Top countries for Endocrinology & Metabolism

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Endocrinology & Metabolism?

2,085 researchers whose main subfield is Endocrinology & Metabolism 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 (802, 38.5%), followed by the United Kingdom (216) and Italy (114). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#CountryListed authorsTop 100kShare of subfieldHighest-ranked authorTop institution
1 United States80254738.5%Hu, Frank B. #74Harvard Medical School
2 United Kingdom21614210.4%Wilding, Prof John #1,289University of Cambridge
3 Italy114725.5%Targher, Giovanni #1,235Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
4 Germany105695.0%Blüher, Matthias #346Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH
5 Australia89534.3%Kanis, John A. #505Monash University
6 Canada86624.1%Drucker, Daniel J. #131University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine
7 Denmark62453.0%Pedersen, Bente Klarlund #458Københavns Universitet
8 Netherlands58392.8%Blaak, Ellen E. #4,802Erasmus MC
9 France57362.7%Schlumberger, Martin Jean #7,875Université Paris-Saclay
10 China53322.5%Jia, Weiping #3,808Ruijin Hospital
11 Sweden52362.5%Bäckhed, Fredrik #1,204Karolinska Institutet
12 Japan52282.5%Kadowaki, Takahashi #11,946Graduate School of Medicine
13 South Korea35181.7%Lim, Soo #12,614Seoul National University College of Medicine
14 Spain29151.4%Frühbeck, Gema #4,381Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red-Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición
15 Belgium28201.3%Cani, Patrice D. #270KU Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
16 Finland26151.2%Tuomilehto, Jaakko O.I. #2,583Itä-Suomen yliopisto
17 Switzerland23171.1%Rizzoli, René R. #2,653Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
18 Greece22141.1%Chrousos, George P. #966National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
19 India19100.9%Mohan, Viswanthan Krishna #3,062Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
20 Iran1690.8%Azizi, Fereidoun #3,664Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Research Institute for Endocrine Science
21 Hong Kong1370.6%Shek, Tan Lei Daniel #3,440Chinese University of Hong Kong
22 Brazil1270.6%Schmidt, Maria Inês #22,504Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
23 Austria1170.5%Roden, M. W. #2,565Medizinische Universität Graz
24 Israel1190.5%Raz, Itamar #29,769Tel Aviv University
25 New Zealand1070.5%Reid, Ian R. #3,683University of Auckland
26 Singapore740.3%Eriksson, Johan Gunnar #6,008NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
27 Poland750.3%Szablewski, Leszek #14,612Centrum Medyczne Kształcenia Podyplomowego, Warszawa
28 Saudi Arabia630.3%Al-Daghri, N. Mohammad #24,763College of Sciences
29 Norway630.3%Eriksen, Erik Fink Ink #46,175Aker University Hospital
30 Türkiye530.2%Yildiz, Bulent Okan #17,355Hacettepe Üniversitesi
31 Slovenia550.2%Battelino, Tadej #26,050Univerza v Ljubljani Medicinska Fakulteta
32 South Africa410.2%Cerf, Marlon E. #51,540South African Medical Research Council
33 Qatar320.1%Malik, Rayaz Ahmed #19,283Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar
34 Mexico330.1%Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos Alberto #28,680Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social
35 United Arab Emirates320.1%Adeghate, Ernest A. #58,846College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
36 Colombia330.1%Mendivil, Carlos O. #69,942Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
37 Portugal310.1%Sena, Cristina Maria #94,432Universidade de Coimbra, Faculdade de Medicina
38 Ireland220.1%Gregg, Edward W. #7,903Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
39 Taiwan220.1%Tseng, Chinhsiao #16,637National Taiwan University Hospital
40 Sri Lanka220.1%Ranasinghe, Priyanga Diloshini #39,619University of Colombo Faculty of Medicine
41 Bahrain220.1%Butler, Alexandra E. #49,742Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical University of Bahrain
42 Argentina210.1%Rey, Rodolfo #70,239Centro de Investigaciones Endocrinologicas
43 Cameroon210.1%Sobngwi, Eugène #96,751Université de Yaoundé I
44 Malaysia200.1%Abdalla, Mona Mohamed Ibrahim #103,830International Medical University
45 Lebanon110.0%El-Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada A. #63,669American University of Beirut
46 Pakistan110.0%Basit, Abdul #67,431Indus Hospital & Health Network
47 Hungary110.0%Tabák, Ádám Gy #80,806Semmelweis Egyetem
48 Thailand100.0%Charoenngam, Nipith #103,772Siriraj Hospital
49 Kuwait100.0%Al-Mulla, F. #106,569Kuwait University
50 Philippines100.0%Velarde, Michael C. #114,783Institute of Biology, College of Science, University of the Philippines, Diliman
51 Romania100.0%Cernea, Simona #123,132George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures
52 Ethiopia100.0%Gebrie, Alemu #126,612Debre Markos University
53 Greenland100.0%Jørgensen, Marit E. Eika #129,723Steno Diabetes Center Greenland
54 Czechia100.0%Haluzík, Martin M. #135,555Institutu Klinické a Experimentální Medicíny
55 Chile100.0%Codner, Ethel #135,580Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile
56 Puerto Rico100.0%Sosenko, Jay M. #148,608University of Miami
57 Russia100.0%Dedov, Ivan I. #159,147Endocrinology Research Centre
58 Bulgaria100.0%Kamenov, Z. A. #160,583Medical University of Sofia Faculty of Medicine
59 Macao100.0%Ge, Wei #162,658University of Macau