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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Economics & Business?

6,512 researchers whose main field is Economics & Business 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 (2,422, 37.2%), followed by the United Kingdom (728) and Australia (329). 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	2,422	2,286	37.2%	Teece, David J. #22	National Bureau of Economic Research
2	United Kingdom	728	676	11.2%	Pesaran, M. Hashem #48	London School of Economics and Political Science
3	Australia	329	301	5.1%	Parker, S. K. #747	Monash University
4	China	326	238	5.0%	Zhang, Dongyang #443	Southeast University
5	Canada	226	205	3.5%	Sadorsky, Perry A. #375	University of Toronto
6	Germany	188	167	2.9%	Sarstedt, Marko #119	Universität Bonn
7	Italy	173	152	2.7%	Beck, Thorsten #716	Università Bocconi
8	France	161	148	2.5%	Chiappetta Jabbour, Charbel Jose #641	INSEAD, Europe
9	Netherlands	158	144	2.4%	Bakker, Arnold Bastiaan #32	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
10	India	126	106	1.9%	Chatterjee, Sheshadri #914	Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
11	Spain	119	103	1.8%	Arellano, Manuel #724	Universidad de Sevilla
12	Hong Kong	88	77	1.4%	Ng, Thomas W.H. #2,193	School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
13	Switzerland	78	78	1.2%	Fehr, Ernst #1,639	ETH Zürich
14	Sweden	76	67	1.2%	Gössling, Stefan #228	Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
15	Malaysia	68	59	1.0%	Lim, Weng Marc #91	Universiti Sains Malaysia
16	Taiwan	61	54	0.9%	Chen, Yushan #637	National Taiwan University
17	Finland	59	54	0.9%	Grönroos, Christian #1,880	Hanken - Svenska handelshögskolan
18	Norway	58	53	0.9%	Dhir, Amandeep #2,273	Handelshøyskolen BI
19	United Arab Emirates	58	49	0.9%	Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr #4,912	United Arab Emirates University
20	South Korea	57	49	0.9%	Han, Heesup #111	Kyung Hee University
21	Portugal	51	48	0.8%	Loureiro, Sandra María Correia #1,417	Universidade da Beira Interior
22	Saudi Arabia	50	41	0.8%	Omri, Anis #2,055	Prince Sultan University
23	Denmark	49	43	0.8%	Thøgersen, John B. #1,164	Copenhagen Business School
24	Singapore	49	44	0.8%	Wirtz, Jochen #2,268	National University of Singapore
25	New Zealand	48	43	0.7%	Hall, C. Michael #274	University of Auckland Business School
26	Israel	47	41	0.7%	Carmeli, Abraham #2,360	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
27	Belgium	45	41	0.7%	Hofstede, Geert H. #1,525	KU Leuven
28	Greece	39	33	0.6%	Apergis, Nicholas #1,242	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
29	Austria	36	35	0.6%	Gretzel, Ulrike #1,824	WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
30	Vietnam	32	28	0.5%	Duong, Cong Doanh #3,144	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
31	South Africa	31	27	0.5%	Mhlanga, David #2,571	University of South Africa
32	Türkiye	29	26	0.4%	Karatepe, Osman M. #2,267	Eastern Mediterranean University
33	Poland	25	19	0.4%	Shahbaz, Muhammad #204	VIZJA University
34	Ireland	25	22	0.4%	Ali, Faizan #4,320	DCU Business School
35	Japan	24	15	0.4%	Sharpley, Richard Anthony John #3,312	The University of Tokyo
36	Pakistan	21	19	0.3%	Abbas, Jawad #2,851	Iqra University
37	Qatar	20	17	0.3%	Abdallah Alalwan, Ali Abdallah #3,474	Qatar University
38	Macao	19	17	0.3%	Lee, Chien-Chiang #241	University of Macau
39	Jordan	17	12	0.3%	Al-Okaily, Manaf #5,271	Jadara University
40	Brazil	16	15	0.2%	Louise Cunliffe, Ann L. #5,942	Fundacao Getulio Vargas
41	Cyprus	15	14	0.2%	Makridakis, S. G. #2,374	University of Nicosia
42	Romania	15	11	0.2%	Bǎtrâncea, Larissa Margareta #20,659	Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
43	Ghana	14	13	0.2%	Adams, Samuel #10,627	University of Ghana Business School
44	Bangladesh	14	10	0.2%	Rahman, Md Mominur #42,978	BRAC University
45	Thailand	13	11	0.2%	Charoensukmongkol, Peerayuth #14,643	Mahidol University
46	Oman	12	11	0.2%	Mensi, Walid #8,439	Sultan Qaboos University
47	Iran	12	11	0.2%	Keshavarz-Ghorabaee, Mehdi #13,467	University of Tehran
48	Indonesia	12	6	0.2%	Latan, Hengky #16,852	Universitas Diponegoro
49	Hungary	11	9	0.2%	Rejeb, Abderahman #8,905	Széchenyi István University
50	Lebanon	10	9	0.2%	Bouri, Elie I. #867	Lebanese American University
