ITS Research Intelligence

Mexico University Research Rankings

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 243 index-ready universities in Mexico. Across those institutions, the average five-year research output is approximately 1,890 works and the average five-year citation count is approximately 8,053. The average publication-growth signal is 77.5%. 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	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	75.4	77,033	393,721	6.4%
#2	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	74.3	17,832	168,088	35.8%
#3	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	71.9	24,776	152,136	22.8%
#4	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León	Mexico	65.0	13,110	62,862	14.4%
#5	Universidad de Guadalajara	Mexico	64.5	19,680	71,906	20.3%
#6	Universidad del Noreste	Mexico	64.2	10,824	33,605	81.2%
#7	Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla	Mexico	63.8	10,061	41,030	19.6%
#8	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California	Mexico	63.6	4,277	29,049	17.9%
#9	Universidad de Guanajuato	Mexico	63.4	8,217	40,984	21.9%
#10	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana	Mexico	63.2	13,197	52,227	8.7%
#11	Ibero American University	Mexico	63.2	5,551	30,480	-8.5%
#12	Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí	Mexico	63.0	6,066	31,191	18.6%
#13	Universidad de Londres	Mexico	62.7	6,341	20,020	51.9%
#14	Universidad de Sonora	Mexico	62.4	5,644	28,982	24.2%
#15	Autonomous University of Queretaro	Mexico	62.3	6,032	32,298	24.5%
#16	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos	Mexico	61.4	5,796	25,379	61.3%
#17	Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa	Mexico	61.3	5,245	22,553	83.4%
#18	Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila	Mexico	60.9	3,526	20,363	41.1%
#19	Universidad de Cuautitlán Izcalli	Mexico	60.8	1,188	12,666	24.0%
#20	Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo	Mexico	60.7	7,224	29,023	8.7%
#21	Universidad de las Américas Puebla	Mexico	60.3	1,649	13,318	-4.1%
#22	Universidad de Colima	Mexico	60.2	3,051	18,051	35.6%
#23	Instituto Tecnológico de Querétaro	Mexico	59.9	1,204	10,504	71.5%
#24	Universidad Veracruzana	Mexico	59.3	10,887	32,305	34.7%
#25	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México	Mexico	58.8	8,617	25,892	34.4%
#26	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo	Mexico	58.5	8,348	23,518	49.1%
#27	University of Monterrey	Mexico	58.3	1,848	12,428	7.5%
#28	Ibero-American University Puebla	Mexico	58.1	1,964	13,366	-14.3%
#29	Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México	Mexico	57.7	6,526	17,852	77.4%
#30	Autonomous University of Yucatán	Mexico	57.4	3,711	15,614	6.4%
#31	Autonomous University of Chihuahua	Mexico	57.4	3,564	14,850	45.4%
#32	Colegio de Postgraduados	Mexico	57.3	6,533	17,624	59.4%
#33	Universidad Tecnológica de Aguascalientes	Mexico	57.1	977	7,038	60.1%
#34	Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México	Mexico	57.0	1,343	8,426	-6.5%
#35	Universidad Panamericana	Mexico	56.9	2,352	11,017	21.9%
#36	Universidad Internacional	Mexico	56.8	5,399	15,729	25.9%
#37	Universidad Anáhuac	Mexico	56.2	2,659	12,704	14.9%
#38	Sonora Institute of Technology	Mexico	55.8	2,150	9,822	35.3%
#39	Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala	Mexico	55.7	4,077	13,612	7.9%
#40	Universidad de Morelia	Mexico	55.4	922	5,941	12.8%
#41	Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Irapuato	Mexico	55.1	965	4,897	68.3%
#42	Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana	Mexico	55.0	1,171	6,279	10.9%
#43	Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez	Mexico	54.8	3,478	11,417	11.5%
#44	Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero	Mexico	54.6	3,659	11,541	33.1%
#45	Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur	Mexico	54.4	921	4,577	45.0%
#46	Technological Institute of Celaya	Mexico	54.4	844	5,503	20.0%
#47	Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas "Francisco García Salinas"	Mexico	53.9	5,615	13,672	-4.6%
#48	Universidad Autónoma Agraria Antonio Narro	Mexico	53.6	1,958	7,274	27.9%
#49	Instituto Tecnológico de Mérida	Mexico	53.4	895	4,079	146.7%
#50	Autonomous University of Tamaulipas	Mexico	53.4	4,295	11,099	12.1%
#51	Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango	Mexico	53.4	1,936	6,968	45.7%
#52	Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic	Mexico	53.0	503	3,694	30.9%
#53	Instituto Tecnológico de Veracruz	Mexico	53.0	892	4,308	53.5%
#54	Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco	Mexico	53.0	4,056	10,588	21.9%
#55	Tuxtla Gutierrez Institute of Technology	Mexico	52.9	547	3,501	78.5%
#56	Ensenada Institute of Technology	Mexico	52.8	768	3,536	23.4%
#57	Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas	Mexico	52.6	2,088	7,275	15.3%
#58	Chapingo Autonomous University	Mexico	52.6	3,134	8,806	8.9%
#59	Autonomous University of Aguascalientes	Mexico	52.5	2,557	7,720	32.8%
#60	Durango Institute of Technology	Mexico	52.3	1,082	4,241	67.7%
#61	Universidad Marista de Mérida	Mexico	52.1	861	3,419	97.1%
#62	National College	Mexico	51.8	629	2,644	111.4%
#63	Autonomous University of Campeche	Mexico	51.6	1,785	5,297	39.9%
#64	Instituto Tecnológico de Saltillo	Mexico	51.3	619	2,774	91.3%
#65	Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa	Mexico	51.2	2,851	7,061	41.8%
#66	University of Quintana Roo	Mexico	51.0	1,399	5,326	20.9%
#67	Universidad Autónoma de Occidente	Mexico	51.0	783	3,369	20.4%
#68	Universidad Autónoma del Carmen	Mexico	50.9	1,050	4,003	51.9%
#69	Instituto Tecnológico de Oaxaca	Mexico	50.9	1,599	5,215	39.4%
#70	Universidad del Valle de México	Mexico	50.8	1,064	4,247	33.2%
#71	Technological University of Mexico	Mexico	49.9	1,205	4,299	56.6%
#72	Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara	Mexico	49.8	1,708	3,903	55.5%
#73	Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit	Mexico	49.8	1,847	4,817	30.4%
#74	El Colegio de México	Mexico	49.6	3,416	5,856	12.3%
#75	Universidad Politécnica de Pachuca	Mexico	49.6	604	2,783	54.8%
#76	Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Académica México	Mexico	49.6	742	2,861	42.2%
#77	Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia	Mexico	49.5	970	2,978	87.9%
#78	Universidad Popular Autónoma del Estado de Puebla	Mexico	49.3	1,926	5,087	10.6%
#79	Benito Juárez Autonomous University of Oaxaca	Mexico	49.2	1,181	3,677	50.8%
#80	Universidad de la Ciénega	Mexico	49.0	467	2,477	65.3%
#81	National Pedagogic University	Mexico	49.0	4,649	3,578	123.1%
#82	Instituto Tecnológico de Toluca	Mexico	48.8	492	2,439	31.8%
#83	Universidad Europea	Mexico	48.8	1,797	2,482	76.2%
#84	Universidad Intercontinental	Mexico	48.7	261	2,796	69.4%
#85	Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas	Mexico	48.6	1,562	4,107	10.8%
#86	Universidad de Tijuana	Mexico	48.3	399	2,404	9.6%
#87	Universidad San Pablo	Mexico	48.2	2,068	1,941	53.9%
#88	Instituto Tecnologico de Orizaba	Mexico	48.1	620	2,667	22.7%
#89	Universidad de León	Mexico	48.1	2,700	3,380	25.1%
#90	Instituto Tecnológico de Culiacán	Mexico	48.0	564	2,227	67.1%
#91	Universidad La Salle	Mexico	47.9	476	1,993	41.8%
#92	Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente	Mexico	47.5	1,131	3,157	24.8%
#93	Universidad de Hermosillo	Mexico	47.2	434	1,700	71.5%
#94	Instituto Tecnológico de Ciudad Madero	Mexico	46.9	915	2,757	-12.7%
#95	Universidad de la Sierra	Mexico	46.8	422	2,534	-18.4%
#96	University of Celaya	Mexico	46.8	641	2,132	38.7%
#97	Instituto Tecnólogico de La Laguna	Mexico	46.2	544	1,845	36.7%
#98	Universidad Mexicana	Mexico	46.1	245	2,159	117.7%
#99	CETYS Universidad	Mexico	46.1	369	1,968	29.6%
#100	Universidad Politecnica del Estado de Morelos	Mexico	45.6	295	1,931	41.0%

Transparent methodology

How ITS Research Score v3 is constructed

One formula applies to every index-ready institution, using the five most recent complete calendar years: 25% research output, 25% citations, 20% h-index and 5% i10-index (log-normalized so the largest universities do not dominate linearly), 15% citation impact (the institution’s percentile on citations per work, reduced below 500 works so small samples cannot win by chance), 5% publication growth and 5% international-collaboration share. When collaboration data is not yet available, the other weights are rescaled.

Data-quality controls: the unfinished current year is never counted, and a year in which recorded output jumps to more than three times the institution’s usual level while being at least 90% open access is treated as a bulk dataset or repository deposit and scored at the usual level. Raw data are kept and every adjustment is logged. Open-access share and topic diversity are published as separate rankings and do not affect the main score. Citation impact is not field-normalized.

These indicators assess research activity only. They do not measure teaching quality, student experience, employability, reputation, finances or accreditation. Missing data are left missing rather than fabricated.