Top countries for General & Internal Medicine

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in General & Internal Medicine?

7,450 researchers whose main subfield is General & Internal Medicine 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 (1,898, 25.5%), followed by the United Kingdom (1,186) and Iran (464). 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 States1,89840225.5%Ioannidis, John P.A. #24Harvard Medical School
2 United Kingdom1,18626415.9%Altman, Douglas G. #10London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
3 Iran464696.2%Amiri, Sohrab #3,370Tehran University of Medical Sciences
4 Canada4271055.7%Moher, David #18McMaster University
5 Australia412805.5%Page, Matthew James #231Monash University
6 China291273.9%Zhou, Maigeng #3,132West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University
7 India196372.6%Gupta, Rajeev C. #3,568Indian Council of Medical Research
8 Switzerland181242.4%Salanti, Georgia #882Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
9 Germany169202.3%Bragazzi, Nicola Luigi #3,138Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
10 Italy106181.4%Schunemann, Holger J. #519Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri
11 Netherlands103211.4%Vandenbroucke, Jan P. #626University Medical Center Utrecht
12 Ethiopia10171.4%Kassa, Getachew Mullu #31,726University of Gondar
13 Saudi Arabia95141.3%Meo, Sultan Ayoub #8,380Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
14 Denmark90141.2%Gøtzsche, Peter Christian #2,589Syddansk Universitet
15 South Africa85101.1%Egger, Matthias #262South African Medical Research Council
16 New Zealand84151.1%Farquhar, Cindy M. #10,037University of Auckland
17 Spain8291.1%Cruz-Jentoft, Alfonso José #1,186Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
18 South Korea7481.0%Lee, Seung Won #21,143Seoul National University College of Medicine
19 Norway72151.0%Oxman, Andrew David #3,714Folkehelseinstituttet
20 Ireland7090.9%O'Donnell, Martin J. #11,350University of Galway
21 Pakistan6560.9%Bhutta, Zulfiqar A. #251The Aga Khan University
22 Malaysia6080.8%Sreeramareddy, Chandrashekhar T. #13,872Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
23 Sweden5670.8%Naghavi, Mohsen #133Karolinska Institutet
24 Taiwan5530.7%Koo, Malcolm Mei On #51,716National Taiwan University
25 Singapore4960.7%Chan, Yiong Huak #3,954National University of Singapore
26 France4880.6%Singh-Manoux, Archana #10,654Hôpital Hotel-Dieu AP-HP
27 Belgium4730.6%Scheen, J. Jacques #1,674Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liege
28 United Arab Emirates41120.6%Khan, Moien A.B. #16,497College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
29 Israel4150.6%Dicker, Dror R. #18,072Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
30 Japan4080.5%Yonemoto, Naohiro #12,767St. Luke’s International University
31 Nigeria3650.5%Olusanya, Bolajoko O. #3,421University of Ibadan
32 Bangladesh3430.5%Saklayen, Mohammad Golam #22,901International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
33 Thailand3240.4%Rai, Rajesh Kumar #30,976Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University
34 Brazil3220.4%Faro, Andre #49,720Universidade de São Paulo
35 Hong Kong2870.4%Huang, Junjie #8,245The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
36 Türkiye2750.4%Aktas, Gulali #15,058Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi
37 Indonesia2630.3%Harapan, Harapan H. #30,782Universitas Airlangga
38 Chile2340.3%Petermann-Rocha, Fanny Emily #18,031Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
39 Jordan2250.3%Sallam, Malik #1,405Jordan University of Science and Technology
40 Romania2230.3%Hostiuc, Sorin #22,327Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti
41 Finland2170.3%Kivimaki, Mika Shipley #1,314Helsingin Yliopisto
42 Mexico2140.3%Service, Robert F. #9,241Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
43 Greece2140.3%Micha, Renata #19,987National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
44 Egypt1940.3%Hamdy, Nadia M. #16,390Faculty of Medicine
45 Qatar1850.2%Akobeng, Anthony Kwaku #10,200Hamad Medical Corporation
46 Iraq1800.2%Abdulah, Deldar Morad #106,876University of Duhok
47 Portugal1730.2%Cruz-Martins, Natália #3,221Universidade do Porto
48 Austria1720.2%Gartlehner, Gerald #27,780University for Continuing Education Krems
49 Colombia1730.2%Buendia, Jefferson Antonio #74,326Universidad de Antioquia
50 Ghana1540.2%Ezzati, Majid Hassanpour #1,901University of Ghana
51 Croatia1530.2%Meštrović, Tomislav #18,665Catholic University of Croatia
52 Oman1500.2%Al Awaidy, Salah T. #131,762Sultan Qaboos University
53 Poland1430.2%Dziedzic, Arkadiusz Marian #30,060Jagiellonian University Medical College
54 Serbia1330.2%Jakovljevic, Mihajlo B. #4,660Belgrade University School of Medicine
55 Nepal1210.2%Dhimal, Megnath L. #34,757Nepal Health Research Council
56 Sri Lanka1200.2%Kularatne, Senanayake Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage #114,627Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
57 Peru1200.2%Benites-Zapata, Vicente A. #175,459Universidad Científica del Sur
58 Kenya1110.1%Abajobir, Amanuel Alemu #63,446Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
59 Vietnam940.1%Tran, Bach Xuan #5,728Vietnam National University, Hanoi
60 Philippines900.1%Antonio, Carl Abelardo T. #129,946National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila
61 Russia800.1%Vlassov, Vasiliy V. #199,524HSE University
62 Argentina720.1%Litter, Marta I. #52,436Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria
63 Slovenia640.1%Rubin, Rita M.A. #14,478Medical News & Perspectives
64 Ecuador620.1%Lowe, Rachel #30,780Universidad Internacional del Ecuador
65 Lebanon600.1%Salameh, Pascale R. #103,535Beirut Arab University
66 Puerto Rico600.1%Madewell, Zachary Joseph #116,354Universidad de Puerto Rico
67 Czechia600.1%Hussain, Salman #142,774Charles University
68 Kazakhstan600.1%Vento, Sandro #174,475Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University
69 Palestine510.1%Sweileh, Waleed M. #7,269An-Najah National University
70 Brunei500.1%Ong, Sok King #163,950Universiti Brunei Darussalam
71 Lithuania500.1%Tamošiunas, Abdonas #187,154Lietuvos Sveikatos Mokslų Universitetas
72 Cyprus420.1%Waheed, Yasir #13,659Near East University
73 Cameroon430.1%Bigna, Jean Joel R. #69,082Université de Yaoundé I
74 Tunisia400.1%Ben Saad, Helmi #101,962Faculté de Médecine de Tunis
75 Jamaica400.1%Hambleton, Ian Richard #200,710The University of the West Indies Mona Campus
76 Ukraine400.1%Boyarchuk, Oksana Romanivna #639,262I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University
77 Luxembourg310.0%Alkerwi, Ala'a #24,337Luxembourg Institute of Health
78 Slovakia310.0%Majdan, Marek #65,192University of Trnava
79 Uganda310.0%Ndejjo, Rawlance #65,907Makerere University School of Public Health
80 Bahrain310.0%Vaithinathan, Asokan Govindaraj #80,565University of Bahrain
81 Tanzania310.0%Sunguya, Bruno Fokas #91,716Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
82 Malawi300.0%Muula, Adamson Sinjani #121,060Kamuzu University of Health Sciences
83 Rwanda300.0%Kanmodi, Kehinde K. #129,034University of Global Health Equity
84 Bosnia & Herzegovina300.0%Zerem, Enver #163,198Univerzitet u Sarajevu
85 Zimbabwe300.0%Murewanhema, Grant #178,947University of Zimbabwe
86 Zambia300.0%Pillay, Yogan G. #179,437University of Zambia
87 Bulgaria300.0%Dokova, Klara Georgieva #230,759Medical University-Varna
88 Hungary300.0%Piracha, Zahra Zahid #232,547Széchenyi István University
89 Malta210.0%Cuschieri, Sarah #2,406L-Università ta' Malta
90 Botswana210.0%Hofmeyr, George Justus #20,875University of Botswana
91 Libya210.0%Elhadi, Muhammed K. #51,823University of Tripoli
92 Iceland200.0%Sigurvinsdóttir, Rannveig S. #150,591Reykjavík University
93 Congo - Kinshasa200.0%Katoto, Patrick De Marie Chimusa #174,966Université Catholique de Bukavu
94 Panama200.0%Núñez-Samudio, Virginia #188,694Instituto de Ciencias Médicas
95 Morocco200.0%Nejjari, Chakib #221,872Université Euro-Méditerranéenne de Fès
96 Estonia200.0%JÜRISSON, Mikk H. #312,883Tartu Ülikool
97 Sudan200.0%Mohamed, Nouh Saad #506,772Sirius Training and Research Centre
98 Georgia200.0%Gamkrelidze, Amiran #558,021The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
99 Gambia110.0%Barrow, Amadou #93,945University of The Gambia
100 Costa Rica100.0%Kaiser, Jocelyn #115,522Mount Chirripó in Costa Rica
101 Yemen100.0%Hezam, Kamal #172,891Taiz University
102 Guatemala100.0%Rohloff, Peter J. #182,886Wuqu’ Kawoq Maya Health Alliance
103 Liberia100.0%Ahmad, Farida B. #185,631National Center for Health Statistics
104 Papua New Guinea100.0%Enserink, Martin #188,444Lihir Island
105 Trinidad & Tobago100.0%Umakanthan, Srikanth #208,768The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus
106 Cambodia100.0%Selvaraj, Siddharthan #229,367University of Puthisastra
107 Montenegro100.0%Klisic, Aleksandra N. #290,409Primary Health Care Center
108 Somalia100.0%Mohamed, Jama #298,856University of Hargeisa
109 Algeria100.0%Zaidi, Zoubida #395,465Université Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1
110 Kuwait100.0%Versace, Vincent Lawrence #405,269Dasman Diabetes Institute
111 Benin100.0%Avokpaho, Euripide Frinel Gbenato Arthur #421,590Institut de Recherche Clinique du Bénin
112 Curaçao100.0%Berend, Kenrick #427,472Curaçao Medical Center
113 Congo - Brazzaville100.0%Karamagi, Humphrey Cyprian #429,670World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa Congo
114 Afghanistan100.0%Stanikzai, Muhammad Haroon #453,750Kandahar University
115 Sierra Leone100.0%Wurie, Haja Ramatulai #541,054University of Sierra Leone
116 Macao100.0%Li, Chihua #567,121University of Macau
117 Latvia100.0%Gotham, Dzintars #586,621Independent Researcher
118 Fiji100.0%Nand, Devina #614,006Ministry of Health and Medical Services
119 Guinea100.0%Delamou, Alexandre #627,068Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene
120 Madagascar100.0%Bonds, Matthew H. #646,849Ranomafana
121 Cuba100.0%Llibre-Rodríguez, Juan De Jesús #689,339Universidad de La Habana