Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Agriculture & Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 14.093 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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: 26
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,636
20,350
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,949
23,629
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,498
26,458
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,423
10,813
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Biodiversity
conservation biology
mountains
science-policy work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,371
28,587
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,139
24,736
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,025
14,499
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
plant systems biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,986
11,053
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Fish nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,817
16,131
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,707
8,745
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,321
15,202
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Wood adhesives
Wood Chemistry
polymers from renewable resources
polymer chemistry
tannins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,089
18,866
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,789
13,195
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
plant genetics
cytogenetics
physical genome mapping
flow cytometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,790
19,089
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
agroecology
climate change
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,379
22,538
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,845
9,972
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,831
16,867
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
корпоративные финансы
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,388
6,808
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,723
18,208
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Plant Biology
Disease resistance
plant and fungal genomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,408
15,298
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
plant physiology
membrane transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,506
15,105
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Soil science and Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,873
18,500
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,755
12,260
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Plant Molecular Physiology
Systems Biology
Analytical Chemistry
Metabolomics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,007
14,595
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Forest Ecology
Plant Science
Functional Ecology
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,848
16,675
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,509
216
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Richard Gf Visser
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,636
20,350
0.387
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,030
868
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Philip J. White
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,949
23,629
0.464
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,160
234
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Lourens Poorter
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,498
26,458
0.524
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,180
882
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
FI Woodward
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,423
10,813
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,193
185
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Markus Fischer
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,371
28,587
0.568
Biodiversity
conservation biology
mountains
science-policy work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,562
75
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Guy Smagghe
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,139
24,736
0.503
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,597
180
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Graham Noctor
University of Paris-Sud
Orsay, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,025
14,499
0.296
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,609
196
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Wilhelm Gruissem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,986
11,053
0.226
plant systems biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,657
928
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Douglas R Tocher
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,817
16,131
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,704
432
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,707
8,745
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,193
471
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,321
15,202
0.321
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,273
194
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
A Pizzi
Université de Lorraine
Nancy, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,089
18,866
0.401
Wood adhesives
Wood Chemistry
polymers from renewable resources
polymer chemistry
tannins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,395
477
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
George Coupland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,789
13,195
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,803
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Jaroslav Dolezel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,790
19,089
0.417
plant genetics
cytogenetics
physical genome mapping
flow cytometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,979
97
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Jørgen E Olesen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,379
22,538
0.497
agroecology
climate change
agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,212
517
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Klaus Fx Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,845
9,972
0.222
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,219
94
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Frank Van Breusegem
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,831
16,867
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,431
52
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Валерий Ковалев
Saint Petersburg State University
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,388
6,808
0.153
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,746
545
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Georg Guggenberger
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,723
18,208
0.416
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,896
230
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Beat Keller
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,408
15,298
0.352
Plant Biology
Disease resistance
plant and fungal genomes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,345
243
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Enrico Martinoia
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,506
15,105
0.355
plant physiology
membrane transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,646
579
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Vereecken Harry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,873
18,500
0.442
Soil science and Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,712
1,206
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Timothy Flowers
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,755
12,260
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,117
604
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Joachim Kopka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,007
14,595
0.356
Plant Molecular Physiology
Systems Biology
Analytical Chemistry
Metabolomics
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,214
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jacek Oleksyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,848
16,675
0.408
Forest Ecology
Plant Science
Functional Ecology
Environment