Top countries for Microbiology

93 countries · Microbiology

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Microbiology?

4,837 researchers whose main subfield is Microbiology 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 (1,576, 32.6%), followed by the United Kingdom (401) and China (270). 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 States1,57668132.6%Fierer, Noah G. #97Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2 United Kingdom4011818.3%Denning, David W. #390University of Oxford
3 China270765.6%Lovley, Derek R. #403University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
4 Germany2691035.6%Ley, Ruth E. #912Max Planck In­sti­tute for Mar­ine Mi­cro­bi­o­logy
5 France210654.3%Raoult, Didier A. #1,455Institut Pasteur, Paris
6 Italy190543.9%Rappuoli, Paolo Costantino Rino #4,028Università degli Studi di Genova
7 Canada170673.5%Glick, Bernard R. #394University of Calgary
8 Australia154703.2%Singh, Brajesh Kumar #725Monash University
9 Spain141522.9%Martínez, José Luis #2,111CSIC - Instituto de Productos Lacteos de Asturias (IPLA)
10 Netherlands132722.7%de Vos, Willem Meindert #597Wageningen University & Research
11 India117392.4%Yadav, Ajar Nath #8,915Indian Council of Medical Research
12 Switzerland98412.0%Vorholt, Julia A. #3,622ETH Zürich
13 Denmark96412.0%Jørgensen, Bo Barker #3,303Københavns Universitet
14 Japan74161.5%Hiramatsu, Keiichi #37,563Nagasaki University
15 Belgium67301.4%Coenye, Tom #6,739Universiteit Gent
16 South Korea49121.0%Jo, Eun-kyeong #11,724Pukyong National University
17 South Africa48201.0%Babalola, Olubukola Oluranti #1,188Stellenbosch University
18 Sweden48191.0%Andersson, Dan I. #6,061Uppsala Universitet
19 Israel43160.9%Oren, Aharon #1,324Hebrew University of Jerusalem
20 Saudi Arabia43190.9%Tedersoo, Leho #3,681Qassim University
21 Iran4290.9%Behzadi, Payam #20,298Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
22 Austria40180.8%Lass-Flörl, Cornelia #5,906Universität Wien
23 Greece40110.8%Latgé, Jean Paul #8,057Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
24 Brazil4090.8%Rodrigues, Marcio Lourenço #18,030Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
25 Portugal3880.8%Manaia, Celia #8,375Universidade do Minho
26 Ireland36170.7%Hill, Colin #1,442University College Cork
27 Hong Kong34130.7%Peiris, Joseph Sriyal Malik #11,369The University of Hong Kong Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine
28 Singapore2580.5%Paterson, David L. #2,623Nanyang Technological University
29 Egypt2370.5%Gomaa, Eman Zakaria #13,255Faculty of Pharmacy
30 Finland2280.5%Salminen, Seppo Jaakko #5,300Lääketieteellinen Tiedekunta
31 New Zealand2050.4%Crump, John A. #7,401University of Otago
32 Poland1840.4%Karpiński, Tomasz M. #5,583Uniwersytet Jagielloński
33 Mexico1450.3%Santoyo, Gustavo #3,079Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Campus Morelos
34 Taiwan1440.3%Hsueh, Po-Ren #18,767National Taiwan University Hospital
35 Pakistan1330.3%Rabaan, Ali A. #27,308Quaid-i-Azam University
36 Thailand1330.3%Ashley, Elizabeth A. #51,967Chiang Mai University
37 Czechia1250.2%Baldrian, Petr #1,088Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
38 Hungary1130.2%Márió, Gajdács O. #11,495Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)
39 Ethiopia1120.2%Manyazewal, Tsegahun #35,336Addis Ababa University
40 Norway1150.2%Kauserud, Håvard #38,755Universitetet i Oslo
41 Qatar1140.2%Abubakar, Usman #66,972Qatar University
42 Russia1040.2%Mikhailova, Ekaterina O. #31,017Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences
43 Argentina830.2%Polack, Fernando P. #15,602Universidad Nacional del Litoral
44 Bangladesh840.2%Haque, Rashidul #60,242International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh
45 Chile800.2%Munita, Jose M. #106,604Universidad de la Frontera
