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Argentina vs Mexico

On research quality in 2022-now, Argentina ranks #38 in the world and Mexico #42, of 189 countries. Argentina stands higher in 15 of the 26 fields both publish in, Mexico in 11.

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Argentina

World rank, 2022-now
#38
#37 all time
Works, 2022-now
79k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.8%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
62%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Social Sciences, Paleontology, General Arts and Humanities.

Mexico

World rank, 2022-now
#42
#39 all time
Works, 2022-now
177k
fractional
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
52%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: General Social Sciences, Life-span and Life-course Studies, Development.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Argentina leads on 5 of 9 measures: research quality, citation excellence for its fields, citations per work, open access and international co-authorship. Mexico leads on 2 of 9 measures: output and growth. The two are level on top-10% rate and institutions in the world top 100.

Argentina 52 level2 Mexico
  1. #38Research qualityworld rank of 189 countries, 2022-now#42
  2. 0.67×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected0.61×
  3. 79kOutputfractional works, 2022-now177k
  4. 5.8%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited5.9%
  5. 11.6Citations per workall time, per fractional work9.1
  6. 0World top 100institutions it holds among the world's best 1000
  7. 62%Open accessof its works free to read, all time52%
  8. 20%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time19%
  9. -15%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+11%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Argentina stands higher in 15 of 26 fields, Mexico in 11. Argentina leads most in Nursing (#32 against #48); Mexico leads most in Business, Management and Accounting (#48 against #60). Each bar is that side's standing among all countries ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Argentina 1511 Mexico
  1. #32Agricultural and Biological Sciences#36
  2. #27Arts and Humanities#38
  3. #36Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#43
  4. #60Business, Management and Accounting#48
  5. -Chemical Engineering#39
  6. #45Chemistry#43
  7. #52Computer Science#43
  8. #52Decision Sciences#55
  9. #46Dentistry#41
  10. #33Earth and Planetary Sciences#43
  11. #45Economics, Econometrics and Finance#49
  12. #50Energy#49
  13. #55Engineering#50
  14. #42Environmental Science#37
  15. #43Health Professions#41
  16. #34Immunology and Microbiology#48
  17. #57Materials Science#48
  18. #34Mathematics#47
  19. #37Medicine#42
  20. #32Neuroscience#36
  21. #32Nursing#48
  22. #33Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics#32
  23. #40Physics and Astronomy#46
  24. #36Psychology#45
  25. #28Social Sciences#35
  26. #22Veterinary#23

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Argentina rankMexico rank Argentina top 10%Mexico top 10% Argentina worksMexico works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #32 #36 6.0% 6.6% 6.7k 17k
Arts and Humanities #27 #38 8.0% 7.8% 6k 6.8k
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #36 #43 5.3% 5.7% 3.8k 8.6k
Business, Management and Accounting #60 #48 4.8% 6.3% 1.2k 5.2k
Chemical Engineering - #39 - 3.1% - 438
Chemistry #45 #43 4.8% 5.2% 970 2.2k
Computer Science #52 #43 4.5% 6.2% 3k 10k
Decision Sciences #52 #55 5.4% 6.1% 302 939
Dentistry #46 #41 3.3% 4.5% 269 815
Earth and Planetary Sciences #33 #43 5.2% 4.7% 2.2k 2.7k
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #45 #49 6.3% 6.1% 1.3k 5.2k
Energy #50 #49 4.5% 4.4% 503 1.7k
Engineering #55 #50 3.8% 4.6% 4.1k 15k
Environmental Science #42 #37 5.2% 5.8% 5.5k 12k
Health Professions #43 #41 6.0% 6.0% 1.8k 5.6k
Immunology and Microbiology #34 #48 6.8% 5.8% 832 1.7k
Materials Science #57 #48 3.5% 3.7% 1.5k 5k
Mathematics #34 #47 7.8% 6.7% 719 1.8k
Medicine #37 #42 5.5% 4.9% 13k 29k
Neuroscience #32 #36 5.4% 5.9% 1k 2.2k
Nursing #32 #48 5.3% 5.9% 456 1.2k
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics #33 #32 6.4% 6.2% 216 604
Physics and Astronomy #40 #46 4.9% 4.5% 1.7k 3.2k
Psychology #36 #45 5.5% 5.4% 2.8k 5.8k
Social Sciences #28 #35 6.7% 7.4% 19k 32k
Veterinary #22 #23 5.8% 6.2% 222 338

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Argentina

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization5,661▲ 3.3×167 topics
  2. Climate Change4,461▲ 1.87×123 topics
  3. Education4,214▲ 2.8×141 topics
  4. Epidemiology4,167▲ 1.19×140 topics
  5. Latin America3,932▲ 24×23 topics
  6. Public Health2,816▲ 2.2×75 topics
  7. History2,786▲ 4.6×64 topics
  8. Social Movements2,751▲ 11×32 topics
  9. Sustainability2,654▲ 1.24×124 topics
  10. Gender2,566▲ 5.4×56 topics
  11. Human Rights2,376▲ 2.6×84 topics
  12. Identity1,909▲ 3.0×75 topics
  13. Cultural Identity1,864▲ 4.3×36 topics
  14. Biodiversity1,796▲ 2.7×37 topics
  15. Neoliberalism1,740▲ 5.5×30 topics
  16. Innovation1,697▲ 1.87×74 topics
  17. Ethics1,695▲ 3.8×59 topics
  18. Social Inequality1,673▲ 7.1×21 topics
  19. Literature1,623▲ 3.4×59 topics
  20. Cultural Studies1,567▲ 4.8×39 topics
  21. Memory1,556▲ 7.2×23 topics
  22. Colonialism1,446▲ 3.5×49 topics
  23. Invasive Species1,426▲ 3.8×21 topics
  24. Inequality1,394▲ 7.0×19 topics
  25. Communication1,383▲ 5.0×23 topics
  26. Philosophy1,347▲ 3.5×44 topics
  27. Politics1,316▲ 5.7×24 topics
  28. Public Policy1,293▲ 3.1×29 topics
  29. Society1,260▲ 7.5×26 topics
  30. Biogeography1,167▲ 4.8×20 topics
  31. Community Participation1,145▲ 3.7×18 topics
  32. Feminism1,125▲ 4.4×26 topics
  33. Violence1,050▲ 8.1×15 topics
  34. Economy1,023▲ 15×8 topics
  35. Molecular Phylogeny927▲ 6.4×12 topics
  36. Welfare State912▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Resistance885▲ 10.0×9 topics
  38. Political Violence883▲ 39×3 topics
  39. Cultural822▲ 19×7 topics
  40. Protest816▲ 24×3 topics

Mexico

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Education10k▲ 3.0×158 topics
  2. Sustainability10k▲ 2.1×137 topics
  3. Climate Change9,399▲ 1.70×130 topics
  4. Globalization8,952▲ 2.2×184 topics
  5. Epidemiology8,618◆ 1.06×140 topics
  6. Public Health6,974▲ 2.4×77 topics
  7. Innovation6,048▲ 2.9×90 topics
  8. Environmental Impact5,303▲ 1.52×72 topics
  9. Mental Health4,976▲ 1.71×48 topics
  10. Nutrition4,708▲ 5.2×19 topics
  11. Urban Development4,611▲ 6.4×21 topics
  12. COVID-194,573▲ 1.73×34 topics
  13. Latin America4,530▲ 12×23 topics
  14. Knowledge Management4,360▲ 3.9×42 topics
  15. Digital Marketing4,170▲ 5.3×6 topics
  16. Biodiversity4,105▲ 2.6×38 topics
  17. Human Rights4,091▲ 1.96×88 topics
  18. E-Learning3,984▲ 2.0×26 topics
  19. Health Promotion3,790▲ 5.9×18 topics
  20. Pedagogy3,573▲ 3.5×30 topics
  21. Small and Medium Enterprises3,547▲ 9.8×10 topics
  22. Community Participation3,536▲ 4.9×16 topics
  23. Teacher Training3,484▲ 2.8×30 topics
  24. Social Responsibility3,335▲ 7.1×14 topics
  25. Rural Development3,303▲ 4.7×23 topics
  26. Public Policy3,248▲ 3.4×31 topics
  27. Cultural Heritage3,182▲ 2.9×40 topics
  28. Innovation Ecosystems3,120▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Social Movements3,068▲ 5.1×33 topics
  30. Distance Learning3,050▲ 4.3×14 topics
  31. Communication2,849▲ 4.4×25 topics
  32. Globalization Effects2,796▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Tourism Management2,782▲ 20×2 topics
  34. City Branding2,776▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Psychopharmacology Education2,776▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Competitiveness2,753▲ 17×8 topics
  37. Sustainable Agriculture2,672▲ 4.2×18 topics
  38. University Students2,195▲ 19×2 topics
  39. ICT2,041▲ 7.5×5 topics
  40. Digital Competence2,021▲ 11×4 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Mexico has out-published Argentina every year since 1980.

still counting20k40k60kMexico49k in 2025Argentina20k in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.50%1.0%Mexico0.82% in 2025Argentina0.34% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting5%10%Mexico6.1% in 2025Argentina6.0% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Who holds more of the world's best institutions?

A country's average quality and the number of institutions it holds at the very top can disagree, and both are worth knowing. The counts are nested: an institution in the top 50 is also in the top 100.

Argentina 23 level0 Mexico
  1. 0In the world top 500
  2. 0In the top 1000
  3. 0In the top 5000
  4. 2In the top 1,0001
  5. #35Elite capacityrank among 204 countries#50

Institutions ranked on research quality, 2022-now. Elite capacity counts a country's institutions by their worldwide rank, weighted so a place at #1 counts for more than one at #480.

Which publishes more research, Argentina or Mexico?

Mexico publishes 2.2× as much research as Argentina in 2022-now (177k against 79k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Argentina or Mexico?

5.9% of Mexico's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 5.8% for Argentina.

Is Argentina or Mexico growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +11% against 2018-21 for Mexico, and -15% for Argentina.

Which has more open access research, Argentina or Mexico?

62% of Argentina's research is free to read, against 52% of Mexico's.

Which has more world-class institutions, Argentina or Mexico?

Argentina holds 0 of the world's top 100 research institutions and Mexico 0; in the top 1,000 it is 2 against 1.

Which institutions lead in each country?

The highest-ranked institutions on each side on research quality, 2022-now. The percentage is each institution's own top-10% rate: the share of its works that are among the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. Every figure stands alone, so they do not add up to 100%.

Mexico

  1. 1Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México6.0% top 10% · 21k works
  2. 2Universidad del Noreste6.8% top 10% · 1.9k works
  3. 3Tecnológico de Monterrey11.7% top 10% · 5.5k works
  4. 4Universidad Internacional9.1% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5Ibero American University7.6% top 10% · 1.5k works
  6. 6Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Xalapa6.2% top 10% · 1.3k works

The number is the rank inside the country. The track on each row is the top-10% rate; the tick is the average of all institutions, 10.0% (how it is set): teal above it, red below. The ranking is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each institution's own topics predict and adds a small reward for size, so the rates do not fall in order.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Argentina

  1. 1 Rafael Ugarriza Díaz #1,505 worldwide 80k citations · 380 works
  2. 2 Enzo Tagliazucchi #4,405 worldwide 15k citations · 294 works
  3. 3 Osvaldo E. Sala #6,469 worldwide 55k citations · 325 works
  4. 4 Sandra M. Díaz #7,348 worldwide 83k citations · 374 works
  5. 5 G. Farrar #18,089 worldwide 10k citations · 105 works

Mexico

  1. 1 I. Maldonado Cervantes #1,124 worldwide 25k citations · 196 works
  2. 2 Mostafa Hajiaghaei–Keshteli #1,732 worldwide 11k citations · 222 works
  3. 3 Matthew Paul Reynolds #3,407 worldwide 42k citations · 465 works
  4. 4 Ismael Campos‐Nonato #4,620 worldwide 168k citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Daniel Díaz #7,158 worldwide 127k citations · 198 works

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