Top countries for Ornithology

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

111 researchers whose main subfield is Ornithology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. The United Kingdom has the most (29, 26.1%), followed by the United States (18) and Poland (7). 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 Kingdom29526.1%Newton, Ian #19,171University of Oxford
2 United States18116.2%Mayr, Ernst #54,936Harvard University
3 Poland716.3%Wesołowski, Tomasz #75,968University of Wrocław
4 Germany615.4%Bairlein, Franz #40,458Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
5 Spain605.4%Soler, Manuel #223,147CSIC - Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas (EEZA)
6 Sweden423.6%Hedenström, Anders H. #24,538Lunds Universitet
7 Netherlands403.6%Klaassen, Raymond Hendrikus Gerardus #414,198Schiermonnikoog Bird Observatory
8 Norway302.7%Husby, Magne #295,071Nord Universitet
9 Brazil302.7%Marini, Miguel Ângelo #372,230Universidade de Brasília
10 South Africa302.7%Underhill, Leslie Gordon #388,935University of Cape Town
11 China302.7%Cao, Lei #585,179Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Marine Biodiversity and Bio-resource Sustainable Utilization
12 Argentina302.7%Quintana, Flavio #593,590Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos
13 Denmark211.8%Fox, Anthony David #93,727Aarhus Universitet
14 France201.8%Thiollay, Jean Marc #272,850Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle
15 New Zealand201.8%Battley, Phil F. #415,402Massey University
16 Italy201.8%Fasola, Mauro #445,675Università degli Studi di Pavia
17 Colombia100.9%Stiles, F. Gary #296,431Universidad Nacional de Colombia
18 India100.9%Sundar, K. S.Gopi #352,52713A
19 Russia100.9%Chernetsov, Nikita S. #373,279Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
20 Japan100.9%Higuchi, Hiroyoshi #459,869Keio University
21 Switzerland100.9%Bruderer, Bruno #461,003Schweizerische Vogelwarte
22 Canada100.9%Ronconi, Robert A. #686,995Environment and Climate Change Canada
23 Ireland100.9%O’Halloran, John A. #706,750University College Cork
24 Ecuador100.9%Greeney, Harold Francis #714,548Center for Creative Studies
25 Czechia100.9%Weidinger, Karel #722,069Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
26 Austria100.9%Nemeth, Erwin #727,783BirdLife Österreich
27 United Arab Emirates100.9%Virani, Munir Z. #753,014Mohamed Bin Zayed Raptor Conservation Fund
28 Finland100.9%Solonén, Tapio #770,850Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy
29 Israel100.9%Kiat, Yosef #943,224Tel Aviv University
30 Australia100.9%Doerr, Natalie R. #1,035,503James Cook University