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Spain's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List
Spain has 3,508 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 8.6% from 3,230 in 2023. That places Spain 11th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 1 place. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas has the most listed scientists (337), followed by Universitat de Barcelona (161).
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
#11
up 1 place vs 2023
Institutes
445
-37 (-7.7%) vs 2023
Scientists in Spain on the list, by year
The career-long count has grown 53% 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% |
Top 10 institutes in Spain
By number of listed scientists
Career-long list2024
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- 1Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas337
- 2Universitat de Barcelona161
- 3Universidad Complutense de Madrid107
- 4Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya93
- 5Universidad de Granada89
- 6Universitat de València89
- 7Universidad del Pais Vasco82
- 8Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona77
- 9Universitat Politècnica de València73
- 10Universidad de Santiago de Compostela72
All 3,508 scientists
Career-long list2024
| Rank in Spain | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Physical Chemistry | Rank 1 | |
| 2 | 125 | Universitat de Barcelona | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 7 | |
| 3 | 258 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 2 | |
| 4 | 616 | Universitat de Barcelona | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 9 | |
| 5 | 621 | Universidad de Granada | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 20 | |
| 6 | 727 | Universidade de Vigo | Evolutionary Biology | Rank 11 | |
| 7 | 757 | CIC energigune | Energy | Rank 10 | |
| 8 | 791 | Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF-CERCA) | Ecology | Rank 19 | |
| 9 | 816 | CIC biomaGUNE | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 28 | |
| 10 | 944 | CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA) | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 2 | |
| 11 | 1,111 | Universidad Jaume I | Physical Chemistry | Rank 5 | |
| 12 | 1,638 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | Optics | Rank 10 | |
| 13 | 1,646 |
BJ
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Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 22 |
| 14 | 1,668 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Biomedical Engineering | Rank 7 | |
| 15 | 1,896 | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 82 | |
| 16 | 1,966 | Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas | Developmental Biology | Rank 117 | |
| 17 | 2,528 | Universitat Rovira i Virgili | Toxicology | Rank 8 | |
| 18 | 2,765 | Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 256 | |
| 19 | 2,828 |
DR
|
Centro de Investigacion Principe Felipe | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Rank 14 |
| 20 | 2,980 | Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 277 | |
| 21 | 3,580 | Universitat de Barcelona | Energy | Rank 45 | |
| 22 | 3,591 |
SM
|
Universitat de Barcelona | Software Engineering | Rank 1 |
| 23 | 3,674 | Universitat de Barcelona | Respiratory System | Rank 31 | |
| 24 | 3,689 |
GF
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IMDEA Nanociencia | Applied Physics | Rank 112 |
| 25 | 3,752 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Physical Chemistry | Rank 16 | |
| 26 | 3,827 | CSIC-UMH - Instituto de Neurociencias (IN) | Developmental Biology | Rank 199 | |
| 27 | 3,844 | Universidad de Murcia | Organic Chemistry | Rank 99 | |
| 28 | 4,237 | Hospital Universitario de la Princesa | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 72 | |
| 29 | 4,408 | IRB Barcelona - Institute for Research in Biomedicine | Developmental Biology | Rank 228 | |
| 30 | 4,544 | Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo, Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros | Economics | Rank 44 | |
| 31 | 4,619 | UPF Barcelona School of Management | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | Rank 6 | |
| 32 | 4,643 | CSIC - Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN) | Ecology | Rank 85 | |
| 33 | 4,698 | Universitat de València | Agronomy & Agriculture | Rank 17 | |
| 34 | 4,721 | Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona | Toxicology | Rank 14 | |
| 35 | 4,785 | CSIC-GV-UV - Centro de Investigaciones Sobre Desertificación (CIDE) | Ecology | Rank 87 | |
| 36 | 4,855 | CSIC - Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) | Ecology | Rank 90 | |
| 37 | 4,884 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Languages & Linguistics | Rank 4 | |
| 38 | 4,898 | Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Psychiatry | Rank 144 | |
| 39 | 4,985 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 64 | |
| 40 | 5,020 | Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | Microbiology | Rank 121 | |
| 41 | 5,059 | Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 42 | |
| 42 | 5,148 |
RJ
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Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca | Emergency & Critical Care Medicine | Rank 21 |
| 43 | 5,180 | Universitat de València | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 28 | |
| 44 | 5,474 | Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 242 | |
| 45 | 5,804 | Donostia International Physics Center | Chemical Physics | Rank 152 | |
| 46 | 5,827 | CSIC-UIB - Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC) | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 42 | |
| 47 | 5,859 | Universitat de Barcelona | Information & Library Sciences | Rank 5 | |
| 48 | 5,894 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Microbiology | Rank 150 | |
| 49 | 6,018 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | General Physics | Rank 40 | |
| 50 | 6,288 | Clínica Universidad de Navarra | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 192 | |
| 51 | 6,329 | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | Developmental Biology | Rank 310 | |
| 52 | 6,492 | Universitat d'Alacant | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 104 | |
| 53 | 6,523 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Toxicology | Rank 22 | |
| 54 | 6,552 | Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Rank 314 | |
| 55 | 6,567 | Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública | Psychiatry | Rank 189 | |
| 56 | 6,572 |
PJ
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Hospital de La Santa Creu I Sant Pau | Pathology | Rank 23 |
| 57 | 6,579 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | Fluids & Plasmas | Rank 45 | |
| 58 | 6,700 | Universitat de Lleida | Energy | Rank 71 | |
| 59 | 6,759 |
RE
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Instituto de Salud Carlos III | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 60 |
| 60 | 6,836 | CSIC - Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS) | Food Science | Rank 20 | |
| 61 | 6,934 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | Rank 79 | |
| 62 | 7,162 | CSIC - Instituto de Química Médica (IQM) | Organic Chemistry | Rank 153 | |
| 63 | 7,181 | Institut d'Investigació Biomedica de Bellvitge | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 317 | |
| 64 | 7,294 | European Foundation for the Study of Chronic Liver Failure | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 126 | |
| 65 | 7,301 | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela | General Mathematics | Rank 17 | |
| 66 | 7,317 | Universitat de les Illes Balears | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 36 | |
| 67 | 7,334 | Universidad de Granada | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 97 | |
| 68 | 7,445 | Universitat de Barcelona | Respiratory System | Rank 69 | |
| 69 | 7,485 | CSIC - Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD) | Ecology | Rank 144 | |
| 70 | 7,539 | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Respiratory System | Rank 71 | |
| 71 | 7,754 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Chemical Engineering | Rank 27 | |
| 72 | 7,803 |
ÁJ
|
CSIC-UAM - Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa (CBM) | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 659 |
| 73 | 7,845 | Universitat de Barcelona | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 62 | |
| 74 | 8,024 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Biotechnology | Rank 18 | |
| 75 | 8,079 | Instituto de Salud Carlos III | Nutrition & Dietetics | Rank 64 | |
| 76 | 8,099 | Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 407 | |
| 77 | 8,171 | Hospital Universitari Dexeus | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | Rank 366 | |
| 78 | 8,327 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | Rank 124 | |
| 79 | 8,351 | CSIC - Instituto Cajal (IC) | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 703 | |
| 80 | 8,362 |
CE
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Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer - IDIBAPS | Immunology | Rank 326 |
| 81 | 8,552 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 114 | |
| 82 | 8,560 | Universidad de Granada | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 188 | |
| 83 | 8,912 |
BE
|
Universidad Complutense de Madrid | Microbiology | Rank 220 |
| 84 | 8,915 | Universitat de Barcelona | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | Rank 47 | |
| 85 | 9,203 |
TR
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CSIC - Instituto de Diagnostico Ambiental y Estudios del Agua (IDAEA) | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 44 |
| 86 | 9,291 | CSIC - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia (CNB) | Microbiology | Rank 229 | |
| 87 | 9,337 | Universitat de Barcelona | Neurology & Neurosurgery | Rank 786 | |
| 88 | 9,340 | Universidad de Córdoba | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Rank 269 | |
| 89 | 9,452 |
GJ
|
Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Economics | Rank 82 |
| 90 | 9,613 | Overture Life | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 44 | |
| 91 | 9,629 | Universidad de Cantabria | Arthritis & Rheumatology | Rank 94 | |
| 92 | 9,641 | Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | Rank 463 | |
| 93 | 9,801 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Rank 4 | |
| 94 | 9,837 | Universidad de Granada | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | Rank 46 | |
| 95 | 10,074 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Food Science | Rank 33 | |
| 96 | 10,297 | Centro de Regulacion Genomica, Barcelona | Developmental Biology | Rank 483 | |
| 97 | 10,342 | Universitat de Barcelona | Plant Biology & Botany | Rank 94 | |
| 98 | 10,425 | Universitat de València | Analytical Chemistry | Rank 51 | |
| 99 | 10,466 | Universidad de Oviedo | Organic Chemistry | Rank 224 | |
| 100 | 10,529 |
GP
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Universitat de Barcelona | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Rank 184 |
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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 career-long list, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas has the most listed scientists from Spain, with 337. It is followed by Universitat de Barcelona with 161.
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 3,508 in 2024, a change of +53.2%.
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.