Top countries for Software Engineering
31 countries · Software Engineering
Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Software Engineering?
507 researchers whose main subfield is Software Engineering 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 (188, 37.1%), followed by China (54) and Canada (38). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 188 |
| 2 | China | 54 |
| 3 | Canada | 38 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 29 |
| 5 | Germany | 27 |
| 6 | Australia | 22 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 15 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 14 |
| 9 | France | 13 |
| 10 | Italy | 11 |
| 11 | Sweden | 10 |
| 12 | Israel | 9 |
| 13 | Norway | 9 |
| 14 | Singapore | 8 |
| 15 | Finland | 8 |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 8 |
| 17 | Denmark | 5 |
| 18 | Austria | 5 |
| 19 | Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| 20 | Japan | 4 |
| 21 | Spain | 3 |
| 22 | Ireland | 3 |
| 23 | South Korea | 3 |
| 24 | Greece | 3 |
| 25 | India | 3 |
| 26 | Luxembourg | 3 |
| 27 | Belgium | 2 |
| 28 | Cyprus | 2 |
| 29 | Poland | 1 |
| 30 | Czechia | 1 |
| 31 | Colombia | 1 |
No country matches.