Top countries for Nuclear & Particle Physics

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Nuclear & Particle Physics?

3,575 researchers whose main subfield is Nuclear & Particle Physics 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 (982, 27.5%), followed by Germany (309) and the United Kingdom (256). 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 States98241427.5%Witten, Edward #45California Institute of Technology
2 Germany3091178.6%Raffelt, Georg G. #3,521Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
3 United Kingdom2561007.2%Hawking, Stephen W. #154University of Oxford
4 Italy231616.5%Capozziello, Salvatore #999Sapienza Università di Roma
5 China229576.4%Wilczek, Frank A. #638University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
6 France176524.9%Damour, Thibault #760Université Paris-Saclay
7 Japan149434.2%Nojiri, Shin'ichi N.Ichi #3,408The University of Tokyo
8 Spain125433.5%Odintsov, Sergei D. #2,279Universitat de València
9 Switzerland105352.9%Ellis, John R. #5,066Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire
10 India97302.7%Padmanabhan, T. #3,957Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
11 Russia95332.7%Starobinsky, Alexei A. #1,789Lomonosov Moscow State University
12 Canada81372.3%Rovelli, Carlo #3,082Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
13 Netherlands53141.5%'t Hooft, Gerard ’t #1,924FOM-Institute of Subatomic Physics - NIKHEF
14 Poland47101.3%Jaranowski, Piotr #13,387University of Warsaw
15 Brazil42101.2%Herdeiro, Carlos A.R. #18,312Universidade Federal da Paraíba
16 South Korea4081.1%Mukhanov, Viatcheslav F. #13,246Korea Institute for Advanced Study
17 Belgium32110.9%Goriely, Stéphane #6,148UCLouvain
18 Australia31100.9%White, Martin J. #3,937The Australian National University
19 Mexico3050.8%Gómez-Aguilar, José Francisco #12,489Universidad Iberoamericana
20 Sweden2630.7%Sjöstrand, Torbjörn #6,667Lunds Universitet
21 Israel2480.7%Bekenstein, Jacob D. #1,135Tel Aviv University
22 South Africa2480.7%Ellis, George Francis Rayner #11,150University of Cape Town
23 Portugal2290.6%Lobo, Francisco S.N. #3,281Instituto Superior Técnico
24 Türkiye2260.6%Övgün, A. #3,717Eastern Mediterranean University
25 Denmark2230.6%Hannestad, Steen #24,273Niels Bohr Institutet
26 Iran21100.6%Sheykhi, Ahmad #10,636University of Mazandaran
27 Czechia2070.6%Konoplya, Roman A. #836Slezská univerzita v Opave
28 Greece2060.6%Saridakis, Emmanuel N. #2,991Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
29 Pakistan1890.5%Yousaf, Z. Ali #21,756COMSATS University Islamabad
30 Taiwan1640.4%Cheng, Hai-Yang #15,556National Taiwan University
31 Austria1530.4%Romatschke, Paul #29,667Universität Wien
32 Finland1530.4%Törnqvist, Nils A. #62,594Helsinki Institute of Physics
33 Hungary1340.4%Diósi, Lajos #27,001Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem
34 Norway1250.3%Samset, Bjørn H. #38,699Universitetet i Oslo
35 Saudi Arabia1220.3%Yasmin, Humaira #40,827Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University
36 Romania1110.3%Harko, Tiberiu C. #6,127Horia Hulubei National Institute for R&D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering
37 Azerbaijan1040.3%Oikonomou, V. K. #6,837Khazar University
38 Chile1030.3%Teitelboim, Claudio #25,779Universidad de la Frontera
39 Argentina930.3%Casini, Horacio #21,571Centro Atomico Bariloche
40 Egypt820.2%Nashed, G. G.L. #18,444The British University in Egypt
41 Ireland830.2%Burgess, Clifford P. #19,197University College Dublin
42 Hong Kong820.2%Harkó, Tiberiu #22,038Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
43 Estonia850.2%Koivisto, Tomi K. #25,269National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn
44 New Zealand720.2%Visser, Matt #1,035University of Canterbury
45 Uzbekistan710.2%Atamurotov, Farruh #74,602National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
46 Croatia700.2%Nomura, Kosuke #146,024Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Prirodoslovno - Matematički Fakultet
47 United Arab Emirates620.2%Giudice, Gian Francesco #17,678NYU Abu Dhabi
48 Slovenia610.2%Musco, Ilia #47,614Institut Jožef Stefan
49 Ukraine600.2%Gusynin, Valéry P. #117,447Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
50 Kazakhstan520.1%Myrzakulov, Ratbay #23,651Farabi University
51 Thailand500.1%Channuie, Phongpichit #235,687Walailak University
52 Malaysia310.1%Khandaker, Mayeen Uddin #26,707Sunway University
53 Bulgaria330.1%Yazadjiev, Stoytcho S. #30,561Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
54 Armenia320.1%Sirunyan, A. M. #76,052Yerevan Physics Institute
55 Indonesia310.1%Tahir, Dahlang #78,548Hasanuddin University
56 Kuwait210.1%Dönmez, Orhan #27,683American University of the Middle East
57 Singapore210.1%Chua, Alvin J.K. #68,200National University of Singapore
58 Uruguay200.1%Gambini, Rodolfo #110,666Universidad de la Republica Instituto de Fisica
59 North Macedonia110.0%Jusufi, Kimet #7,634University of Tetova
60 Oman110.0%Maurya, S. K. #12,634University of Nizwa
61 Ecuador110.0%Bellucci, Stefano #32,287Universidad ECOTEC
62 Philippines110.0%Pantig, Reggie C. #54,041Mapúa University
63 Cyprus110.0%Alexandrou, Constantia #59,802University of Cyprus
64 Lebanon110.0%Chamseddine, Ali H. #79,946American University of Beirut
65 Slovakia100.0%Ŝimkovic, Fedor F. #150,486Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
66 Benin100.0%Houndjo, Mahouton J.S. #152,790Faculté des Sciences et Techniques de Natitingou
67 Latvia100.0%Dokshitzer, Yu L. #163,390Riga Technical University
68 Palestine100.0%Ikhdair, Sameer M. #196,096An-Najah National University
69 Colombia100.0%Yaguna, Carlos E. #199,680Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
70 Sudan100.0%Abdalla, Hassan #211,118Omdurman Islamic University
71 Jordan100.0%Al-Badawi, A. A. #236,364Al-Hussein Bin Talal University
72 Iraq100.0%Mohammed, Rasheed #236,478University of Technology- Iraq
73 Algeria100.0%Boumali, Abdelmalek #242,345Université Larbi Tébessi - Tébessa
74 Vietnam100.0%Khoa, Dao Tien #248,308Vietnam Atomic Energy Institute
75 Morocco100.0%Aaboud, M. #258,658Université Mohammed Premier Oujda
76 Belarus100.0%Korjik, Mikhail V. #263,203Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State University
77 Venezuela100.0%Di Prisco, Alicia #267,131Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Ciencias
78 Macao100.0%Ni, Dongdong #292,307Macau University of Science and Technology
79 Lithuania100.0%Deltuva, Arnoldas #310,014Vilniaus Universitetas
80 Nigeria100.0%Ikot, Akpan Ndem #323,803University of Port Harcourt
81 Peru100.0%Alfaro, Rubén #442,981Instituto del Mar del Peru
82 Bahamas100.0%Guendelman, Eduardo I. #688,846Bahamas Advanced Study Institute and Conferences