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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists who started publishing in 2012 or later?

39,630 researchers whose first paper indexed in Scopus is from 2012 or later are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. China has the most (11,812, 29.8%), followed by the United States (6,512) and India (2,311). 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	China	11,812	3,135	29.8%	Zhang, Dongyang #443	Tsinghua University
2	United States	6,512	1,815	16.4%	McNeish, Daniel M. #748	Harvard Medical School
3	India	2,311	606	5.8%	Sathish, T. #126	Saveetha School of Engineering
4	United Kingdom	1,912	661	4.8%	Osman, Ahmed I. #504	University of Oxford
5	Saudi Arabia	1,239	393	3.1%	Yaseen, Zaher Mundher #1,399	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
6	Italy	1,088	229	2.7%	Vagnozzi, Sunny #1,426	Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
7	Australia	1,070	392	2.7%	Sarker, Iqbal H. #124	Monash University
8	Germany	1,006	278	2.5%	Bürkner, Paul Christian #544	Technische Universität München
9	Iran	874	230	2.2%	Pourghasemi, Hamid Reza #3,098	University of Tehran
10	South Korea	780	182	2.0%	Bhatia, Shashi Kant #6,801	Yeungnam University
11	Canada	734	203	1.9%	Rochman, Chelsea M. #490	University of Toronto
12	Türkiye	635	203	1.6%	Pata, Ugur Korkut #273	Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi
13	Egypt	544	147	1.4%	Dawood, Mahmoud A.O. #1,077	National Research Centre
14	Hong Kong	540	216	1.4%	CHIU, Thomas K.F. #219	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
15	Pakistan	471	127	1.2%	Sajid, Muhammad #2,013	The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
16	Spain	438	115	1.1%	Balsalobre-Lorente, Daniel #4,881	Universidad de Granada
17	Netherlands	411	143	1.0%	Fried, Eiko I. #583	Wageningen University & Research
18	Switzerland	384	92	1.0%	Bibri, Simon Elias #523	ETH Zürich
19	France	363	89	0.9%	Bag, Surajit #1,165	Université Paris-Saclay
20	Japan	353	80	0.9%	Sharifi, Ayyoob #229	The University of Tokyo
21	Singapore	349	125	0.9%	Liu, Ziwei #1,546	National University of Singapore
22	Poland	300	83	0.8%	Adebayo, Tomiwa Sunday #453	Silesian University of Technology
23	Malaysia	269	83	0.7%	Danish, Danish #2,844	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
24	Sweden	258	72	0.7%	Hagström, Hannes #8,456	Karolinska Institutet
25	United Arab Emirates	257	107	0.6%	Tariq, Muhammad Usman #1,305	Khalifa University
26	Iraq	256	65	0.6%	Hassan, Qusay #2,398	University of Technology- Iraq
27	Denmark	206	65	0.5%	Mouratidis, Kostas #1,516	Aalborg University
28	Belgium	206	52	0.5%	Berecibar, Maitane #12,746	Universiteit Gent
29	South Africa	182	62	0.5%	Atangana, Abdon #786	University of Johannesburg
30	Vietnam	175	64	0.4%	Hoang, Anh Tuan #647	Duy Tan University
31	Bangladesh	166	44	0.4%	Murshed, Muntasir #957	International University of Business Agriculture and Technology
32	Finland	160	51	0.4%	Pihkala, Panu #4,267	Helsingin Yliopisto
33	Ethiopia	160	20	0.4%	Aragaw, Tadele Assefa #7,220	University of Gondar
34	Nigeria	159	48	0.4%	Ozili, Peterson K. #851	University of Nigeria
35	Indonesia	156	20	0.4%	Latan, Hengky #16,852	Universitas Airlangga
36	Brazil	150	32	0.4%	Pereira, Rafael H.M. #24,932	Universidade de São Paulo
37	Austria	149	44	0.4%	Gusenbauer, Michael #12,474	Medizinische Universität Wien
38	Greece	147	41	0.4%	Bellos, Evangelos A. #3,258	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
39	Ireland	147	47	0.4%	Boukid, Fatma #3,976	University College Dublin
40	Jordan	143	44	0.4%	Abualigah, Laith Mohammad Qasim #162	The University of Jordan
41	Taiwan	141	40	0.4%	Le, Nguyen Quoc Khanh #6,847	National Taiwan University
42	Portugal	137	39	0.3%	Prata, Joana Correia #1,072	Universidade do Porto
43	Norway	134	57	0.3%	Sarkodie, Samuel Asumadu #1,147	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
44	Russia	112	21	0.3%	Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah #6,410	Ural Federal University
45	Thailand	109	27	0.3%	Rangappa, Sanjay Mavinkere #6,896	Chulalongkorn University
46	Israel	106	24	0.3%	Belinkov, Yonatan #8,497	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
47	Morocco	95	21	0.2%	Allouhi, Amine #9,516	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
48	Czechia	73	23	0.2%	Datta, Rahul #13,344	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
49	Qatar	67	26	0.2%	Abdallah Alalwan, Ali Abdallah #3,474	Qatar University
50	New Zealand	61	25	0.2%	Gabauer, David #5,141	University of Auckland
51	Mexico	59	16	0.1%	Varela, Ana Sofía #22,828	Tecnológico de Monterrey
52	Algeria	58	18	0.1%	Berri, Saadi #6,868	Université d’Echahid Hamma Lakhdar – El-oued
53	Oman	56	26	0.1%	Ghazal, Taher M. #3,896	Sultan Qaboos University
54	Macao	55	27	0.1%	Teng, Mark Feng #2,163	University of Macau
55	Romania	55	12	0.1%	Prǎvǎlie, Remus #9,675	Universitatea din Bucuresti
56	Hungary	42	14	0.1%	Rejeb, Abderahman #8,905	Széchenyi István University
57	Ukraine	40	6	0.1%	Kwilinski, Aleksy #10,526	Sumy State University
58	Ghana	36	17	0.1%	Amegah, A. K. #25,433	University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
59	Chile	35	6	0.1%	Sato, Masatoshi #15,000	Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana
60	Cyprus	32	19	0.1%	Yıldırım, Yakup #13,498	Near East University
61	Slovenia	29	3	0.1%	Rubin, Rita M.A. #14,478	Univerza v Ljubljani
62	Colombia	29	10	0.1%	Garzón, Juan #34,673	Universidad de la Costa
63	Philippines	27	10	0.1%	Barrot, Jessie S. #5,375	De La Salle University
64	Serbia	25	3	0.1%	Ilic, Irena M. #12,093	University of Belgrade
65	Yemen	25	6	0.1%	Al-shami, T. M. #25,624	Taiz University
66	Sri Lanka	24	3	0.1%	Thambiliyagodage, Charitha J. #35,718	University of Sri Jayewardenepura
67	Kazakhstan	23	7	0.1%	Orazalin, Nurlan S. #15,610	Nazarbayev University
68	Uzbekistan	22	4	0.1%	Abdusalomov, Akmalbek Bobomirzaevich #51,320	Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi
69	Lebanon	19	11	0.0%	Bouri, Elie I. #867	Lebanese American University
70	Azerbaijan	19	5	0.0%	Kartal, Mustafa Tevfik #2,959	Khazar University
71	Tunisia	19	5	0.0%	Jebli, Mehdi Ben #38,274	Faculté des Sciences Juridiques, Economiques et de Gestion de Jendouba
72	Kuwait	18	6	0.0%	Rasul, Tareq Faizur #24,541	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait
73	Argentina	17	2	0.0%	Gutiérrez, Tomy J. #20,880	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
74	Croatia	17	4	0.0%	Mandić, Ante #47,011	Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
75	Peru	16	1	0.0%	De-la-Torre, Gabriel Enrique #9,529	Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
76	Brunei	16	7	0.0%	Ahmed, Khalid #40,316	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
77	Nepal	16	4	0.0%	Karki, Bhishma #42,683	Tribhuvan University
78	Luxembourg	15	3	0.0%	Fisch, Christian O. #16,012	University of Luxembourg
79	Palestine	15	4	0.0%	Badawi, Ali #22,172	An-Najah National University
80	Estonia	15	6	0.0%	Mora, Luca #46,259	Tartu Ülikool
81	Kenya	15	3	0.0%	Tanga, Chrysantus M. #57,373	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
82	Slovakia	14	2	0.0%	Baláž, Matej #55,160	Slovak Academy of Sciences
83	Ecuador	12	6	0.0%	Sharifi-Rad, Javad #794	Universidad Espíritu Santo
84	Bahrain	12	5	0.0%	Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb M.A.Musleh #4,826	University of Bahrain
85	Lithuania	12	4	0.0%	Pranckutė, Raminta #44,411	Kaunas University of Technology
86	Cameroon	12	5	0.0%	Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh #55,268	University of Dschang
87	Uganda	10	5	0.0%	Awuchi, Chinaza Godswill #17,687	Makerere University
88	Tanzania	10	1	0.0%	Ismail, Ismail Juma #46,054	The University of Dodoma
89	Iceland	9	2	0.0%	Wang, Lulu #16,050	Reykjavík University
90	Bulgaria	9	4	0.0%	Dzhambov, Angel Mario #17,567	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
91	Libya	8	2	0.0%	Elhadi, Muhammed K. #51,823	University of Zawia
92	Syria	7	3	0.0%	Hassoun, Abdo #6,893	Damascus University
93	Zimbabwe	7	2	0.0%	Sebele-Mpofu, Favourate Yelesedzani #43,512	National University of Science and Technology Bulawayo
94	Latvia	6	2	0.0%	Lagunas-Rangel, Francisco Alejandro #28,819	Latvijas Universitāte
95	Rwanda	6	3	0.0%	Ahmed, Ayman #47,828	Rwanda Biomedical Centre
96	Sudan	6	0	0.0%	Omara, Adil A.M. #166,626	Sudan University of Science and Technology
97	Georgia	5	1	0.0%	Sharifianjazi, Fariborz S. #59,326	The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
98	Fiji	5	2	0.0%	Sharma, Shavneet #81,322	The University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus
99	Botswana	4	1	0.0%	Bitra, Veera Raghavulu #47,840	University of Botswana
100	Bosnia & Herzegovina	4	2	0.0%	Stevic, Zeljko #52,203	University of East Sarajevo
101	Armenia	4	1	0.0%	Kumar, Sachin #53,073	American University of Armenia
102	Puerto Rico	4	1	0.0%	Wu, Xiangyong #81,009	Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Rio Piedras
103	Malta	3	2	0.0%	Camilleri, Mark A. #693	L-Università ta' Malta
104	Namibia	3	1	0.0%	Chigbu, Uchendu Eugene #33,861	University of Namibia
105	Cambodia	3	1	0.0%	Ly, Bora #42,063	University of Puthisastra
106	Costa Rica	3	1	0.0%	Quesada-Roman, Adolfo #57,496	Universidad de Costa Rica
107	Belarus	3	1	0.0%	Tishkevich, Daria I. #76,973	Scientific Practical Materials Research Centre of NAS of Belarus
108	Liberia	3	1	0.0%	Walker, Keenan A. #78,687	National Institutes of Health
109	Zambia	3	1	0.0%	Maulu, Sahya #88,764	Palabana University
110	Somalia	3	0	0.0%	Abdi, Abdikafi Hassan #191,604	SIMAD University
111	San Marino	2	1	0.0%	Bianchi, Vittorio Emanuele #38,585	Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino
112	Mauritius	2	1	0.0%	Bundhoo, Zumar Muhammad Ali #50,765	University of Mauritius
113	Kyrgyzstan	2	1	0.0%	Yavuz, Mehmet #59,012	Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
114	Montenegro	2	1	0.0%	Ćalasan, Martin P. #79,856	University of Montenegro
115	Gambia	2	1	0.0%	Barrow, Amadou #93,945	University of The Gambia
116	Afghanistan	2	0	0.0%	Shah, Mohd Asif #123,418	Kardan University
117	Congo - Kinshasa	2	0	0.0%	Katoto, Patrick De Marie Chimusa #174,966	Université Catholique de Bukavu
118	Malawi	2	0	0.0%	Ntenda, Peter Austin Morton #241,042	Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
119	Uruguay	2	0	0.0%	Romero, Angel Heriberto #249,487	Universidad de la Republica
120	Benin	2	0	0.0%	Accrombessi, Manfred Mario Kokou #392,309	Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou
121	North Macedonia	1	1	0.0%	Jusufi, Kimet #7,634	University of Tetova
122	Cuba	1	1	0.0%	Reardon, Sara #36,934	Ciénaga De Zapata National Park
123	Senegal	1	1	0.0%	Sene, Ndolane #46,212	Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
124	Andorra	1	1	0.0%	Tornero-Aguilera, José Francisco #57,523	Fit Generation Research Institute
125	Myanmar (Burma)	1	1	0.0%	Oo, Win Min #71,529	University of Medicine Mandalay
126	Trinidad & Tobago	1	0	0.0%	Umakanthan, Srikanth #208,768	The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
127	Burkina Faso	1	0	0.0%	Yougbaré, Sibidou #226,073	Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé
128	Maldives	1	0	0.0%	Sinha, Samarth #229,188	University of Maldives
129	Albania	1	0	0.0%	Hysa, Eglantina #229,859	Epoka University
130	Niger	1	0	0.0%	Balarabe, Bachir Yaou #315,158	Université Islamique au Niger
131	Sierra Leone	1	0	0.0%	Wurie, Haja Ramatulai #541,054	University of Sierra Leone
132	Guinea	1	0	0.0%	Delamou, Alexandre #627,068	Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene