Asunción Gómez-Pérez is among the 2% of the most cited academic authorities in the world. She is vice-rector for Research, Innovation and Doctorate at the Polytechnic of Madrid.

She has occupied the chair of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) to accompany the institution in the challenges that its field faces regarding the language. Her response to her entrance speech—Artificial Intelligence and Spanish Language—was responded to by Santiago Muñoz Machado, her director.