Top countries for Strategic, Defence & Security Studies

Which countries have the most top-cited scientists in Strategic, Defence & Security Studies?

674 researchers whose main subfield is Strategic, Defence & Security Studies 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 (194, 28.8%), followed by China (92) and Italy (54). 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 States1946128.8%Slovic, Paul #577Texas A&M University
2 China921613.6%Shi, Peijun #10,021Beijing Normal University
3 Italy54178.0%Zio, Enrico E. #704Politecnico di Milano
4 United Kingdom50167.4%Kelman, Ilan #3,716University College London
5 Canada2683.9%Khakzad, Nima #11,910University of Alberta
6 Norway2573.7%Aven, Terje #3,840Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
7 Australia2163.1%Yazdi, Mohammad #10,445Macquarie University
8 Germany1882.7%Renn, O. #5,084Universität Stuttgart
9 New Zealand1752.5%Bradley, Brendon A. #11,658University of Canterbury
10 Netherlands1652.4%Botzen, W. J.Wouter #25,720Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken
11 Japan1131.6%Alexander, David E. #16,668Tohoku University
12 Greece1041.5%Vamvatsikos, Dimitrios I. #15,110National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
13 Sweden1041.5%Khorram-Manesh, Amir #58,416Uppsala Universitet
14 Israel911.3%Levitin, Gregory S. #20,195University of Haifa
15 India921.3%Samantaray, Sandeep #69,222National Institute of Technology Srinagar
16 Austria911.3%Fuchs, Sven #69,256BOKU University
17 France901.3%Hammitt, James #102,057Université Paris-Saclay
18 Switzerland841.2%Visschers, Vivianne H.M. #39,419Université de Genève
19 Türkiye711.0%Alareeni, Bahaaeddin Ahmed #83,840Middle East Technical University (METU)
20 Belgium520.7%Reniers, Genserik L.L.M.E. #21,461European Commission Joint Research Centre
21 Poland510.7%Goniewicz, K. #76,995Gdańsk University of Technology
22 South Korea500.7%Yoon, D. K. #168,733Yonsei University
23 Portugal410.6%Zêzere, José Luís #83,977Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa
24 Morocco400.6%Farhaoui, Youssef #111,331Moulay Ismail University Faculty of Science and Technology Errachidia
25 Taiwan400.6%Tsai, Keh-Chyuan #287,486College of Engineering, National Taiwan University
26 Slovenia310.4%Fajfar, Peter #28,073Univerza v Ljubljani
27 Bangladesh310.4%Alam, GM Monirul #39,591Gazipur Agricultural University
28 United Arab Emirates310.4%Mylonakis, George E. #42,819Khalifa University
29 Romania310.4%Moldovan, Flaviu #47,435George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures
30 South Africa300.4%Dunne, John Paul #115,995University of Cape Town
31 Spain300.4%Benavent-Climent, Amadeo #143,254Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
32 Iceland210.3%Gautam, Dipendra #55,884Haskoli Islands
33 Mexico220.3%Alcántara-Ayala, Irasema #60,109Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
34 Estonia210.3%Hansson, Sten #77,343Tartu Ülikool
35 Egypt200.3%El-Khaiary, Mohammad Ibrahim #145,273Faculty of Engineering
36 Brazil200.3%Pereira, Anderson Espírito Santo #183,258B.Nano
37 Finland200.3%Domenech, Josefa #270,185Työterveyslaitos
38 Pakistan200.3%Ali, Sana #325,227Allama Iqbal Open University
39 Palestine110.1%Pelling, Mark #9,311An-Najah National University
40 Indonesia110.1%Djalante, Riyanti #30,279ASEAN Secretariat
41 Macao110.1%Ning, Jianting #92,921City University of Macau
42 Zimbabwe100.1%Mavhura, Emmanuel #120,717Bindura University of Science Education
43 Colombia100.1%Cardona, Omar D. #134,244Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales
44 Iran100.1%Yaghmaei-Sabegh, Saman #190,597University of Tabriz
45 Hong Kong100.1%Zheng, Yifeng #196,903The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
46 Latvia100.1%Moskalenko, Sophia #197,362Latvijas Universitāte
47 Malaysia100.1%Ahmadun, Fakharu'l Razi #199,614National Defense University of Malaysia
48 Ireland100.1%Conway, Maura #209,014Dublin City University
49 Singapore100.1%Pagani, M. M. #256,422Nanyang Technological University
50 Denmark100.1%Raju, Emmanuel #258,767Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research
51 Ghana100.1%Animah, Isaac #275,227Regional Maritime University, Ghana
52 Jordan100.1%Sawalha, Ihab Hanna #280,261American University of Madaba
53 Thailand100.1%Pal, Indrajit #285,594Asian Institute of Technology Thailand
54 Vietnam100.1%Luu, Chinh #319,732Hanoi University of Civil Engineering
55 Saudi Arabia100.1%Basahel, Abdulrahman Mohammed #330,791Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University
56 Czechia100.1%Bíl, Michal #337,750Transport Research Centre (CDV)
57 Chile100.1%Alvarez, Pamela P. #344,557ANID/CIN250023
58 Venezuela100.1%Rocco, Claudio M. #365,566Universidad Central de Venezuela