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Instituto Politécnico Nacional

In research, Instituto Politécnico Nacional stands highest in Physical Sciences (#858 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#908 of 7,800 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#534 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Social Sciences, Biochemistry and Food Science — General Social Sciences is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,063
of 28,054 · #1,305 all time
Rank in Mexico
#3
of 252
Research works
39k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
475k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Instituto Politécnico Nacional known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #858 of 12,888 9.1%3,777 #1094
Life SciencesDomain #908 of 7,800 13.7%1,498 #1343
Environmental ScienceField #534 of 3,551 9.9%654 #967
EngineeringField #1,035 of 6,636 7.4%1,205 #942
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #553 of 3,409 15.5%728 #737
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #598 of 3,579 12.0%539 #988
Social SciencesDomain #1,827 of 10,521 15.5%1,008 #2213
Health SciencesDomain #2,323 of 11,982 12.0%934 #2790
MedicineField #2,203 of 10,443 11.8%758 #2692
Computer ScienceField #1,075 of 4,667 13.1%627 #903

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituto Politécnico Nacional sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,094 #858
  2. Life Sciences#1,343 #908
  3. Environmental Science#967 #534
  4. Engineering#942 #1,035
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#737 #553
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#988 #598
  7. Social Sciences#2,213 #1,827
  8. Health Sciences#2,790 #2,323
  9. Medicine#2,692 #2,203
  10. Computer Science#903 #1,075
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Instituto Politécnico Nacional specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Social Sciences takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Social SciencesSubfield · 29.4 works3.7×
  2. BiochemistrySubfield · 29.3 works3.3×
  3. Food ScienceSubfield · 174.4 works3.2×
  4. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 50.6 works2.8×
  5. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 37.3 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.12× its world share, 728 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 538 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.27× its world share, 92 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 108 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 31 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 44 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.62× its world share, 184 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 626 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 122 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.76× its world share, 117 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.11× its world share, 1,205 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 654 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.85× its world share, 465 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.52× its world share, 129 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.44× its world share, 230 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 13 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 83 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 758 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 72 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 57 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 136 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 47 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 162 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 106 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 500 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituto Politécnico Nacional?

Ranked on the composite score, A. Zepeda, Marcelino Cereijido and M. Meléndez‐Lira lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituto Politécnico Nacional.

  1. 1 A. Zepeda Mexico · #24,188 worldwide 959 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Marcelino Cereijido Mexico · #48,536 worldwide 293 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 M. Meléndez‐Lira Mexico · #57,007 worldwide 562 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Silvia Bautista‐Baños Mexico · #84,500 worldwide 302 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Ricardo Cantoral Mexico · #95,339 worldwide 63 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Rafael H. Villarreal Mexico · #105,378 worldwide 217 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Oscar Montiel Mexico · #114,279 worldwide 298 citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Jerzy Plebański Mexico · #122,913 worldwide 340 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Octavio Paredes‐López Mexico · #135,032 worldwide 193 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Rosa Farfán Mexico · #154,929 worldwide 48 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Instituto Politécnico Nacional

Which keywords describe research at Instituto Politécnico Nacional?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Small and Medium Enterprises, Deep Learning, Innovation Ecosystems, Antioxidant and Urban Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change329▲ 1.69×94 topics
  2. Sustainability279▲ 1.59×79 topics
  3. Deep Learning265◆ 1.07×74 topics
  4. Machine Learning243◆ 1.03×79 topics
  5. Environmental Impact228▲ 1.86×54 topics
  6. Epidemiology212▼ 0.74×129 topics
  7. Education190▲ 1.53×64 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress156▲ 1.33×62 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications155▲ 1.81×35 topics
  10. Innovation154▲ 2.0×43 topics
  11. Nanomaterials149▲ 1.95×20 topics
  12. Neural Networks145▲ 1.30×36 topics
  13. Antioxidant139▲ 2.8×51 topics
  14. Nanoparticles137▲ 1.51×42 topics
  15. Nanocomposites115▲ 1.98×21 topics
  16. Antioxidant Activity115▲ 2.5×31 topics
  17. Digital Marketing114▲ 3.7×3 topics
  18. Urban Development112▲ 4.2×12 topics
  19. Biodiversity109▲ 2.0×31 topics
  20. Health Benefits107▲ 4.5×16 topics
  21. Nutrition103▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Small and Medium Enterprises96▲ 7.6×5 topics
  23. Conservation92▲ 3.0×20 topics
  24. Knowledge Management90▲ 2.2×25 topics
  25. Food Security89▲ 2.2×15 topics
  26. Nanostructures88▲ 3.0×16 topics
  27. Social Responsibility87▲ 5.2×6 topics
  28. Innovation Ecosystems85▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Globalization Effects80▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Psychopharmacology Education80▲ 17×1 topic
  31. Tourism Management80▲ 15×1 topic
  32. Population Dynamics77▲ 4.2×12 topics
  33. Nonlinear Systems70▲ 4.6×8 topics
  34. Aquaculture67▲ 3.5×7 topics
  35. Feedback Control62▲ 5.2×8 topics
  36. Adaptive Control58▲ 6.0×7 topics
  37. Competitiveness50▲ 8.7×6 topics
  38. Trophic Cascades50▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. Fisheries Sustainability47▲ 7.4×2 topics
  40. Virtual Teaching47▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Instituto Politécnico Nacional publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Business, Innovation, and Economy, Educational Innovations and Technology, Marine and fisheries research and Botanical Research and Applications.

Business, Innovation, an…80Business, Innovation, and Economy: 80 fractional worksEducational Innovations and Technology: 47 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 37 fractional worksBotanical Research and Applications: 34 fractional worksE-Learning and Knowledge Management: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 30 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonl…27Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 27 fractional worksPlant and soil sciences27Plant and soil sciences: 27 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…25Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 25 fractional worksFood composition and pro…25Food composition and properties: 25 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInformation SystemsGlobal and Planetary ChangeFood Science6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Business, Innovation, and Economy Economics and Econometrics 80 works
  2. 2 Educational Innovations and Technology Information Systems 47 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 37 works
  4. 4 Botanical Research and Applications Food Science 34 works
  5. 5 E-Learning and Knowledge Management Computer Science Applications 34 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 30 works
  7. 7 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 27 works
  8. 8 Plant and soil sciences General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 27 works
  9. 9 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 25 works
  10. 10 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 25 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituto Politécnico Nacional's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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