Top countries for scientists who started publishing in 2002–2011

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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists who started publishing in 2002–2011?

75,626 researchers whose first paper indexed in Scopus is from 2002–2011 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 (17,369, 23.0%), followed by China (17,282) and the United Kingdom (4,586). 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	17,369	6,798	23.0%	Girshick, Ross B. #8	Harvard Medical School
2	China	17,282	5,894	22.9%	Lu, Tian #31	Tsinghua University
3	United Kingdom	4,586	1,855	6.1%	Burgess, Stephen #71	University College London
4	Germany	2,821	1,053	3.7%	Ivanov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich #44	Technische Universität München
5	Australia	2,639	1,147	3.5%	Mirjalili, Seyedali #3	Monash University
6	India	2,569	745	3.4%	Garg, Harish #856	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
7	Italy	2,341	662	3.1%	Berardi, Umberto B. #1,248	Università degli Studi di Padova
8	Canada	2,189	812	2.9%	Kaplan, Gilaad G. #680	University of Toronto
9	South Korea	1,625	443	2.1%	Han, Heesup #111	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10	France	1,414	464	1.9%	Fosso-Wamba, Samuel #334	Université Paris Cité
11	Iran	1,398	396	1.8%	Sahebkar, Amirhossein #157	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
12	Spain	1,311	431	1.7%	Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel #1,010	Universitat de Barcelona
13	Netherlands	1,304	537	1.7%	Henseler, Jörg #96	Universiteit van Amsterdam
14	Japan	1,201	283	1.6%	Togo, Atsushi #1,346	The University of Tokyo
15	Switzerland	1,057	449	1.4%	Provis, John Lloyd #193	ETH Zürich
16	Saudi Arabia	1,027	389	1.4%	Dwivedi, Yogesh K. #93	King Saud University
17	Sweden	744	292	1.0%	Ghobakhloo, Morteza #391	Karolinska Institutet
18	Türkiye	659	218	0.9%	Karatepe, Osman M. #2,267	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
19	Belgium	651	234	0.9%	Cani, Patrice D. #270	Universiteit Gent
20	Denmark	636	249	0.8%	Sovacool, Benjamin K. #33	Aarhus Universitet
21	Hong Kong	617	338	0.8%	Ni, Meng #884	Chinese University of Hong Kong
22	Poland	570	158	0.8%	Shahbaz, Muhammad #204	Politechnika Wrocławska
23	Taiwan	514	167	0.7%	Taherdoost, Hamed #627	National Taiwan University
24	Brazil	489	121	0.6%	Barbedo, Jayme G.A. #2,447	Universidade de São Paulo
25	Egypt	479	130	0.6%	Rashad, Alaa M. #1,479	National Research Centre
26	Singapore	465	213	0.6%	Cambria, Erik #630	National University of Singapore
27	Austria	457	171	0.6%	Holzinger, Andreas #873	Universität Wien
28	Malaysia	444	164	0.6%	Lim, Weng Marc #91	Universiti Malaya
29	Pakistan	438	122	0.6%	Kausar, Ayesha #1,092	Government College University Faisalabad
30	Portugal	399	140	0.5%	Loureiro, Sandra María Correia #1,417	Universidade do Porto
31	Norway	385	161	0.5%	Aune, Dagfinn #2,040	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
32	Israel	373	137	0.5%	Goldberg, Yoav #4,871	Tel Aviv University
33	Finland	359	159	0.5%	Hamari, Juho J. #463	Helsingin Yliopisto
34	Greece	350	114	0.5%	Kotsiantis, Sotiris B. #2,710	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
