Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture Highly Cited Researchers 3.600 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
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: 2
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: 3
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: 4
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: 5
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: 6
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: 7
Agro-environmental and food chemistry. Sustainable primary production. Food quality and safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,588
27,200
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
plant-microbe
immunity
disease resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,362
15,094
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
19,480
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Developmental Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,619
9,190
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
dairy cattle
rumen
fermentation
milk production
methane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,580
13,736
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Soil Erosion
Soil conservation
Organic Carbon
erosivity
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,308
22,483
0.767
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
agricultural sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,182
13,388
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant-microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,983
5,369
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
soil chemistry and biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,560
10,641
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
экономика
образование
ветеринария
зоотехния
наука
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,932
3,617
0.139
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
sustainable agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,910
15,175
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,727
12,416
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Animal science and welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,178
8,828
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Agriculture
Ecology
Africa
Asia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,097
5,312
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
agricultural innovation
innovation systems
digital agriculture
sustainability transitions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,046
16,377
0.681
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cereal genomics
drought resistance
QTL cloning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,889
8,912
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Food microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,597
11,788
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Microbial Ecology & Biogeochemstry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,364
11,111
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Plant breeding
disease resistance
agronomy
legumes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,934
9,215
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,823
57
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,452
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
6,439
139
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
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
8,797
351
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
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
10,535
75
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
11,949
97
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
14,337
232
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jesus Simal-Gandara
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,588
27,200
0.670
Agro-environmental and food chemistry. Sustainable primary production. Food quality and safety
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,350
713
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jane E. Parker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,362
15,094
0.404
plant-microbe
immunity
disease resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,887
846
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Senthold Asseng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
19,480
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,162
1,797
139
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ottoline Leyser
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,619
9,190
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,218
545
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jan Dijkstra
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,580
13,736
0.435
dairy cattle
rumen
fermentation
milk production
methane
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,887
195
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Panos Panagos
European Comission
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,308
22,483
0.767
Soil Erosion
Soil conservation
Organic Carbon
erosivity
agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,258
655
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Martin Van Ittersum
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,182
13,388
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,514
2,217
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
J Allan Downie
John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,983
5,369
0.192
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,115
1,030
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alessandro Piccolo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,560
10,641
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,644
89
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Трухачев Владимир Иванович V Trukhachev|V Trukhachev
Stavropol State Agrarian University
Stavropol, Russia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,932
3,617
0.139
экономика
образование
ветеринария
зоотехния
наука
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,444
2,655
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
D Chadwick
Bangor University
Noakhali, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,910
15,175
0.609
sustainable agriculture and greenhouse gas emissions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,751
1,199
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Marco Bindi
Università degli Studi di Firenze
Firenze, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,727
12,416
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,751
2,774
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sandra Edwards
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,178
8,828
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,909
2,790
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gordon Conway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,097
5,312
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,010
862
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Laurens Klerkx
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,046
16,377
0.681
agricultural innovation
innovation systems
digital agriculture
sustainability transitions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,333
1,262
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Roberto Tuberosa
Università di Bologna
Bologna, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,889
8,912
0.373
Cereal genomics
drought resistance
QTL cloning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,890
1,273
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luca Simone Cocolin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,597
11,788
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,344
431
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Stefan Bertilsson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,364
11,111
0.476
Microbial Ecology & Biogeochemstry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,215
647
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Diego Rubiales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,934
9,215
0.402
Plant breeding
disease resistance
agronomy
legumes