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

1,147 researchers whose main subfield is Otorhinolaryngology 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 (579, 50.5%), followed by Italy (70) and the United Kingdom (54). 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	579	53	50.5%	Lin, Frank Robert #2,795	Harvard Medical School
2	Italy	70	2	6.1%	Ferlito, Alfio Wo #18,674	Università degli Studi di Milano
3	United Kingdom	54	7	4.7%	Hopkins, Claire #9,682	UCL Ear Institute
4	Germany	45	3	3.9%	Guntinas-Lichius, Orlando #63,248	Hannover Medical School
5	South Korea	39	0	3.4%	Tae, Kyung #133,368	Seoul National University College of Medicine
6	Australia	38	5	3.3%	Wormald, Peter John #26,573	The University of Queensland
7	Canada	36	3	3.1%	Pichora-Fuller, Margaret Kathleen #18,657	University of Toronto
8	Japan	33	1	2.9%	Yamasoba, Tatsuya #97,543	Graduate School of Medicine
9	China	32	2	2.8%	Zhang, Luo #30,290	Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University
10	Belgium	24	2	2.1%	Lechien, Jérôme Rene #9,392	Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
11	France	23	1	2.0%	Noreña, Arnaud Jean #94,798	Université Paris Cité
12	Netherlands	19	1	1.7%	Kramer, Sophia E. #62,013	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam
13	Switzerland	18	0	1.6%	Chadha, Shelly H. #119,154	UniversitatsSpital Zurich
14	Spain	17	1	1.5%	Alobid, Isam #81,654	Universidad de Oviedo
15	Sweden	14	1	1.2%	Stenfelt, Stefan P.Y. #55,752	Linköpings Universitet
16	Taiwan	14	0	1.2%	Young, Yiho #141,803	Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
17	Denmark	11	0	1.0%	von Buchwald, Christian #155,456	Rigshospitalet
18	Greece	8	0	0.7%	Nikolopoulos, Thomas P. #317,748	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
19	Türkiye	7	0	0.6%	Sennaroǧlu, Levent #128,953	Hacettepe Üniversitesi
20	Israel	7	0	0.6%	Gil, Ziv #130,981	Tel Aviv University
21	Austria	5	0	0.4%	Stammberger, Heinz R. #139,109	Medizinische Universität Wien
22	New Zealand	5	0	0.4%	Douglas, Richard George #196,846	University of Auckland
23	Poland	5	0	0.4%	Golusiński, Wojciech Jerzy #220,510	Poznan University of Medical Sciences
24	India	5	0	0.4%	Kumar, Vivek #275,800	Patna Medical College
25	Brazil	4	1	0.3%	Kowalski, Luiz Paulo #49,063	Universidade de São Paulo
26	Finland	4	1	0.3%	Måkitie, Antti Aarni #51,219	Helsingin Yliopisto
27	Hong Kong	4	0	0.3%	Chan, Jason Ying Kuen #214,814	The University of Hong Kong
28	Norway	3	0	0.3%	Djupesland, Per Gisle #121,309	Optinose As
29	Singapore	3	0	0.3%	Pang, Kenny Peter #330,640	Singapore General Hospital
30	Malaysia	2	1	0.2%	Hall, Deborah Ann #66,365	Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
31	South Africa	2	1	0.2%	Swanepoel, De Wet #67,348	University of Pretoria
32	Colombia	2	1	0.2%	Sanabria, Alvaro Enrique #87,470	CEXCA Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello
33	Portugal	2	0	0.2%	Hellquist, Henrik B. #461,919	Universidade do Algarve
34	Cyprus	1	0	0.1%	Georgalas, Christos C. #177,013	University of Nicosia Medical School
35	Romania	1	0	0.1%	Albu, Silviu #196,821	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie Iuliu Hatieganu din Cluj-Napoca
36	Thailand	1	0	0.1%	Kornkiat Snidvongs, Kornkiat #204,779	Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University
37	United Arab Emirates	1	0	0.1%	Tarabichi, Muaaz B. #259,955	Tarabichi Stammberger Ear and Sinus Institute
38	Kazakhstan	1	0	0.1%	Heiser, Clemens #271,062	Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University
39	Iran	1	0	0.1%	Saki, Nader #284,109	Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
40	Chile	1	0	0.1%	Waissbluth, Sofia #418,091	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
41	Lebanon	1	0	0.1%	Hamdan, Abdul Latif H. #467,771	American University of Beirut
42	Egypt	1	0	0.1%	Foda, Hossam M.T. #470,885	Alexandria Medical School
43	Rwanda	1	0	0.1%	Shaye, David A. #497,711	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Kigali
44	Hungary	1	0	0.1%	Molnár, András #511,460	Opera Clinic
45	Ireland	1	0	0.1%	Sheahan, Patrick O. #513,070	South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital
46	Saudi Arabia	1	0	0.1%	Mesallam, Tamer A. #537,302	King Saud University