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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Biomedical Research?

17,948 researchers whose main field is Biomedical Research 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 (7,198, 40.1%), followed by the United Kingdom (1,572) and China (1,051). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the field; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Share of field	Highest-ranked author	Top institution
1	United States	7,198	3,007	40.1%	Stockwell, Brent R. #51	Harvard Medical School
2	United Kingdom	1,572	677	8.8%	Calder, Philip C. #122	University of Cambridge
3	China	1,051	262	5.9%	Yu, Guangchuang #268	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
4	Germany	1,009	389	5.6%	Sies, Helmult #164	Technische Universität München
5	Canada	632	221	3.5%	Wishart, David S. #92	University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
6	Japan	534	163	3.0%	Kanehisa, Minoru I. #68	The University of Tokyo
7	France	533	166	3.0%	Raoult, Didier A. #1,455	Université Paris Cité
8	Australia	515	189	2.9%	Smyth, Gordon K. #500	The University of Queensland
9	Italy	511	148	2.8%	Grosso, Giuseppe #1,500	Università degli Studi di Padova
10	Spain	424	132	2.4%	Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. #317	Universitat de València
11	Netherlands	414	164	2.3%	Clevers, Hans C. #46	Wageningen University & Research
12	Switzerland	355	146	2.0%	Auwerx, Johan H. #2,845	ETH Zürich
13	India	252	68	1.4%	Flora, Swaran Jeet Singh #5,694	Aligarh Muslim University
14	Denmark	234	90	1.3%	Loos, Ruth J.f. #2,270	Københavns Universitet
15	Sweden	223	89	1.2%	Uhleń, Mathias #3,793	Karolinska Institutet
16	South Korea	220	42	1.2%	Rhee, Sue Goo #7,900	Seoul National University
17	Belgium	199	69	1.1%	Vandenabeele, Peter #2,099	Universiteit Gent
18	Israel	156	66	0.9%	Oren, Aharon #1,324	Weizmann Institute of Science Israel
19	Austria	141	60	0.8%	Krammer, Florian H. #1,451	Universität Wien
20	Brazil	102	27	0.6%	Dantas-Torres, Filipe #5,654	Universidade de São Paulo
21	South Africa	97	29	0.5%	Babalola, Olubukola Oluranti #1,188	University of Cape Town
22	Poland	96	27	0.5%	Kieliszek, Marek #4,021	University of Rzeszów
23	Saudi Arabia	87	26	0.5%	Al Memish, Ziad Ahmed #4,443	King Saud University
24	Portugal	86	20	0.5%	Manaia, Celia #8,375	Universidade do Porto
25	Singapore	83	34	0.5%	HALLIWELL, Barry B. #178	National University of Singapore
26	Ireland	77	37	0.4%	Hill, Colin #1,442	University College Dublin
27	Russia	76	11	0.4%	Pace, Carlos Nick #22,578	Lomonosov Moscow State University
28	Finland	74	28	0.4%	Salminen, Seppo Jaakko #5,300	Helsingin Yliopisto
29	Iran	73	16	0.4%	Salehi, Bahare #9,469	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
30	Norway	66	24	0.4%	Fang, Evandro Fei #7,404	Universitetet i Oslo
31	Greece	60	17	0.3%	Latgé, Jean Paul #8,057	Agricultural University of Athens
32	Hong Kong	60	22	0.3%	Zhang, Tong #9,413	The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
33	Czechia	53	17	0.3%	Baldrian, Petr #1,088	Charles University
34	Taiwan	49	8	0.3%	Hsueh, Po-Ren #18,767	National Taiwan University
35	Egypt	48	9	0.3%	Gomaa, Eman Zakaria #13,255	National Research Centre
36	New Zealand	47	15	0.3%	Winterbourn, Christine C. #1,717	University of Otago
37	Thailand	42	7	0.2%	Hyde, Kevin D. #917	Mae Fah Luang University
38	Türkiye	41	13	0.2%	Khan, Navee Ahmed #22,715	Atatürk Üniversitesi
39	Hungary	32	11	0.2%	Márió, Gajdács O. #11,495	Semmelweis Egyetem
40	Mexico	31	5	0.2%	Santoyo, Gustavo #3,079	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
41	Slovenia	26	8	0.1%	Turk, Boris #17,460	Univerza v Ljubljani
42	Pakistan	25	6	0.1%	Rabaan, Ali A. #27,308	Quaid-i-Azam University
43	Chile	24	3	0.1%	Uauy, Ricardo D. #22,450	Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile
44	Argentina	24	4	0.1%	Guglielmone, A. A. #58,739	Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
45	Qatar	21	6	0.1%	Suhre, Karsten #11,450	Qatar University
46	United Arab Emirates	18	3	0.1%	Ayoub Moubareck, Carole #43,453	University of Sharjah
47	Nigeria	15	4	0.1%	Okeke, Iruka N. #31,983	College of Medicine, University of Ibadan
48	Croatia	15	2	0.1%	Žarković, Neven #35,814	Institut Ruđer Bošković
49	Estonia	14	4	0.1%	Abarenkov, Kessy #42,083	Tartu Ülikool
50	Malaysia	13	2	0.1%	Chan, Kok Gan #48,571	Monash University Malaysia
51	Serbia	10	2	0.1%	Barac, Aleksandra M. #54,718	University of Belgrade
52	Ethiopia	10	0	0.1%	Girma, Abayeneh #100,113	Addis Ababa University
53	Bangladesh	9	4	0.1%	Ali, Nurshad #21,820	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