51	Czechia	9	9	0.1%	Strielkowski, Wadim #21,760	Prague University of Economics and Business
52	Nigeria	8	6	0.1%	Ozili, Peterson K. #851	Central Bank of Nigeria
53	Russia	7	7	0.1%	Lee, Keun #21,540	HSE University
54	Lithuania	6	4	0.1%	Štreimikienė, Dalia #1,666	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas
55	Mexico	6	5	0.1%	Husted, Bryan W. #9,772	Tecnológico de Monterrey
56	Luxembourg	6	6	0.1%	Fisch, Christian O. #16,012	University of Luxembourg
57	Morocco	6	5	0.1%	Benlemlih, Mohammed #21,340	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
58	Kuwait	6	6	0.1%	Rasul, Tareq Faizur #24,541	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait
59	Egypt	6	4	0.1%	Habib, Ahmed Mohamed #24,565	University of Sadat City
60	Croatia	5	5	0.1%	Dabić, Marina #9,477	University of Dubrovnik
61	Chile	5	4	0.1%	Tirachini, Alejandro #15,667	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
62	Brunei	5	5	0.1%	Naqshbandi, M. Muzamil #44,616	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
63	Tunisia	5	5	0.1%	Lassoued, Naima #72,795	Université de la Manouba
64	Bahrain	4	4	0.1%	Buallay, Amina Mohammed #5,385	Ahlia University
65	Slovenia	4	4	0.1%	Mihalic, Tanja #14,992	Univerza v Ljubljani Ekonomska Fakulteta
66	Slovakia	4	3	0.1%	Gavurová, Beata #46,247	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach
67	Estonia	4	4	0.1%	Kaasa, Anneli #63,296	Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
68	Cameroon	3	3	0.0%	Simplice, Asongu Anutechia #1,715	University of Dschang
69	Sri Lanka	3	2	0.0%	Headey, Derek D. #8,623	International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
70	Ukraine	3	2	0.0%	Kwilinski, Aleksy #10,526	Sumy State University
71	Kenya	3	2	0.0%	Kassie, Menale B. #34,846	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology Nairobi
72	Tanzania	3	1	0.0%	Ismail, Ismail Juma #46,054	The University of Dodoma
73	Bulgaria	2	2	0.0%	Ivanov, Stanislav H. #2,485	Varna University of Management
74	Mauritius	2	1	0.0%	Nunkoo, Robin #2,942	University of Mauritius
75	Namibia	2	2	0.0%	Sony, Michael #7,458	Namibia University of Science and Technology
76	Kazakhstan	2	2	0.0%	Orazalin, Nurlan S. #15,610	KIMEP University
77	Cambodia	2	2	0.0%	Van Nieuwerburgh, Stijn G. #31,788	Columbia University Graduate School of Business
78	Iceland	2	2	0.0%	Demir, Ender #36,432	Reykjavík University
79	Colombia	2	1	0.0%	Guzman, L. A. #44,203	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
80	Philippines	2	2	0.0%	Ocampo, Lanndon A. #50,407	Cebu Technological University
81	Argentina	2	2	0.0%	Cicchiello, Antonella Francesca #77,659	Universidad Austral
82	Ethiopia	2	1	0.0%	Teklewold, Adefris #80,429	Policy Studies Institute
83	Fiji	2	2	0.0%	Sharma, Shavneet #81,322	The University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus
84	Puerto Rico	1	1	0.0%	Paul, Justin #120	Universidad de Puerto Rico
85	Malta	1	1	0.0%	Camilleri, Mark A. #693	L-Università ta' Malta
86	North Macedonia	1	1	0.0%	Ramadani, Veland #18,279	South East European University
87	Monaco	1	1	0.0%	“Phil” Klaus, Philipp “Phil” #20,971	International University of Monaco
88	Azerbaijan	1	1	0.0%	Tlaiss, Hayfaa A. #32,772	ADA University
89	Zimbabwe	1	1	0.0%	Sebele-Mpofu, Favourate Yelesedzani #43,512	National University of Science and Technology Bulawayo
90	Botswana	1	1	0.0%	Mbaiwa, Joseph E. #55,099	University of Botswana
91	Costa Rica	1	1	0.0%	Lafuente, Esteban M. #60,830	Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
92	Serbia	1	1	0.0%	Janić, Milan #69,129	University of Belgrade
93	Rwanda	1	1	0.0%	Adeola, Ogechi #72,145	University of Kigali
94	Côte d’Ivoire	1	1	0.0%	Anyanwu, John C. #79,220	Macroeconomic Policy
95	Bosnia & Herzegovina	1	1	0.0%	Puška, Adis #83,196	Independent Researcher
96	Palestine	1	1	0.0%	Rjoub, Husam #93,853	Palestine Polytechnic University
97	Iraq	1	1	0.0%	Alwali, Joather #93,855	The American University of Iraq – Baghdad
98	Uzbekistan	1	1	0.0%	Salahodjaev, Raufhon #99,647	University of Tashkent for Applied Science
99	Uruguay	1	0	0.0%	Brida, Juan Gabriel #106,744	Universidad de la Republica
100	Laos	1	0	0.0%	Minten, Bart #108,383	International Food Policy Research Institute
101	Yemen	1	0	0.0%	Saif-Alyousfi, Abdulazeez Y.H. #120,825	Taiz University
102	Albania	1	0	0.0%	Hysa, Eglantina #229,859	Epoka University