Citation Rankings
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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 physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,070
70,298
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,403
85,346
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,028
81,632
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,959
57,673
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
de novo assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,386
53,187
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,142
28,446
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,065
32,207
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,879
45,222
0.731
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,871
30,362
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,458
28,501
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,659
39,772
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,607
34,683
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,601
19,679
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
40,945
0.871
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant Science
Phytohormones
Nitrogen Nutrition
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,578
21,895
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Crop Physiology
Plant Stress Physiology. Seed Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,212
24,702
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Agronomy
Plant Stress Physiology
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,839
37,093
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,298
22,092
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
wheat
rust
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,107
25,164
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant stress physiology
Silicon
Biochar
Nanoparticles
Cereal crops
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,104
33,362
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,552
8,498
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Marine biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,756
13,889
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
microbial Evolution
Diversity of rhizobia
Biogeography
Symbiosis
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,217
13,448
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
plant cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,497
15,772
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,434
25,053
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,151
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,070
70,298
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,215
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,403
85,346
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,745
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,028
81,632
0.609
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,025
51
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,959
57,673
0.571
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,058
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jue Ruan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,386
53,187
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,896
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,142
28,446
0.411
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,055
160
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,065
32,207
0.473
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,062
191
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qirong Shen
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,879
45,222
0.731
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,442
86
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jian Feng Ma
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,871
30,362
0.507
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,723
18
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,458
28,501
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,116
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Muhammad Farooq
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,659
39,772
0.702
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,898
250
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Yan Zhu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,607
34,683
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,904
251
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Lihua Xiao
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,601
19,679
0.367
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,941
72
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Seid Mahdi Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,007
40,945
0.871
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,908
144
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,578
21,895
0.491
Plant Science
Phytohormones
Nitrogen Nutrition
Plant Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,009
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,212
24,702
0.585
Crop Physiology
Plant Stress Physiology. Seed Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,285
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Shah Fahad
University of Swabi
Swabi, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,839
37,093
0.931
Agronomy
Plant Stress Physiology
Climate Change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,594
471
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Xiao E Yang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,298
22,092
0.562
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,329
129
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sanjay Kumar
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,107
25,164
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,671
18
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Muhammad Rizwan
Government College University Faisalabad
Johor Bahru, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,104
33,362
0.924
Plant stress physiology
Silicon
Biochar
Nanoparticles
Cereal crops
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,085
559
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Melvin T Tyree
Zhejiang Normal University
Jinhua, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,552
8,498
0.239
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,499
156
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pei Yuan Qian
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,756
13,889
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,914
673
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Wen Feng Chen
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,217
13,448
0.417
microbial Evolution
Diversity of rhizobia
Biogeography
Symbiosis
Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,651
176
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Liwen Jiang
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Ave, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,497
15,772
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,728
165
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Srikanta Das
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Mohanpur, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,434
25,053
0.797