54	Romania	9	2	0.1%	Vamanu, Emanuel #64,423	Universitatea din Bucuresti
55	Vietnam	8	2	0.0%	Thwaites, Guy E. #21,419	Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
56	Lithuania	8	2	0.0%	Pranckutė, Raminta #44,411	Vilniaus Universitetas
57	Luxembourg	8	1	0.0%	Wilmes, Paul #55,547	University of Luxembourg
58	Uganda	7	1	0.0%	Bongomin, F. A. #25,658	Makerere University
59	Slovakia	7	0	0.0%	Biely, Peter #168,425	Institute of Molecular Biology Slovak Academy of Sciences
60	Cyprus	6	1	0.0%	Falagas, Matthew E. #10,776	University of Nicosia
61	Kenya	6	1	0.0%	Kariuki, Samuel M. #18,547	Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
62	Uruguay	5	2	0.0%	Radi, R. A. #4,203	Universidad de la Republica
63	Bulgaria	5	3	0.0%	Dzhambov, Angel Mario #17,567	Medical University of Plovdiv
64	Costa Rica	5	2	0.0%	Gutierrez, José Maria #18,366	Universidad de Costa Rica
65	Lebanon	5	2	0.0%	Kanj, Souha S. #67,545	American University of Beirut
66	Kuwait	5	1	0.0%	Ahmad, Suhail #95,742	Kuwait University
67	Colombia	5	0	0.0%	Fauquet, Claude Maurice #110,560	Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
68	Sri Lanka	5	0	0.0%	Thambugala, Kasun M. #146,151	University of Sri Jayewardenepura
69	Indonesia	5	0	0.0%	Hossain, Md Sanower #155,351	Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
70	Ukraine	4	2	0.0%	Lushchak, Volodymyr I. #3,130	Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University
71	Ghana	4	1	0.0%	Sampane-Donkor, Eric Sampane #13,384	University of Ghana
72	Iceland	4	3	0.0%	Stéfansson, Kári #22,166	deCODE genetics
73	Peru	4	1	0.0%	Ruiz, Joaquim #80,385	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
74	Puerto Rico	4	0	0.0%	Madewell, Zachary Joseph #116,354	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention San Juan
75	Oman	4	0	0.0%	Abed, Raeid M.M. #164,188	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
76	Macao	3	2	0.0%	Deng, Chuxia #9,870	University of Macau
77	Malawi	3	2	0.0%	Gordon, Melita A. #61,173	Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
78	Botswana	3	0	0.0%	Jarvis, Joseph N. #214,731	Botswana Harvard Health Partnership
79	Philippines	2	1	0.0%	Vriend, Gert #65,759	Baco Institute of Protein Science
80	Georgia	2	1	0.0%	Chanishvili, Nina A. #89,988	George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology
81	Laos	2	0	0.0%	Buchy, Philippe #136,481	Institut Pasteur du Laos
82	Nepal	2	0	0.0%	Koirala, Niranjan #142,994	Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
83	St. Kitts & Nevis	2	0	0.0%	Yao, Chaoqun #154,535	Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine Saint Kitts and Nevis
84	Armenia	2	0	0.0%	Trchounian, Armen #162,016	Yerevan State University
85	Cameroon	2	0	0.0%	Toghueo, R. M.K. #163,134	Université de Yaoundé I
86	Tanzania	2	0	0.0%	Bwire, George Msema #218,275	Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
87	Venezuela	2	0	0.0%	Urbina, Julio Alberto #221,540	Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
88	Zimbabwe	2	0	0.0%	Kranzer, Katharina A. #229,660	Biomedical Research and Training Institute Harare
89	Bahrain	1	1	0.0%	Musaiger, Abdulrahman Obaid #44,719	Arab Center for Nutrition
90	French Guiana	1	1	0.0%	Musso, Didier #48,979	Laboratoires Eurofins Guyane
91	Yemen	1	1	0.0%	Senan, Ebrahime Mohammed #90,661	Al-Razi University
92	Cuba	1	1	0.0%	Guzmán, María Guadalupe #92,920	Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri
93	Liberia	1	0	0.0%	Huse, Susan M. #114,351	Inc
94	Greenland	1	0	0.0%	Bonefeld-Jörgensen, Eva Cecilie B. #122,112	University of Greenland
95	Zambia	1	0	0.0%	Takada, Ayato #141,643	University of Zambia
96	Cambodia	1	0	0.0%	Turner, Paul #165,846	Angkor Hospital for Children
97	Palestine	1	0	0.0%	Qasrawi, Radwan F. #165,863	Al-Quds University
98	Morocco	1	0	0.0%	Ed-Dra, Abdelaziz #175,056	Université Sultan Moulay Slimane
99	Congo - Kinshasa	1	0	0.0%	Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques #190,869	Université de Kinshasa
100	Kazakhstan	1	0	0.0%	Barlev, Nikolai A. #226,702	Nazarbayev University School of Medicine
101	Faroe Islands	1	0	0.0%	Weihe, Pàl Magni #234,680	University of the Faroe Islands
102	Nicaragua	1	0	0.0%	Balmaseda, Ángel #276,622	Ministry of Health Nicaragua
103	Latvia	1	0	0.0%	Tars, Kaspars #316,758	Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre
104	Gambia	1	0	0.0%	Wilson, Rose Jane Isobel #370,618	Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia
105	Uzbekistan	1	0	0.0%	GAFFOROV, YUSUFJON Sh #536,625	National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek