Top countries for scientists who started publishing before 1992

138 countries · Started before 1992

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists who started publishing before 1992?

73,304 researchers whose first paper indexed in Scopus is from before 1992 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 (31,950, 43.6%), followed by the United Kingdom (6,822) and Germany (3,581). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

#CountryListed authorsTop 100kShare of stageHighest-ranked authorTop institution
1 United States31,95017,04643.6%Bandura, Albert #4Harvard Medical School
2 United Kingdom6,8223,6559.3%Altman, Douglas G. #10University of Oxford
3 Germany3,5811,6584.9%Sheldrick, George Michael #70Technische Universität München
4 Canada3,2311,6274.4%Bengio, Yoshua #6University of Toronto
5 Australia2,7431,3883.7%Ryan, Richard M. #9The University of Queensland
6 Italy2,7411,0363.7%Mantovani, Alberto R. #328Università degli Studi di Milano
7 Japan2,5068253.4%Kanehisa, Minoru I. #68The University of Tokyo
8 France2,2269543.0%Kroemer, Guido #62Université Paris-Saclay
9 Netherlands1,7088862.3%Clevers, Hans C. #46Wageningen University & Research
10 China1,6208562.2%Wang, Zhong Lin #1Tsinghua University
11 Spain1,3485411.8%Penuelas, Josep J. #138Universitat de Barcelona
12 Switzerland1,0525091.4%Grätzel, Michael #67ETH Zürich
13 India1,0073251.4%Jonas, Jost Bruno #298Indian Institute of Science
14 Sweden1,0024561.4%Folke, Carl S. #176Karolinska Institutet
15 Israel7793561.1%Schwartz, Shalom H. #100Tel Aviv University
16 Denmark7083341.0%NØrskov, Jens Kehlet #72Københavns Universitet
17 Belgium6472770.9%Vincent, Jean Louis #177KU Leuven
18 Russia4901380.7%Starobinsky, Alexei A. #1,789Lomonosov Moscow State University
19 Austria4441850.6%Häfner, Juergen #488Medizinische Universität Wien
20 Norway4432070.6%Furnham, Adrian F. #908Universitetet i Oslo
21 Finland4312060.6%Salminen, Antero #1,495Helsingin Yliopisto
22 Hong Kong4152450.6%Poon, Chi-Sun #554The University of Hong Kong
23 Brazil3951260.5%Varma, Rajender S. #386Universidade de São Paulo
24 South Korea3871150.5%Rhim, Jong-whan #305Seoul National University
25 New Zealand3781630.5%Trenberth, Kevin E. #191University of Auckland
26 Poland3641230.5%Rogalski, Antoni #1,831University of Warsaw
27 Taiwan3551210.5%Yeh, Jien Wei #114National Taiwan University
28 South Africa2961170.4%Hamblin, Michael R. #84University of Cape Town
29 Greece2901090.4%Chrousos, George P. #966Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
30 Singapore2651460.4%HALLIWELL, Barry B. #178National University of Singapore
31 Ireland2491140.3%O’Neill, Luke A. #461University College Dublin
32 Portugal191770.3%Guedes Soares, C. #2,322Universidade do Porto
33 Czechia157690.2%Sabatini, David M. #1,239Charles University
34 Hungary153630.2%Wigner, Eugene P. #2,257Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
35 Saudi Arabia144710.2%Schmidhuber, Jürgen U. #63King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
36 Türkiye143590.2%Demirbaş, Ayhan Hilal #220İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
37 Mexico130450.2%Crossa, José Luis #3,968Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
38 Egypt108250.1%Zenkour, Ashraf M. #3,783Faculty of Science
39 Chile90270.1%van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. #1,512Universidad de Chile
40 United Arab Emirates84300.1%Shao, Ling #3,362Khalifa University
41 Argentina81220.1%Goloboff, Pablo A. #7,749Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
42 Malaysia79240.1%Saidur, Rahman Md #731Universiti Malaya
43 Iran75230.1%Kaveh, Ali #405Tarbiat Modares University
44 Thailand71200.1%Hallinger, Philip #763Chulalongkorn University
45 Slovenia57220.1%Kononenko, Igor #12,887Univerza v Ljubljani
46 Ukraine48120.1%Lushchak, Volodymyr I. #3,130Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
47 Pakistan45180.1%Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. #251University of Karachi
48 Romania44160.1%Gavrilescu, Maria #5,182Academia Româna
49 Slovakia3870.1%Mészáros, Péter I. #7,116Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
50 Bangladesh37150.1%Alam, Muhammad Ashraful #7,885International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
51 Qatar36150.0%Gordon, McKay #1,796Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
52 Bulgaria33130.0%Atanassov, Krassimir T. #984Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy
53 Croatia3280.0%Reiner, Željko #7,093University of Zagreb School of Medicine
54 Serbia3080.0%Gutman, Ivan #1,827University of Belgrade
55 Iceland24120.0%Loftsson, Thorsteinn #6,442Haskoli Islands
56 Macao23180.0%Wang, Feiyue #467University of Macau
57 Cyprus22110.0%Makridakis, S. G. #2,374University of Cyprus
58 Estonia21120.0%Zobel, Martin #12,756Tartu Ülikool
59 Liberia20110.0%Guralnik, Jack Michael D. #5,580University of Maryland
60 Lebanon2080.0%Harajlí, Mohamed H. #50,544American University of Beirut
61 Jordan19120.0%Momani, Shaher M. #6,368The University of Jordan
62 Puerto Rico1960.0%Frontera, Walter R. #19,690University of Miami
63 Colombia1760.0%López-Jaramillo, P. #18,775Instituto Nacional de Cancerología
64 Nigeria1630.0%Gureje, Oye #6,015University of Nigeria
65 Philippines1490.0%Khush, Gurdev Singh #10,598International Rice Research Institute
66 Tunisia1320.0%Nasri, Moncef #14,368Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax
67 Vietnam1360.0%Choi, Seung Bok #26,355VinUniversity
68 Lithuania1340.0%Laursen, Brett #30,745Kaunas University of Technology
69 Kenya1250.0%Thornton, Philip K. #2,424The Aga Khan University Kenya
70 Indonesia1240.0%Van Noordwijk, Meine V. #18,188IPB University
71 Costa Rica1160.0%Gutierrez, José Maria #18,366Universidad de Costa Rica
72 Luxembourg1140.0%Ottersten, Björn E. #25,744University of Luxembourg
73 Morocco1110.0%Amine, Aziz #76,560Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
74 Sri Lanka1120.0%Huffman, Michael A. #80,441International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo
75 Kuwait1030.0%Chamkha, Ali J. #541Kuwait University
76 Ethiopia1010.0%Teketay, Demel #74,898Addis Ababa University
77 Kazakhstan920.0%Myrzakulov, Ratbay #23,651Nazarbayev University
78 Peru930.0%García, Héctor Hugo #38,102Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
79 Uruguay850.0%Radi, R. A. #4,203Universidad de la Republica Facultad de Medicina
80 Latvia820.0%Kholkin, Andrei L. #63,106Institute of Solid State Physics University of Latvia
81 Azerbaijan720.0%Elsayed, Ebrahim E. #14,470Baku State University
82 Venezuela710.0%Salager, Jean Louis #46,850Universidad Central de Venezuela
83 Bahrain620.0%Musaiger, Abdulrahman Obaid #44,719University of Bahrain
84 Oman620.0%Ali, B. H. H. #50,395Sultan Qaboos University
85 Cuba630.0%Kim, Kwangho #55,328Universidad de La Habana
86 Jamaica620.0%Trivers, Robert L. #55,771The University of the West Indies Mona Campus
87 Ecuador530.0%Tsatsakis, Aristides Michael #8,284Universidad ECOTEC
88 Uzbekistan520.0%Popov, Valentin L. #22,051Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University
89 Georgia510.0%Chankvetadze, Bezhan G. #31,713Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
90 Iraq520.0%Al-Kayiem, Hussain H. #63,021University of Hilla
91 Belarus500.0%Korjik, Mikhail V. #263,203Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University
92 Algeria420.0%Tounsi, Abdelouahed #7,026Université Blida 1
93 Trinidad & Tobago410.0%Mohammad Azamathulla, Hazi Md #38,735The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
94 Ghana410.0%Fosu, Augustin Kwasi #93,102University of Ghana
95 Uganda400.0%Musoke, David #138,047Makerere University School of Public Health
96 Tanzania400.0%Slootweg, Pieter J. #161,456Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
97 North Macedonia310.0%Kocarev, Ljupčo L. #33,626Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
98 Panama310.0%Roubik, David Ward #45,217Smithsonain Tropical Research Institute
99 Bosnia & Herzegovina320.0%Hanjalić, Kemal #88,403Univerzitet u Sarajevu
100 Armenia310.0%Chatrchyan, S. A. #94,549Yerevan Physics Institute
101 Cameroon300.0%Mbanya, J. C. #156,682Université de Yaoundé I
102 Senegal300.0%Trape, Jean François #158,566Institut Pasteur de Dakar
103 Libya300.0%Cummings, Alan #289,782Libyan Academy for Postgraduate Studies
104 Zimbabwe300.0%Loewenson, René H. #505,551Training and Research Support Centre Harare
105 Monaco210.0%Landrigan, PJ J. #2,020Centre Scientifique de Monaco
106 Rwanda220.0%Pîbarot, Philippe #5,353Rwanda Rheumatic Heart Disease Research Network
107 Botswana210.0%Hofmeyr, George Justus #20,875University of Botswana
108 Kyrgyzstan210.0%Sidle, Roy Carl #30,075University of Central Asia
109 Palestine210.0%Giacaman, Rita H. #63,996Birzeit University
110 Brunei200.0%De Silva, Liyanage Chandratilak #200,912Universiti Brunei Darussalam
111 Moldova110.0%Korotcenkov, G. S. #12,555Moldova State University
112 Bermuda110.0%Bates, Nicholas Robert #34,106Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences
113 Malta110.0%Baldacchino, Godfrey #53,258L-Università ta' Malta
114 Montenegro110.0%Stanković, Ljubiša Jubis #56,333University of Montenegro
115 St. Kitts & Nevis110.0%Gilbert, Robert O. #66,155Ross University School of Veterinary Medi
116 Cambodia110.0%de Ziegler, Dominique #82,639Hospital of Cambodia (FCC)
117 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)110.0%Arkhipkin, Alexander I. #95,873Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department
118 Sudan110.0%Hassan Fahal, Ahmed Hassan #98,823Mycetoma Research Centre
119 Grenada100.0%MacPherson, Calum N.L. #108,613St. George’s University
120 Madagascar100.0%Fisher, Brian L. #113,526Madagascar Biodiversity Center
121 Zambia100.0%Pillay, Yogan G. #179,437The African- led HIV Control Workng Group
122 Malawi100.0%Molyneux, Elizabeth M. #186,372Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
123 Papua New Guinea100.0%Enserink, Martin #188,444Lihir Island
124 Sierra Leone100.0%Bockarie, Moses John #190,100Fourah Bay College
125 Congo - Kinshasa100.0%Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques #190,869Université de Kinshasa
126 Niger100.0%de Sardan, Jean Pierre Olivier #197,884Laboratory for Studies and Research on Social Dynamics and Local Development
127 Greenland100.0%Heide-Jorgensen, Mads Peter #213,843Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
128 New Caledonia100.0%Cluzel, Dominique #214,785Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie
129 Faroe Islands100.0%Weihe, Pàl Magni #234,680University of the Faroe Islands
130 Paraguay100.0%Cubillá, Antônio Leopoldo #263,677Universidad Nacional de Asuncion
131 Nicaragua100.0%Balmaseda, Ángel #276,622Ministry of Health Nicaragua
132 Liechtenstein100.0%Höland, Wolfram #299,245Ivoclar Vivadent AG
133 Mozambique100.0%Dibner, Julia J. #339,224Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
134 Mali100.0%Doumbo, Ogobara K. #375,149Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako
135 Côte d’Ivoire100.0%N'Goran, Eliézer Kouakou #469,837Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques Abidjan
136 Benin100.0%Akogbéto, Martin Codjo #473,440Centre de Recherche Entomologique de Cotonou
137 Mauritius100.0%Adams, Mike D. #584,187Lifezone Ltd
138 Bahamas100.0%Guendelman, Eduardo I. #688,846Bahamas Advanced Study Institute and Conferences