Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Agriculture & Forestry / Animal Science 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
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: 2
Apiculture
Hone Bee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,513
4,334
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Animal Physiology
Animal Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,248
2,657
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
livestock
farm level economics
gender
value chain development
developing countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
2,364
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Animal breeding & genetics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,008
2,570
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Animal agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,906
1,991
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Animal Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,339
1,840
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Animal Genetics and Breeding
Quantitative genetics
livestock production systems
developing countries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,189
0.557
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Livestock Genomics
Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,131
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Apiculture
Thermal Biology
Bee Pathology
Remote sensing & GIS
Genetics & Bioinformatics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,541
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Animal nutrition
Milk production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,805
1,353
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Animal Reproduction & AI
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
765
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Animal nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
1,635
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
poultry Science
animal nutrition
feed evaluation
feed additives
Vitamin and trace mineral premixes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
668
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Reproductive Physiology
Genomics
Environmental Physiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,512
548
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Animal Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
838
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Animal nutrition and management
Nutritional physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
1,332
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Animal Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
521
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
animal nutrition
crop livestock interaction
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,167
353
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Animal Products and Processing
Animal Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
473
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Agriculture
Animal Science
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Molecular genomes and Agricultural
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,119
689
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Animal Production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
728
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,014
450
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Animal Nutrition- Poultry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
553
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Animal Physiology
Poultry immunology
poultry husbandry and animal feed
poultry breeding and genetics
quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
802
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,701
17
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
104,236
145
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mh Hussein
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,513
4,334
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,588
107
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Okanlawon Onagbesan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,248
2,657
0.425
Animal Physiology
Animal Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,671
120
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Isabelle Baltenweck
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
2,364
0.589
livestock
farm level economics
gender
value chain development
developing countries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,951
121
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Solomon Gizaw
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,008
2,570
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
257,849
125
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James Smith
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,906
1,991
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,282
96
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Imed Messaoudi
Université de Monastir
Monastir, Tunisia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,339
1,840
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
420,207
259
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Julie Ojango
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,135
1,189
0.557
Animal Genetics and Breeding
Quantitative genetics
livestock production systems
developing countries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
444,332
2,111
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Azwihangwisi Maiwashe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,977
1,131
0.572
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Livestock Genomics
Conservation of Farm Animal Genetic Resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,659
1,519
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hossam Abou-Shaara
Damanhour University
Damanhour, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,926
1,541
0.800
Apiculture
Thermal Biology
Bee Pathology
Remote sensing & GIS
Genetics & Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,363
1,636
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
TA Morsy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,805
1,353
0.750
Animal nutrition
Milk production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
497,898
1,813
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wahid M. Ahmed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,677
765
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,814
1,833
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shimaa A. Amer
Zagazig University
Sharqia, Egypt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
1,635
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
500,990
1,025
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
O. Oduguwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,662
668
0.402
poultry Science
animal nutrition
feed evaluation
feed additives
Vitamin and trace mineral premixes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
532,898
1,186
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Olusegun Osinowo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,512
548
0.362
Reproductive Physiology
Genomics
Environmental Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
568,649
333
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Belay Duguma Eticha
Jimma University
Jimma, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,362
838
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
574,672
1,418
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Moyosore J Adegbeye
Joseph Ayo Babalola University
Ikeji-Arakeji, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,338
1,332
0.996
Animal nutrition and management
Nutritional physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
581,188
1,444
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Udo Herbert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,314
521
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
623,080
565
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Rahab Muinga
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,167
353
0.302
animal nutrition
crop livestock interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,342
1,727
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ndukwe James Okeudo
Imo State University Owerri
Owerri, Nigeria
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,147
473
0.412
Animal Products and Processing
Animal Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,090
1,761
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Amao Shola Rasheed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,119
689
0.616
Agriculture
Animal Science
Animal Breeding and Genetics
Molecular genomes and Agricultural
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
669,494
464
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mouad Chentouf
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,025
728
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
673,654
2,062
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Adegbenro Akinmutimi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,014
450
0.444
Animal Nutrition and Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,616
2,076
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Idowu Olusegun Mark Obafemi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,011
553
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,346
665
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wondmeneh Esatu Woldegiorgiss
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
802
0.800
Animal Physiology
Poultry immunology
poultry husbandry and animal feed
poultry breeding and genetics
quantitative genetics