Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe 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
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* 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
95,183
32,395
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,206
46,577
0.522
* 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
88,849
46,446
0.523
* 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
87,799
44,633
0.508
* 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
81,664
34,422
0.422
* 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
79,557
56,916
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,072
33,933
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
* 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
73,997
25,929
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* 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
70,435
39,282
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
* 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
65,659
28,259
0.430
* 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
65,256
33,238
0.509
* 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
65,060
22,832
0.351
* 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
58,839
39,082
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant Science
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,902
23,186
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
soil organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,505
27,363
0.493
* 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
53,784
31,750
0.590
* 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
53,426
24,459
0.458
* 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
53,112
26,182
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,994
25,266
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,724
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
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,070
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,753
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,436
280
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
95,183
32,395
0.340
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,865
58
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,206
46,577
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,899
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
88,849
46,446
0.523
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,973
323
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,799
44,633
0.508
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,471
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luis Santos Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,664
34,422
0.422
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,690
168
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,981
76
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,072
33,933
0.440
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,118
190
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,341
87
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,997
25,929
0.350
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,487
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
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,737
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,435
39,282
0.558
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,192
130
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,451
146
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
65,659
28,259
0.430
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,501
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
65,256
33,238
0.509
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,544
148
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,060
22,832
0.351
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,697
176
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
58,839
39,082
0.664
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,117
705
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Malcolm Bennett
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,902
23,186
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,474
339
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ingrid Kögel Knabner
Technische Universität München
München, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,505
27,363
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,922
358
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Josef Settele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,784
31,750
0.590
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,015
45
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
İsmail Çakmak
Sabancı University
İstanbul, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,426
24,459
0.458
Plant Science
Plant Nutrition
Agronomy
Biofortification
Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,094
66
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wim Verbeke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,112
26,182
0.493
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,396
166
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jaume Flexas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,994
25,266
0.486
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments