Top-cited scientists by field in Mexico

17 fields · 88 subfields · Mexico

In which fields are the top 2% scientists in Mexico?

468 researchers whose current affiliation is in Mexico are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list, across 17 fields and 88 subfields. Clinical Medicine has the most (97, 20.7%), followed by Physics & Astronomy (66) and Engineering (48); the largest subfield is Nuclear & Particle Physics (30). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Field and subfieldListed authorsShareTop 100kHighest-ranked author
Clinical Medicine · 97 listed authors (20.7%)
General & Internal Medicine214.5%4Service, Robert F. #9,241
Neurology & Neurosurgery91.9%0Harmony, Thalía #114,601
Urology & Nephrology81.7%2Sánchez-Lozada, Laura Gabriela #63,991
Oncology & Carcinogenesis61.3%2Romieu, Isabelle #37,344
Dentistry51.1%0Kan, Joseph Y.K. #171,863
Pharmacology & Pharmacy51.1%1Leyva-Gómez, Gerardo #96,952
Gastroenterology & Hepatology40.9%1Méndez-Sánchez, Nahúm #59,178
Surgery40.9%0Singh, Tajinder P. #135,212
Cardiovascular System & Hematology30.6%0Amsterdam, Ezra Abraham #144,644
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases30.6%0Arenas, Roberto G. #260,689
Endocrinology & Metabolism30.6%3Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos Alberto #28,680
Psychiatry30.6%2Benjet, Corina #33,849
Respiratory System30.6%3Selman-Lama, Moisés E. #25,266
Allergy20.4%1Larenas-Linnemann, Désirée E.S. #74,264
Arthritis & Rheumatology20.4%0Martínez-Lavín, Manuel #146,813
Immunology20.4%1Rosales, Carlos #13,335
Pathology20.4%0Albores Saavedra, Jorge #187,990
Emergency & Critical Care Medicine10.2%0Ñamendys-Silva, Silvio A. #286,356
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging10.2%0Vega Carrillo, H. R. #482,973
Orthopedics10.2%0Simental-Mendía, M. Alberto #322,464
Pediatrics10.2%0Villasís-Keever, Miguel Ángel #423,105
Physics & Astronomy · 66 listed authors (14.1%)
Nuclear & Particle Physics306.4%5Gómez-Aguilar, José Francisco #12,489
Applied Physics183.8%0Pal, Umapada #127,097
Chemical Physics81.7%3Galano, Annia #10,032
Optics61.3%0Rosales-Guzmán, Carmelo #104,469
Astronomy & Astrophysics30.6%3Masset, Frédéric S. #54,145
Mathematical Physics10.2%1Plebañski, Jerzy F. #74,346
Engineering · 48 listed authors (10.3%)
Industrial Engineering & Automation204.3%9Moreno, Jaime A. #16,728
Electrical & Electronic Engineering102.1%1Romero-Troncoso, R. J. #98,419
Chemical Engineering61.3%1Bonilla-Petriciolet, A. X.N. #71,452
Mechanical Engineering & Transports40.9%1Farfan-Cabrera, Leonardo Israel #53,672
Biomedical Engineering30.6%1Jakus, Adam E. #97,535
Mining & Metallurgy30.6%0Lapidus-Lavine, Gretchen T. #313,095
Operations Research30.6%1Cárdenas-Barrón, Leopoldo Eduardo #25,467
Environmental Engineering10.2%0Jiménez, C. Blanca #140,560
Geological & Geomatics Engineering10.2%1Mas-Caussel, Jean F. #72,847
Enabling & Strategic Technologies · 44 listed authors (9.4%)
Biotechnology132.8%3Sánchez, Carmen #22,781
Energy112.4%2Ancheyta, Jorge #44,435
Materials112.4%1Meredig, Bryce #84,697
Optoelectronics & Photonics51.1%1Venegas-Andraca, Salvador E. #32,842
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies20.4%2Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema #60,109
Bioinformatics10.2%0Vargas-De-León, Cruz #115,483
Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry · 41 listed authors (8.8%)
Food Science163.4%11Serna-Saldivar, Sergio O. #11,336
Dairy & Animal Science112.4%2Salem, A. Z.M. #75,319
Agronomy & Agriculture71.5%2Erenstein, Olaf #9,171
Fisheries71.5%0Martinez-Porchas, Marcel #163,867
Forestry10.2%0Sáenz-Romero, Cuauhtémoc #306,805
Biology · 41 listed authors (8.8%)
Plant Biology & Botany255.3%11Crossa, José Luis #3,968
Entomology71.5%0Córdoba Aguilar, Alex #109,187
Ecology51.1%5Morrone, Juan J. #8,599
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology30.6%0Álvarez-Filip, Lorenzo #138,164
Evolutionary Biology10.2%0Magallón, Susana #100,135
Information & Communication Technologies · 33 listed authors (7.1%)
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing245.1%11Coello Coello, Carlos A. #968
Networking & Telecommunications61.3%0Marmolejo-Saucedo, Jose Antonio #127,552
Computation Theory & Mathematics20.4%0Valle-Cruz, David #121,239
Biomedical Research · 31 listed authors (6.6%)
Microbiology143.0%5Santoyo, Gustavo #3,079
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology81.7%2Pedraza-Chaverri, José #42,199
Mycology & Parasitology40.9%0Perez-Ponce de Leon, G. #183,223
Nutrition & Dietetics40.9%2Rivera-Dommarco, Juan Ángel #35,566
Toxicology30.6%1Muriel, Pablo #51,031
Developmental Biology20.4%1Montesinos-López, Osval Antonio #65,088
Virology20.4%0Arias, Carlos F. #327,915
Biophysics10.2%0Bello, Martiniano #374,218
Chemistry · 24 listed authors (5.1%)
Organic Chemistry81.7%2Varela, Ana Sofía #22,828
Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry40.9%1Medina-Franco, José L. #26,967
Polymers40.9%0Elias-Zuniga, Alex #119,385
Analytical Chemistry30.6%0Madou, Marc J. #144,633
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry30.6%1Kharisov, Boris Ildusovich #67,233
Physical Chemistry20.4%0Obregón, S. #140,617
Earth & Environmental Sciences · 15 listed authors (3.2%)
Environmental Sciences91.9%7Iqbal, Hafiz M.N. #7,075
Geochemistry & Geophysics30.6%2VERMA, SURENDRA P. #64,943
Geology20.4%1Armstrong-Altrin, John S. #37,523
Oceanography10.2%0Silva-Casarin, Rodolfo #161,797
Social Sciences · 7 listed authors (1.5%)
Education20.4%1Ramirez-Montoya, Maria Soledad #14,890
Geography20.4%2Rosset, Peter Michael #65,541
Information & Library Sciences10.2%0Machin-Mastromatteo, Juan D. #381,989
Political Science & Public Administration10.2%1Peeters, Rik #39,432
Public Health & Health Services · 6 listed authors (1.3%)
Public Health51.1%3Barquera, Simón #29,601
Nursing10.2%0Toledano-Toledano, Filiberto #366,573
Substance Abuse10.2%1Anderson, Peter #98,631
Mathematics & Statistics · 6 listed authors (1.3%)
General Mathematics30.6%0Villarreal, R. H. #166,701
Applied Mathematics10.2%0Kravchenko, Vladislav V. #496,249
Numerical & Computational Mathematics10.2%0Macías-Díaz, J. E. #133,990
Economics & Business · 6 listed authors (1.3%)
Business & Management40.9%4Husted, Bryan W. #9,772
Built Environment & Design · 2 listed authors (0.4%)
Building & Construction20.4%1Escalante-García, José Iván #34,393
Psychology & Cognitive Sciences · 1 listed authors (0.2%)
Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology10.2%0Estrada, Alejandro #100,800
Social Psychology10.2%1Merino-Soto, César A. #86,769
Historical Studies · 0 listed authors (0.0%)
History10.2%0Jackson, Robert H. #532,108

468 listed scientists in Mexico

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