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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Information & Communication Technologies?

18,085 researchers whose main field is Information & Communication Technologies 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 (4,496, 24.9%), followed by China (4,202) and the United Kingdom (1,007). 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	4,496	1,913	24.9%	Girshick, Ross B. #8	Google LLC
2	China	4,202	1,410	23.2%	Zhou, Zhihua #254	Tsinghua University
3	United Kingdom	1,007	421	5.6%	Yang, Xin She #207	Google DeepMind
4	India	873	251	4.8%	Garg, Harish #856	Chitkara University, Punjab
5	Australia	564	246	3.1%	Mirjalili, Seyedali #3	University of Technology Sydney
6	Canada	540	208	3.0%	Bengio, Yoshua #6	University of Toronto
7	Germany	512	203	2.8%	Stamatakis, Alexandros P. #195	Technische Universität München
8	Saudi Arabia	455	146	2.5%	Schmidhuber, Jürgen U. #63	King Saud University
9	Italy	402	115	2.2%	Verdoliva, Luisa #4,171	Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
10	Hong Kong	330	150	1.8%	Wang, Xiaogang #928	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11	South Korea	323	93	1.8%	Ye, Jongchul #4,129	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
12	France	253	79	1.4%	Fosso-Wamba, Samuel #334	INRIA Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique
13	Singapore	241	105	1.3%	Cambria, Erik #630	Nanyang Technological University
14	Türkiye	222	71	1.2%	Goceri, Evgin #2,416	Firat Üniversitesi
15	Switzerland	218	96	1.2%	Unser, Michael A. #3,902	ETH Zürich
16	Netherlands	207	74	1.1%	Welling, Max #502	Delft University of Technology
17	Spain	204	69	1.1%	Slater, Mel #411	Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
18	United Arab Emirates	196	81	1.1%	DIng, Zhiguo Ding #904	Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
19	Taiwan	193	76	1.1%	Taherdoost, Hamed #627	National Taiwan University
20	Japan	183	52	1.0%	Amari, Shunichi #2,848	The University of Tokyo
21	Israel	177	69	1.0%	Eldar, Yonina C. #964	Tel Aviv University
22	Finland	132	52	0.7%	Hamari, Juho J. #463	Aalto University
23	Greece	131	35	0.7%	Kotsiantis, Sotiris B. #2,710	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
24	Sweden	115	32	0.6%	Björnson, Emil #2,788	The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
25	Pakistan	109	31	0.6%	Akram, Muhammad #2,230	National University of Sciences and Technology
26	Jordan	98	38	0.5%	Abualigah, Laith Mohammad Qasim #162	The University of Jordan
27	Belgium	92	29	0.5%	Dorigo, Marco #5,464	KU Leuven
28	Iran	91	30	0.5%	Gharehchopogh, Farhad Soleimanian #1,320	University of Tehran
29	Denmark	90	27	0.5%	Belongie, Serge J. #6,025	Aalborg University
30	Ireland	88	38	0.5%	Birhane, Abeba #9,894	University College Dublin
31	Malaysia	86	16	0.5%	Jhanjhi, N. Z. #5,696	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
32	Norway	81	33	0.4%	Anthony Jnr, Bokolo #2,296	Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
33	Egypt	81	37	0.4%	Houssein, Essam H. #2,461	Zagazig University
34	Austria	76	35	0.4%	Hochreiter, Sepp #117	TU Wien
35	Poland	75	25	0.4%	Pawlak, Zdzislaw X. #4,946	Politechnika Warszawska
36	Qatar	57	19	0.3%	Qadir, Junaid #1,699	Hamad Bin Khalifa University, College of Science and Engineering
37	Iraq	52	17	0.3%	Mijwil, Maad M. #16,846	University of Anbar
38	Portugal	50	13	0.3%	Gama, João M.P. #5,365	NOVA Information Management School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
39	Bangladesh	50	8	0.3%	Mridha, M. F. #18,957	University of Dhaka
40	Vietnam	46	10	0.3%	Khang, Alex #7,643	Duy Tan University
41	Macao	39	24	0.2%	Wang, Feiyue #467	University of Macau
42	New Zealand	37	16	0.2%	Bouckaert, Remco R. #5,142	Victoria University of Wellington
43	Czechia	36	15	0.2%	Mikolov, Tomáš #12,481	Czech Technical University in Prague
44	South Africa	35	14	0.2%	Ezugwu, Absalom El Shamir #3,561	University of Johannesburg
45	Brazil	35	8	0.2%	Coelho, Leandro dos Santos #5,140	Universidade Federal do Parana
46	Mexico	33	11	0.2%	Coello Coello, Carlos A. #968	Instituto Politécnico Nacional
47	Hungary	31	9	0.2%	Mesko, Bertalan #4,865	Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics
48	Russia	28	10	0.2%	Oseledets, Ivan V. #3,273	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
49	Romania	24	7	0.1%	Andrei, Neculai C. #42,055	Bucharest University of Economic Studies
50	Ukraine	23	1	0.1%	Dyvak, Mykola P. #89,681	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”
51	Indonesia	22	5	0.1%	Setiadi, De Rosal Ignatius Moses #19,827	Bina Nusantara University
52	Thailand	22	5	0.1%	Mekruksavanich, Sakorn #33,358	Chulalongkorn Business School
53	Slovenia	21	6	0.1%	Kononenko, Igor #12,887	Univerza v Ljubljani
54	Luxembourg	21	6	0.1%	Ottersten, Björn E. #25,744	University of Luxembourg
55	Kuwait	21	5	0.1%	Murugappan, Murugappan #42,361	Kuwait College of Science & Technology
56	Nigeria	20	7	0.1%	Saheed, Yakub Kayode #13,209	Landmark University
57	Cyprus	18	5	0.1%	Al-Turjman, Fadi M. #3,481	Near East University
58	Oman	16	7	0.1%	Ghazal, Taher M. #3,896	Sohar University
59	Tunisia	13	2	0.1%	Krichen, Moez #2,608	Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax
60	Lebanon	13	4	0.1%	Kadry, Seifedine Nimer #6,288	American University of Beirut
61	Morocco	12	3	0.1%	Adadi, Amina #20,300	Université Moulay Ismaïl
62	Chile	12	7	0.1%	Navarro, Gonzalo #20,970	Universidad de Chile
63	Serbia	9	4	0.0%	Pamucar, Dragan Stevan S. #2,324	Singidunum University
64	Bahrain	9	4	0.0%	Al-Sartawi, Abdalmuttaleb M.A.Musleh #4,826	Applied Science University
65	Estonia	9	2	0.0%	Dumas, Marlon #27,676	Tartu Ülikool
66	Yemen	8	2	0.0%	Alsamhi, Saeed Hamood #29,418	Taiz University
67	Algeria	8	2	0.0%	Kheddar, Hamza #58,674	Université Yahia Farès de Médéa
68	Bulgaria	7	4	0.0%	Atanassov, Krassimir T. #984	Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski
69	Kazakhstan	7	1	0.0%	Rai, Hari Mohan #55,397	Nazarbayev University
70	Ethiopia	7	2	0.0%	Debelee, Taye Girma #65,583	Ethiopian Artificial Intelligence Institute
71	Iceland	6	2	0.0%	Kozieł, Sławomir Marcin #11,344	Reykjavík University
72	Philippines	6	1	0.0%	Garcia, Manuel B. #14,529	FEU Institute of Technology
73	Croatia	6	3	0.0%	Granic, Andrina #15,835	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing
74	Uzbekistan	6	0	0.0%	Ather, Danish #106,878	Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad al-Khwarizmi
75	Colombia	5	1	0.0%	Arbeláez, Pablo Andrés #31,671	Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
76	Brunei	5	1	0.0%	Qazi, Atika #89,036	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
77	Lithuania	4	2	0.0%	Damasevicius, Robertas #2,216	Vytautas Magnus University
78	Ecuador	4	1	0.0%	Villegas-Ch, William Eduardo #48,475	Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador
79	Sri Lanka	4	1	0.0%	Meedeniya, Dulani A. #61,605	University of Moratuwa
80	Libya	4	1	0.0%	Khmag, Asem #83,050	University of Zawia
81	Palestine	3	2	0.0%	Mafarja, Majdi M. #38,279	Birzeit University
82	Argentina	3	0	0.0%	Lazebnik, Teddy #139,745	Universidad Favaloro
83	Slovakia	3	0	0.0%	Kryvinska, Natalia #199,475	Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
84	Latvia	2	2	0.0%	Ambainis, Andris #18,679	Latvijas Universitāte
85	Bosnia & Herzegovina	2	1	0.0%	Stevic, Zeljko #52,203	University of East Sarajevo
86	Armenia	2	1	0.0%	Kumar, Sachin #53,073	American University of Armenia
87	Malta	2	1	0.0%	Yannakakis, Georgios N. #54,170	L-Università ta' Malta
88	Montenegro	2	1	0.0%	Stanković, Ljubiša Jubis #56,333	University of Montenegro
89	Azerbaijan	2	0	0.0%	Abdullayeva, Fargana J. #128,087	Institute of Information Technology Ministry of Science and Education Republic of Azerbaijan
90	Liechtenstein	1	1	0.0%	Schneider, Johannes #29,696	Universität Liechtenstein
91	American Samoa	1	1	0.0%	Dauphin, Yann N. #71,416	Google DeepMind
92	Fiji	1	1	0.0%	Gaur, Loveleen #89,736	The University of the South Pacific
93	Chad	1	0	0.0%	Kamara, Seny F. #103,630	MongoDB Inc
94	Venezuela	1	0	0.0%	Aguilar Castro, José Lisandro #115,336	Universidad De Los Andes, Merida
95	Belarus	1	0	0.0%	Asadchy, Viktar S. #120,302	Francisk Skorina Gomel State University
96	Afghanistan	1	0	0.0%	Shah, Mohd Asif #123,418	Kardan University
97	Nepal	1	0	0.0%	Jha, Sudan #151,086	Kathmandu University
98	Sudan	1	0	0.0%	Omara, Adil A.M. #166,626	Sudan University of Science and Technology
99	Zimbabwe	1	0	0.0%	Maphosa, Vusumuzi #187,278	National University of Science and Technology Bulawayo
100	Botswana	1	0	0.0%	Yahya, Abid #189,015	Botswana International University of Science and Technology
101	Syria	1	0	0.0%	Abobala, Mohammad #204,554	Université Tichrine
102	Ghana	1	0	0.0%	Mumuni, Alhassan #209,021	Cape Coast Technical University
103	Maldives	1	0	0.0%	Sinha, Samarth #229,188	University of Maldives
104	Namibia	1	0	0.0%	Winschiers-Theophilus, Heike #229,475	Namibia University of Science and Technology
105	Barbados	1	0	0.0%	Azim Majumder, Md Anwarul #254,103	Bridgetown International University
106	North Macedonia	1	0	0.0%	Grcev, Leonid D. #268,748	Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
107	Uganda	1	0	0.0%	Kalinaki, Kassim #353,341	Uganda Technology and Management University (UTAMU)