Top countries for Agronomy & Agriculture

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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Agronomy & Agriculture?

2,019 researchers whose main subfield is Agronomy & Agriculture 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 (507, 25.1%), followed by the United States (390) and Australia (116). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#CountryListed authorsTop 100kShare of subfieldHighest-ranked authorTop institution
1 China50715525.1%Liang, Chao #2,148Northwest A&F University
2 United States39016519.3%Lal, Rattan A. #15USDA Agricultural Research Service
3 Australia116525.7%Marschner, Petra #1,932Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
4 Germany114525.6%KUZYAKOV, Yakov V. #66Technische Universität München
5 India93284.6%Pathak, Himanshu K. #8,437ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
6 United Kingdom84424.2%Smith, Pete #150Rothamsted Research
7 Canada60203.0%Janzen, H. Henry Henry #18,414Quebec Research and Development Centre
8 France57182.8%Chenu, Claire C. #9,174CIRAD
9 Spain54202.7%Cerdà, A. #4,627CSIC - Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS)
10 Netherlands45212.2%Giller, Ken E. #2,266Wageningen University & Research
11 Italy45142.2%Tarolli, Paolo #9,904Università degli Studi di Padova
12 Brazil43132.1%Barbedo, Jayme G.A. #2,447Universidade de São Paulo
13 Denmark37161.8%Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus #17,923Aarhus Universitet
14 Belgium30131.5%Panagos, Panos #2,740KU Leuven
15 Sweden24111.2%Spohn, Marie #4,506Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
16 Switzerland21131.0%van der Heijden, Marcel G.A. #1,678Agroscope
17 New Zealand21101.0%Kirschbaum, Miko Uwe Franz #12,922Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research
18 Japan1940.9%Mori, Taiki #65,271Tottori University
19 Austria1870.9%Darnhofer, Ika #27,879BOKU University
20 Iran1760.8%Etesami, Hassan #2,669University of Tehran
21 Poland1410.7%Dexter, Anthony Roger #31,082Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie
22 Ethiopia1440.7%Gelaye, Yohannes #45,986Haramaya University
23 Türkiye1320.6%Cakmak, Ismail #1,364Harran Üniversitesi
24 Pakistan1250.6%Rehman, Abdul #65,325The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
25 Kenya1140.5%Thornton, Philip K. #2,424International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
26 Egypt1130.5%Saudy, H. S. #43,883Faculty of Agriculture
27 South Africa1050.5%Coetzee, Corné J. #22,641University of KwaZulu-Natal
28 Greece950.4%Damalas, Christos Asterios #4,196Democritus University of Thrace
29 Finland950.4%Berg, Björn #18,733Helsingin Yliopisto
30 Israel920.4%Stavi, Ilan #18,915Agricultural Research Organization of Israel
31 Czechia840.4%Frouz, Jan #16,044Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
32 Mexico720.3%Erenstein, Olaf #9,171Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
33 Colombia720.3%Barrios, Edmundo #46,592Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
34 Argentina610.3%Alvarez, Roberto #93,990Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
35 Chile520.2%Klerkx, Laurens W.A. #3,621Universidad de la Frontera
36 Portugal510.2%Pereira, Luis S. #6,503Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food
37 Bangladesh520.2%Rasul, Golam #16,732International University of Business Agriculture and Technology
38 Philippines540.2%Wassmann, Reiner #72,912International Rice Research Institute
39 Norway510.2%Bakken, Lars Reier #81,414Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
40 Ghana420.2%Danso-Abbeam, Gideon #54,134University for Development Studies Ghana
41 Nigeria410.2%Adekiya, O. Aruna #59,043Bowen University
42 Russia410.2%Vodyanitskii, Yu N. #95,191Lomonosov Moscow State University
43 Ireland410.2%Holden, Nicholas M. #98,107University College Dublin
44 Hungary320.1%Tóth, Gergely L. #55,957Pannon Egyetem
45 Saudi Arabia320.1%Young, Iain M. #57,914King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
46 Zimbabwe310.1%Thierfelder, Christian L. #95,316International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Harare
47 Thailand300.1%Datta, Avishek #113,004Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
48 Morocco300.1%Chivenge, Pauline Paidamoyo #116,280African Plant Nutrition Institute
49 Lebanon300.1%Oweis, T. Y. #143,012International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas Syria
50 Jordan300.1%Al-Karaki, Ghazi Nazzal Othman #177,891Jordan University of Science and Technology
51 Taiwan210.1%Hseu, Zeng-Yei Yei #95,178National Taiwan University
52 Croatia200.1%Radocaj, Dorijan #164,210Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences
53 Sri Lanka200.1%Hanjra, Munir A. #170,065International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Colombo
54 Indonesia110.0%Van Noordwijk, Meine V. #18,188ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre, Bogor
55 Malawi110.0%Sileshi, Gudeta Weldesemayat Weldsesemayat #19,820ICRAF-Southern Africa
56 Qatar110.0%Abbas, Farhat #36,724University of Doha for Science and Technology
57 Côte d’Ivoire110.0%Bindraban, Prem S. #51,638(AfricaRice)
58 United Arab Emirates110.0%Elrys, Ahmed Salah #54,609University of Al Dhaid
59 Senegal110.0%Zougmoré, Robert B. #70,443International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
60 Zambia110.0%Maulu, Sahya #88,764Palabana University
61 Uruguay110.0%Rey, Ana #92,090Universidad de la Republica
62 Armenia100.0%Singh, Abhishek #105,025Yerevan State University
63 Romania100.0%Patriche, Cristian Valeriu #123,889Academia Româna
64 Lithuania100.0%Leinweber, Peter Karl #126,483Vytautas Magnus University
65 Estonia100.0%Olle, Margit #187,746Aru Agricultural Ltd
66 Tanzania100.0%Whitbread, Anthony Michael #203,264International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
67 Uganda100.0%Bwambale, Erion #219,359National Council for Higher Education
68 Nepal100.0%Hobbs, Peter R. #230,301CIMMYT
69 South Korea100.0%Kim, Wan-soo #235,570Kyungpook National University (KNU)