Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Agriculture & Forestry / Crop Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 505 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 biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,707
8,745
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
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: 4
Crop physiology and modelling
Agroecosystem modelling
Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Climate change impact and risk asse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,056
19,023
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Crop physiology
agronomy
plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,433
15,699
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,734
18,748
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Crop Physiology
Agronomy
Crop Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,255
10,457
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant symbioses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,648
12,629
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
crop protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,528
10,794
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
plant molecular biology and genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,311
5,171
0.189
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Horticulture
Plant biotechnology
Molecular markers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,146
15,370
0.566
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Structural Biology of NOD-like receptors and Receptor kinases
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,174
10,094
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
wheat genetics
wheat
yield
molecular breeding
grain size
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,584
15,208
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Molecular Entomology
Pesticide Science
Insecticide Resistance
Vector Control
Crop Protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,997
12,516
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Crops and climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,518
8,304
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Crop Ecophysiology
Agricultural Water and Nutrient Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,324
10,203
0.589
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
resistance
toxicology
genome
plant adaptation
horizontal gene transfer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,116
9,877
0.577
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
remote sensing
photosynthesis
imaging spectroscopy
hyperspectral
chlorophyll fluorescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,802
9,536
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plant and Soil Microbiome
Biological control
Crop production
Medicinal plant research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,410
10,619
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
crop science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,407
3,963
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
crop breeding
AI
data-driven agriculture
IoT
genome editing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,831
4,732
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
crop science
plant breeding
greenhouse gas mitigation
biomass and bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,633
4,338
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant and Crop Science
trehalose 6-phosphate signalling
sucrose allocation
source-sink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,323
5,020
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
cropping system
design
agroecology
transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,775
4,493
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Crop Protection
Resistance
Integrated Pest Management
Entomology
Nematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,196
3,140
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,677
430
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,707
8,745
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,166
469
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,321
15,202
0.321
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,368
475
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
George Coupland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,789
13,195
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,287
749
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Frank Ewert
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,056
19,023
0.528
Crop physiology and modelling
Agroecosystem modelling
Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Climate change impact and risk asse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,772
441
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
PC Struik
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,433
15,699
0.443
Crop physiology
agronomy
plant breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,300
809
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stefan Siebert
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,734
18,748
0.540
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,558
381
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gustavo A. Slafer
Universitat de Lleida
Lleida, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,255
10,457
0.335
Crop Physiology
Agronomy
Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,214
1,973
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Giles ED Oldroyd
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,648
12,629
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,630
923
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Matteo Lorito
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,528
10,794
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,474
1,159
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Csaba Koncz
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,311
5,171
0.189
plant molecular biology and genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,731
89
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sezai Ercişli
Atatürk University
Erzurum, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,146
15,370
0.566
Horticulture
Plant biotechnology
Molecular markers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,966
1,304
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jijie Chai
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,174
10,094
0.401
Structural Biology of NOD-like receptors and Receptor kinases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,925
2,878
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cristobal Uauy
John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,584
15,208
0.645
wheat genetics
wheat
yield
molecular breeding
grain size
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,274
155
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John Vontas
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,997
12,516
0.569
Molecular Entomology
Pesticide Science
Insecticide Resistance
Vector Control
Crop Protection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,454
3,275
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Tim Wheeler
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,518
8,304
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,455
469
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fulai Liu
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,324
10,203
0.589
Crop Ecophysiology
Agricultural Water and Nutrient Management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,247
492
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,116
9,877
0.577
resistance
toxicology
genome
plant adaptation
horizontal gene transfer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,503
2,287
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Uwe Rascher
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,802
9,536
0.568
remote sensing
photosynthesis
imaging spectroscopy
hyperspectral
chlorophyll fluorescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,273
2,378
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Egamberdieva Dilfuza
Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung
Müncheberg, Germany
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,410
10,619
0.647
Plant and Soil Microbiome
Biological control
Crop production
Medicinal plant research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,299
1,216
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Michael Dingkuhn
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,407
3,963
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,904
2,178
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Manabu Ishitani
Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Rome, Italy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,831
4,732
0.299
crop breeding
AI
data-driven agriculture
IoT
genome editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,113
5,409
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John Clifton Brown
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,633
4,338
0.296
crop science
plant breeding
greenhouse gas mitigation
biomass and bioenergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,943
5,563
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Matthew J. Paul
Rothamsted Research
Harpenden, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,323
5,020
0.350
Plant and Crop Science
trehalose 6-phosphate signalling
sucrose allocation
source-sink
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,303
1,609
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jean-Marc Meynard
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,775
4,493
0.326
cropping system
design
agroecology
transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,145
6,159
390
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wright Denis John
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,196
3,140
0.238
Crop Protection
Resistance
Integrated Pest Management
Entomology
Nematology