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World 11,615 Scientists H-Index Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
129
0.665
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Planten biologie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Plant Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
64
0.381
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Plant biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
78
0.503
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
plant disease and immunity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
83
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
plant growth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
87
0.592
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
80
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
77
0.562
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
68
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
104
0.782
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
77
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
75
0.568
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
70
0.530
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Plant Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
72
0.558
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
83
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Plant Science
Systems Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
79
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
92
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
77
0.616
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
70
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
79
0.642
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
60
0.504
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
plant ecophysiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
54
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
plant physiology
membrane transport
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
68
0.586
Jian-Kang Zhu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
129
0.665
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
64
0.381
Richard Dixon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
78
0.503
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
83
0.539
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
87
0.592
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
80
0.567
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
77
0.562
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
68
0.507
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
104
0.782
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
77
0.583
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
75
0.568
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
70
0.530
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
Stephen Long
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
72
0.558
Ülo Niinemets
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
83
0.648
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Malcolm Bennett
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
79
0.617
Jian Feng Ma
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
92
0.724
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
77
0.616
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
Joe Berry
Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
70
0.560
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
79
0.642
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
James C Carrington
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
60
0.504
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
Frederick C Meinzer
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
54
0.458
Enrico Martinoia
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
68
0.586
plant physiology
membrane transport