Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Agriculture & Forestry / Fisheries Highly Cited Researchers 1.576 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
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: 2
Aquatic Ecology
Biological Oceanography
Microbial Ecology
Theoretical Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,945
15,673
0.462
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
fisheries
otolith
shark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,532
8,044
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fish ecology
fish bioenergetics
fish behaviour
life history
fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,981
6,014
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
fisheries
recreational fisheries
aquatic ecology
social-ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,920
13,696
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,895
7,288
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,774
11,981
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Theoretical ecology
Invasion biology
Ecological novelty
Urban ecology
Conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,172
16,554
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Fish Biology
Aquaculture
Fish Physiology
Fish Nutrition
Physiological Energetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,864
4,310
0.173
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
aquatic ecology
freshwater ecology
marine ecology
invasive species
biological invasions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,686
5,950
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Aquatic ecology and evolution
protists
biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,769
8,199
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Inland Fisheries
fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,147
7,739
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
biogeochemistry
inland waters
nutrients
carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,891
8,235
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
animal physiology
ecotoxicology
endocrinology
sustainable aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,179
11,586
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Quantitative Ecology
Life History Theory
Population Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,895
14,100
0.675
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Aquatic Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,316
8,437
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Fisheries
population dynamics
marine ecology
ecosystem effects of fishing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,170
6,384
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
fisheries
interactive governance
indigenous peoples
co-management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,592
5,814
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Evolution
Genomics
Ecology
Conservation
Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,297
5,947
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Aquaculture
University of Stirling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,256
11,552
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,940
5,613
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
aquatic ecology
applications of microalgae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,694
8,666
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Fish Nutrition
aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,607
7,711
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Aquatic and riparian ecology
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
Global change ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,083
5,307
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
marine ecosystems
fisheries
climate change
ecosystem model
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,746
11,256
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,630
927
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
18,951
468
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jef Huisman
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,945
15,673
0.462
Aquatic Ecology
Biological Oceanography
Microbial Ecology
Theoretical Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,256
20
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Steven Campana
University of Iceland
Reykjavík, Iceland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,532
8,044
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,981
131
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bror Jonsson
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Trondheim, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,981
6,014
0.223
Fish ecology
fish bioenergetics
fish behaviour
life history
fisheries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,082
1,181
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert Arlinghaus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,920
13,696
0.509
fisheries
recreational fisheries
aquatic ecology
social-ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,704
2,517
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michel J Kaiser
Heriot-Watt University
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,895
7,288
0.281
Fisheries
Marine Ecology
Marine Biology
Conservation Biology
Aquaculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,887
258
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter Bossier
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,774
11,981
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,968
1,305
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan M. Jeschke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,172
16,554
0.658
Theoretical ecology
Invasion biology
Ecological novelty
Urban ecology
Conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,516
145
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Malcolm Jobling
University of Tromso
Tromsø, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,864
4,310
0.173
Fish Biology
Aquaculture
Fish Physiology
Fish Nutrition
Physiological Energetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,830
822
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gerard Van Der Velde
Radboud University
Nijmegen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,686
5,950
0.241
aquatic ecology
freshwater ecology
marine ecology
invasive species
biological invasions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,560
316
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Vyverman Wim
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,769
8,199
0.360
Aquatic ecology and evolution
protists
biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,938
3,145
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ian Cowx
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,147
7,739
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,567
671
160
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bernhard Wehrli
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,891
8,235
0.376
biogeochemistry
inland waters
nutrients
carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,317
1,657
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Werner Kloas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,179
11,586
0.547
animal physiology
ecotoxicology
endocrinology
sustainable aquaculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,066
356
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Mollie Brooks
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,895
14,100
0.675
Quantitative Ecology
Life History Theory
Population Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,596
1,752
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel Hering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,316
8,437
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,017
1,100
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Adriaan Rijnsdorp
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,170
6,384
0.317
Fisheries
population dynamics
marine ecology
ecosystem effects of fishing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,643
217
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Svein Jentoft
University of Tromso
Tromsø, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,592
5,814
0.297
fisheries
interactive governance
indigenous peoples
co-management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,512
207
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Craig Primmer
University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,297
5,947
0.308
Evolution
Genomics
Ecology
Conservation
Fisheries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,626
3,804
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
David C Little
University of Stirling
Stirling, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,256
11,552
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,156
247
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geir Ottersen
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,940
5,613
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,056
468
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Muylaert Koenraad
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,694
8,666
0.490
aquatic ecology
applications of microalgae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,382
4,273
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simon Davies
Harper Adams University
Newport, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,607
7,711
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
51,372
1,141
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eric Chauvet
Université de Toulouse III
Toulouse, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,083
5,307
0.311
Aquatic and riparian ecology
Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning
Global change ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,755
1,174
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Yunne-Jai Shin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,746
11,256
0.672
marine ecosystems
fisheries
climate change
ecosystem model