Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Agriculture & Forestry Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,046
60,789
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,631
29,127
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,223
18,638
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Agricultural and Rural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
5,345
0.176
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,523
10,414
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,660
22,370
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Geochemistry of Trace Elements
Soil and water pollution by toxic metals
Remediation of toxic metals contaminated soils and waters
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,162
19,057
0.901
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Poultry Nutrition
physiology
immunology and metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,201
18,332
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,970
14,263
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Animal Science
Environmental Science
WEF Nexus
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,655
17,962
0.963
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Agroforestry
Biofuel
Rice
agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,366
5,587
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,374
10,879
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,914
10,900
0.685
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marine ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,095
5,338
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
forestry
vegetation ecology
agriculture
Plant diversity
Regeneration ecology of woody plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,914
7,518
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
agriculture
agroecology
agroforestry
food security
ecosystem services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,509
7,371
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Livestock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,285
5,677
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
fisheries
marine
Benguela
indicators
ecosystem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,918
5,419
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,896
4,885
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,628
7,382
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,431
4,725
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,132
4,178
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,844
3,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Agricultural Sciences
wastes management
Composting and compost
Environnmental Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,795
7,762
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,954
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,046
60,789
0.690
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,678
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,501
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Philip Thornton
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,631
29,127
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,943
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Meine Van Noordwijk|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,223
18,638
0.395
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,882
61
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,418
5,345
0.176
Agricultural and Rural Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,619
83
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steven D. Johnson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,523
10,414
0.408
Evolutionary biology
pollination biology
plant reproduction
chemical ecology
invasion biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,127
92
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,660
22,370
0.907
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,466
46
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sabry Shaheen
Kafr El Sheikh University
Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,162
19,057
0.901
Geochemistry of Trace Elements
Soil and water pollution by toxic metals
Remediation of toxic metals contaminated soils and waters
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,831
50
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mohamed E Abd El Hack
Zagazig University
Sharqia, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,201
18,332
0.955
Poultry Nutrition
physiology
immunology and metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,520
136
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Umezuruike Linus Opara
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,970
14,263
0.752
Postharvest Technology
Food Science and Technology
Biosystems Engineering
Horticultural Science
Pomegranate
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
44,511
56
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mahmoud Dawood
Kafr El Sheikh University
Kafr el-Sheikh, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,655
17,962
0.963
Aquaculture and Fisheries
Animal Science
Environmental Science
WEF Nexus
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,197
13
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Virendra Pal Singh
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,366
5,587
0.322
Agroforestry
Biofuel
Rice
agronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,150
173
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,374
10,879
0.664
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,319
183
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ralf Henkel
University of the Western Cape
Bellville, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,914
10,900
0.685
Andrology
Oxidative stress
Medicinal Plants
reactive oxygen species
male infertility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,281
197
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christopher Mcquaid
Rhodes University
Grahamstown, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,095
5,338
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,221
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Demel Teketay
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,914
7,518
0.504
forestry
vegetation ecology
agriculture
Plant diversity
Regeneration ecology of woody plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,404
16
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fergus Sinclair
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,509
7,371
0.508
agriculture
agroecology
agroforestry
food security
ecosystem services
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,701
17
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Michael Bluemmel
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,285
5,677
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,958
225
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lynne Shannon
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,918
5,419
0.389
fisheries
marine
Benguela
indicators
ecosystem
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,114
226
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Rutherford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,896
4,885
0.352
Plant ecology
vegetation-environmental relations
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,771
229
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John S. Terblanche
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,628
7,382
0.542
Evolutionary physiology - insect physiology - physiological plasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,001
235
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
ETF Witkowski
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,431
4,725
0.352
Plant ecology
plant ecophysiology
conservation biology
invasion biology
ethnoecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71,074
239
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jill M. Farrant
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,132
4,178
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,048
242
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Karl Kunert
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,844
3,580
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,390
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mohamed Hafidi
Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech
Marrakech, Morocco
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,795
7,762
0.607
Agricultural Sciences
wastes management
Composting and compost
Environnmental Sciences