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Spain's Top 2% Scientists 2024
Spain has 4,008 scientists on the 2024 single-year Top 2% list, up 7.3% from 3,736 in 2023. That places Spain 12th in the world by number of listed scientists. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas has the most listed scientists (334), followed by Universitat de Barcelona (175).
Data Type
Year
Single Year
4,008
+272 (+7.3%) vs 2023
Career Data
3,508
+278 (+8.6%) vs 2023
World rank by count
#12
No change vs 2023
Institutes
471
-32 (-6.4%) vs 2023
Scientists in Spain on the list, by year
The single-year count has grown 45% 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
By number of listed scientists
Single-year list2024
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- 1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas334
- 2Universitat de Barcelona175
- 3Universidad Complutense de Madrid127
- 4Universitat de València117
- 5Universidad de Granada116
- 6Universidad del Pais Vasco93
- 7Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya91
- 8Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona85
- 9Universidad de Sevilla80
- 10Universitat Politècnica de València71
All 4,008 scientists
Single-year list2024
| Rank in Spain | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 127 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Physical Chemistry | Rank 2 | |
| 2 | 203 | Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF-CERCA) | Ecology | Rank 5 | |
| 3 | 345 | Universitat de Barcelona | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 11 | |
| 4 | 369 | CIC energigune | Energy | Rank 14 | |
| 5 | 381 | Universitat de Barcelona | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 7 | |
| 6 | 413 |
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Universitat de Barcelona | Software Engineering | Rank 1 |
| 7 | 417 | Universidad de Granada | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 29 | |
| 8 | 576 | Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona | Toxicology | Rank 2 | |
| 9 | 666 | Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros | Economics | Rank 14 | |
| 10 | 794 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Languages & Linguistics | Rank 2 | |
| 11 | 924 | Universitat de Barcelona | Energy | Rank 28 | |
| 12 | 969 | UPF Barcelona School of Management | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 4 | |
| 13 | 1,087 | CSIC-GV-UV - Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Desertificación (CIDE) | Ecology | Rank 27 | |
| 14 | 1,092 | CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA) | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 5 | |
| 15 | 1,173 | Universitat de Lleida | Energy | Rank 32 | |
| 16 | 1,289 | Universidade de Vigo | Food Science | Rank 10 | |
| 17 | 1,374 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | Optics | Rank 8 | |
| 18 | 1,576 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Biomedical Engineering | Rank 5 | |
| 19 | 1,631 | CIC biomaGUNE | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 51 | |
| 20 | 1,643 | Universidade de Vigo | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 10 | |
| 21 | 1,671 | Fundación Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne | Food Science | Rank 16 | |
| 22 | 1,725 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 15 | |
| 23 | 1,757 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Microbiology | Rank 27 | |
| 24 | 1,843 | Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | General & Internal Medicine | Rank 43 | |
| 25 | 2,013 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 25 | |
| 26 | 2,029 | Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 114 | |
| 27 | 2,037 | Universidad Jaume I | Physical Chemistry | Rank 9 | |
| 28 | 2,048 | CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM) | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 68 | |
| 29 | 2,241 | Universidad de Salamanca | Business & Management | Rank 73 | |
| 30 | 2,243 | CSIC - Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiologia de Sevilla (IRNAS) | Ecology | Rank 65 | |
| 31 | 2,244 | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela | Economics | Rank 55 | |
| 32 | 2,276 | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 57 | |
| 33 | 2,284 | Universitat Rovira i Virgili | Toxicology | Rank 8 | |
| 34 | 2,299 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | International Relations | Rank 1 | |
| 35 | 2,309 |
BJ
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Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 29 |
| 36 | 2,568 | Universitat de València | Food Science | Rank 17 | |
| 37 | 2,993 | CSIC - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) | Ecology | Rank 82 | |
| 38 | 3,057 | Universidad de Alcalá | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 114 | |
| 39 | 3,168 | Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 169 | |
| 40 | 3,181 | Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 88 | |
| 41 | 3,339 | Hospital Universitario de la Princesa | Respiratory System | Rank 13 | |
| 42 | 3,349 | Universitat de València | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 21 | |
| 43 | 3,363 | CSIC-UMH - Instituto de Neurociencias (IN) | Developmental Biology | Rank 95 | |
| 44 | 3,388 | Universidad de Salamanca | Communication & Media Studies | Rank 11 | |
| 45 | 3,389 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 24 | |
| 46 | 3,396 |
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 14 |
| 47 | 3,516 | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | Orthopedics | Rank 8 | |
| 48 | 3,578 | Universitat de Barcelona | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 20 | |
| 49 | 3,696 | Universitat de Barcelona | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 30 | |
| 50 | 3,718 | Universitat d'Alacant | Ecology | Rank 101 | |
| 51 | 3,743 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | Developmental Biology | Rank 102 | |
| 52 | 3,792 |
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Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de la Fundación Jiménez Díaz | Urology & Nephrology | Rank 20 |
| 53 | 3,819 | Hospital Universitario de la Princesa | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 50 | |
| 54 | 3,862 | Universitat de Barcelona | Information & Library Sciences | Rank 8 | |
| 55 | 3,973 | Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública | Psychiatry | Rank 96 | |
| 56 | 4,020 | Universidad de Sevilla | Business & Management | Rank 130 | |
| 57 | 4,258 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Urban & Regional Planning | Rank 10 | |
| 58 | 4,388 | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas | Developmental Biology | Rank 119 | |
| 59 | 4,433 | Universidad de Murcia | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 45 | |
| 60 | 4,502 | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela | Ecology | Rank 119 | |
| 61 | 4,587 | Clínica Universidad de Navarra | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 80 | |
| 62 | 4,626 | Universidad del Pais Vasco | Languages & Linguistics | Rank 25 | |
| 63 | 4,680 | Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Psychiatry | Rank 108 | |
| 64 | 4,759 | CSIC - Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) | Ecology | Rank 126 | |
| 65 | 4,775 | Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 82 | |
| 66 | 4,813 | Instituto de Salud Carlos III | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 29 | |
| 67 | 4,876 |
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Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Economics | Rank 107 |
| 68 | 4,947 | Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 142 | |
| 69 | 5,073 | Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 167 | |
| 70 | 5,182 | Universitat de València | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 17 | |
| 71 | 5,203 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Biotechnology | Rank 15 | |
| 72 | 5,208 | Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria(CIMNE) | Building & Construction | Rank 37 | |
| 73 | 5,302 | Universidad de Salamanca | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 54 | |
| 74 | 5,484 |
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IMDEA Nanociencia | Applied Physics | Rank 124 |
| 75 | 5,614 | Universidad de Granada | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 264 | |
| 76 | 5,621 | Universitat de València | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 19 | |
| 77 | 5,624 | Universitat Politècnica de València | Networking & Telecommunications | Rank 54 | |
| 78 | 5,681 | Universidad de Extremadura | Food Science | Rank 34 | |
| 79 | 5,689 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Environmental Sciences | Rank 107 | |
| 80 | 5,753 | European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 73 | |
| 81 | 5,785 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 69 | |
| 82 | 5,794 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Rank 7 | |
| 83 | 5,799 | IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine | Developmental Biology | Rank 160 | |
| 84 | 5,939 | Universitat de Barcelona | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 19 | |
| 85 | 6,166 | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 186 | |
| 86 | 6,175 |
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Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu | Psychiatry | Rank 145 |
| 87 | 6,344 | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha | Environmental Sciences | Rank 118 | |
| 88 | 6,571 | Universitat de València | Organic Chemistry | Rank 89 | |
| 89 | 6,632 | Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona | Toxicology | Rank 24 | |
| 90 | 6,635 | Universitat Ramon Llull | Experimental Psychology | Rank 123 | |
| 91 | 6,764 | Universitat de València | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 58 | |
| 92 | 6,995 | CSIC - Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA) | Food Science | Rank 43 | |
| 93 | 6,996 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 127 | |
| 94 | 7,033 | Universidad de Salamanca | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 335 | |
| 95 | 7,165 |
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Universidad del Pais Vasco | Languages & Linguistics | Rank 37 |
| 96 | 7,203 | Universidad de Extremadura | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | Rank 61 | |
| 97 | 7,314 | CSIC-UAM - Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT) | Astronomy & Astrophysics | Rank 37 | |
| 98 | 7,711 | Universidad Pública de Navarra | Sport Sciences | Rank 22 | |
| 99 | 7,715 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Chemical Engineering | Rank 35 | |
| 100 | 7,716 | Universidad Jaume I | Social Psychology | Rank 177 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Spain are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?
4,008 scientists affiliated with Spain are on the 2024 single-year list, and 3,508 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Spain has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2024 single-year list, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas has the most listed scientists from Spain, with 334. It is followed by Universitat de Barcelona with 175.
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 4,008 in 2024, a change of +44.9%.
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.