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

1,456 researchers whose main subfield is Biotechnology 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 (330, 22.7%), followed by India (198) and the United States (176). 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	China	330	60	22.7%	Awasthi, Mukesh Kumar #1,464	Jiangnan University
2	India	198	53	13.6%	Pandey, Ashok #837	Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi
3	United States	176	60	12.1%	Robbins, Paul D. #6,256	National Laboratory of the Rockies
4	South Korea	84	23	5.8%	Lee, Sang Yup #1,738	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
5	Spain	43	8	3.0%	Fernández-Lafuente, Roberto #9,223	CSIC - Instituto de Catálisis y Petroleoquímica (ICP)
6	Germany	41	12	2.8%	Bar-Even, Arren #12,732	Universität des Saarlandes
7	Brazil	41	10	2.8%	Soccol, Carlos Ricardo #13,466	Universidade Federal do Parana
8	Japan	33	7	2.3%	Kawai, Fusako #23,366	Tohoku University
9	Malaysia	32	6	2.2%	Show, Pau Loke #576	Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
10	Sweden	28	6	1.9%	Nielsen, Jens B. #572	Chalmers University of Technology
11	Egypt	28	10	1.9%	S Salem, Salem Salah #3,287	National Research Centre
12	Canada	25	7	1.7%	Prakash, Satya #21,232	Université McGill
13	United Kingdom	23	5	1.6%	Banat, Ibrahim M. #8,036	Ulster University
14	France	23	5	1.6%	Nicaud, Jean Marc #41,547	INRAE
15	Denmark	20	9	1.4%	Keasling, Jay D. #2,957	Technical University of Denmark
16	Taiwan	20	9	1.4%	Patel, Anil Kumar #5,249	National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
17	Portugal	20	8	1.4%	de Carvalho, C. C. C. R. #18,208	Universidade do Minho
18	Australia	18	3	1.2%	Guo, Wenshan #17,614	Queensland University of Technology
19	Greece	18	6	1.2%	Markou, Giorgos #22,563	University of Patras
20	Italy	18	2	1.2%	Converti, Attílio #48,840	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
21	Poland	16	2	1.1%	Michalak, Izabela M. #23,050	Lodz University of Technology
22	Belgium	16	4	1.1%	Pant, Deepak #25,439	Universiteit Gent
23	Iran	16	3	1.1%	Homaei, Ahmad #29,480	Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
24	Netherlands	15	7	1.0%	Lens, Piet N.L. #10,015	Wageningen University & Research
25	Türkiye	14	5	1.0%	Aksu, Zümriye #28,688	Gazi Üniversitesi
26	Ireland	13	2	0.9%	Gupta, Vijai Kumar #7,080	University College Dublin
27	Mexico	13	3	0.9%	Sánchez, Carmen #22,781	Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila
28	Saudi Arabia	11	1	0.8%	Almuhayawi, Mohammed Saad #53,304	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
29	South Africa	11	2	0.8%	Olaniran, Ademola Olufolahan #64,331	University of KwaZulu-Natal
30	Austria	10	4	0.7%	Koller, Martin #4,887	BOKU University
31	Thailand	10	1	0.7%	Cheirsilp, Benjamas #81,458	Chulalongkorn University
32	Singapore	9	3	0.6%	Biswal, Basanta Kumar #68,326	National University of Singapore
33	Hong Kong	8	5	0.5%	Lee, Duu Jong #2,366	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
34	Czechia	6	2	0.4%	Pavela, Roman #6,200	Czech Agrifood Research Center
35	Norway	6	2	0.4%	Kumar, Gopalakrishnan #10,135	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
36	Pakistan	6	2	0.4%	Asgher, Muhammad #84,521	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
37	Finland	5	2	0.3%	Rodríguez-Couto, Susana #23,548	Aalto University
38	Switzerland	5	3	0.3%	Gnansounou, Edgard #29,772	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
39	New Zealand	5	2	0.3%	Puri, Munish #41,561	University of Waikato
40	Chile	5	2	0.3%	Mussagy, Cassamo U. #79,754	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
41	Slovenia	4	1	0.3%	de Marco, Ario #68,478	Univerza v Ljubljani
42	Qatar	4	2	0.3%	Sayadi, Sami #94,102	Center for Sustainable Development
43	Russia	3	1	0.2%	Dykman, Lev A. #43,214	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences
44	United Arab Emirates	2	2	0.1%	Chew, Kit Wayne #12,295	United Arab Emirates University
45	Israel	2	1	0.1%	Wasser, Solomon P.W. #21,252	University of Haifa
46	Nigeria	2	0	0.1%	Amenaghawon, Nosakhare Andrew #143,321	University of Benin
47	Croatia	2	0	0.1%	Cvjetko Bubalo, Marina #160,691	University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
48	Indonesia	2	0	0.1%	Siti Halimatul Munawaroh, Heli Siti Halimatul #182,813	Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
49	Serbia	2	0	0.1%	Cvetanović Kljakić, Aleksandra D. #185,555	University of Novi Sad
50	Colombia	2	0	0.1%	Solarte-Toro, Juan Camilo #191,985	Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales
51	Tunisia	1	1	0.1%	Hamdi, Moktar #82,731	University of Carthage, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées et de Technologie
52	Nepal	1	0	0.1%	Koirala, Niranjan #142,994	Nepal Academy of Science and Technology
53	Lithuania	1	0	0.1%	Amobonye, Ayodeji Emmannuel #147,342	Kaunas University of Technology
54	Vietnam	1	0	0.1%	Nguyen, Hoang Chinh #170,492	Ton-Duc-Thang University
55	Morocco	1	0	0.1%	El-Arroussi, Hicham #171,899	Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
56	Ukraine	1	0	0.1%	Ivanov, Volodymyr N. #215,727	National University of Food Technologies
57	Oman	1	0	0.1%	Sivakumar, Nallusamy #231,911	Sultan Qaboos University
58	Georgia	1	0	0.1%	Elisashvili, Vladimir I. #233,820	Agricultural University of Georgia
59	Hungary	1	0	0.1%	Bakonyi, Péter #259,111	Pannon Egyetem
60	Argentina	1	0	0.1%	Desimone, Martín Federico #296,354	Universidad de Buenos Aires
61	Sri Lanka	1	0	0.1%	Ariyadasa, Thilini U. #348,010	University of Moratuwa
62	Bangladesh	1	0	0.1%	Harun-Ur-Rashid, Mohammad #471,977	International University of Business Agriculture and Technology