Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers Citation Agriculture & Forestry Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields and offer a unique service across 197 different main and sub-branches. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There is still much work to be done in this area. See also for more specific citation analyses: "last 6 years citation index" Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by: Total Citations) and Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years Citations)
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,439
82,161
0.522
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,922
53,663
0.356
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,666
79,349
0.603
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,448
61,221
0.526
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,996
55,851
0.564
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,402
39,728
0.404
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,747
31,079
0.332
tomato breeding
horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,069
33,008
0.359
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,654
36,698
0.414
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,852
32,197
0.366
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,419
31,496
0.360
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,620
44,184
0.510
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,577
44,309
0.512
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,552
42,488
0.497
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,384
58,194
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,143
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,237
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,439
82,161
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,348
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Pauly
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,922
53,663
0.356
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,692
137
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,749
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,666
79,349
0.603
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,002
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,202
1,032
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,448
61,221
0.526
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,384
1,137
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,684
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,763
1,322
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,821
1,356
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,031
50
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,996
55,851
0.564
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,070
1,482
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Allen
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,402
39,728
0.404
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,400
1,635
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,405
274
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,747
31,079
0.332
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,506
1,679
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John W Scott
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,069
33,008
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,654
1,747
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,716
1,778
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,751
1,800
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeffrey G Arnold
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,654
36,698
0.414
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,818
147
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rengel Zed
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,852
32,197
0.366
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,842
1,843
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andrew H Paterson
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,419
31,496
0.360
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,898
59
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,620
44,184
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,906
315
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Richard Bardgett
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,577
44,309
0.512
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,002
326
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,552
42,488
0.497
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,014
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,384
58,194
0.682
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change