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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,145
Country Rank
16
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26090.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian-Kang Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/5009422.jpg)
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,754
Country Rank
28
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6467.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Ming Li](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,666
79,349
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,039
Country Rank
51
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1514.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Fusuo Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9c/4993571.jpg)
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,996
55,851
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,061
Country Rank
85
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/29723.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jue Ruan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/78/4684228.jpg)
de novo assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,952
51,792
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,716
Country Rank
11
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11299.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Mike Wingfield](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/08/93896.jpg)
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,670
34,718
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,049
Country Rank
159
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Fang Jie Zhao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1b/692915.jpg)
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,916
31,112
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,978
Country Rank
65
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9873.png)
![Brazil](/flags/br.png)
![Beatriz De Nadai Gasparini](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agronômica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,362
29,773
0.485
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,236
Country Rank
198
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Qirong Shen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/12/692956.jpg)
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,970
43,373
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,832
Country Rank
245
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8251.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Lihua Xiao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/67/713741.jpg)
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,091
19,365
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,227
Country Rank
256
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yan Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/692934.jpg)
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,556
32,692
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,941
Country Rank
51
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7519.jpg)
![Russia](/flags/ru.png)
![Валерий Ковалев](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1a/1106113.jpg)
корпоративные финансы
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,753
9,545
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
14,748
Country Rank
465
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/12163.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xiao E Yang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e4/693557.jpg)
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,449
21,276
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
15,415
Country Rank
124
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3666.png)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Sanjay Kumar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/425124.jpg)
wheat
rust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,359
24,468
0.655
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,873
Country Rank
543
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/12159.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Melvin T Tyree](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d9/693933.jpg)
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,266
8,225
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
19,849
Country Rank
654
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1514.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Wen Feng Chen](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
microbial Evolution
Diversity of rhizobia
Biogeography
Symbiosis
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,785
13,053
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,043
Country Rank
162
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/957.png)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Srikanta Das](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,619
24,367
0.796
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,166
Country Rank
157
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16250.jpg)
![Brazil](/flags/br.png)
![Niro Higuchi](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
forest
floresta
biomassa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,488
12,269
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,237
Country Rank
708
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16481.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Ji-Zheng He](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3b/4442675.jpg)
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,422
19,576
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,551
Country Rank
162
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/13784.jpg)
![Brazil](/flags/br.png)
![Luiz Aragao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d8/4412438.jpg)
Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
Ecology
Earth Sciences
forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,121
19,598
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
21,594
Country Rank
60
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11299.jpg)
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
![Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a3/1975630.jpg)
Agricultural and Rural Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,090
5,173
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,077
Country Rank
744
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26095.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xianhu Zheng](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
molecular breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,694
17,688
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,086
Country Rank
745
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17156.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian-Min Zhou](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fc/4600171.jpg)
plant immunity
plant biology
signal transduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,686
15,806
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
22,180
Country Rank
752
Institution Rank : 65
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/9041.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yule Liu 劉玉樂](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c2/693253.jpg)
Plant virology
Plant immunity
Plant-virus interactions
Plant-microbe interactions
Autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,613
12,817
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,489
Country Rank
806
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Cao Weixing](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/692842.jpg)
Precision Agriculture
Information Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,536
16,952
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
24,555
Country Rank
855
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6018.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![shu zhang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
energy
carbon material
biomass
gasification
pyrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,742
22,720
0.819
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
Ming Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,666
79,349
0.603
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Fusuo Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,996
55,851
0.564
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Jue Ruan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,952
51,792
0.610
Mike Wingfield
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,670
34,718
0.447
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Fang Jie Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,916
31,112
0.465
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Beatriz De Nadai Gasparini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,362
29,773
0.485
Qirong Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,970
43,373
0.723
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Lihua Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,091
19,365
0.365
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Yan Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,556
32,692
0.634
Валерий Ковалев
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,753
9,545
0.218
Xiao E Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,449
21,276
0.553
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Sanjay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,359
24,468
0.655
Melvin T Tyree
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,266
8,225
0.233
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Wen Feng Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,785
13,053
0.411
microbial Evolution
Diversity of rhizobia
Biogeography
Symbiosis
Agriculture
Srikanta Das
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,619
24,367
0.796
Niro Higuchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,488
12,269
0.402
Ji-Zheng He
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,422
19,576
0.643
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Microbial Ecology
Luiz Aragao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,121
19,598
0.651
Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
Ecology
Earth Sciences
forestry
Hans P. Binswanger-Mkhize
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,090
5,173
0.172
Agricultural and Rural Development
Xianhu Zheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,694
17,688
0.596
Jian-Min Zhou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,686
15,806
0.532
plant immunity
plant biology
signal transduction
Yule Liu 劉玉樂
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,613
12,817
0.433
Plant virology
Plant immunity
Plant-virus interactions
Plant-microbe interactions
Autophagy
Cao Weixing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,536
16,952
0.594
Precision Agriculture
Information Agriculture
shu zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,742
22,720
0.819
energy
carbon material
biomass
gasification
pyrolysis