Top countries for Neurology & Neurosurgery

77 countries · Neurology & Neurosurgery

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Neurology & Neurosurgery?

7,932 researchers whose main subfield is Neurology & Neurosurgery 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 (3,503, 44.2%), followed by the United Kingdom (662) and Germany (566). 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 States3,5032,00644.2%McEwen, Bruce S. #60Harvard Medical School
2 United Kingdom6623778.3%Friston, K. J. #23UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
3 Germany5662757.1%Fries, Pascal #1,819Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
4 Canada3742084.7%Morin, Charles M. #1,445Université McGill
5 Italy3421394.3%Beghi, Ettore #784Sapienza Università di Roma
6 China3241344.1%Wang, Yongjun #1,766Fudan University
7 Australia2531123.2%Hankey, Graeme J. #606Monash University
8 France2531173.2%Dubois, Bruno #2,310Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
9 Netherlands208992.6%Scheltens, Philip K. #1,225Erasmus MC
10 Switzerland155792.0%Frisoni, Giovanni B. #6,003Universität Zürich
11 Japan151681.9%Sakurai, Takeshi #9,935Graduate School of Medicine
12 Spain124571.6%Dalmau, Josep O. #4,642Universitat de Barcelona
13 Sweden123671.6%Blennow, Kaj #354Karolinska Institutet
14 South Korea73140.9%Kim, Jong-sung #16,479Yonsei University College of Medicine
15 Denmark66350.8%Ashina, Messoud #3,247Rigshospitalet
16 Austria60230.8%Lassmann, Hans P. #1,125Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
17 Israel59270.7%Sadeh, Avi #6,071Tel Aviv University
18 Finland53320.7%Salminen, Antero #1,495Helsingin Yliopisto
19 Belgium53200.7%Maas, Andrew I.R. #5,196KU Leuven– University Hospital Leuven
20 India49170.6%Balachandar, Vellingiri #9,191Central University of Punjab
21 Brazil43140.5%Peres, Mario F.P. #22,320Universidade de São Paulo
22 Norway37230.5%Gilhus, Nils Erik #6,658Universitetet i Oslo
23 Ireland32180.4%Cryan, John F. #525Trinity College Dublin
24 New Zealand27120.3%Feigin, Valery L. #237University of Auckland
25 Singapore2680.3%Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy #7,298NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
26 Iran2450.3%Asadi-Pooya, Ali Akbar #5,283Shiraz University of Medical Sciences
27 Hong Kong2490.3%Bu, Guojun #5,671Chinese University of Hong Kong
28 Poland2270.3%Carod-Artal, Francisco Javier #24,722Medical University of Lublin
29 Portugal2080.3%Ferro, José Manuel #14,202University of Coimbra, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology
30 Greece19120.2%Dalakas, Marinos C. #6,595National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
31 Russia1850.2%Kalueff, Allan V. #18,577Saint Petersburg State University
32 Taiwan1630.2%Wang, Shuu Jiun #24,315National Yang-Ming University Taiwan
33 Chile1240.2%Deacon, Robert Michael John #10,351Universidad de Chile
34 Argentina1230.2%Correale, Jorge Daniel #13,126Universidad de San Andres
35 Türkiye1240.2%Naziroǧlu, Mustafa #25,590Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
36 Hungary1140.1%Freund, Taḿas F.F. #38,075HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine
37 Saudi Arabia930.1%Magistretti, Pierre J. #6,274King Saud University
38 Czechia930.1%Fawcett, James W. #13,462Charles University
39 Mexico900.1%Harmony, Thalía #114,601Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
40 United Arab Emirates840.1%Seghier, Mohamed L. #12,272College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
41 Malaysia810.1%Yong, Shinjie #50,564Universiti Malaya
42 Nigeria740.1%Owolabi, Mayowa O. #4,808University College Hospital, Ibadan
43 Luxembourg620.1%Bisdorff, Alexandre R. #53,949University of Luxembourg
44 South Africa510.1%Figaji, Anthony A. #59,119Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
45 Romania500.1%Teleanu, Raluca Ioana #108,642Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Carol Davila din Bucuresti
46 Qatar410.1%Miller, Robert G. #70,062Aspire Academy
47 Macao400.1%Wang, Haitao #123,641Faculty of Health Sciences
48 Colombia400.1%Lopera, Francisco Javier #126,944Universidad de Antioquia
49 Bangladesh320.0%Uddin, Md Sahab #34,120Southeast University, Dhaka
50 Slovenia310.0%Poljšak, Borut #39,832Univerza v Ljubljani Medicinska Fakulteta
51 Egypt320.0%Hamed, Sherifa Ahmed #47,220Assiut University
52 Oman320.0%Sah, Pankaj Kumar #52,283Sultan Qaboos University
53 Croatia320.0%Kostović, Ivica #63,478University of Zagreb School of Medicine
54 Philippines210.0%Quirk, Gregory J. #30,119National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila
55 Kenya210.0%Qiu, Jane #39,014Samburu National Park
56 Thailand220.0%Bhidayasiri, Roongroj #56,302Academy of Science
57 Estonia220.0%Langel, Ülo #57,962Tartu Ülikool
58 Cyprus220.0%Zis, Panagiotis P. #74,877University of Cyprus
59 Slovakia210.0%Sykova ́, Eva #77,839Institute of Neuroimmunology Slovak Academy of Sciences
60 Ukraine200.0%Wireko, Andrew Awuah Andrew #149,471Sumy State University
61 Cuba200.0%Leisman, Gerry #159,082Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana
62 Bahrain110.0%Jahrami, Haitham Ali #8,014Arabian Gulf University
63 Ecuador110.0%Del-Brutto, Óscar H.D. #29,317Universidad Espíritu Santo
64 Lebanon110.0%Fakhoury, Marc #43,255Lebanese American University
65 Uruguay110.0%Monti, Jaime M. #47,497Universidad de la Republica Facultad de Medicina
66 Botswana110.0%Bitra, Veera Raghavulu #47,840University of Botswana
67 Liberia110.0%Walker, Keenan A. #78,687National Institutes of Health
68 Puerto Rico110.0%Kuffler, Damien P. #86,251University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
69 Ghana110.0%Sarfo, Fred Stephen #92,540Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
70 Palestine100.0%Shawahna, Ramzi #104,542An-Najah National University
71 Pakistan100.0%Hussain, Tarique #107,104Nuclear Institute for Agriculture and Biology, Animal Sciences Division
72 Peru100.0%Pacheco-Barrios, Kevin #118,249Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola
73 Kuwait100.0%Alroughani, Raed A. #126,555Al-Amiri Hospital
74 Ethiopia100.0%Niriayo, Yirga Legesse #143,089Mekelle University
75 Serbia100.0%Petrović, Predrag Boško #155,444University of Kragujevac
76 Costa Rica100.0%Liu, Haipeng #157,596Universidad Santa Paula
77 Lithuania100.0%Wolf, Peter T. #202,796Vilniaus Universitetas