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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Engineering?

19,557 researchers whose main field is Engineering 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 (6,464, 33.1%), followed by the United States (3,537) and the United Kingdom (931). 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	China	6,464	1,834	33.1%	Duan, Guangren #494	Tsinghua University
2	United States	3,537	1,349	18.1%	Chua, Leon O. #312	College of Engineering
3	United Kingdom	931	349	4.8%	Choi, Tsan Ming #477	Imperial College London
4	Italy	781	208	4.0%	Carrera, Erasmo #1,192	Politecnico di Milano
5	Australia	640	275	3.3%	Govindan, Kannan #136	UNSW Sydney
6	India	624	154	3.2%	Haleem, Abid #1,517	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
7	Canada	584	227	3.0%	Laporte, Gilbert #990	University of Toronto
8	Germany	497	180	2.5%	Ivanov, Dmitry Aleksandrovich #44	Technische Universität München
9	South Korea	404	90	2.1%	Kodur, Venkatesh K.R. #2,480	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
10	Iran	361	113	1.8%	Kaveh, Ali #405	University of Tehran
11	France	319	104	1.6%	Polyakov, Andrey E. #2,463	Université de Lorraine
12	Japan	313	79	1.6%	Awual, Md Rabiul #149	Tohoku University
13	Netherlands	309	120	1.6%	Hoekstra, Arjen Y. #909	Delft University of Technology
14	Türkiye	265	85	1.4%	Sitti, Metin #579	İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
15	Hong Kong	241	119	1.2%	Gong, Peng #1,268	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
16	Spain	236	66	1.2%	Camps-Valls, Gustau #3,581	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
17	Switzerland	191	84	1.0%	Scaramuzza, Davide #1,071	ETH Zürich
18	Taiwan	175	52	0.9%	Lau, John Hon Shing #3,859	National Cheng Kung University
19	Singapore	161	73	0.8%	Xie, Lihua Hua #2,073	National University of Singapore
20	Saudi Arabia	152	65	0.8%	Yaseen, Zaher Mundher #1,399	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
21	Sweden	149	61	0.8%	Wang, Lihui #977	The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
22	Poland	147	32	0.8%	Castro‑Muñoz, Roberto #1,105	Gdańsk University of Technology
23	Belgium	122	39	0.6%	van der Bruggen, Bart #822	KU Leuven
24	Portugal	122	36	0.6%	Guedes Soares, C. #2,322	Instituto Superior Técnico
25	Denmark	112	43	0.6%	Blaabjerg, Frede #128	Aalborg University
26	Greece	109	44	0.6%	Mourtzis, Dimitris #1,840	National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
27	United Arab Emirates	102	30	0.5%	Ihsanullah, Ihsanullah #2,575	Khalifa University
28	Norway	97	43	0.5%	Fossen, Thor I. #935	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
29	Egypt	91	28	0.5%	Abbas, Ibrahim A. #2,973	Faculty of Engineering
30	Malaysia	88	35	0.4%	Hannan, M. A. #3,400	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
31	Israel	84	34	0.4%	Hashin, Zvi #2,113	Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
32	Brazil	81	25	0.4%	van Genuchten, Martinus Th. #686	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
33	Austria	75	23	0.4%	Blöschl, Günter #2,078	TU Wien
34	Pakistan	61	9	0.3%	Hayat, Tasawar #3,158	National University of Sciences and Technology
35	Ireland	61	27	0.3%	O’Brien, Fergal J. #3,614	University College Dublin
36	Russia	57	12	0.3%	Polyak, Boris T. #3,335	Lomonosov Moscow State University
37	Finland	56	19	0.3%	Bhatnagar, Amit #3,922	Aalto University
38	South Africa	54	22	0.3%	Makinde, O. D. #4,358	University of Cape Town
39	New Zealand	53	19	0.3%	Xu, Xun W. #2,415	University of Auckland
40	Vietnam	53	18	0.3%	Tran, Hai Nguyen #2,629	Le Quy Don Technical University
41	Mexico	48	16	0.2%	Moreno, Jaime A. #16,728	Tecnológico de Monterrey
42	Iraq	45	17	0.2%	Ramadhan Al-Obaidi, Ahmed Ramadhan #6,347	University of Technology- Iraq
43	Romania	32	8	0.2%	Gavrilescu, Maria #5,182	Universitatea Tehnica Gh. Asachi din IasI
44	Chile	30	3	0.2%	Rodríguez, José R. #2,658	Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
45	Thailand	30	15	0.2%	Promvonge, Pongjet #9,807	King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
46	Macao	29	9	0.1%	Xu, Qingsong #5,504	University of Macau
47	Qatar	25	10	0.1%	Gordon, McKay #1,796	Qatar University
48	Algeria	24	10	0.1%	Tounsi, Abdelouahed #7,026	Centre Universitaire Salhi Ahmed -Naama
49	Hungary	23	8	0.1%	Monostori, László #39,118	Budapest University of Technology and Economics
50	Indonesia	23	3	0.1%	Wenten, I. G. #50,963	Institut Teknologi Bandung
51	Bangladesh	20	6	0.1%	Mia, Mozammel #20,452	Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
52	Slovenia	20	6	0.1%	Knez, Zeljko A. #21,099	Univerza v Ljubljani
53	Czechia	17	3	0.1%	Vymazal, Jan #1,245	VSB – Technical University of Ostrava
54	Jordan	17	4	0.1%	Al-Rousan, Rajai Z. #22,305	Jordan University of Science and Technology
55	Serbia	16	5	0.1%	Stojanovic, Vladimir #4,973	University of Belgrade
56	Nigeria	16	6	0.1%	Onyelowe, Kennedy Chibuzor #27,621	Federal University of Technology, Akure
57	Estonia	14	3	0.1%	Kutser, Tiit #20,558	Tallinna Tehnikaülikool
58	Oman	12	3	0.1%	Mjalli, Farouq S. #29,255	Sultan Qaboos University
59	Kuwait	11	3	0.1%	Chamkha, Ali J. #541	Kuwait University
60	Ukraine	11	1	0.1%	Ortiz-Catalan, Max J. #69,292	Dnipro University of Technology
61	Slovakia	10	2	0.1%	Petráš, Ivo #16,814	Technická Univerzita v Košiciach
62	Kazakhstan	10	3	0.1%	Yagiz, Saffet #18,736	Nazarbayev University
63	Morocco	8	3	0.0%	Belhadi, Amine #16,429	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
64	Tunisia	8	1	0.0%	Sellaoui, Lotfi #69,794	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax
65	Lithuania	6	4	0.0%	Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras #4,232	Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas
66	Croatia	6	2	0.0%	Munjiza, Antonio A. #19,709	University of Split
67	Sri Lanka	6	3	0.0%	Sathiparan, Navaratnarajah #19,968	International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo
68	Luxembourg	6	2	0.0%	Rodríguez, Pedro M. #32,906	University of Luxembourg
69	Bulgaria	6	0	0.0%	Hristov, Jordan Yankov #147,017	University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Sofia
70	Iceland	5	4	0.0%	Ghamisi, Pedram #8,321	Haskoli Islands
71	Cyprus	5	3	0.0%	Polycarpou, Marios M. #9,499	University of Cyprus
72	Argentina	5	0	0.0%	Chapetti, Mirco Daniel #198,685	University of Mar Del Plata and National Research Council (CONICET)
73	Ethiopia	4	2	0.0%	Ibrahim, Wubshet #31,496	Bahir Dar University
74	Botswana	4	3	0.0%	Shaw, Sachin #54,898	Botswana International University of Science and Technology
75	Colombia	4	2	0.0%	Montoya-Torres, Jairo R. #83,341	Universidad de La Sabana
76	Ecuador	3	2	0.0%	Shariati, Mahdi #38,669	Universidad UTE
77	Lebanon	3	1	0.0%	Harajlí, Mohamed H. #50,544	Lebanese American University
78	Bahrain	3	1	0.0%	Hossain, S. M. Zakir #53,534	University of Bahrain
79	Latvia	3	0	0.0%	Burlakovs, Juris #290,379	Riga Technical University
80	Georgia	2	1	0.0%	Sahmani, Saeid #65,894	The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
81	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2	1	0.0%	Hanjalić, Kemal #88,403	Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina
82	Azerbaijan	2	1	0.0%	Moradi, Rasoul #98,351	Khazar University
83	Peru	2	0	0.0%	Mantari, J. L. #117,546	Universidad de Ingenieria y Tecnologia - UTEC
84	Mauritius	2	0	0.0%	Mudhoo, Ackmez #175,199	University of Mauritius
85	San Marino	1	1	0.0%	Forcellini, Davide #6,222	Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino
86	Yemen	1	1	0.0%	Al-Gheethi, Adel Ali Saeed #21,029	Higher Institute of Medical Sciences
87	Uzbekistan	1	1	0.0%	Popov, Valentin L. #22,051	Sharof Rashidov Samarkand State University
88	Kyrgyzstan	1	1	0.0%	Sidle, Roy Carl #30,075	University of Central Asia
89	Trinidad & Tobago	1	1	0.0%	Mohammad Azamathulla, Hazi Md #38,735	The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
90	Brunei	1	1	0.0%	Bilad, Muhammad Roil #55,692	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
91	Senegal	1	1	0.0%	Mbow, Cheikh #65,221	Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD)
92	North Macedonia	1	1	0.0%	Mickovski, Slobodan B. #95,591	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
93	Syria	1	1	0.0%	Habib, Maan #98,875	Al-Sham Private University
94	Kenya	1	0	0.0%	Mukherji, Aditi #102,569	CGIAR
95	Tanzania	1	0	0.0%	Prabhakar Reddy, B. #122,923	The University of Dodoma
96	Malta	1	0	0.0%	Galea, Michael #148,997	L-Università ta' Malta
97	Philippines	1	0	0.0%	Gumasing, Ma Janice J. #156,987	De La Salle University
98	Fiji	1	0	0.0%	Ahmed, M. Rafiuddin #225,835	University of the South Pacific
99	Albania	1	0	0.0%	Bilgin, Hüseyin #255,434	Epoka University
100	Belarus	1	0	0.0%	Myshkin, Nikolai K. #292,911	V.A. Belyi Metal Polymer Research Institute, Belarus
101	Jamaica	1	0	0.0%	Attinger, Daniel #330,223	The University of the West Indies Mona Campus
102	Ghana	1	0	0.0%	Saim, Alex Kwasi #542,367	University of Mines and Technology
103	Zambia	1	0	0.0%	Chanda, Emmanuel Knox C. #662,347	University of Zambia