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Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Highly Cited Researchers 367 Scientists Citation in Australia 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 biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,935
34,747
0.409
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,142
36,630
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,909
29,200
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
plant biochemistry
mitochondria
respiration
metabolism
proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,324
13,531
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant genetics
product quality
plant biotechnology
cereal chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,607
13,901
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Innate immunity
toll-like receptors
inflammasomes
macrophages
neutrophils
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,150
19,471
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
elevated atmospheric CO2
EucFACE
photosynthesis
plant nutrition
phosphorus
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,786
11,620
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
agriculture
food production
herbicide resistance
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,297
11,161
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant function
mycorrhizal symbiosis
arsenic toxicity
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,176
9,215
0.255
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
plant ecology/ecophysiology/population dynamics/biodiversity/evolution/fire/conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,590
11,574
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant Ecophysiology
Plant and Cell Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,002
14,677
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Photosynthesis
Plant Physiology
Crop yield
Mesophyll conductance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,311
10,170
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant evolutionary physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,148
16,977
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant cell walls
plant biochemistry
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,605
9,660
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant Energy Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,848
11,226
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,914
10,488
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Algae Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,589
12,660
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant-soil interactions
rhizosphere
nutrient cycling
soil management
soil carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,047
14,743
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
crop physiology
crop modelling
quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,331
11,365
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant physiology
forests
respiration
photosynthesis
cereals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
11,825
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Enzymology
Plant genomics
Genetic engineering
Genomics
Protein chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,606
6,486
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Quantitative Genetics
Plant Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,064
8,342
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Crop genomics
plant epigenetics
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,415
9,208
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant ecophysiology
Xylem
Plant water relations
Plant hydraulics
Drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,955
14,073
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Botany
plant systematics
seagrass
population genetics
evolutionary genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,719
9,109
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,417
176
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84,935
34,747
0.409
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,609
227
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,142
36,630
0.501
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,108
237
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,909
29,200
0.418
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,523
535
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
A Harvey Millar
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,324
13,531
0.320
plant biochemistry
mitochondria
respiration
metabolism
proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,095
624
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Robert Henry
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,607
13,901
0.351
Plant genetics
product quality
plant biotechnology
cereal chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,427
639
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kate Schroder
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,150
19,471
0.497
Innate immunity
toll-like receptors
inflammasomes
macrophages
neutrophils
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,565
646
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
David Ellsworth
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,786
11,620
0.300
elevated atmospheric CO2
EucFACE
photosynthesis
plant nutrition
phosphorus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,629
691
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Stephen Powles
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,297
11,161
0.299
agriculture
food production
herbicide resistance
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,405
771
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
FA Smith
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,176
9,215
0.255
Plant function
mycorrhizal symbiosis
arsenic toxicity
sustainable agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,597
780
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Byron B Lamont
Curtin University
Bentley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,590
11,574
0.335
plant ecology/ecophysiology/population dynamics/biodiversity/evolution/fire/conservation
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,020
855
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Timothy Colmer
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,002
14,677
0.445
Plant Ecophysiology
Plant and Cell Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,757
930
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John R Evans
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,311
10,170
0.325
Photosynthesis
Plant Physiology
Crop yield
Mesophyll conductance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,272
950
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tim Brodribb
University of Tasmania
Hobart, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,148
16,977
0.545
Plant evolutionary physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,480
964
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tony Bacic
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,605
9,660
0.316
Plant cell walls
plant biochemistry
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,512
1,012
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ian Small
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,848
11,226
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,623
1,075
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James Whelan
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,914
10,488
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,146
1,099
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peer Schenk
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,589
12,660
0.443
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Algae Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,649
1,224
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Caixian Tang
La Trobe University
Melbourne, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,047
14,743
0.545
Plant-soil interactions
rhizosphere
nutrient cycling
soil management
soil carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,327
1,252
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Scott Chapman
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,331
11,365
0.432
crop physiology
crop modelling
quantitative genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,843
1,271
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Owen Atkin
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,245
11,825
0.451
Plant physiology
forests
respiration
photosynthesis
cereals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,345
1,299
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geoff Fincher
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,606
6,486
0.253
Enzymology
Plant genomics
Genetic engineering
Genomics
Protein chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,164
1,512
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark Cooper
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,064
8,342
0.362
Quantitative Genetics
Plant Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,168
1,602
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Graham J King
Southern Cross University
Lismore, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,415
9,208
0.411
Crop genomics
plant epigenetics
bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,569
1,665
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brendan Choat
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,955
14,073
0.641
Plant ecophysiology
Xylem
Plant water relations
Plant hydraulics
Drought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,521
1,766
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Michelle Waycott
University of Adelaide
Adelaide, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,719
9,109
0.440
Botany
plant systematics
seagrass
population genetics
evolutionary genomics