35	Ireland	317	115	0.4%	Panadero, Ernesto #985	University College Dublin
36	United Arab Emirates	314	141	0.4%	Ozturk, Ilhan Tekin #482	University of Sharjah
37	South Africa	306	104	0.4%	Babalola, Olubukola Oluranti #1,188	University of Johannesburg
38	New Zealand	234	93	0.3%	Zhu, Fan #293	University of Auckland
39	Thailand	199	49	0.3%	Siengchin, Suchart #698	Chiang Mai University
40	Czechia	172	58	0.2%	Pohanka, Miroslav #4,904	Charles University
41	Russia	170	36	0.2%	Wang, Qiang #493	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
42	Romania	166	58	0.2%	Grumezescu, Alexandru Mihai #4,970	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti
43	Mexico	147	38	0.2%	Santoyo, Gustavo #3,079	Tecnológico de Monterrey
44	Qatar	141	59	0.2%	Hameed, Bassim H. #1,230	Qatar University
45	Jordan	128	42	0.2%	Khader, Yousef Saleh #4,698	Jordan University of Science and Technology
46	Macao	116	57	0.2%	Lee, Chien-Chiang #241	University of Macau
47	Chile	116	34	0.2%	Klerkx, Laurens W.A. #3,621	Universidad de Chile
48	Bangladesh	109	34	0.1%	Hasanuzzaman, Mirza #379	Bangladesh Agricultural University
49	Nigeria	105	34	0.1%	Owolabi, Mayowa O. #4,808	University of Ibadan
50	Iraq	83	29	0.1%	Aziz, Shujahadeen B. #3,345	University of Technology- Iraq
51	Hungary	82	19	0.1%	Győrffy, Balázs #684	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
52	Vietnam	79	26	0.1%	Vo, Xuan Vinh #3,597	Ton-Duc-Thang University
53	Slovenia	77	23	0.1%	Perc, Matjaž #648	Univerza v Ljubljani
54	Indonesia	76	20	0.1%	Nandiyanto, Asep Bayu Dani #5,045	Universitas Gadjah Mada
55	Oman	70	31	0.1%	Farooq, Muhammad Omer #1,531	Sultan Qaboos University
56	Croatia	69	23	0.1%	Nižetić, Sandro #3,917	Institut Ruđer Bošković
57	Cyprus	68	28	0.1%	Al-Turjman, Fadi M. #3,481	Cyprus University of Technology
58	Serbia	65	16	0.1%	Pamucar, Dragan Stevan S. #2,324	University of Belgrade
59	Colombia	60	13	0.1%	Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson Guillermo #27,165	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
60	Ethiopia	58	11	0.1%	Bewket, Woldeamlak #21,108	Addis Ababa University
61	Argentina	47	11	0.1%	Ezcurra, Martín Daniel #23,823	Universidad de Buenos Aires
62	Estonia	46	13	0.1%	Bhat, Rajeev #6,856	Tartu Ülikool
63	Morocco	46	12	0.1%	Habibi, Youssef #9,964	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
64	Luxembourg	45	17	0.1%	Tkatchenko, Alexandre #2,355	University of Luxembourg
65	Tunisia	42	10	0.1%	Krichen, Moez #2,608	University of Sfax
66	Slovakia	42	10	0.1%	Jomová, Klaudia #17,932	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
67	Kuwait	41	13	0.1%	Al-Salem, S. M. #11,716	American University of the Middle East
68	Lithuania	40	13	0.1%	Štreimikienė, Dalia #1,666	Vilniaus Universitetas
69	Kenya	38	7	0.1%	Qiu, Jane #39,014	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
70	Lebanon	37	11	0.0%	Kadry, Seifedine Nimer #6,288	American University of Beirut
71	Ghana	36	13	0.0%	Adams, Samuel #10,627	University of Ghana
72	Kazakhstan	31	5	0.0%	Memon, Shazim Ali #10,725	Nazarbayev University
73	Algeria	27	9	0.0%	Mellit, Adel #7,434	Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1
74	Sri Lanka	23	9	0.0%	Vithanage, Meththika Suharshini #6,762	University of Sri Jayewardenepura
75	Palestine	22	10	0.0%	Tayeh, Bassam A. #9,611	An-Najah National University
76	Ukraine	21	5	0.0%	Mykhailiuk, Pavel K. #8,850	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University
77	Ecuador	19	11	0.0%	Jost, Lou #5,831	Universidad San Francisco de Quito
78	Bahrain	18	7	0.0%	Jahrami, Haitham Ali #8,014	University of Bahrain
79	Bulgaria	16	4	0.0%	Ivanov, Stanislav H. #2,485	Varna University of Management
80	Philippines	15	4	0.0%	Tan, Raymond R. #20,454	De La Salle University
81	Latvia	15	1	0.0%	Šutka, Andris #70,355	Riga Technical University
82	Azerbaijan	14	7	0.0%	Oikonomou, V. K. #6,837	Khazar University
83	Tanzania	14	2	0.0%	Limbu, Samwel Mchele #64,369	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
84	Cameroon	13	4	0.0%	Simplice, Asongu Anutechia #1,715	University of Dschang
85	Iceland	12	6	0.0%	Ghamisi, Pedram #8,321	Haskoli Islands
86	Brunei	12	6	0.0%	Karri, Rama Rao #24,030	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
87	Liberia	12	5	0.0%	Jones, Rena R. #74,902	National Cancer Institute
88	Puerto Rico	11	2	0.0%	Paul, Justin #120	Universidad de Puerto Rico
89	Botswana	11	5	0.0%	Abrahms, Briana L. #34,454	Botswana International University of Science and Technology
90	Nepal	11	4	0.0%	Dhimal, Megnath L. #34,757	Tribhuvan University
91	Peru	11	4	0.0%	Bernabe-Ortiz, Antonio #57,560	Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
92	Malta	10	1	0.0%	Yannakakis, Georgios N. #54,170	L-Università ta' Malta
93	Uruguay	8	2	0.0%	Ares, Gastón #7,529	Universidad de la Republica
94	Yemen	8	3	0.0%	Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed #21,029	Taiz University
95	Uganda	7	0	0.0%	Waiswa, Peter P. #190,775	Kampala International University
96	Rwanda	7	0	0.0%	Karema, Corine Kakizi #326,236	University of Global Health Equity
97	Georgia	6	1	0.0%	Sahmani, Saeid #65,894	The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
98	Uzbekistan	6	0	0.0%	Yuldashev, Tursun Kamaldinovich #100,532	National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
99	Cambodia	4	1	0.0%	Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn G. #31,788	Columbia University Graduate School of Business
100	Armenia	4	1	0.0%	Chaban, V. V. #78,503	Yerevan State University
101	Trinidad & Tobago	4	1	0.0%	Rampersad, Sephra Nalini #88,780	The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
102	Panama	4	0	0.0%	Ghimire, Shambhu #118,003	Universidad de Panamá
103	Bosnia & Herzegovina	4	0	0.0%	Badnjevic, Almir #146,300	Univerzitet u Sarajevu
104	Burkina Faso	4	0	0.0%	N’Tsoukpoe, Kokouvi Edem #152,620	2iE - Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement
105	Mauritius	3	1	0.0%	Nunkoo, Robin #2,942	University of Mauritius
106	North Macedonia	3	2	0.0%	Ramadani, Veland #18,279	South East European University
107	Malawi	3	1	0.0%	Feasey, Nicholas A. #79,134	Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
108	Côte d’Ivoire	3	1	0.0%	Anyanwu, John C. #79,220	Macroeconomic Policy
109	Syria	3	1	0.0%	Habib, Maan #98,875	Al-Sham Private University
110	Moldova	3	0	0.0%	Lupan, Oleg I. #124,840	Moldova State University
111	Jamaica	3	0	0.0%	Bradley, Ryan D. #553,374	Caribbean Institute for Health Research
112	Namibia	2	1	0.0%	Sony, Michael #7,458	Namibia University of Science and Technology
113	Belarus	2	1	0.0%	Trukhanov, Alex V. #14,304	Scientific Practical Materials Research Centre of NAS of Belarus
114	Monaco	2	2	0.0%	“Phil” Klaus, Philipp “Phil” #20,971	International University of Monaco
115	Costa Rica	2	1	0.0%	Lafuente, Esteban M. #60,830	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
116	Kyrgyzstan	2	1	0.0%	Öz, Fatih #67,521	Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
117	Zimbabwe	2	2	0.0%	Cairns, Jill E. #87,656	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Harare
118	New Caledonia	2	1	0.0%	Marchand, Cyril #98,853	Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie
119	North Korea	2	0	0.0%	Yu, Chol-jun #134,054	Kim Il Sung University
120	Barbados	2	0	0.0%	Azim Majumder, Md Anwarul #254,103	Bridgetown International University
121	San Marino	1	1	0.0%	Forcellini, Davide #6,222	Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino
122	Liechtenstein	1	1	0.0%	Schneider, Johannes #29,696	Universität Liechtenstein
123	Papua New Guinea	1	1	0.0%	Murthy, H. C.Ananda #40,376	Papua New Guinea University of Technology
124	American Samoa	1	1	0.0%	Dauphin, Yann N. #71,416	Google DeepMind
125	Faroe Islands	1	1	0.0%	Mohr, Magni M. #72,866	University of the Faroe Islands
126	Eswatini	1	1	0.0%	Motsa, Sandile Sydney #81,157	University of Eswatini
127	Mozambique	1	1	0.0%	García-Basteiro, Alberto L. #90,869	Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça CISM
128	Curaçao	1	1	0.0%	Vermeij, Mark Ja #98,426	Carmabi Foundation
129	Fiji	1	1	0.0%	Singh, Gurmeet #99,261	University of the South Pacific
130	Chad	1	0	0.0%	Kamara, Seny F. #103,630	MongoDB Inc
131	Guinea-Bissau	1	0	0.0%	Lunet, Nuno #111,469	Hospital Nacional Simão Mendes
132	Guam	1	0	0.0%	Ferdosh, Sahena #135,249	Unibetsedȧt Guåhan
133	Benin	1	0	0.0%	Houndjo, Mahouton J.S. #152,790	Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Natitingou
134	Senegal	1	0	0.0%	Fall, Mouhamed Moustapha #181,192	African Institute for Mathematical Sciences in Senegal (AIMS Senegal)
135	Guatemala	1	0	0.0%	Rohloff, Peter J. #182,886	Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance
136	Laos	1	0	0.0%	Wong, Gary #193,925	Institut Pasteur du Laos
137	Seychelles	1	0	0.0%	Nunley, Ryan M. #197,987	Washington University School of Medicine
138	Cuba	1	0	0.0%	Li, Oi Lun Helena #214,140	Pusan National University
139	Albania	1	0	0.0%	Bilgin, Hüseyin #255,434	Epoka University
140	Libya	1	0	0.0%	Elmusrati, Mohammed Salem #309,165	Libyan Authority for Scientific Research
141	Zambia	1	0	0.0%	Masiye, Felix #340,703	University of Zambia
142	Mali	1	0	0.0%	Dione, Michel Maïnack #429,243	International Livestock Research Institute Mali
143	Congo - Brazzaville	1	0	0.0%	Karamagi, Humphrey Cyprian #429,670	World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa Congo
144	Andorra	1	0	0.0%	Vilallonga, R. #461,802	University of Andorra
145	Sudan	1	0	0.0%	Salama, Suzy Munir #558,003	Ghibaish College of Science and Technology
146	Congo - Kinshasa	1	0	0.0%	Tsala Dimbuene, Zacharie #598,080	Université de Kinshasa
147	Montenegro	1	0	0.0%	Pešić, Vladimir Vukašinović #608,058	University of Montenegro
148	Madagascar	1	0	0.0%	Bonds, Matthew H. #646,849	Ranomafana