	Software Engineering	Rank 4
46	6,492	OS Odintsov, S. D.	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Espacio (ICE)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 96
47	6,593	JJ Jiménez, Javier	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 44
48	6,607	PG Perez Gisbert, Javier	Hospital Universitario de la Princesa	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 108
49	6,646	VD van Dijk, Teun A.	Centre of Discourse Studies	Languages & Linguistics	Rank 4
50	6,662	RR Rodriguez-Roisín, Robert	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 63
51	6,765	PJ Prat, Jaime	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	Pathology	Rank 22
52	6,834	BE Brillas, Enric	Universitat de Barcelona	Energy	Rank 61
53	6,965	TJ Tabernero, J.	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 319
54	7,189	SJ Sunyer, J.	Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 72
55	7,223	TF Tomás-Barberán, Francisco A.	CEBAS- CSIC, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura	Food Science	Rank 17
56	7,337	FG Frühbeck, Gema	Universidad de Navarra	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 216
57	7,451	MM Malumbres, Marcos	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas	Developmental Biology	Rank 388
58	7,494	AJ Alonso, Jordi	Hospital del Mar	Psychiatry	Rank 214
59	7,565	JJ Jalife, José	Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 376
60	7,791	NJ Nieto, Juan J.	Universidad de Santiago de Compostela	General Mathematics	Rank 15
61	7,841	MJ Martínez, José Luis	CSIC - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB)	Microbiology	Rank 192
62	8,044	JP Jordano, Pedro	CSIC- Estación Biológica de Doñana EBD	Ecology	Rank 149
63	8,112	TA Torres, Antoni	Universitat de Barcelona	Respiratory System	Rank 86
64	8,285	TT Tadros, T.	Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Bioingeniería, Biomateriales y Nanomedicina	Chemical Physics	Rank 205
65	8,332	FA Fuertes, Antonio B.	CSIC-Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Carbono, (INCAR)	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 111
66	8,347	RL Ruilope, Luis Miguel	Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 419
67	8,349	RE Ros, Emilio	Hospital Clinic Barcelona	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 64
68	8,377	AJ Aguilar-Saavedra, J. A.	CSIC-UAM - Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 123
69	8,385	DJ DeFelipe, Javier	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 742
70	8,650	BM Beato, Miguel	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona	Developmental Biology	Rank 440
71	8,753	RR Rosell, R.	Hospital Universitari Dexeus	Oncology & Carcinogenesis	Rank 400
72	8,869	BJ Barluenga, José	Universidad de Oviedo	Organic Chemistry	Rank 199
73	8,874	FI Ferrer, I.	Universitat de Barcelona	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 773
74	8,972	KM Khayet, Mohamed	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Chemical Engineering	Rank 30
75	8,976	KK Kostarelos, Kostas	Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 113
76	9,205	FR Fernandez-Lafuente, Roberto	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	Biotechnology	Rank 18
77	9,240	NM Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark	Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona	Toxicology	Rank 27
78	9,269	BE Bouza, Emilio	Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañon	Microbiology	Rank 223
79	9,311	TR Tauler, Romà	CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA)	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 44
80	9,313	DL de Lorenzo, Víctor	CSIC - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB)	Microbiology	Rank 225
81	9,329	CE Campo, Elías	Universitat de Barcelona	Immunology	Rank 367
82	9,537	TM Tena-Sempere, Manuel	Universidad de Córdoba	Endocrinology & Metabolism	Rank 289
83	9,542	GR Garcia Rodriguez, Luis A.	Centro Español de Investigacion Farmacoepidemiologica	Pharmacology & Pharmacy	Rank 56
84	9,616	AS Alvarez, Santiago	Universitat de Barcelona	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 56
85	9,716	ER Estruch, Ramón	Universitat de Barcelona	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 70
86	9,735	MJ Malagelada, Juan R.	Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 166
87	9,743	VS Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.	Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología	Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences	Rank 112
88	9,830	MN Martín, Nazario	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Organic Chemistry	Rank 216
89	10,011	SF Saura-Calixto, Fulgencio	CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos y Nutricion (ICTAN)	Food Science	Rank 25
90	10,037	GJ Galí, Jordi	Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)	Economics	Rank 83
91	10,139	HE Herrera-Viedma, Enrique	Universidad de Granada	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 184
92	10,148	GM González-Gay, Miguel	Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla	Arthritis & Rheumatology	Rank 94
93	10,347	BG Barja, Gustavo	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 534
94	10,497	DE Domingo, Esteban	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas	Virology	Rank 73
95	10,849	MM Martínez-González, Miguel Ángel	Universidad de Navarra	Nutrition & Dietetics	Rank 78
96	10,863	CJ Castresana, Jose	CSIC-UPF - Instituto de Biologia Evolutiva (IBE)	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 139
97	10,894	KK Khan, Khalid Saeed	Universidad de Granada	Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine	Rank 55
98	11,038	AV Arroyo, Vicente	European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure (EF-CLIF)	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 187
99	11,157	AF Ayala, Francisco J.	Universidad Pontificia Comillas	Evolutionary Biology	Rank 145
100	11,235	GP Ginès, Pere	Universitat de Barcelona	Gastroenterology & Hepatology	Rank 191
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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 career-long list, Universitat de Barcelona has the most listed scientists from Spain, with 177. It is followed by Universidad Complutense de Madrid with 86.

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

On the career-long list, Spain went from 2,290 scientists in 2020 to 3,030 in 2022, a change of +32.3%.

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.