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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Gender Studies?

60 researchers whose main subfield is Gender Studies 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 (21, 35.0%), followed by the United Kingdom (20) and Australia (4). 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	21	21	35.0%	Acker, Joan #4,791	University of California, Santa Cruz
2	United Kingdom	20	20	33.3%	Gill, Rosalind M. #1,203	Goldsmiths, University of London
3	Australia	4	4	6.7%	Moreton-Robinson, Aileen #17,571	The University of Queensland
4	New Zealand	2	2	3.3%	Braun, Virginia #94	University of Auckland
5	Netherlands	2	2	3.3%	Braidotti, Rosi #4,842	Universiteit Utrecht
6	Finland	2	2	3.3%	Paasonen, Susanna #57,559	Turun yliopisto
7	Sweden	2	2	3.3%	Shildrick, Margrit #75,650	Stockholms universitet
8	Argentina	1	1	1.7%	Lugones, María Gabriela #31,705	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba
9	Poland	1	1	1.7%	Graff, Agnieszka #48,918	University of Warsaw
10	Ireland	1	1	1.7%	Ging, Debbie #49,608	Dublin City University
11	Spain	1	1	1.7%	Lutz, Helma #86,315	International Sociological Association
12	Germany	1	1	1.7%	Mies, Maria #99,375	Technology Arts Sciences TH Köln
13	India	1	1	1.7%	Singha, Surjit #99,884	Kristu Jayanti (Deemed to be University)
14	South Africa	1	0	1.7%	Pande, Amrita #100,536	University of Cape Town