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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Arthritis & Rheumatology?

960 researchers whose main subfield is Arthritis & Rheumatology 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 (286, 29.8%), followed by the United Kingdom (117) and France (75). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Share of subfield	Highest-ranked author	Top institution
1	United States	286	158	29.8%	Singh, Jasvinder A. #224	Harvard Medical School
2	United Kingdom	117	65	12.2%	McInnes, Iain B. #2,248	The University of Manchester
3	France	75	34	7.8%	Bérenbaum, Françis #4,291	Hopital Cochin AP-HP
4	Italy	74	24	7.7%	Cutolo, Maurizio #3,837	Università degli Studi di Padova
5	Canada	55	29	5.7%	Gladman, Dafna D. #2,665	University Health Network
6	Germany	39	16	4.1%	Schett, Georg Andreas #736	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
7	Netherlands	39	21	4.1%	van der Heijde, Désirée M.F.M. #1,185	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum
8	Australia	33	17	3.4%	Hunter, David John #1,463	The University of Sydney
9	Japan	30	9	3.1%	Tanaka, Yoshiya #1,643	Keio University School of Medicine
10	China	23	11	2.4%	Mok, Chiuchiu #24,434	Peking Union Medical College Hospital
11	Spain	22	9	2.3%	Cervera, Ricard #14,590	Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
12	Sweden	20	11	2.1%	Englund, Martin #11,904	Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset
13	Denmark	13	7	1.4%	Roos, Ewa M. #3,269	Syddansk Universitet
14	Switzerland	13	8	1.4%	Gabay, Cem #10,381	Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
15	Greece	13	7	1.4%	Tektonidou, Prof Maria G. #11,975	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
16	Türkiye	12	6	1.3%	Ozen, Seza #10,604	Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
17	South Korea	10	4	1.0%	Lee, Young Ho #16,001	Seoul National University College of Medicine
18	Belgium	9	6	0.9%	Henrotin, Yves Edgard #27,979	Departement Ontwikkeling en Regeneratie
19	Austria	8	3	0.8%	Smolen, Josef Sebastian #826	Medizinische Universität Wien
20	Finland	6	2	0.6%	Mobasheri, Ali #5,817	Oulun Yliopisto
21	New Zealand	6	4	0.6%	Dalbeth, Nicola D. #12,077	University of Otago, Wellington
22	Norway	6	1	0.6%	Kvien, Tore Kristian #13,854	Diakonhjemmet Sykehus
23	Israel	6	1	0.6%	Ben-Chétrit, Eldad #74,961	Tel Aviv University
24	India	4	1	0.4%	Misra, Durga Prasanna #62,479	Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences
25	Taiwan	4	2	0.4%	Kuo, Changfu #72,631	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
26	Portugal	4	1	0.4%	da Silva, J. A.P. #95,838	Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra
27	Ireland	3	2	0.3%	Veale, Douglas James #42,973	University College Dublin
28	Singapore	3	1	0.3%	Mak, Anselm #73,037	Singapore General Hospital
29	Hong Kong	3	1	0.3%	Lau, Wallace Chak Sing #76,808	The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
30	Brazil	3	0	0.3%	Appenzeller, Simone #154,729	Universidade Estadual de Campinas
31	Hungary	2	1	0.2%	Szekanecz, Zoltán A. #44,972	Általános Orvostudományi Kar
32	Czechia	2	1	0.2%	Pavelka, Karel #78,357	Charles University
33	Saudi Arabia	2	1	0.2%	Nambi, Gopal #96,076	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University
34	Mexico	2	0	0.2%	Martínez-Lavín, Manuel #146,813	Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia Ignacio Chavez
35	Nigeria	1	1	0.1%	Elendu, Chukwuka #31,189	Federal University Teaching Hospital
36	Peru	1	1	0.1%	Alarcón, Graciela S. #44,878	Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
37	Uganda	1	1	0.1%	Alum, Esther Ugo #45,254	Kampala International University
38	Bangladesh	1	1	0.1%	Yunus, Muhammad B. #63,795	International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
39	Zimbabwe	1	1	0.1%	Obeagu, Emmanuel Ifeanyi #67,261	Africa University
40	Myanmar (Burma)	1	1	0.1%	Oo, Win Min #71,529	University of Medicine Mandalay
41	Iran	1	1	0.1%	Davatchi, Fereydoun #76,611	Tehran University of Medical Sciences
42	South Africa	1	0	0.1%	F̀reeman, Melvyn Colin #124,035	Stellenbosch University
43	Liberia	1	0	0.1%	de Jesus, Adriana Almeida #199,365	NIAID
44	Poland	1	0	0.1%	Zimba, Olena #200,394	Szpital Uniwersytecki w Krakowie
45	Egypt	1	0	0.1%	El-Miedany, Yasser M. #206,942	Ain Shams University
46	Lebanon	1	0	0.1%	Ziade Zoghbi, Nelly Raymond #230,328	Hôtel-Dieu de France Hospital
47	Thailand	1	0	0.1%	Louthrenoo, Worawit #274,121	Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University