Top countries for Public Health & Health Services

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Public Health & Health Services?

4,458 researchers whose main field is Public Health & Health Services 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 (1,996, 44.8%), followed by the United Kingdom (559) and Australia (463). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the field; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#CountryListed authorsTop 100kShare of fieldHighest-ranked authorTop institution
1 United States1,99685244.8%VanDerWeele, Tyler J. #53University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2 United Kingdom55922912.5%Griffiths, Mark D. #139King's College London
3 Australia46317310.4%Lupton, Deborah A. #642La Trobe University
4 Canada3681348.3%Rehm, Jurgen T. #550University of Toronto
5 Netherlands87362.0%Mackenbach, Johan Pieter #4,382Universiteit Maastricht
6 Sweden74231.7%Nilsen, Per M. #3,593Karolinska Institutet
7 South Korea70131.6%Lee, Eun Hyun #25,925Yonsei University
8 Hong Kong60181.3%Yu, Doris Sau Fung #20,605The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
9 Ireland50141.1%Coyne, Imelda T. #7,195University of Galway
10 China4981.1%Wu, Bei #16,017Fudan University
11 Germany46161.0%Betsch, Cornelia #15,885Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
12 Taiwan4571.0%Peltzer, Karl K. #7,589Taipei Medical University
13 Italy43101.0%Stuckler, David #14,197Università degli Studi di Milano
14 Spain4381.0%Gómez Urquiza, José Luis #64,565Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
15 Norway37120.8%Malterud, Kirsti #1,878Universitetet i Bergen
16 Switzerland37110.8%Bull, Fiona C. #4,555Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
17 Belgium3490.8%Chastin, Sebastien Francois Martin #27,594Universiteit Gent
18 Finland3090.7%Jylhá, Marja K. #24,102Helsingin Yliopisto
19 Israel26100.6%Ayalon, Liat #7,162University of Haifa
20 New Zealand2680.6%Veale, Jaimie F. #21,095University of Otago
21 South Africa25100.6%Jewkes, R. K. #4,687University of Cape Town
22 Singapore2490.5%Shorey, Shefaly Y. #8,862NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
23 Saudi Arabia2410.5%Berdida, Daniel Joseph E. #96,210King Saud University
24 Brazil23110.5%Carvalho Malta, Deborah Carvalho #7,138Universidade de São Paulo
25 Iran1910.4%Armoon, Bahram #69,995Qazvin University of Medical Sciences
26 Jordan1840.4%ALBashtawy, Mohammed Sa’d #50,665Al Al-Bayt University
27 Denmark1760.4%Vaupel, James W. #12,060Københavns Universitet
28 Japan1750.4%Kondo, Katsunori #45,121Research Organization of Information and Systems National Institute of Informatics
29 Türkiye1230.3%Yıldırım, Murat #20,977İstanbul Aydın Üniversitesi
30 France1080.2%Valéry, Ridde #44,144Centre Population et Développement
31 India1040.2%Mohanty, Sanjay Kumar #47,652International Institute for Population Sciences
32 Portugal820.2%Ferreira, Pedro L. #72,159Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto (ESEP)
33 Thailand720.2%Pengpid, Supa #41,127Mahidol University
34 Egypt710.2%Abou Hashish, Ebtsam Aly #48,608Faculty of Nursing
35 Mexico630.1%Barquera, Simón #29,601Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
36 Ghana620.1%Doku, David Teye #36,618University of Ghana
37 Philippines500.1%Lopez, Violeta #104,341De La Salle University
38 Lebanon500.1%El-Jardali, Fadi #105,977American University of Beirut
39 Greece410.1%Vardavas, Constantine Ilias #41,063University of Thessaly
40 Macao420.1%Liu, Piper Liping #59,037University of Macau
41 United Arab Emirates410.1%AL Maqbali, Mohammed Abdullah Hamedan #67,088Fatima College of Health Sciences
42 Czechia410.1%Lee, Sunwoo #83,808Palacký University Olomouc
43 Vietnam320.1%Liamputtong, Pranee #13,914VinUniversity
44 Puerto Rico310.1%Frontera, Walter R. #19,690Universidad de Puerto Rico
45 Poland310.1%Luszczynska, Aleksandra #29,997SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
46 Cyprus310.1%Charalambous, Andreas #49,121Cyprus University of Technology
47 Iceland310.1%Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra #65,544Reykjavík University
48 Liberia310.1%Keil, Alexander P. #97,223National Cancer Institute
49 Luxembourg300.1%Leist, Anja K. #101,578University of Luxembourg
50 Austria300.1%Pelikan, Jürgen M. #101,940Gesundheit Österreich GmbH
51 Slovenia300.1%Prosen, Mirko #106,487University of Primorska
52 Oman300.1%Chan, Moon Fai #115,819Sultan Qaboos University
53 Palestine300.1%Ayed, Ahmad Juma #156,000Arab American University
54 Indonesia300.1%Arifin, Hidayat #243,081Universitas Airlangga
55 Kazakhstan210.0%Cruz, Jonas Preposi #92,996Nazarbayev University School of Medicine
56 Georgia200.0%Gorski, Lisa A. #109,757Consulting LLC
57 Ecuador200.0%Campbell, Mhairi #124,432Universidad Internacional del Ecuador
58 Nigeria110.0%Onwujekwe, Obinna E. #24,711University of Nigeria
59 Ukraine110.0%Vaiserman, Alexander #25,602Institute of Gerontology Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine
60 Kenya110.0%Barasa, Edwine W. #99,879Kenya Medical Research Institute
61 Bangladesh100.0%Rony, Moustaq Karim Khan #101,759International University of Business Agriculture and Technology
62 Colombia100.0%Sarmiento, Olga Lucía L. #102,857Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
63 Peru100.0%Anthony, J. C. #110,963Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
64 Uganda100.0%Musoke, David #138,047Makerere University School of Public Health
65 Malaysia100.0%Azizan, Noor Azliyana #148,096Universiti Teknologi MARA
66 Costa Rica100.0%Rosero-Bixby, Luis R. #154,565Universidad de Costa Rica
67 Morocco100.0%Boutayeb, Abdesslam #160,791Université Mohammed Premier Oujda
68 Argentina100.0%Augustovski, Federico Ariel #172,600Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria
69 Cambodia100.0%Shiroiwa, Takeru #178,679National Institute of Public Health
70 Pakistan100.0%Ali, Inayat #225,495Fatima Jinnah Women University
71 Malta100.0%Baldacchino, Donia R. #394,068L-Università ta' Malta