Top countries for Organic Chemistry

74 countries · Organic Chemistry

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Organic Chemistry?

4,003 researchers whose main subfield is Organic 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 (1,130, 28.2%), followed by the United States (606) and Germany (282). 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 China1,13028928.2%Stoddart, James Fraser #1,396University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 United States60623615.1%Schreiber, Stuart L. #978University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
3 Germany2821167.0%Würthner, Frank #1,281Technische Universität Berlin
4 Japan241796.0%Kitagawa, Susumu #2,065The University of Osaka
5 United Kingdom236855.9%Abbott, Andrew P. #1,095University of Oxford
6 India184304.6%Polshettiwar, Vivek #14,048Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)
7 Saudi Arabia112282.8%Asiri, Abdullah M. #2,151King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
8 Spain110372.7%Domingo, Luis R. #5,717Institut Català d’Investigació Química
9 Italy90282.2%Cravotto, Giancarlo #10,492Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna
10 France83302.1%Astruc, Didier D. #975Université de Strasbourg
11 Canada75211.9%Stephan, Douglas W. #2,820University of Toronto
12 Iran74191.8%Nasrollahzadeh, Mahmoud #4,136Iran University of Science and Technology
13 Netherlands66221.6%Sheldon, Roger A. #212Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
14 Switzerland61281.5%Pérez-Ramírez, Javier #2,223ETH Zürich
15 South Korea50131.2%Fukuzumi, Shunichi #4,229Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
16 Egypt4451.1%Shalan, Ahmed Esmail #42,774Cairo University
17 Singapore43131.1%Jiang, Donglin Ling #3,731National University of Singapore
18 Hong Kong40101.0%Yam, Vivian Wing Wah #10,560The University of Hong Kong
19 Australia3981.0%Ashokkumar, Muthupandian #2,328The Australian National University
20 Russia3770.9%Ananikov, Valentine P. #3,554N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
21 Poland3680.9%Krygowski, Tadeusz Marek #23,829Medical University of Lublin
22 Pakistan2940.7%Saeed, Aamer #14,967COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus
23 Belgium2770.7%Binnemans, Koen #619KU Leuven
24 Sweden2470.6%Kärkäs, Markus D. #28,628Ångströmlaboratoriet
25 Austria2130.5%Kappe, C. Oliver #3,502TU Wien
26 Israel2160.5%Willner, Itamar #7,444Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
27 Denmark2070.5%Rossmeisl, Jan #2,894Københavns Universitet
28 Türkiye1810.4%Özkâr, Saim #31,306Erciyes Üniversitesi
29 Portugal1850.4%Silva, Artur M.S. #63,724Universidade de Aveiro
30 Czechia1240.3%Dömling, Alexander S. #7,964Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
31 Ireland1240.3%Zaworotko, Michael J. #26,175University College Dublin
32 Brazil1120.3%Varma, Rajender S. #386Universidade de São Paulo
33 United Arab Emirates1000.2%Rios, Ramon #107,107Khalifa University
34 Thailand900.2%Samec, Joseph S.M. #138,274Chulalongkorn University
35 Taiwan830.2%Chou, Pi Tai #13,764National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
36 South Africa840.2%Alberício, Fernando #15,306University of KwaZulu-Natal
37 Mexico820.2%Varela, Ana Sofía #22,828Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
38 New Zealand810.2%Bennett, Thomas D. #26,150University of Auckland
39 Colombia710.2%Hernández, José G. #42,021Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
40 Greece710.2%Valavanidis, Athanasios #53,851National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
41 Croatia700.2%Jerkovic̈, Igor #133,260Institut Ruđer Bošković
42 Vietnam600.1%Tran, Phuong Hoang #114,260Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City
43 Hungary510.1%Horváth, István T. #51,241Budapest University of Technology and Economics
44 Finland520.1%Rissanen, Kari T. #53,920University of Jyväskylä
45 Malaysia510.1%Ghasemzadeh, Ali #78,463Universiti Putra Malaysia
46 Iraq500.1%Al-Nayili, Abbas #222,243University of Al-Qadisiyah
47 Brunei420.1%Khan, Mohammad Mansoob #7,912Universiti Brunei Darussalam
48 Romania430.1%Roncali, Jean #31,139Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai
49 Morocco400.1%Ait Ahsaine, Hassan #129,408Mohammed V University in Rabat
50 Ukraine310.1%Mykhailiuk, Pavel K. #8,850Enamine Ltd.
51 Palestine310.1%Hawash, Mohammed M.A. #57,727An-Najah National University
52 Norway310.1%Hein, Jason E. #74,022Universitetet i Bergen
53 Macao300.1%Leung, Chung Hang #109,990University of Macau
54 Nigeria300.1%Ajani, Olayinka Oyewale #150,753Covenant University
55 Oman220.0%Al-Harrasi, Ahmed Sulaiman #23,683University of Nizwa
56 Slovenia200.0%Huš, Matej #119,858National Institute of Chemistry Ljubljana
57 Argentina200.0%Sarotti, Ariel M. #125,286Universidad Nacional de Rosario
58 Qatar200.0%El-Azazy, Marwa #139,172College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University
59 Ethiopia200.0%Aragaw, Belete Asefa #142,882Bahir Dar University
60 Bangladesh200.0%Kawsar, S. M.A. #154,408University of Chittagong
61 Papua New Guinea110.0%Murthy, H. C.Ananda #40,376Papua New Guinea University of Technology
62 Cameroon110.0%Ntie-Kang, Fidele #90,444University of Buea
63 Botswana100.0%Singh, Girija Shankar #110,119University of Botswana
64 Bulgaria100.0%Antonov, Liudmil M. #122,650Institute of Electronics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
65 North Korea100.0%Yu, Chol-jun #134,054Kim Il Sung University
66 Luxembourg100.0%White, Robin J. #142,787Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
67 Georgia100.0%Khaksar, Samad #188,596The University of Georgia, Tbilisi
68 Sri Lanka100.0%de Silva, Keshara Manindri Nalin #205,598University of Colombo
69 Jordan100.0%Assaf, Khaleel I. #213,923Al-Balqa Applied University
70 Chile100.0%Kuznetsov, Aleksey E. #220,961Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
71 Serbia100.0%Baranac-Stojanović, Marija #233,591University of Belgrade - Faculty of Chemistry
72 Uruguay100.0%Romero, Angel Heriberto #249,487Universidad de la Republica
73 Slovakia100.0%Tvaroška, Igor #261,080Institute of Chemistry Slovak Academy of Sciences
74 Algeria100.0%Kerboua, Kaouther #289,398National Higher School of Technology and Engineering