Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Africa Agriculture & Forestry / 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
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: 2
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: 3
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: 4
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: 5
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,877
6,152
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,060
3,672
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Forestry
Ecology
Biodiversity Conservation
Mangrove Conservation
Natural Resources Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,027
4,711
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,839
6,197
0.791
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Foresterie
génétique de conservation
écologie
Ethnobotanique
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,656
4,951
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Agriculture
Environment
Plant Sciences
Forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,340
3,455
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Soil Science
Forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,319
3,821
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Forest modeling
Biomathematics
Applied statistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,531
4,485
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Forests
natural resources management
REDD
agroforestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,466
1,454
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Soil greenhouse gas (CO2
N2O
CH4) emission
Soil carbon sequestration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,909
3,653
0.744
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mycologie
Biologie
Agronomie
Ecologie
FOresterie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,796
3,516
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
landcare
watershed management
collective action
payments for envirmental services
agroforestry policy incentives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,781
2,932
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Environment
Rural livelihoods
Forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,768
4,213
0.884
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Capacity Development
Transdisciplinarity in research
Science Policy and Practice
Institutional reforms
Agroforestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,720
2,905
0.615
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,416
3,016
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Climate Change and Forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
2,134
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mycology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,366
2,929
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agroforestry
Allometric equations
Ecosystem services
Sustainable intensification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
3,526
0.882
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,953
2,768
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable landscapes management
Climate action planning
Ecosystem heal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,811
2,870
0.753
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
System Ecology
Forest Ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,522
2,734
0.776
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,678
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
10,943
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
53,150
173
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
60,221
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
99,881
352
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tuan A. Duong
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,877
6,152
0.623
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,686
470
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alexander Myburg
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,060
3,672
0.456
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,213
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
George B. Chuyong
University of Buea
Buea, Cameroon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,027
4,711
0.587
Forestry
Ecology
Biodiversity Conservation
Mangrove Conservation
Natural Resources Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,541
500
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Cobus Visagie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,839
6,197
0.791
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,979
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Achille Assogbadjo
Université d'Abomey Calavi
Benin, Benin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,656
4,951
0.647
Foresterie
génétique de conservation
écologie
Ethnobotanique
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,174
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Justice Nyamangara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,340
3,455
0.471
Agriculture
Environment
Plant Sciences
Forestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
139,574
43
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Mugendi Daniel Njiru
University of Embu
Embu, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,319
3,821
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,208
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Romain GLELE KAKAÏ
Université d'Abomey Calavi
Benin, Benin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,531
4,485
0.687
Forest modeling
Biomathematics
Applied statistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,840
70
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ravi Prabhu
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,466
1,454
0.266
Forests
natural resources management
REDD
agroforestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,589
101
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dong Gill Kim
Hawassa University
Hawassa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,909
3,653
0.744
Soil greenhouse gas (CO2
N2O
CH4) emission
Soil carbon sequestration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,337
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nourou Soulemane Yorou
Université de Parakou
Benin, Benin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,796
3,516
0.733
Mycologie
Biologie
Agronomie
Ecologie
FOresterie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,930
83
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Delia C Catacutan
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,781
2,932
0.613
landcare
watershed management
collective action
payments for envirmental services
agroforestry policy incentives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,457
5
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Felix Kanungwe Kalaba
Copperbelt University
Kitwe, Zambia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,768
4,213
0.884
Ecosystem Services
Climate Change
Environment
Rural livelihoods
Forestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,564
85
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Muhammad Mehmood Ul Hassan
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,720
2,905
0.615
Capacity Development
Transdisciplinarity in research
Science Policy and Practice
Institutional reforms
Agroforestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
230,465
962
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Paxie Wc Chirwa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,416
3,016
0.683
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
231,186
38
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eliakimu Zahabu
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Morogoro, Tanzania
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,401
2,134
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
232,830
975
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Seonju Marincowitz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,366
2,929
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
252,489
122
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Shem Kuyah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,999
3,526
0.882
Agroforestry
Allometric equations
Ecosystem services
Sustainable intensification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
255,094
1,086
135
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Seifert Thomas
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,953
2,768
0.700
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
263,422
129
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lalisa Duguma
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,811
2,870
0.753
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable landscapes management
Climate action planning
Ecosystem heal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
281,928
118
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stephen Adu-Bredu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,522
2,734
0.776