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Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Sport, Leisure & Tourism?

462 researchers whose main subfield is Sport, Leisure & Tourism 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 (116, 25.1%), followed by the United Kingdom (60) and Australia (52). 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	116	115	25.1%	Gursoy, Dogan #855	Rosen College of Hospitality Management
2	United Kingdom	60	59	13.0%	Buhalis, Dimitrios #186	University of Surrey
3	Australia	52	48	11.3%	Luu, Trong Tuan #823	The University of Queensland Business School
4	Hong Kong	25	24	5.4%	McKercher, Bob #4,462	School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
5	China	19	19	4.1%	Xu, Honggang #16,431	Macao University of Tourism
6	Canada	16	15	3.5%	Scott, Daniel J. #2,601	University of Waterloo
7	South Korea	15	15	3.2%	Han, Heesup #111	Kyung Hee University
8	Taiwan	14	13	3.0%	Lee, Tsunghung #7,830	National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism
9	Spain	13	12	2.8%	Fusté-Forné, Francesc #23,099	Universidad de Málaga
10	New Zealand	12	11	2.6%	Hall, C. Michael #274	University of Waikato
11	Macao	10	9	2.2%	Law, Rob #1,895	Macau University of Science and Technology
12	Türkiye	9	9	1.9%	Karatepe, Osman M. #2,267	Eastern Mediterranean University
13	Portugal	7	7	1.5%	Kastenholz, Elisab̧eth #20,055	Universidade do Algarve
14	Austria	6	6	1.3%	Gretzel, Ulrike #1,824	MODUL University Vienna
15	Israel	6	6	1.3%	Cohen, Erik #4,139	Hebrew University of Jerusalem
16	Netherlands	5	5	1.1%	Richards, Greg W. #2,758	Tilburg University
17	Norway	5	5	1.1%	Giulianotti, Richard #15,807	University of South-Eastern Norway
18	Japan	4	3	0.9%	Sharpley, Richard Anthony John #3,312	Wakayama University
19	Belgium	4	4	0.9%	Salazar, Noel B. #9,126	KU Leuven
20	Germany	4	4	0.9%	Wicker, Pamela #22,545	Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln
21	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0.6%	Rather, Raouf Ahmad #2,754	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
22	Finland	3	3	0.6%	Saarinen, Jarkko #13,588	Oulun Yliopisto
23	Greece	3	3	0.6%	Stylidis, Dimitrios #15,321	Democritus University of Thrace
24	Denmark	3	3	0.6%	Kock, Florian #17,001	Copenhagen Business School
25	Oman	3	2	0.6%	Soliman, Mohammad S.A. #26,604	Sultan Qaboos University
26	Malaysia	3	3	0.6%	Hanafiah, Mohd Hafiz #28,560	Universiti Teknologi MARA
27	United Arab Emirates	3	3	0.6%	Eid, Riyad #41,790	United Arab Emirates University
28	South Africa	3	3	0.6%	Del Chiappa, Giacomo #46,018	University of Johannesburg
29	Vietnam	3	2	0.6%	Dang-Van, Thac #47,737	University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
30	Sweden	2	2	0.4%	Gössling, Stefan #228	Linnaeus University, Kalmar
31	Ireland	2	2	0.4%	Ali, Faizan #4,320	J.E. Cairnes School of Business & Economics
32	Hungary	2	2	0.4%	Smith, Melanie Kay #13,189	Budapest University of Economics and Business
33	Cyprus	2	2	0.4%	Christou, Prokopis A. #18,168	Cyprus University of Technology
34	Italy	2	2	0.4%	Baggio, Rodolfo #19,317	Università Bocconi
35	Singapore	2	2	0.4%	Henderson, Joan Catherine #22,653	Nanyang Business School
36	India	2	2	0.4%	Dhar, Rajib Lochan #23,962	Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
37	France	2	2	0.4%	Kirillova, Ksenia A. #25,815	Institut Paul Bocuse
38	Switzerland	2	2	0.4%	Goh, Edmund #26,051	Les Roches Global Hospitality Education
39	Croatia	2	2	0.4%	Mandić, Ante #47,011	Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism, University of Split
40	Egypt	2	1	0.4%	Al-Romeedy, Bassam Samir #74,700	University of Sadat City
41	Bulgaria	1	1	0.2%	Ivanov, Stanislav H. #2,485	Varna University of Management
42	Mauritius	1	1	0.2%	Nunkoo, Robin #2,942	University of Mauritius
43	Slovenia	1	1	0.2%	Mihalic, Tanja #14,992	Univerza v Ljubljani
44	Lebanon	1	1	0.2%	Assaker, Guy #19,371	Adnan Kassar School of Business
45	Indonesia	1	1	0.2%	Suhartanto, Dwi #19,691	Politeknik Negeri Bandung
46	Kuwait	1	1	0.2%	Reisinger, Y. #25,232	Gulf University for Science and Technology Kuwait
47	Ghana	1	1	0.2%	Adam, Issahaku #44,588	University of Cape Coast Ghana
48	Botswana	1	1	0.2%	Mbaiwa, Joseph E. #55,099	University of Botswana
49	Thailand	1	1	0.2%	Fakfare, Pipatpong #71,608	Bangkok University
50	Fiji	1	1	0.2%	Sharma, Shavneet #81,322	The University of the South Pacific Laucala Campus
51	Uruguay	1	0	0.2%	Brida, Juan Gabriel #106,744	Universidad de la Republica