Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Europe Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Highly Cited Researchers 3.064 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
Citation Metrics
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
Citation Metrics
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
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: 6
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: 7
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: 8
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: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,660
20,978
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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: 11
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,500
28,419
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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: 13
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: 14
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: 15
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
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,636
20,350
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,949
23,629
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,423
10,813
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Biodiversity
conservation biology
mountains
science-policy work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,371
28,587
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,025
14,499
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
plant systems biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,986
11,053
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
plant genetics
cytogenetics
physical genome mapping
flow cytometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,790
19,089
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,845
9,972
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,831
16,867
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Plant Biology
Disease resistance
plant and fungal genomes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,408
15,298
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,726
139
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
2,106
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
2,798
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
3,475
284
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
4,641
169
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
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
4,925
179
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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
4,971
75
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
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
5,275
84
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
5,499
457
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
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
5,708
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
6,203
129
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
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
6,482
110
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
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
6,570
149
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
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
8,182
712
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
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
9,411
167
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jaume Flexas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,881
21,868
0.414
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,487
216
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard Gf Visser
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,636
20,350
0.387
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,005
867
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Philip J. White
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,949
23,629
0.464
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,154
881
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
FI Woodward
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,423
10,813
0.214
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,167
185
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Markus Fischer
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,371
28,587
0.568
Biodiversity
conservation biology
mountains
science-policy work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,570
180
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Graham Noctor
University of Paris-Sud
Orsay, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,025
14,499
0.296
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,582
196
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Wilhelm Gruissem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,986
11,053
0.226
plant systems biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,774
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jaroslav Dolezel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,790
19,089
0.417
plant genetics
cytogenetics
physical genome mapping
flow cytometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,181
515
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Klaus Fx Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,845
9,972
0.222
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,188
94
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frank Van Breusegem
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,831
16,867
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,864
230
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Beat Keller
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,408
15,298
0.352
Plant Biology
Disease resistance
plant and fungal genomes