Top countries for Physiology

34 countries · Physiology

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

560 researchers whose main subfield is Physiology 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 (244, 43.6%), followed by Canada (79) and the United Kingdom (55). 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 States2449243.6%Brooks, George A. #1,593University of Florida
2 Canada791614.1%Schulte, Patricia M. #14,738The University of British Columbia
3 United Kingdom55239.8%Speakman, John Roger #1,989University of Cambridge
4 Australia41167.3%Gandevia, Simon Charles #5,454Monash University
5 Denmark2674.6%Bangsbo, Jens #6,582Københavns Universitet
6 Germany1873.2%Pörtner, Hans-O. Otto #921Universität Rostock
7 Sweden1783.0%Uvnäs-Moberg, Kerstin #21,307Karolinska Institutet
8 Italy1132.0%Narici, Marco Vincenzo #22,961Università degli Studi di Milano
9 Norway711.3%Nilsson, Göran E. #32,864Universitetet i Oslo
10 Switzerland631.1%Weibel, Ewald R. #16,097University of Bern
11 New Zealand621.1%Paton, Julian F.R. #65,324University of Auckland
12 Japan520.9%Ogoh, Shigehiko #51,240Ritsumeikan University Biwako-Kusatsu Campus
13 France420.7%McKenzie, David John #63,005Université de Montpellier
14 South Africa410.7%McKechnie, Andrew E. #71,632University of Pretoria
15 Spain400.7%Soengas, José L. #116,662Universidade de Vigo
16 Finland400.7%Nikinmaa, Mikko J. #152,015University of Jyväskylä
17 Belgium310.5%Nilius, Bernd #20,085KU Leuven
18 Netherlands300.5%Lentink, David #109,025Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
19 Ireland300.5%Farmer, Colleen G. #154,035Trinity College Dublin
20 Slovakia210.4%Mokra, Daniela #33,403Jesseniuss Faculty of Medicine
21 Austria210.4%Ruf, Thomas P. #52,662Veterinarmedizinische Universitat Wien
22 Slovenia210.4%Reggiani, Carlo C. #62,635ZRS Koper
23 Brazil210.4%Navas, Carlos Arturo #90,812Universidade de São Paulo
24 China200.4%Fu, Shijian #194,754Chongqing Normal University
25 Chile110.2%Božinović, Francisco F. #50,530Centro de Ecología Aplicada y Sustentabilidad
26 India110.2%Sane, Sanjay P. #56,083National Centre for Biological Sciences
27 Romania110.2%Covasa, Mihai #75,982Universitatea Stefan cel Mare din Suceava
28 Israel110.2%Horowitz, Michal #87,277Hebrew University of Jerusalem
29 Taiwan100.2%Hwang, Pungpung #114,611Academia Sinica, Institute of Cellular and Organismic Biology
30 United Arab Emirates100.2%Nemmar, Abderrahim #131,679College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
31 Poland100.2%Kurhaluk, Natalia #146,682Akademia Pomorska w Słupsku
32 Thailand100.2%Claude, Julien #161,876Chulalongkorn University
33 Hungary100.2%Gadsby, David C. #203,604Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia
34 Russia100.2%Shenkman, Boris S. #305,169Institute for Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences