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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Dairy & Animal Science?

1,670 researchers whose main subfield is Dairy & Animal Science 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 (348, 20.8%), followed by China (300) and Italy (89). 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	348	72	20.8%	Patra, Amlan Kumar #4,369	University of Wisconsin-Madison
2	China	300	22	18.0%	Ma, Xi #34,262	Sichuan Agricultural University
3	Italy	89	11	5.3%	Dalle Zotte, Antonella #30,389	Università degli Studi di Padova
4	Canada	84	18	5.0%	Beauchemin, Karen Anne Beauchemin #6,584	University of Guelph
5	Australia	72	17	4.3%	Goddard, Michael E. #3,324	Faculty of Science
6	United Kingdom	64	13	3.8%	Bedford, Michael Richard #23,848	Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
7	France	49	7	2.9%	Hocquette, Jean François #22,995	Physiologie, Environnement et Génétique pour l'Animal et les Systèmes d'Elevage (PEGASE)
8	South Korea	49	5	2.9%	Joo, Seontea #36,427	Gyeongsang National University
9	Germany	45	8	2.7%	Pfaffl, Michael W. #1,041	Universität Hohenheim
10	Ireland	43	10	2.6%	Berry, Donagh P. #15,974	Moorepark Animal & Grassland Research Centre
11	Spain	43	4	2.6%	Yeste, Marc #16,725	Universidad de Zaragoza
12	Egypt	37	7	2.2%	Abd El-Hack, Mohamed E. #10,179	Faculty of Agriculture
13	Netherlands	37	6	2.2%	Dijkstra, Jan #15,593	Wageningen University & Research
14	Denmark	32	3	1.9%	Bach Knudsen, Knud Erik #15,956	Aarhus Universitet
15	India	31	6	1.9%	Dhama, Kuldeep #5,122	Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
16	Poland	27	2	1.6%	Winiarska-Mieczan, Anna #58,539	University of Life Sciences in Lublin
17	New Zealand	21	4	1.3%	Ravindran, Velmurugu #10,641	Massey University
18	Türkiye	19	2	1.1%	Khan, Rifat Ullah #46,464	Firat Üniversitesi
19	Belgium	19	2	1.1%	de Smet, Stefaan M. #58,379	Universiteit Gent
20	Saudi Arabia	18	2	1.1%	Khafaga, Asmaa Fahmy #58,105	King Faisal University
21	Japan	16	3	1.0%	Oba, Masahito #66,957	Hokkaido University
22	Israel	13	4	0.8%	Silanikove, Nissim #37,878	Agricultural Research Organization of Israel
23	Brazil	13	0	0.8%	Baruselli, Pietro Sampaio #136,273	Universidade de São Paulo
24	Switzerland	12	3	0.7%	Cowieson, Aaron Joell #33,377	Vetsuisse-Fakultät
25	Sweden	12	2	0.7%	Rodriguez-Martinez, Heriberto #72,299	Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
26	Finland	11	2	0.7%	Huhtanen, Pekka J. #68,878	Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
27	Mexico	11	2	0.7%	Salem, A. Z.M. #75,319	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
28	Portugal	10	1	0.6%	Mestre Prates, José António #24,806	Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa
29	Austria	10	2	0.6%	Rault, Jean Loup #47,587	Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien
30	Malaysia	10	1	0.6%	Idrus, Zulkifli #77,577	Universiti Putra Malaysia
31	Pakistan	10	0	0.6%	Hassan, Faizul #120,854	Cholistan University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Bahawalpur
32	Norway	9	3	0.5%	Meuwissen, Théo H.E. #8,586	Norges Miljø- og Biovitenskapelige Universitet
33	Greece	9	0	0.5%	Giannenas, Ilias A. #173,054	Agricultural University of Athens
34	Iran	8	1	0.5%	Mohammadabadi, Mohammadreza Reza Mohammad #25,575	Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
