Top countries for scientists who started publishing in 1992–2001

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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists who started publishing in 1992–2001?

60,750 researchers whose first paper indexed in Scopus is from 1992–2001 are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. The United States has the most (17,893, 29.5%), followed by China (6,490) and the United Kingdom (5,000). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

#	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Share of stage	Highest-ranked author	Top institution
1	United States	17,893	8,607	29.5%	Ioannidis, John P.A. #24	Harvard Medical School
2	China	6,490	2,725	10.7%	Wang, Jianlong #185	Tsinghua University
3	United Kingdom	5,000	2,500	8.2%	Higgins, Julian P.t. #19	University of Oxford
4	Germany	3,534	1,526	5.8%	Grimme, Stefan #5	Technische Universität München
5	Australia	2,522	1,217	4.2%	Wang, Shaobin #203	Monash University
6	Canada	2,380	1,102	3.9%	Austin, Peter C. #35	University of Toronto
7	Italy	2,367	772	3.9%	Schunemann, Holger J. #519	Università degli Studi di Padova
8	France	1,912	692	3.1%	Bray, Freddie Ian #52	Université Paris-Saclay
9	Japan	1,680	472	2.8%	Awual, Md Rabiul #149	The University of Tokyo
10	Netherlands	1,469	642	2.4%	Bakker, Arnold Bastiaan #32	Wageningen University & Research
11	Spain	1,312	486	2.2%	Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. #317	Universitat de Barcelona
12	South Korea	1,212	355	2.0%	Park, Nam-gyu #302	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
13	Switzerland	1,106	524	1.8%	Siegrist, Michael #452	ETH Zürich
14	India	1,069	331	1.8%	Siddique, Rafat #658	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
15	Sweden	724	308	1.2%	Naghavi, Mohsen #133	Karolinska Institutet
16	Belgium	679	297	1.1%	Rosseel, Yves #307	Universiteit Gent
17	Denmark	588	252	1.0%	Sigmund, Ole #167	Aarhus Universitet
18	Hong Kong	537	295	0.9%	ZHANG, Hua #491	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
19	Taiwan	500	143	0.8%	Ho, Yuhshan #814	National Taiwan University
20	Brazil	476	125	0.8%	Marengo, José António #3,760	Universidade de São Paulo
21	Austria	453	175	0.7%	Kresse, Georg #2	Medizinische Universität Wien
22	Greece	397	150	0.7%	Apergis, Nicholas #1,242	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
23	Poland	382	111	0.6%	Banach, Maciej P. #1,663	Medical University of Lublin
24	Singapore	380	190	0.6%	Novoselov, Konstantin Sergeevich #104	National University of Singapore
25	Israel	380	152	0.6%	Eldar, Yonina C. #964	Tel Aviv University
26	Norway	345	135	0.6%	Peters, Glen P. #1,492	Universitetet i Oslo
27	Türkiye	339	106	0.6%	Gülçın, İlhami #299	Hacettepe Üniversitesi
28	Portugal	333	120	0.5%	Davim, J. P. #1,224	Universidade do Porto
29	Iran	331	103	0.5%	Salavati-Niasari, Masoud #1,425	University of Tehran
30	Finland	326	133	0.5%	Hyvärinen, Aapo #987	Helsingin Yliopisto
31	New Zealand	299	124	0.5%	Braun, Virginia #94	University of Auckland
32	Ireland	283	126	0.5%	Biesta, Gert J.J. #449	University College Dublin
33	Saudi Arabia	276	121	0.5%	Schmid, Peter J. #1,934	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
34	South Africa	250	109	0.4%	Sillanpää, Mika E.T. #664	University of Cape Town
35	Russia	218	47	0.4%	Ananikov, Valentine P. #3,554	Lomonosov Moscow State University
36	Egypt	176	50	0.3%	Kabeel, A. E. #2,064	Faculty of Science
37	Czechia	170	48	0.3%	Pumera, Martin #560	Charles University
38	United Arab Emirates	148	72	0.2%	Olabi, Abdul Ghani #144	University of Sharjah
39	Malaysia	148	51	0.2%	Suresh, Sagadevan #3,964	Universiti Malaya
40	Mexico	132	38	0.2%	Coello Coello, Carlos A. #968	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
41	Thailand	129	28	0.2%	Promvonge, Pongjet #9,807	Chulalongkorn University
42	Hungary	94	38	0.2%	Albert, Réka #5,027	Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)
43	Pakistan	80	24	0.1%	Virani, Salim Shahbuddin #798	The Aga Khan University
44	Slovenia	77	24	0.1%	Kokalj, Anton #1,563	Univerza v Ljubljani
45	Romania	75	19	0.1%	Harko, Tiberiu C. #6,127	Universitatea din Bucuresti
46	Argentina	72	16	0.1%	Díaz, Sandra M. #1,714	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
47	Qatar	67	28	0.1%	Suganthan, Ponnuthurai Nagaratnam #2,373	Qatar University
48	Chile	47	16	0.1%	Garreaud, R. Darío #4,355	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
49	Serbia	43	6	0.1%	Dramićanin, Miroslav D. #8,800	University of Belgrade
50	Macao	40	18	0.1%	Zhou, Yong #5,992	University of Macau
51	Bangladesh	35	14	0.1%	Islam, Tofazzal #17,105	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
52	Estonia	34	11	0.1%	Niinemets, Ülo #708	Tartu Ülikool
53	Morocco	33	5	0.1%	El Haddad, Mohammadine E. #44,022	Cadi Ayyad University
54	Cyprus	32	17	0.1%	Kalogirou, Soteris A. #497	University of Cyprus
55	Croatia	31	9	0.1%	Dabić, Marina #9,477	Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet
56	Slovakia	30	6	0.0%	Petráš, Ivo #16,814	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
57	Colombia	29	9	0.0%	Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J. #27,618	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
58	Indonesia	28	8	0.0%	Suhartanto, Dwi #19,691	Institut Teknologi Bandung
59	Luxembourg	27	13	0.0%	Bertoldi, Paolo #15,307	University of Luxembourg
60	Ukraine	27	2	0.0%	Isayenkov, S. V. #50,779	Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
61	Nigeria	25	9	0.0%	Olusanya, Bolajoko O. #3,421	University of Nigeria
62	Bulgaria	22	5	0.0%	Kostova, Irena P. #19,018	Medical University of Sofia
63	Oman	22	9	0.0%	Sadrameli, Seyed Mojtaba #22,230	Sultan Qaboos University
64	Lebanon	21	12	0.0%	Baleanu, Dumitru I. #1,760	American University of Beirut
65	Jordan	21	2	0.0%	Ahmad, Muayyad Mustafa #61,803	Jordan University of Science and Technology
66	Lithuania	19	7	0.0%	Damasevicius, Robertas #2,216	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas
67	Kuwait	19	4	0.0%	Ahmed, Jasim #10,388	Kuwait University
68	Iceland	18	8	0.0%	BjÖrnssÖn, Einar Stefán #3,527	Haskoli Islands
69	Philippines	18	4	0.0%	Sreenivasulu, Nese #44,006	International Rice Research Institute
70	Kenya	17	8	0.0%	Obura, David Obare #16,674	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
71	Tunisia	17	2	0.0%	Boufi, Sami #33,392	University of Sfax
72	Ghana	14	4	0.0%	Ezzati, Majid Hassanpour #1,901	University of Ghana
73	Vietnam	13	6	0.0%	Liamputtong, Pranee #13,914	VinUniversity
74	Palestine	12	3	0.0%	Sweileh, Waleed M. #7,269	An-Najah National University
75	Latvia	12	3	0.0%	Ambainis, Andris #18,679	Latvijas Universitāte
76	Puerto Rico	12	3	0.0%	Chen, Zhongfang #18,825	Moffitt Cancer Center
77	Algeria	12	4	0.0%	Rekioua, Djamila #37,101	University Mohamed Boudiaf of M‘sila
78	Kazakhstan	10	2	0.0%	Yagiz, Saffet #18,736	Nazarbayev University
79	Sri Lanka	10	2	0.0%	Rajapakse, Senaka #54,928	University of Kelaniya
80	Brunei	9	6	0.0%	Khan, Mohammad Mansoob #7,912	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
81	Peru	9	4	0.0%	Garcia, P. J. #53,112	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
82	Liberia	8	2	0.0%	Makary, Martin A. #34,635	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
83	Ethiopia	8	1	0.0%	Simane, Belay #73,379	Addis Ababa University
84	Ecuador	8	1	0.0%	Schaefer, Heinrich Martin #98,105	Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco
85	Tanzania	6	1	0.0%	Goymann, Wolfgang #90,656	Coucal Project
86	Uganda	6	0	0.0%	Kamya, Moses Robert K. #193,054	Makerere University
87	Belarus	5	3	0.0%	Trukhanov, Sergei Valentinovich #1,948	Belarusian State University
88	Uzbekistan	5	2	0.0%	Egamberdieva, Dilfuza R. #8,794	National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
89	Malawi	5	2	0.0%	Sileshi, Gudeta Weldesemayat Weldsesemayat #19,820	Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
90	Georgia	5	2	0.0%	Bussmann, Rainer W. #20,082	Ilia State University (ISU)
