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: 1
plant disease and immunity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,014
39,327
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,897
16,799
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,561
24,845
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,346
28,012
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,940
42,413
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,717
40,044
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,222
30,118
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,516
51,766
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,881
50,171
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,496
30,623
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,686
23,044
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,660
20,978
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,979
35,538
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,500
28,419
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,812
25,059
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,517
29,519
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,979
20,200
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,774
37,014
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Science
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,667
20,475
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
soil organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,778
25,248
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,162
29,243
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Science
Plant Nutrition
Agronomy
Biofortification
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,342
21,687
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,990
22,588
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,881
21,868
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,731
140
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,014
39,327
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,112
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,897
16,799
0.136
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,804
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,561
24,845
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,483
285
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,346
28,012
0.291
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,831
57
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,869
315
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Bardgett
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,940
42,413
0.466
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,959
321
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,717
40,044
0.446
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,462
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luis Santos Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,222
30,118
0.362
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,651
170
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,516
51,766
0.635
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,935
180
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,881
50,171
0.636
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,981
75
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,496
30,623
0.390
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,285
84
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,686
23,044
0.304
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,511
458
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,660
20,978
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,720
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,979
35,538
0.494
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,217
129
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,500
28,419
0.415
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,453
139
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ken E Giller
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,812
25,059
0.375
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,496
110
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eric Garnier
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Montpellier, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,517
29,519
0.444
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,584
149
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,979
20,200
0.306
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,521
166
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wim De Vries
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,774
37,014
0.609
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,202
713
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Malcolm Bennett
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,667
20,475
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,413
337
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ingrid Kögel Knabner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,778
25,248
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,817
352
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Josef Settele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,162
29,243
0.530
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,029
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
İsmail Çakmak
Sabancı University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,342
21,687
0.399
Plant Science
Plant Nutrition
Agronomy
Biofortification
Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,119
66
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wim Verbeke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,990
22,588
0.418
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,433
167
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jaume Flexas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,881
21,868
0.414
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments