Top countries for Food Science

86 countries · Food Science

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Food Science?

2,265 researchers whose main subfield is Food Science are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. China has the most (750, 33.1%), followed by the United States (160) and Spain (126). 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 China75040933.1%Xiao, Jianbo #629Jiangnan University
2 United States1601067.1%McClements, David Julian #14University of Massachusetts Amherst
3 Spain126835.6%Lorenzo, Josè Manuel #828CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Alimentos y Nutricion (ICTAN)
4 India114705.0%Roy, Swarup #2,338Lovely Professional University
5 Italy79383.5%Daglia, Maria #3,798Università di Parma
6 Iran72403.2%Jafari, Seid Mahdi #440Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
7 Canada71513.1%Shahidi, Fereidoon #418University of Manitoba
8 Australia61442.7%Cozzolino, Daniel #4,861The University of Queensland
9 Türkiye49342.2%Zengin, Gokhan #5,357İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi
10 Brazil47282.1%de Azeredo, Henriette Monteiro Cordeiro #7,415Universidade Estadual de Campinas
11 Germany46272.0%Knorr, Dietrich #10,501Technische Universität München
12 Poland44301.9%Kieliszek, Marek #4,021University of Life Sciences in Lublin
13 United Kingdom43271.9%Shewry, Peter Robert #2,407University of Reading
14 Portugal40261.8%Ferreira, Isabel C.F.R. #8,080Universidade do Porto
15 Netherlands37241.6%van Boekel, Martinus A.J.S.Tiny #6,111Wageningen University & Research
16 South Korea31161.4%Rhim, Jong-whan #305Kyung Hee University
17 Ireland31231.4%Sun, Da-Wen #628University College Dublin
18 France30211.3%Turck, Dominique D. #8,398INRAE
19 Greece30191.3%Biliaderis, Costas G. #15,364Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
20 New Zealand26181.1%Zhu, Fan #293Massey University
21 Saudi Arabia25161.1%Galanakis, Charis M. #2,475King Saud University
22 Belgium21110.9%Verbeke, Wim A.J. #2,336Universiteit Gent
23 Malaysia21140.9%Chua, Lee Suan #21,926Universiti Putra Malaysia
24 Denmark19160.8%Grunert, Klaus G. #3,339Aarhus Universitet
25 Thailand17100.8%Benjakul, Soottawat #10,496Prince of Songkla University
26 Mexico16110.7%Serna-Saldivar, Sergio O. #11,336Instituto Politécnico Nacional
27 Finland15120.7%Bertoft, Eric #17,143Helsingin Yliopisto
28 Taiwan14100.6%Chen, Mei Fiang #4,449National Chung Hsing University
29 Pakistan1490.6%Aadil, Rana Muhammad #15,350Government College University Faisalabad
30 Egypt1380.6%Farag, Mohamed A. #2,831National Research Centre
31 United Arab Emirates13110.6%Maqsood, Sajid #18,349United Arab Emirates University
32 Hong Kong1250.5%Li, Cheng #6,747Chinese University of Hong Kong
33 South Africa1170.5%Opara, Umezuruike Linus #15,574Stellenbosch University
34 Sweden1050.4%Jagtap, Sandeep #54,068Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
35 Tunisia940.4%Nasri, Moncef #14,368Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax
36 Austria940.4%Hadidi, Milad #22,413BOKU University
37 Croatia970.4%Jakobek, Lidija #28,317University of Zagreb, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology
38 Switzerland740.3%Siegrist, Michael #452ETH Zürich
39 Nigeria750.3%Oboh, Ganiyu #18,596Federal University of Technology, Akure
40 Argentina710.3%Gutiérrez, Tomy J. #20,880Centro de Investigacion y Desarrollo En Criotecnologia de Alimentos (CONICET- Universidad Nacional de la Plata- Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires)
41 Norway740.3%Knutsen, Katrine Helle #42,219Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
42 Japan740.3%Tsuda, Takanori #73,364Chubu University
43 Singapore660.3%Chen, Jianshe #8,223National University of Singapore
44 Romania640.3%Oroian, Mircea Adrian #19,029Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca
45 Israel640.3%Davidovich-Pinhas, Maya #29,188Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
46 Chile510.2%Aguilera, Josè Miguel #11,697Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
47 Indonesia520.2%Rohman, Abdul F. #20,865Universitas Gadjah Mada
48 Czechia410.2%Kalac, Pavel #27,076Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
49 Serbia420.2%Soković, Marina D. #54,379University of Belgrade
50 Morocco330.1%Bouyahya, Abdelhakim #15,298Mohammed V University in Rabat
51 Iraq310.1%Altemimi, Ammar B. #21,345University of Basrah
52 Lithuania310.1%Venskutonis, Petras Rimantas #51,819Kaunas University of Technology
53 Kenya320.1%Tanga, Chrysantus M. #57,373Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
54 Oman320.1%Rahman, Mohammad Shafiur #57,420Sultan Qaboos University
55 Slovakia320.1%Kačaniova, Miroslava M. #61,113Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra
56 Russia310.1%Rebezov, Maksim Borisovich #95,945V.M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems of Russian Academy of Sciences
57 Vietnam220.1%Ashaolu, Tolulope Joshua #5,386Duy Tan University
58 Luxembourg210.1%Bohn, Torsten #5,617Luxembourg Institute of Health
59 Kuwait210.1%Ahmed, Jasim #10,388Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
60 Slovenia210.1%Poklar Ulrih, Natasa #37,042Univerza v Ljubljani
61 Ghana210.1%Afoakwa, Emmanuel Ohene #42,564Ghana Communication Technology University
62 Hungary210.1%Vetter, Jänos #71,282ÁTE Növénytani Tanszék
63 Sri Lanka210.1%Chandrasekara, Anoma #85,543Wayamba University of Sri Lanka
64 Bangladesh200.1%Islam, Md Nahidul #134,553Gazipur Agricultural University
65 Estonia110.0%Bhat, Rajeev #6,856Eesti Maaülikool
66 Syria110.0%Hassoun, Abdo #6,893University of Aleppo
67 Uruguay110.0%Ares, Gastón #7,529Universidad de la Republica
68 Uganda110.0%Awuchi, Chinaza Godswill #17,687Unicaf University
69 Ecuador110.0%Alvarez-Suarez, Jose M. #23,475Universidad San Francisco de Quito
70 Peru110.0%Siche, Raúl #62,176Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
71 Kyrgyzstan110.0%Öz, Fatih #67,521Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University
72 Kazakhstan110.0%Shariati, Mohammad Ali #81,874Kazakh Research Institute of Processing and Food Industry
73 Colombia110.0%Osorio-Tobón, J. Felipe #91,498Institución Universitaria Colegio Mayor de Antioquia
74 North Macedonia110.0%Trajkovska Petkoska, Anka #92,608University “St. Kliment Ohridski”-Bitola
75 Jordan100.0%Olaimat, Amin Naser #102,248Hashemite University
76 Ukraine100.0%Lebovka, Mykola I. #116,579F. D. Ovcharenko Institute of Biocolloidal Chemistry
77 Afghanistan100.0%Shah, Mohd Asif #123,418Kardan University
78 Algeria100.0%Djenane, Djamel #130,622Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi Ouzou
79 Macao100.0%Cheang, Wai San #134,508University of Macau
80 Guam100.0%Ferdosh, Sahena #135,249Unibetsedȧt Guåhan
81 Botswana100.0%Seifu, Eyassu #137,342Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
82 Côte d’Ivoire100.0%Yapo, Beda Marcel #140,596University of Jean Lorougnon GUEDE (UJLoG)
83 Philippines100.0%Juliano, Bienvenido O. #145,712Philippine Rice Research Institute
84 Yemen100.0%Al-Dalali, Sam S. #159,349Ibb University
85 Cyprus100.0%Umar, Huzaifa #159,834Near East University
86 Latvia100.0%Górnaś, Paweł Ł. #174,228Institute of Horticulture