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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Genetics & Heredity?

881 researchers whose main subfield is Genetics & Heredity 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 (372, 42.2%), followed by the United Kingdom (108) and the Netherlands (53). 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	372	95	42.2%	Quinlan, Aaron R. #1,620	Baylor College of Medicine
2	United Kingdom	108	25	12.3%	Dudbridge, Frank #10,280	University of Exeter
3	Netherlands	53	14	6.0%	Boomsma, Dorret I. #11,105	Radboud University Medical Center
4	Germany	46	12	5.2%	Wirth, Brunhilde #37,391	Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
5	Canada	43	10	4.9%	Knoppers, Bartha Maria #17,551	The University of British Columbia
6	France	41	10	4.7%	Yanick J. Crow, Yanick Joseph #7,191	Université Paris Cité
7	Australia	34	12	3.9%	Martin, Nicholas G. #9,506	Murdoch Children's Research Institute
8	Italy	28	4	3.2%	Ballabio, Andrea #5,412	IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù
9	Switzerland	16	4	1.8%	Antonarakis, Stylianos E. #9,744	Kinderspital Zürich
10	Belgium	16	6	1.8%	Malfait, Fransiska #45,459	KU Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
11	Japan	15	0	1.7%	Matsumoto, Naomichi #145,120	Graduate School of Medicine
12	Sweden	12	4	1.4%	Pedersen, Nancy Lee #30,353	Karolinska Institutet
13	China	10	0	1.1%	Li, Dong #103,985	Fudan University
14	Israel	9	0	1.0%	Livshits, Gregory M. #106,418	Faculty of Medicine
15	Denmark	8	1	0.9%	Christensen, Kaare #23,102	Syddansk Universitet
16	Finland	6	3	0.7%	Peltonen-Palotie, Leena Johanna #8,387	Helsingin Yliopisto
17	Saudi Arabia	6	2	0.7%	Umair, Muhammad #29,272	King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
18	Austria	5	1	0.6%	Mayr, Johannes Adalbert #84,329	Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
19	Spain	4	1	0.5%	Silventoinen, Karri #40,807	Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA)
20	United Arab Emirates	4	1	0.5%	El-Hattab, Ayman W. #48,988	Burjeel Medical City
21	South Africa	4	3	0.5%	Ziegler, Andreas #74,266	University of KwaZulu-Natal
22	South Korea	4	1	0.5%	Lee, Seunggeun Shawn #96,626	Seoul National University
23	Poland	4	0	0.5%	Domaradzki, Jan #111,491	Poznan University of Medical Sciences
24	Qatar	4	0	0.5%	Estivill, Xavier #124,985	Sidra Medicine
25	Brazil	3	1	0.3%	Giugliani, Roberto #91,918	Universidade de São Paulo
26	Greece	3	0	0.3%	Patrinos, George P. #114,808	University of Patras
27	India	3	0	0.3%	Majumder, Partha Pratim #143,798	Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata
28	Taiwan	2	0	0.2%	Hwu, Wuh-Liang #107,984	National Taiwan University Hospital
29	Hong Kong	2	0	0.2%	Chung, Brian Hon Yin #171,956	The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
30	Russia	2	0	0.2%	Zhivotovsky, Lev A. #273,697	All-Union Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography
31	Slovenia	2	0	0.2%	Peterlin, Borut #283,135	Univerzitetni Klinični Center Ljubljana
32	Estonia	2	0	0.2%	Laan, Maris #329,532	Tartu Ülikool
33	Hungary	1	1	0.1%	Morava, Éva #72,005	University of Pécs Medical School
34	Singapore	1	0	0.1%	Teo, Yik Ying #123,831	National University of Singapore
35	New Zealand	1	0	0.1%	Robertson, Stephen P. #175,329	University of Otago
36	Ireland	1	0	0.1%	Pastores, Gregory M. #199,692	University College Dublin
37	Serbia	1	0	0.1%	Brdar-Jokanović, Milka D. #232,813	Institute of Field and Vegetable Crops Serbia
38	Lebanon	1	0	0.1%	Megarbane, Andre #266,224	Lebanese American University
39	Norway	1	0	0.1%	Berg, Kåre #281,017	Universitetet i Oslo
40	Iran	1	0	0.1%	Najmabadi, Hossein #289,216	University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
41	Oman	1	0	0.1%	Girisha, Katta Mohan #292,369	Sultan Qaboos University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
42	Türkiye	1	0	0.1%	Mercimek-Andrews, Saadet #349,499	İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine