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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Public Health?

1,726 researchers whose main subfield is Public Health 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 (873, 50.6%), followed by the United Kingdom (220) and Australia (159). 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 States87353550.6%Williams, David Rudyard #156School of Public Health
2 United Kingdom22013212.7%Michie, Susan F. #389London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
3 Australia159979.2%Lupton, Deborah A. #642UNSW Sydney
4 Canada107586.2%Tremblay, Mark S. #1,470University of Toronto
5 Netherlands35192.0%Mackenbach, Johan Pieter #4,382Universiteit Maastricht
6 Brazil26141.5%Monteiro, Carlos Augusto #1,271Universidade de São Paulo
7 Switzerland1991.1%Bull, Fiona C. #4,555Organisation Mondiale de la Santé
8 Germany1891.0%Schwarzer, Ralf #2,222Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
9 Sweden18101.0%Nilsen, Per M. #3,593Karolinska Institutet
10 South Africa1680.9%Jewkes, R. K. #4,687University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
11 Belgium1670.9%Chastin, Sebastien Francois Martin #27,594Universiteit Gent
12 Norway1560.9%Malterud, Kirsti #1,878Universitetet i Bergen
13 Denmark1350.8%Sørensen, Kristine #16,895Københavns Universitet
14 China1250.7%Ainsworth, Barbara E. #12,175Zhejiang University
15 Finland1260.7%Lallukka, Tea M. #32,264Terveyden ja Hyvinvoinnin Laitos
16 India1260.7%Mohanty, Sanjay Kumar #47,652International Institute for Population Sciences
17 Italy1160.6%Stuckler, David #14,197Università Bocconi
18 Hong Kong1190.6%Ameyaw, Edward Kwabena #19,814Chinese University of Hong Kong
19 South Korea1170.6%Kim, Jinho #30,054Korea University
20 Spain1150.6%del Pozo Cruz, B. #39,520Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
21 New Zealand1020.6%Swinburn, Boyd Anthony #6,817University of Auckland
22 Ireland940.5%Daly, Michael J. #7,454University of Limerick
23 Ghana940.5%Aboagye, Richard Gyan #36,347University of Ghana
24 Japan960.5%Fujiwara, Takeo #43,127Graduate School of Medicine
25 Singapore740.4%Jiang, Shaohai #28,414National University of Singapore
26 France650.3%Valéry, Ridde #44,144Centre Population et Développement
27 Mexico530.3%Barquera, Simón #29,601Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica
28 Ethiopia530.3%Tessema, Zemenu Tadesse #35,390University of Gondar
29 Austria420.2%Prainsack, Barbara #19,074Universität Wien
30 Greece420.2%Vardavas, Constantine Ilias #41,063National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
31 Kenya410.2%Wado, Yohannes Dibaba #95,980African Population and Health Research Center
32 Vietnam320.2%Liamputtong, Pranee #13,914VinUniversity
33 Portugal320.2%Marôco, João P. #25,640Lusófona University
34 Israel310.2%Benyamini, Yael #57,555Tel Aviv University
35 Malaysia210.1%Wong, Li Ping #11,243Universiti Malaya
36 Türkiye210.1%Yıldırım, Murat #20,977Aǧrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi
37 Bangladesh220.1%Khan, Md Nuruzzaman #46,017Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University
38 Peru220.1%Garcia, P. J. #53,112Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
39 Macao220.1%Liu, Piper Liping #59,037University of Macau
40 Luxembourg200.1%Leist, Anja K. #101,578University of Luxembourg
41 Pakistan200.1%Walani, Salimah R. #121,944The Aga Khan University
42 Taiwan110.1%Peltzer, Karl K. #7,589Asia University
43 Poland110.1%Luszczynska, Aleksandra #29,997SWPS Uniwersytet Humanistycznospołeczny
44 Thailand110.1%Pengpid, Supa #41,127Mahidol University
45 Palestine110.1%Giacaman, Rita H. #63,996Birzeit University
46 Iceland110.1%Sigfúsdóttir, Inga Dóra #65,544Reykjavík University
47 Croatia110.1%Štulhofer, Aleksandar #68,847University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
48 Colombia100.1%Sarmiento, Olga Lucía L. #102,857Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia
49 Liberia100.1%Rossen, Lauren M. #114,995National Center for Health Statistics
50 Lebanon100.1%Shihadeh, Alan Louis #120,177American University of Beirut
51 Chile100.1%Ferrari, G. Luis De Moraes #125,983Universidad de Santiago de Chile
52 United Arab Emirates100.1%Hossain, Ahmed #136,379University of Sharjah
53 Uganda100.1%Musoke, David #138,047Makerere University School of Public Health
54 Nepal100.1%Khanal, Vishnu #142,128Nepal Development Society
55 Costa Rica100.1%Rosero-Bixby, Luis R. #154,565Universidad de Costa Rica
56 Iran100.1%Yoosefi lebni, Javad #155,274Social Determinants of Health Research Center
57 Indonesia100.1%Situmorang, Dominikus David Biondi #256,477Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya