ITS Research Intelligence

Mexico University Research Rankings

Name: Mexico University Research Rankings – ITS Research Solution
Creator: ITS Research Solution
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Compare Mexico universities using recent research output, citation impact, growth and a transparent research-performance score.

Research landscape

The current ITS Research Intelligence dataset contains 248 index-ready universities in Mexico. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,574 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 4,164. The average publication-growth signal is 54.6%. These figures describe the institutions that pass the public quality gate; they are not intended to represent every tertiary institution in the country.

Country rankings are useful for benchmarking because they reduce some of the structural differences that make global comparisons difficult. They still should not be treated as a complete assessment of institutional quality: teaching, student outcomes, funding levels, research field mix and institutional mission are outside this research-performance score. The value of the page is in seeing who is producing research, how that activity is changing, and where citation visibility is concentrated.

Top research universities in Mexico

Rank	University	Country	Score	5-year works	5-year citations	Growth
#1	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	81.9	24,463	98,077	3.6%
#2	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	79.4	17,537	110,478	10.0%
#3	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	76.7	19,064	48,438	1.4%
#4	Universidad del Noreste	Mexico	75.6	12,513	23,312	68.1%
#5	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	75.1	13,099	35,111	6.5%
#6	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	74.5	9,778	26,289	-0.1%
#7	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	74.4	12,451	32,833	-9.1%
#8	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Mexico	73.0	9,417	15,238	72.7%
#9	Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	72.3	7,829	27,837	1.7%
#10	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos	Mexico	72.1	6,131	16,603	55.8%
#11	Universidad de Londres	Mexico	72.1	6,557	12,548	24.0%
#12	Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	71.8	11,021	21,305	13.3%
#13	Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí	Mexico	71.4	5,983	20,161	1.0%
#14	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	70.8	6,785	19,775	-5.0%
#15	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Mexico	70.8	8,502	15,775	14.3%
#16	Autonomous University of Queretaro	Mexico	70.8	6,018	22,845	7.2%
#17	Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	70.1	5,567	14,547	27.4%
#18	Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México	Mexico	70.1	6,997	11,988	68.4%
#19	Universidad de Sonora	Mexico	69.8	5,525	18,800	-4.1%
#20	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California	Mexico	69.5	4,253	19,659	13.0%
#21	Ibero American University	Mexico	68.7	5,168	21,463	-30.7%
#22	Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	67.8	6,433	11,089	-11.1%
#23	Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila	Mexico	67.3	3,616	12,958	9.1%
#24	Autonomous University of Chihuahua	Mexico	66.4	3,733	9,657	27.0%
#25	Universidad de Colima	Mexico	66.2	3,078	11,129	14.9%
#26	Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala	Mexico	65.5	4,195	9,417	-8.7%
#27	Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas"	Mexico	65.5	6,008	8,958	-23.4%
#28	Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero	Mexico	65.1	3,757	8,000	25.3%
#29	Autonomous University of Tamaulipas	Mexico	64.7	4,092	6,684	14.3%
#30	Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco	Mexico	64.6	4,183	7,064	12.0%
#31	Universidad Internacional	Mexico	64.6	5,450	12,801	-14.6%
#32	Autonomous University of Yucatán	Mexico	64.5	3,398	10,026	-38.5%
#33	Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	64.4	3,306	7,831	-0.8%
#34	Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa	Mexico	63.6	4,309	5,011	76.4%
#35	Sonora Institute of Technology	Mexico	63.2	2,140	6,743	20.5%
#36	Universidad Anáhuac	Mexico	62.9	2,694	9,487	2.6%
#37	Universidad de las Américas Puebla	Mexico	62.6	1,548	9,004	-7.3%
#38	National Pedagogic University	Mexico	62.4	5,336	2,162	86.8%
#39	Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca	Mexico	62.4	1,854	3,658	85.4%
#40	Chapingo Autonomous University	Mexico	62.3	3,001	5,220	-7.4%
#41	Universidad Panamericana	Mexico	62.3	2,275	7,729	-1.9%
#42	University of Monterrey	Mexico	61.8	1,827	7,828	3.6%
#43	Autonomous University of Aguascalientes	Mexico	61.8	2,507	5,055	9.1%
#44	Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango	Mexico	61.7	1,978	4,726	16.9%
#45	Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro	Mexico	61.6	1,319	7,211	52.9%
#46	Universidad de León	Mexico	61.1	2,879	2,350	45.5%
#47	Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas	Mexico	60.9	2,087	4,582	10.6%
#48	Universidad de Cuautitlán Izcalli	Mexico	60.9	1,223	6,577	6.7%
#49	Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato	Mexico	60.7	994	3,470	30.0%
#50	El Colegio de México	Mexico	60.4	3,311	4,027	-16.5%
#51	Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	60.2	1,108	4,260	0.5%
#52	National College	Mexico	60.1	769	1,770	158.0%
#53	Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro	Mexico	60.0	1,960	4,832	-33.6%
#54	Universidad Europea	Mexico	59.8	2,124	1,937	91.2%
#55	Universidad Autónoma del Carmen	Mexico	59.7	1,252	2,533	76.6%
#56	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Mexico	59.5	1,212	5,453	-6.7%
#57	Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara	Mexico	59.5	1,975	3,184	10.7%
#58	Universidad Marista de Mérida	Mexico	59.4	965	2,654	73.7%
#59	Universidad Tecnológica de Aguascalientes	Mexico	59.3	1,020	4,065	32.2%
#60	Salesian University	Mexico	59.3	1,413	286	907.4%
#61	Autonomous University of Campeche	Mexico	59.2	1,785	3,648	-13.3%
#62	Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit	Mexico	59.1	1,851	3,380	0.6%
#63	Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz	Mexico	59.1	918	2,916	33.9%
#64	Ibero-American University Puebla	Mexico	59.0	1,802	11,558	-49.6%
#65	Universidad de Morelia	Mexico	58.9	933	4,828	8.4%
#66	Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida	Mexico	58.8	971	2,676	74.6%
#67	Technological Institute of Celaya	Mexico	58.7	821	4,157	15.5%
#68	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur	Mexico	58.6	936	3,244	18.5%
#69	Universidad San Pablo	Mexico	58.3	2,139	1,174	23.6%
#70	Durango Institute of Technology	Mexico	58.3	1,156	3,041	9.1%
#71	Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca	Mexico	58.2	731	1,556	111.7%
#72	Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia	Mexico	58.1	1,060	1,959	54.8%
#73	Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla	Mexico	57.9	1,893	3,109	-8.9%
#74	Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo	Mexico	57.8	670	1,805	71.9%
#75	Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca	Mexico	57.5	1,258	2,378	35.7%
#76	University of Quintana Roo	Mexico	57.2	1,373	3,060	4.7%
#77	Universidad del Valle de México	Mexico	57.1	1,060	3,049	11.5%
#78	Ensenada Institute of Technology	Mexico	56.8	782	2,774	9.4%
#79	Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas	Mexico	56.2	1,511	2,564	-18.8%
#80	Centro Universitário Internacional	Mexico	55.8	1,553	1,119	74.3%
#81	Technological University of Mexico	Mexico	55.7	1,207	2,555	14.7%
#82	Tuxtla Gutierrez Institute of Technology	Mexico	55.6	553	2,297	38.2%
#83	Universidad Intercontinental	Mexico	55.5	269	2,432	129.9%
#84	Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente	Mexico	55.4	1,107	2,263	0.2%
#85	Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero	Mexico	55.0	873	1,767	3.5%
#86	Universidad de la Sierra Juárez	Mexico	54.8	640	537	169.7%
#87	Villahermosa Institute of Technology	Mexico	54.6	378	535	180.7%
#88	Universidad Del Valle De Cuernavaca	Mexico	54.5	294	301	215.0%
#89	Universidad de Hermosillo	Mexico	54.5	464	1,168	78.8%
#90	Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán	Mexico	54.0	578	1,442	48.7%
#91	Instituto Tecnologico de Orizaba	Mexico	54.0	683	1,886	4.0%
#92	Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic	Mexico	53.9	484	2,131	0.0%
#93	Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca	Mexico	53.7	495	1,442	30.8%
#94	Polytechnic University of San Luis Potosí	Mexico	53.7	373	915	78.7%
#95	Universidad Autónoma de Occidente	Mexico	53.7	759	1,691	1.3%
#96	Instituto Tecnológico de León	Mexico	53.7	601	787	87.7%
#97	Universidad de la Ciénega	Mexico	53.2	510	1,510	35.3%
#98	Instituto Tecnólogico de La Laguna	Mexico	53.0	538	1,241	27.2%
#99	Polytechnic University of Queretaro	Mexico	52.7	365	1,383	62.7%
#100	Universidad Politécnica de Zacatecas	Mexico	52.6	385	547	114.6%

Transparent methodology

What the ITS Research Performance Score measures

The current score is intentionally research-specific. Thirty percent reflects five-year publication output, thirty percent five-year citations, twenty percent h-index, ten percent i10-index and ten percent five-year publication growth. Volume-based indicators are log-normalized before weighting so the largest universities do not dominate simply because of scale. Growth is bounded before entering the score so a tiny starting value cannot create an unrealistic advantage.

The score does not currently claim to measure teaching quality, student satisfaction, reputation, employability or finances. It also does not label the underlying citation totals as field-normalized impact. Future field-normalized modules should be added only when the underlying work-level calculations are available and validated. This separation keeps the ranking interpretable and prevents unsupported claims.

Source data is drawn from OpenAlex and linked to ROR identifiers. Both are open scholarly infrastructures. ITS Research Solution adds value through normalization, quality gates, trend calculations, ranking methodology, benchmarking and readable institution-level analysis.