Top countries for Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry?

2,551 researchers whose main subfield is Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. China has the most (636, 24.9%), followed by the United States (323) and India (223). 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 China6366424.9%Hou, Tingjun #5,517Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2 United States3236612.7%Roth, Bryan L. #1,622University of Illinois at Chicago
3 India223288.7%Roy, Kunal #7,188Jadavpur University
4 Italy161286.3%Supuran, Claudiu T. #769Università di Pisa
5 United Kingdom83313.3%Habtemariam, Solomon #2,540AstraZeneca
6 Iran80133.1%Sahebkar, Amirhossein #157School of Pharmacy
7 Germany64182.5%Efferth, Thomas H. #1,195Universität Bonn
8 Brazil6162.4%Albuquerque, Ulysses Paulino #36,859Universidade de São Paulo
9 Türkiye5482.1%Gülçın, İlhami #299Anadolu Üniversitesi
10 Saudi Arabia53132.1%Bukhari, Syed Nasir Abbas #12,292College of Pharmacy
11 South Korea5152.0%Yi, Young-su #29,849Gachon University
12 Egypt4731.8%Eldehna, Wagdy M. #75,919Faculty of Pharmacy
13 Japan3741.5%Maoka, Takashi #11,292Kitasato University
14 Switzerland3471.3%Schneider, Gisbert #2,319Novartis International AG
15 Spain3331.3%Ŕios, José Luis #19,756Universitat de València
16 Australia3171.2%Blaskovich, Mark A.T. #7,433The University of Queensland
17 Pakistan3161.2%Rauf, Abdur #9,107University of Karachi
18 Portugal2741.1%Fernandes, Eduarda G.R. #38,576Universidade do Porto
19 Canada2541.0%Cherkasov, Artem R. #32,343University of Toronto
20 Poland2350.9%Atanasov, Atanas G. #10,338Medical University of Lublin
21 South Africa2340.9%Maroyi, Alfred #11,356Tshwane University of Technology
22 Taiwan2300.9%Wu, Tian-Shung Schung #100,806Taipei Medical University
23 Macao2270.9%Wang, Xijun #27,298Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences
24 Malaysia2240.9%Wiart, C. #72,528Monash University Malaysia
25 Morocco2110.8%Sobeh, Mansour #91,362Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
26 Austria2030.8%Ertl, P. F. #4,675Universität Wien
27 Hong Kong2030.8%Ganesan, Kumar #50,027Chinese University of Hong Kong
28 Thailand2010.8%Nantasenamat, Chanin #90,415Mahidol University
29 France1940.7%Bailly, Christian #2,956Université de Strasbourg
30 Belgium1830.7%De Clercq, Erik D. #2,008Universiteit Antwerpen
31 Sweden1750.7%Panossian, Alexander G. #33,952Uppsala Universitet
32 Nigeria1600.6%Elekofehinti, Olusola Olalekan #134,884University of Nigeria
33 Bangladesh1430.5%Islam, Md Torequl #5,497Daffodil International University
34 Russia1430.5%Poroikov, V. V. #69,182V.N. Orekhovich Research Institute of Biomedical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
35 Greece1400.5%Chinou, Ioanna B. #135,834National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
36 Czechia1130.4%Nahar, Lutfun #71,646Palacký University Olomouc
37 Netherlands1010.4%Grisoni, Francesca #16,332Naturalis Biodiversity Center
38 Jordan1020.4%Mubarak, Mohammad S. #81,211The University of Jordan
39 Hungary1000.4%Keserü, György Miklós #111,306Szegedi Tudományegyetem Általános Orvostudományi Kar
40 Serbia1000.4%Mimica-Dukić, Neda M. #155,030University of Niš
41 Denmark820.3%Gloriam, David E. #63,192Københavns Universitet
42 Norway720.3%Bjørklund, Geir #4,333Roche Norge AS
43 Bulgaria730.3%Doytchinova, Irini A. #18,245Medical University of Sofia
44 Oman710.3%Khan, Ajmal L. #91,437University of Nizwa
45 Indonesia700.3%Pangestuti, Ratih #144,522Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional
46 Singapore610.2%Yap, Chun Wei #26,026National Healthcare Group ​Pte Ltd
47 Slovenia610.2%Sova, Matej #81,196Univerza v Ljubljani
48 Argentina610.2%Talevi, Alan #90,176Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata
49 Iraq610.2%Al-Karmalawy, Ahmed A. #97,438Tishk International University
50 Vietnam600.2%Son, Ninh The #144,516Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology Institute of Chemistry
51 Cameroon510.2%Kuete, Victor #11,593University of Dschang
52 Finland500.2%Pantsar, Tatu #119,025Turun yliopisto
53 Mexico410.2%Medina-Franco, José L. #26,967Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
54 United Arab Emirates420.2%Bender, Andreas #30,583University of Sharjah
55 Israel410.2%London, Nir #60,328University of Haifa
56 Ethiopia410.2%Teklehaymanot, Tilahun #90,405Addis Ababa University
57 New Zealand310.1%Denny, William A. #45,351Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre
58 Sri Lanka300.1%Ediriweera, Meran Keshawa #127,130University of Colombo
59 Chile300.1%Caballero, Julio M. #130,112Universidad de Talca
60 Lithuania300.1%Gražulis, Saulius #169,652Vilniaus Universitetas
61 Kazakhstan300.1%Semenova, Yu M. #208,531Nazarbayev University School of Medicine
62 Romania220.1%Butnariu, Monica #19,615University of Life Sciences “King Mihai I” from Timișoara
63 Cyprus210.1%Başer, K. Hüsnü Can #21,217Near East University
64 Trinidad & Tobago200.1%Kenny, Peter W. #129,202Blanchisseuse
65 Estonia200.1%Karelson, Mati #168,818Tartu Ülikool
66 Uganda200.1%Aja, Patrick Maduabuchi #233,692Kampala International University
67 Croatia200.1%Kraljević, Sandra Pavelić #293,035Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka
68 Tunisia200.1%Ghédira, Kamel #339,459Faculté de Pharmacie de Monastir
69 Sudan200.1%Yagi, Sakina Mohamed Ahmed #448,855Khartoum University
70 Georgia110.0%Bussmann, Rainer W. #20,082Ilia State University (ISU)
71 Cuba110.0%Pino, J. A. #68,702Universidad de La Habana
72 Mauritius110.0%Gurib-Fakim, Ameenah #91,265CIDP Research and Innovation
73 Namibia100.0%Chinsembu, Kazhila Croffat #111,476University of Namibia
74 Ireland100.0%Rozas, Isabel #128,778Trinity College Dublin
75 Bahrain100.0%Bekhit, Adnan A. #151,864University of Bahrain
76 Ghana100.0%Asase, Alex #168,354Centre for Plant Medicine Research
77 Colombia100.0%Stashenko, Elena E. #203,426Universidad Industrial de Santander
78 Malta100.0%Attard, Everaldo #216,567L-Università ta' Malta
79 Algeria100.0%Benarba, Bachir #237,724Université Mustapha Stambouli de Mascara
80 Yemen100.0%Al-Fatimi, Mohamed A.A. #242,416University of Aden
81 Jamaica100.0%Vandebroek, Ina #278,599The University of the West Indies Mona Campus
82 Burkina Faso100.0%Bassolé, Imaël Henri Nestor #289,502Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
83 Ukraine100.0%Shanaida, Mariia #375,224I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University
84 New Caledonia100.0%Chassagne, François #394,866Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Noumea
85 Lebanon100.0%Bayda, Samer #400,150Jinan University
86 Syria100.0%Alajlani, Muaaz Mutaz #412,742Arab International University