46 Türkiye740.1%Khan, Navee Ahmed #22,715Hacettepe Üniversitesi
47 Malaysia710.1%Chan, Kok Gan #48,571Universiti Malaya
48 Slovenia720.1%Gunde-Cimerman, Nina #74,938Univerza v Ljubljani
49 United Arab Emirates630.1%Nagelkerke, Nico J.D. #16,501United Arab Emirates University
50 Romania610.1%Vamanu, Emanuel #64,423Universitatea din Bucuresti
51 Kenya510.1%Kariuki, Samuel M. #18,547Wellcome Trust Research Laboratories Nairobi
52 Nigeria520.1%Okeke, Iruka N. #31,983University of Ibadan
53 Estonia510.1%Abarenkov, Kessy #42,083Tartu Ülikool
54 Peru510.1%Ruiz, Joaquim #80,385Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander von Humboldt
55 Vietnam410.1%Thwaites, Guy E. #21,419Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
56 Colombia410.1%Rodriguez-Morales, Alfonso J. #27,618Fundación Universitaria Autónomade las Américas
57 Malawi420.1%Gordon, Melita A. #61,173Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme
58 Serbia320.1%Barac, Aleksandra M. #54,718Belgrade University School of Medicine
59 Ukraine300.1%Sibirny, Andriy A. #116,938Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
60 Indonesia300.1%Hossain, Md Sanower #155,351Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
61 Cyprus210.0%Falagas, Matthew E. #10,776European University Cyprus
62 Uganda210.0%Bongomin, F. A. #25,658Gulu University
63 Rwanda210.0%Ahmed, Ayman #47,828Rwanda Biomedical Centre
64 Luxembourg210.0%Wilmes, Paul #55,547University of Luxembourg
65 Lebanon210.0%Kanj, Souha S. #67,545American University of Beirut
66 Kuwait210.0%Ahmad, Suhail #95,742Kuwait University
67 Croatia210.0%Talapko, Jasminka #98,826Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku
68 Laos200.0%Buchy, Philippe #136,481Institut Pasteur du Laos
69 Oman200.0%Abed, Raeid M.M. #164,188College of Science, Sultan Qaboos University
70 Puerto Rico200.0%Muñoz-Jordán, Jorge Luis #192,537Centers for Disease Control and Prevention San Juan
71 Tanzania200.0%Mshana, Stephen Eliatosha #201,619Weill Bugando School of Medicine
72 Iraq200.0%Hussein, Nawfal Rasheed #221,917University of Zakho
73 Ghana110.0%Sampane-Donkor, Eric Sampane #13,384University of Ghana
74 Costa Rica110.0%Moreno, Edgardo #43,667Universidad Nacional
75 Lithuania110.0%Pranckutė, Raminta #44,411Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas
76 French Guiana110.0%Musso, Didier #48,979Laboratoires Eurofins Guyane
77 Nepal110.0%Sah, Ranjit Kumar #53,274Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital
78 Bulgaria110.0%Boyanova, Lyudmila Y. #73,288Medical University of Sofia
79 Ecuador110.0%Ortiz- Prado, Esteban #80,034Universidad de las Americas - Ecuador
80 Georgia110.0%Chanishvili, Nina A. #89,988George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology
81 Mozambique110.0%García-Basteiro, Alberto L. #90,869Centro de Investigação em Saúde de Manhiça CISM
82 Cuba110.0%Guzmán, María Guadalupe #92,920Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri
83 Liberia100.0%Huse, Susan M. #114,351Inc
84 Cambodia100.0%Turner, Paul #165,846Angkor Hospital for Children
85 Morocco100.0%Ed-Dra, Abdelaziz #175,056Université Sultan Moulay Slimane
86 Jordan100.0%Albataineh, Mohammad T. #187,342Yarmouk University
87 Congo - Kinshasa100.0%Muyembe-Tamfum, Jean Jacques #190,869Université de Kinshasa
88 Botswana100.0%Jarvis, Joseph N. #214,731Botswana Harvard AIDS Institute Partnership
89 Venezuela100.0%Urbina, Julio Alberto #221,540Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
90 Zimbabwe100.0%Kranzer, Katharina A. #229,660Biomedical Research and Training Institute Harare
91 Macao100.0%Zheng, Jun #231,347University of Macau
92 Fiji100.0%Kumar, Ashok #235,120The University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus
93 Nicaragua100.0%Balmaseda, Ángel #276,622Ministry of Health Nicaragua