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

2,128 researchers whose main subfield is Dentistry 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 (499, 23.4%), followed by Italy (180) and the United Kingdom (153). 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	499	118	23.4%	Ferracane, Jack L. #3,137	University of Washington
2	Italy	180	35	8.5%	Isola, Gaetano #4,804	Università degli Studi di Milano
3	United Kingdom	153	46	7.2%	Warnakulasuriya, Saman N. #1,436	King's College London
4	China	147	16	6.9%	Tonetti, Maurizio S. #1,919	West China School / Hospital of Stomatology Sichuan University
5	Brazil	117	15	5.5%	Siqueira, J. F. #3,288	Universidade de São Paulo
6	Germany	114	19	5.4%	Schwendicke, Falk #862	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
7	Switzerland	76	35	3.6%	Lang, Niklaus Peter #4,248	Universität Zürich
8	Japan	64	9	3.0%	Takahashi, Nobuhiro #25,928	Institute of Science Tokyo
9	Australia	58	20	2.7%	Heitz-Mayfield, Lisa J.A. #8,294	Melbourne Dental School
10	Netherlands	57	15	2.7%	Loos, Bruno G. #15,223	Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam
11	Spain	56	8	2.6%	Sanz, Mariano B. #4,066	Universidad Complutense de Madrid
12	Canada	50	7	2.3%	Locker, David #21,061	University of Toronto
13	Sweden	49	17	2.3%	Berglundh, Tord #5,823	Sahlgrenska Akademin
14	Saudi Arabia	48	5	2.3%	Khurshid, Zohaib #13,901	Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
15	South Korea	43	5	2.0%	Lee, Yongkeun #53,319	Seoul National University School of Dentistry
16	Hong Kong	34	9	1.6%	Yeung, Andy Wai Kan #5,144	The University of Hong Kong
17	Denmark	33	9	1.6%	Petersen, Poul Erik #6,731	Aarhus Universitet
18	India	32	6	1.5%	Sukumaran, Anil P. #31,548	Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
19	Belgium	27	7	1.3%	Jacobs, Reinhilde #9,383	Departement Mondgezondheidswetenschappen
20	Finland	20	7	0.9%	Vallittu, Pekka Kalevi #12,749	Helsingin Yliopisto
21	Türkiye	20	2	0.9%	Orhan, Kaan Onur #28,488	Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi
22	Israel	19	1	0.9%	Machtei, Eli E. #88,782	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
23	France	16	2	0.8%	Dohan Ehrenfest, David M. #77,300	Université Paris Cité
24	Iran	15	2	0.7%	Asgary, Saeed #24,654	SBUMS Research Institute for Dental Sciences
25	Greece	15	0	0.7%	Lygidakis, Nick Α. #129,304	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
26	Norway	14	4	0.7%	Olsen, Ingar #15,724	Universitetet i Oslo
27	Egypt	14	2	0.7%	El Tantawi, Maha #28,455	Alexandria University
28	Singapore	12	4	0.6%	Svensson, Peter #46,491	Faculty of Dentistry
29	Poland	12	2	0.6%	Paradowska-Stolarz, Anna Maria #97,557	Wroclaw Medical University
30	Portugal	11	2	0.5%	Chambrone, Leando A. #44,901	Egas Moniz School of Health and Science
31	United Arab Emirates	10	3	0.5%	Zafar, Muhammad Sohail #5,807	Ajman University
32	Austria	10	2	0.5%	Bookstein, Fred L. #12,539	Medizinische Universität Wien
33	Thailand	9	0	0.4%	Mattheos, Nikos #174,401	Chulalongkorn University
34	New Zealand	8	1	0.4%	Thomson, W. Murray #10,181	University of Otago
35	Ireland	8	2	0.4%	Duncan, Henry (Hal) #10,782	Dublin Dental University Hospital
36	Taiwan	8	1	0.4%	Yu-Kang, Tu #19,321	National Taiwan University
37	Chile	6	1	0.3%	Rivera, César Andrés #63,257	Universidad de Chile
38	Qatar	6	1	0.3%	Al-Maweri, Sadeq Ali #96,079	Qatar University
39	South Africa	5	1	0.2%	Benzian, Habib M. #55,481	University of the Western Cape
40	Malaysia	5	1	0.2%	Ahmed, Hany Mohamed Aly #74,069	International Medical University
41	Mexico	5	0	0.2%	Kan, Joseph Y.K. #171,863	Loma Linda University School of Dentistry
42	Russia	3	1	0.1%	Mangano, Francesco Guido #38,517	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
43	Yemen	3	1	0.1%	Al-Moraissi, E. A. #55,927	Thamar University
44	Jordan	3	0	0.1%	Hassona, Yazan Mansour #161,019	Jordan University of Science and Technology
45	Lithuania	3	0	0.1%	Linkevičius, Tomas #163,904	Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas
46	Nigeria	2	1	0.1%	Folayan, Morenike O. #25,315	Obafemi Awolowo University
47	Kuwait	2	0	0.1%	Baskaradoss, Jagan Kumar #145,652	Kuwait University
48	Colombia	2	0	0.1%	Ardila, Carlos Martin #222,894	Universidad de Antioquia
49	Iraq	2	0	0.1%	Abdulkareem, Ali A. #277,154	University of Baghdad
50	Vietnam	2	0	0.1%	Pham, Thuy Anh Vu #355,959	Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City
51	Indonesia	2	0	0.1%	Budi, Hendrik Setia #395,219	Universitas Airlangga
52	Liechtenstein	1	1	0.0%	Heintze, Siegward Dietmar #31,119	R&D
53	Iceland	1	1	0.0%	Pjetursson, Bjarni Elvar #47,948	Haskoli Islands
54	Armenia	1	0	0.0%	Heboyan, Artak G. #149,223	Yerevan State Medical University after Mkhitar Heratsi
55	Tanzania	1	0	0.0%	Slootweg, Pieter J. #161,456	Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College
56	Lebanon	1	0	0.0%	Hardan, Louis S. #191,329	Université Saint-Joseph de Beyrouth
57	Latvia	1	0	0.0%	Uribe, Sergio E. #199,670	Riga Stradins University
58	Cyprus	1	0	0.0%	Panayi, Nearchos C. #200,688	European University Cyprus
59	Pakistan	1	0	0.0%	Ahmed, Naseer #232,784	Altamash Institute of Dental Medicine
60	Cambodia	1	0	0.0%	Marya, A. #260,676	University of Puthisastra
61	Hungary	1	0	0.0%	Varga, Gábor #278,579	Semmelweis Egyetem
62	Croatia	1	0	0.0%	Par, Matej #284,502	School of Dental Medicine University of Zagreb
63	Serbia	1	0	0.0%	Roganović, Jelena R. #310,098	University of Belgrade Faculty of Dental Medicine
64	Liberia	1	0	0.0%	Martinho, F. C. #333,716	University of Maryland Baltimore
65	Oman	1	0	0.0%	Al-Shaqsi, Sultan Zayed Khalifah #346,038	Khoula Hospital
66	Bahrain	1	0	0.0%	Sivaramakrishnan, Gowri #353,984	Bahrain Defence Force Royal Medical Services
67	Bulgaria	1	0	0.0%	Tchernev, Georgi #374,395	Medical University of Sofia
68	Uruguay	1	0	0.0%	Landini, Gabriel #382,345	Universidad de la Republica
69	Ethiopia	1	0	0.0%	Teshome, Amare #387,026	University of Gondar
70	Puerto Rico	1	0	0.0%	Jurado, Carlos Alberto #497,006	Ponce Health Sciences University