top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in the United States

2025 single-year list · 73,639 listed authors · 1st of 170 countries

73,639 researchers whose current affiliation is in the United States are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 34,226 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). The United States has 29.5% of everyone on the list, 1st of 170 countries.

Listed authors
73,639
29.5% of the list
In the global top 100,000
34,226
46.5% of its listed authors
Country rank
#1
of 170 countries by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#4
Bandura, Albert

Top institutions in the United States

  1. Harvard Medical School1,1342%
  2. College of Engineering8241%
  3. Stanford University7311%
  4. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor7031%
  5. Mayo Clinic6531%
  6. University of Washington5951%
  7. University of California, Berkeley5891%
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5571%
  9. Stanford University School of Medicine5021%
  10. University of California, Los Angeles4891%

Top fields

  1. Clinical Medicine28,42539%
  2. Biomedical Research7,19310%
  3. Physics & Astronomy5,8438%
  4. Information & Communication Technologies4,4776%
  5. Engineering3,5355%
  6. Enabling & Strategic Technologies3,2004%
  7. Social Sciences2,7734%
  8. Biology2,5173%
  9. Earth & Environmental Sciences2,4483%
  10. Economics & Business2,4163%

73,639 listed scientists in the United States

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