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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in International Relations?

223 researchers whose main subfield is International Relations 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 (80, 35.9%), followed by the United Kingdom (48) and Canada (23). 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	80	80	35.9%	Acharya, Amitav #1,543	Columbia University
2	United Kingdom	48	45	21.5%	Hickel, Jason E. #1,081	London School of Economics and Political Science
3	Canada	23	23	10.3%	Clapp, Jennifer A. #4,441	University of Toronto
4	Australia	16	15	7.2%	True, Jacqui #20,373	The Australian National University
5	Sweden	8	8	3.6%	Bäckstrand, Karin #15,214	Göteborgs Universitet
6	Germany	7	6	3.1%	Goldthau, Andreas C. #29,613	Technische Universität Darmstadt
7	Denmark	6	6	2.7%	Adler-Nissen, Rebecca #14,004	Københavns Universitet
8	Norway	5	5	2.2%	Neumann, Iver B. #14,731	International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
9	Netherlands	5	5	2.2%	Pattberg, Philipp H. #35,920	Universiteit van Amsterdam
10	Switzerland	4	4	1.8%	Prügl, Elisabeth M. #73,382	Geneva Graduate Institute
11	Italy	3	3	1.3%	Checkel, Jeffrey T. #23,947	European University Institute, San Domenico di Fiesole
12	Türkiye	3	3	1.3%	Ôniş, Ziya #25,508	Koç Üniversitesi
13	France	2	2	0.9%	Bigo, Didier #12,511	Centre de Recherches Internationales Sciences Po
14	Singapore	2	2	0.9%	Callahan, William A. #17,582	Singapore Management University
15	China	2	2	0.9%	Yan, Xuetong #56,567	Tsinghua University
16	Malaysia	1	1	0.4%	Cheng-Chwee, Kuik Chwee #16,125	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
17	Hong Kong	1	1	0.4%	Zeng, Jinghan #38,573	City University of Hong Kong
18	Brunei	1	1	0.4%	Ullah, A. K.M.Ahsan #38,648	Universiti Brunei Darussalam
19	New Zealand	1	1	0.4%	Jackson, Richard #45,060	University of Otago
20	Ireland	1	1	0.4%	Kaunert, Christian #65,780	Dublin City University
21	Romania	1	1	0.4%	Moretti, Franco #74,315	Universitatea Lucian Blaga din Sibiu
22	South Africa	1	1	0.4%	Abrahamsen, Rita #82,341	Centre for International and Comparative Politics
23	Spain	1	1	0.4%	Roger, Charles B. #89,510	Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals
24	Israel	1	1	0.4%	Manor, Ilan #92,426	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev