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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Economic Theory?

38 researchers whose main subfield is Economic Theory 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 (16, 42.1%), followed by Israel (5) and the United Kingdom (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 States	16	7	42.1%	Myerson, Roger B. #30,998	University of California, Los Angeles
2	Israel	5	3	13.2%	Aumann, Robert John #37,898	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
3	United Kingdom	3	2	7.9%	Young, H. Peyton #14,927	University of Oxford
4	France	3	0	7.9%	Bloch, Francis #113,360	Ecole d’Économie de Paris
5	Germany	2	1	5.3%	Selten, Reinhard #65,632	Universität Bonn
6	Italy	2	1	5.3%	Marinacci, Massimo #80,789	Università Bocconi
7	Austria	2	1	5.3%	Hofbauer, Josef #95,051	Universität Wien
8	Canada	1	1	2.6%	Epstein, Larry G. #93,697	Université McGill
9	Netherlands	1	0	2.6%	van den Brink, René #111,403	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
10	Denmark	1	0	2.6%	Ehlers, Lars Holger #119,828	Nordic Institute of Health Economics
11	Sweden	1	0	2.6%	Weibull, Jörgen W. #171,378	Handelshögskolan i Stockholm
12	Japan	1	0	2.6%	Kojima, Fuhito #223,720	The University of Tokyo