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

2,080 researchers whose main subfield is Orthopedics 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 (996, 47.9%), followed by China (108) and Canada (97). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#	Country	Listed authors	Top 100k	Share of subfield	Highest-ranked author	Top institution
1	United States	996	260	47.9%	Armstrong, David G. #2,364	Hospital for Special Surgery - New York
2	China	108	20	5.2%	Zhang, Yingze #15,213	West China School of Medicine/West China Hospital of Sichuan University
3	Canada	97	15	4.7%	Bhandari, Mohit #6,588	The University of British Columbia
4	United Kingdom	94	31	4.5%	Maffulli, Nicola #730	University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
5	Australia	80	27	3.8%	Hodges, Paul William #2,426	The University of Queensland
6	Germany	79	15	3.8%	Migliorini, Filippo #14,239	Klinikum Rechts der Isar
7	Japan	78	14	3.8%	Itoi, Eijii #18,505	Graduate School of Medicine
8	Italy	71	16	3.4%	Longo, Umile Giuseppe #20,700	IRCCS Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna
9	Switzerland	58	12	2.8%	Gerber, Christian A. #14,037	Uniklinik Balgrist
10	Netherlands	54	11	2.6%	de Vet, Henrica Cornelia Wilhelmina #7,675	Erasmus MC
11	France	54	9	2.6%	Hernigou, Philippe #14,372	Aix Marseille Université
12	South Korea	54	2	2.6%	Oh, Joo Han #85,510	Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
13	Sweden	37	7	1.8%	Brittberg, Mats #35,871	Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset
14	Denmark	24	8	1.2%	Hartvigsen, Jan #26,180	Syddansk Universitet
15	Spain	17	4	0.8%	Fernández De Las Peñas, César #5,781	Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
16	India	17	4	0.8%	Rajasekaran, S. B. #22,451	All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
17	Belgium	17	4	0.8%	Bellemans, Johan #44,312	KU Leuven
18	Norway	16	2	0.8%	Engebretsen, Lars #18,609	Oslo Universitetssykehus
19	Austria	15	0	0.7%	Giesinger, Johannes Maria #124,676	Medizinische Universität Graz
20	Finland	14	2	0.7%	Kannus, Pekka A. #11,982	UKK Institute Finland
21	Brazil	12	1	0.6%	Bertelli, J. A. #39,580	Universidade Cidade de São Paulo
22	Hong Kong	12	6	0.6%	Lui, Pauline Po Yee #50,727	Chinese University of Hong Kong
23	Greece	10	1	0.5%	Μavrogenis, Andreas F. #67,759	School of Medicine
24	New Zealand	9	1	0.4%	Abbott, J. Haxby #52,539	University of Otago
25	Singapore	8	0	0.4%	Pua, Yong Hao #110,235	Singapore General Hospital
26	Taiwan	5	1	0.2%	Wang, Chingjeng #62,651	Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan
27	Türkiye	5	1	0.2%	Parvizi, Javad #69,226	Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi
28	Israel	4	2	0.2%	Kalichman, Leonid #57,383	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
29	Iran	4	0	0.2%	Dommerholt, Jan D. #191,841	Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center
30	Czechia	3	1	0.1%	Boileau, Pascal #4,351	Fakultní Nemocnice Hradec Králové
31	Liberia	3	0	0.1%	Belmont, Philip J. #157,134	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
32	South Africa	2	2	0.1%	Hohmann, Erik #42,093	University of Pretoria
33	Luxembourg	2	1	0.1%	Seil, Romain #58,220	Luxembourg Institute of Research in Orthopaedics
34	United Arab Emirates	2	0	0.1%	Rai, Muhammad Farooq #177,952	Khalifa University College of Medicine and Health Sciences
35	Ireland	2	0	0.1%	Devitt, Brian Meldan #239,448	Dublin City University
36	Portugal	2	0	0.1%	Andrade, Renato #241,130	Dom Henrique Research Centre
37	Cyprus	2	0	0.1%	Korakakis, Vasileios #256,357	University of Nicosia
38	Saudi Arabia	1	1	0.0%	Al-Qattan, Mohammad Manna #49,241	King Saud University
39	Lebanon	1	1	0.0%	Yammine, K. Cesar #50,343	Lebanese American University
40	Puerto Rico	1	1	0.0%	Haidukewych, George J. #59,590	Orlando Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute
41	Qatar	1	0	0.0%	Hagert, Elisabet M. #132,387	Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital
42	Russia	1	0	0.0%	Ilizarov, Gavriel Abramovich #145,472	National Ilizarov Medical Research Center for Traumatology & Orthopedics
43	Egypt	1	0	0.0%	Mesregah, Mohamed Kamal #193,705	Menoufia University Faculty of Medicine
44	Seychelles	1	0	0.0%	Nunley, Ryan M. #197,987	Washington University School of Medicine
45	Ghana	1	0	0.0%	Boachie-Adjei, Oheneba B. #213,875	The Foundation of Orthopedics and Complex Spine (FOCOS)
46	Argentina	1	0	0.0%	Rossi, Luciano Andrés #238,850	Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
47	Poland	1	0	0.0%	Kotwicki, Tomasz #252,569	Poznan University of Medical Sciences
48	Jordan	1	0	0.0%	Tuso, Phillip J. #313,526	President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation of the Institute for Advance Studies in Cambridge
49	Mexico	1	0	0.0%	Simental-Mendía, M. Alberto #322,464	Hospital Universitario Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez
50	Hungary	1	0	0.0%	Varga, Péter Pál #365,244	Semmelweis Egyetem