35	Czechia	8	2	0.5%	Mlcek, Jiri #60,906	Tomas Bata University in Zlin
36	Nigeria	8	0	0.5%	Oke, Oyegunle Emmanuel #147,556	Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta
37	Thailand	7	1	0.4%	Wanapat, M. #48,718	Khon Kaen University
38	South Africa	6	0	0.4%	Muchenje, Voster #158,466	University of Fort Hare
39	Ethiopia	6	0	0.4%	Balehegn, Mulubrhan #245,176	Addis Ababa University
40	Indonesia	4	2	0.2%	Sugiharto, Sugiharto #62,198	Universitas Diponegoro
41	Uruguay	3	0	0.2%	Menchaca, A. #124,628	Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria – INIA Uruguay
42	United Arab Emirates	3	0	0.2%	Skidmore, Julian Alexandra #317,949	United Arab Emirates University
43	Jordan	3	0	0.2%	Amerah, Ahmed M. #385,589	Jordan University of Science and Technology
44	Iraq	3	0	0.2%	Ahmad, Hanan Shihab #514,915	Northern Technical University
45	Slovakia	2	1	0.1%	Sirotkin, Alexander V. #32,623	Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
46	Hungary	2	0	0.1%	Varga, László #151,555	Széchenyi István University
47	Vietnam	2	0	0.1%	Nguyen, Thi Mong Diep #159,007	Quy Nhon University
48	Sri Lanka	2	0	0.1%	Abeyrathne, Edirisinghe Dewage Nalaka Sandun #200,405	Uva Wellassa University
49	Bangladesh	2	0	0.1%	Mahfuz, Shad Uddin #217,642	Sylhet Agricultural University
50	Kenya	2	0	0.1%	Arndt, Claudia #303,704	International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
51	Tunisia	2	0	0.1%	Ben Salem, Hichem #333,270	University of Carthage, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique de Tunisie
52	Taiwan	2	0	0.1%	Lee, Tzu Tai #386,629	National Chung Hsing University
53	Lebanon	2	0	0.1%	Haile, Aynalem #418,083	International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas Syria
54	Russia	1	1	0.1%	Suraǐ, P. F. #8,899	Russian Academy of Sciences
55	Chile	1	1	0.1%	Ungerfeld, Emilio Mauricio #18,854	Instituto de Investigaciones Agropecuarias
56	Antigua & Barbuda	1	1	0.1%	Godden, Sandra M. #37,106	University of Minnesota
57	Kuwait	1	1	0.1%	Al-Khalaifah, Hanan #51,037	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
58	St. Kitts & Nevis	1	1	0.1%	Gilbert, Robert O. #66,155	Ross University School of Veterinary Medi
59	Luxembourg	1	0	0.1%	Hoffmann, Lucien #102,051	Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
60	Serbia	1	0	0.1%	Puvača, Nikola M. #167,414	University Business Academy in Novi Sad
61	Fiji	1	0	0.1%	Iji, Paul Ade #215,376	Fiji National University
62	Cyprus	1	0	0.1%	Papademas, Photis #271,629	Cyprus University of Technology
63	Argentina	1	0	0.1%	Bó, Gabriel Amílcar #279,084	Instituto de Reproduccion Animal Cordoba
64	Ukraine	1	0	0.1%	Narushin, Valeriy G. #289,809	Independent Scientist
65	Kazakhstan	1	0	0.1%	Konuspayeva, Gaukhar #316,366	Scientific and Production Enterprise “Antigen” LLP
66	Estonia	1	0	0.1%	Hall, Stephen J.G. #317,360	Eesti Maaülikool
67	Mozambique	1	0	0.1%	Dibner, Julia J. #339,224	Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
68	Togo	1	0	0.1%	Tona, Kokou #345,629	University of Lome
69	Oman	1	0	0.1%	Kadim, Isam Tawfik #347,410	University of Nizwa
70	Romania	1	0	0.1%	Mierlita, Daniel Pantea #348,372	University of Oradea
71	Lithuania	1	0	0.1%	Antanaitis, Ramǔnas #371,899	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas
72	Qatar	1	0	0.1%	Sohail, Muhammad Umar #377,454	Qatar University
73	Palestine	1	0	0.1%	Mudalal, Samer I. #454,177	An-Najah National University