91	Azerbaijan	5	2	0.0%	Jarad, Fahd #43,565	Azerbaijan Technical University
92	Jamaica	5	1	0.0%	Benkeblia, Noureddine #74,479	The University of the West Indies Mona Campus
93	Uruguay	5	2	0.0%	Denis, Pablo A. #75,708	Universidad de la Republica
94	Cameroon	5	1	0.0%	Sobngwi, Eugène #96,751	Université de Yaoundé I
95	Burkina Faso	5	0	0.0%	Bosu, William Kofi #302,341	Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
96	Malta	4	1	0.0%	Grima, Joseph N. #40,893	L-Università ta' Malta
97	Zambia	4	1	0.0%	Harrison, Rhett D. #47,244	University of Zambia
98	Monaco	4	2	0.0%	Rossignol, Patrick #47,975	Centre Hospitalier Princesse-Grace Monaco
99	Iraq	4	3	0.0%	Dhaidan, Nabeel S. #48,717	University of Kerbala
100	Bahrain	4	2	0.0%	Butler, Alexandra E. #49,742	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical University of Bahrain
101	Senegal	4	2	0.0%	Mbow, Cheikh #65,221	Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD)
102	North Macedonia	4	2	0.0%	Trajkovska Petkoska, Anka #92,608	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
103	Nepal	4	1	0.0%	Shrestha, Arun Bhakta #92,966	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development Nepal
104	Costa Rica	4	1	0.0%	Finegan, Bryan #95,298	CATIE - Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza
105	Mali	4	0	0.0%	Müller, Günter C. #344,110	Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako
106	Mozambique	3	2	0.0%	Mocumbi, Ana Olga Machatine De Almeida Hausse #23,800	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
107	Armenia	3	1	0.0%	Sirunyan, A. M. #76,052	Yerevan Physics Institute
108	Venezuela	3	1	0.0%	Rodríguez, Jon Paul #87,257	Instituto Venezoano de Investigaciones Cientificas
109	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	1	0.0%	Jansen, Stef #93,028	University of Banja Luka
110	Botswana	3	0	0.0%	Singh, Girija Shankar #110,119	Botswana Harvard Health Partnership
111	Libya	2	1	0.0%	Nassar, Y. Fathi #17,262	Sebha University
112	Benin	2	1	0.0%	Durant, Sarah M. #47,810	ZSL - Africa Range-Wide Cheetah Conservation Initiative and WAP Program
113	Zimbabwe	2	1	0.0%	Chibanda, Dixon M. #47,832	University of Zimbabwe
114	Côte d’Ivoire	2	1	0.0%	Bindraban, Prem S. #51,638	(AfricaRice)
115	Mauritius	2	1	0.0%	Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah #91,265	CIDP Research and Innovation
116	Laos	2	0	0.0%	Minten, Bart #108,383	International Food Policy Research Institute
117	Greenland	2	0	0.0%	Bonefeld-Jörgensen, Eva Cecilie B. #122,112	University of Greenland
118	St. Kitts & Nevis	2	0	0.0%	Yao, Chaoqun #154,535	Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine Saint Kitts and Nevis
119	Fiji	2	0	0.0%	Iji, Paul Ade #215,376	Fiji National University
120	Sudan	2	0	0.0%	Khalafalla, Abdelmalik Ibrahim #404,567	University of Khartoum Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
121	Liechtenstein	1	1	0.0%	Heintze, Siegward Dietmar #31,119	R&D
122	Antigua & Barbuda	1	1	0.0%	Godden, Sandra M. #37,106	University of Minnesota
123	French Guiana	1	1	0.0%	Musso, Didier #48,979	Laboratoires Eurofins Guyane
124	Papua New Guinea	1	1	0.0%	Duke, Trevor D. #87,232	University of Papua New Guinea
125	Somalia	1	0	0.0%	Warsame, Abdimalik Ali #102,697	Hormuud University
126	Namibia	1	0	0.0%	Chinsembu, Kazhila Croffat #111,476	University of Namibia
127	Mongolia	1	0	0.0%	Temuujin, Jadambaa #119,903	Citi University
128	Montenegro	1	0	0.0%	Djurović, Igor #152,347	University of Montenegro
129	Sierra Leone	1	0	0.0%	Sankoh, Osman A. #176,560	University of Management and Technology (UNIMTECH)
130	Panama	1	0	0.0%	O'Dea, Aaron #177,977	SENACYT - Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
131	Trinidad & Tobago	1	0	0.0%	Oura, Christopher A.L. #270,499	Faculty of Medical Sciences
132	Barbados	1	0	0.0%	Hennis, Anselm J.M. #288,601	The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
133	Togo	1	0	0.0%	Tona, Kokou #345,629	University of Lome
134	Curaçao	1	0	0.0%	Berend, Kenrick #427,472	Curaçao Medical Center