Table 1. Distribution of researchers in the Mexican Diaspora by knowledge area, gender (numbers in parenthesis correspond to female scientists) age average and academic category in the SNI: w/o level, candidate (C), levels I, II and III.
| Area | Researchers | Graduated in Mexico | Graduated Abroad | Average Age | W/O | C | I | II | III |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biological Sciences | 136 (58) | 110 (48) | 26 (10) | 40 | 43 | 83 | 6 | 4 | |
| Physics | 67 (15) | 43 (12) | 24 (3) | 39 | 9 | 19 | 36 | 2 | 1 |
| Chemical sciences | 48 (12) | 36 (9) | 12 (3) | 41 | 18 | 25 | 3 | 2 | |
| Geosciences | 12 (2) | 3 (2) | 9 (0) | 51 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Mathematics | 17 (4) | 4 (1) | 13 (3) | 43 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |
| Engineering | 63 (10) | 21 (4) | 42 (6) | 42 | 2 | 21 | 36 | 4 | |
| Agrosciences | 29 (9) | 10 (5) | 19 (4) | 49 | 11 | 15 | 2 | 1 | |
| Medicine | 46 (24) | 36 (18) | 10 (6) | 45 | 4 | 31 | 9 | 2 | |
| Social sciences | 42 (7) | 12 (2) | 30 (5) | 48 | 15 | 25 | 1 | 1 | |
| Humanities | 19 (10) | 5 (4) | 14 (6) | 53 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 479 (151) | 280 (105) | 199 (46) | 45 | 11 | 139 | 276 | 36 | 17 |