Top countries for Marine Biology & Hydrobiology

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Marine Biology & Hydrobiology?

1,159 researchers whose main subfield is Marine Biology & Hydrobiology 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 (350, 30.2%), followed by Australia (143) and the United Kingdom (110). 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 States35016830.2%Paerl, Hans W. #728Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2 Australia1436412.3%Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove I. #1,508James Cook University
3 United Kingdom110529.5%Thompson, Richard C. #244Plymouth Marine Laboratory
4 Canada51214.4%Schindler, David W. #6,266Dalhousie University
5 Germany49204.2%Dittmar, Thorsten #3,439Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung
6 Italy48184.1%Danovaro, R. #5,514Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
7 Spain44143.8%Borja, Angel #11,195CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
8 France39163.4%Beaugrand, Gregory #21,234Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche Sur Mer
9 Denmark37173.2%Kiørboe, Thomas #10,995Aarhus Universitet
10 New Zealand2662.2%Lebreton, Laurent C.M. #9,069Earth Sciences New Zealand
11 Netherlands24112.1%Middelburg, Jack J. #3,741Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
12 China2051.7%Jeppesen, Erik #10,766University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
13 Norway1791.5%Costello, Mark John #3,814Universitetet i Oslo
14 Sweden1791.5%Tranvik, Lars J. #8,198Göteborgs Universitet
15 Portugal1561.3%Pereira, Leonel #5,334Universidade de Aveiro
16 Belgium1321.1%Temmerman, Stijn #57,522Universiteit Gent
17 South Africa1140.9%Ryan, Peter G. #4,520Rhodes University
18 Brazil1130.9%Thomaz, Sidinei Magela #30,927Universidade Estadual de Maringá
19 Hong Kong950.8%Dudgeon, David #3,892The University of Hong Kong
20 Israel950.8%Rinkevich, Buki #18,497Israel Oceanographic & Limnological Research Ltd.
21 Switzerland930.8%Ward, James V. #44,338Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
22 Finland910.8%Lehtiniemi, Maiju #83,859Suomen Ympäristökeskus
23 India830.7%Kathiresan, Kandasamy I. #13,455Annamalai University
24 Ireland730.6%Guiry, Michael D. #43,546University of Galway
25 Japan710.6%Uye, Shin Ichi #88,184Hiroshima University
26 Saudi Arabia630.5%Duarte, C. M. #187King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
27 Austria530.4%Sommaruga, Ruben #60,764Universität Innsbruck
28 Russia510.4%Chubarenko, Irina P. #72,467P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences
29 Singapore410.3%Todd, Peter Alan #33,970National University of Singapore
30 Chile420.3%Buschmann, Alejandro H. #42,394Universidad de Concepcion
31 Türkiye400.3%Kideys, Ahmet Erkan #111,368Middle East Technical University (METU)
32 Greece320.3%Katsanevakis, Stelios #12,761University of the Aegean
33 Philippines310.3%Primavera, Jurgenne Honculada #29,134Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Philippines
34 Czechia310.3%Komárek, Jiří #37,613Jihočeská Univerzita v Českých Budějovicích
35 Malaysia310.3%Phang, Siew Moi #74,418UCSI University
36 Monaco310.3%Ferrier-Pagès, Christine #91,303Centre Scientifique de Monaco
37 Egypt300.3%Nour, Hamdy E. #110,434Zagazig University
38 Mexico300.3%Álvarez-Filip, Lorenzo #138,164Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
39 Hungary210.2%Padisák, Judit #35,908HUN-REN-PE Limnoecology Research Group
40 Bangladesh210.2%Islam, Md Shahidul #39,859Gazipur Agricultural University
41 Costa Rica210.2%Kleypas, Joan A. #60,726Raising Coral Costa Rica (RCCR)
42 Poland210.2%Zalewski, Maciej #99,263University of Lodz
43 South Korea200.2%Jeong, Hae Jin #116,736Seoul National University
44 Kenya110.1%Obura, David Obare #16,674Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean East Africa
45 Colombia110.1%Rangel-Buitrago, Nelson Guillermo #27,165Universidad del Atlántico, Colombia
46 Brunei110.1%Arai, Takaomi #36,342Universiti Brunei Darussalam
47 United Arab Emirates110.1%Burt, John A. #37,103NYU Abu Dhabi
48 Uruguay110.1%Defeo, Omar #68,711Laboratorio de Ciencias del Mar
49 Oman110.1%Dobretsov, Sergey V. #70,046Sultan Qaboos University
50 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)110.1%Arkhipkin, Alexander I. #95,873Falkland Islands Government Fisheries Department
51 Curaçao110.1%Vermeij, Mark Ja #98,426Carmabi Foundation
52 New Caledonia110.1%Marchand, Cyril #98,853Université de Nouvelle-Calédonie
53 Vietnam100.1%Veettil, Bijeesh Kozhikkodan #126,611Van Lang University
54 Taiwan100.1%Dahms, Hans Uwe #128,083Kaohsiung Medical University
55 Argentina100.1%Boltovskoy, Demetrio #132,134Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
56 Panama100.1%O'Dea, Aaron #177,977SENACYT - Secretaría Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación
57 Puerto Rico100.1%Hernández-Delgado, Edwin A. #197,112Universidad de Puerto Rico
58 Greenland100.1%Heide-Jorgensen, Mads Peter #213,843Greenland Institute of Natural Resources
59 Estonia100.1%Nöges, Peeter #219,631Eesti Maaülikool
60 Lebanon100.1%Bariche, Michel #284,355American University of Beirut