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

77 researchers whose main subfield is Classics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. The United Kingdom has the most (36, 46.8%), followed by the United States (27) and Belgium (3). 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 Kingdom	36	2	46.8%	Elsner, Jas̈ #91,683	University of Oxford
2	United States	27	1	35.1%	Scheidel, Walter #17,271	Stanford University
3	Belgium	3	0	3.9%	van Nuffelen, Peter #167,520	Universiteit Gent
4	Germany	2	0	2.6%	Grethlein, Jonas #133,574	Universität Heidelberg
5	Australia	2	0	2.6%	Pritchard, David M. #297,149	The University of Queensland
6	Netherlands	2	0	2.6%	Blok, Josine H. #365,999	Universiteit Utrecht
7	Israel	1	0	1.3%	Isaac, Benjamin H. #301,196	Tel Aviv University
8	Greece	1	0	1.3%	Vlassopoulos, Kostas #343,806	University of Crete
9	Denmark	1	0	1.3%	Hansen, Mogens Herman #374,514	Københavns Universitet
10	Canada	1	0	1.3%	Kemezis, Adam M. #409,925	University of Alberta
11	Italy	1	0	1.3%	Most, Glenn W. #454,569	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa