Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 1.103 Scientists Citation in Germany 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
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: 2
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: 3
soil organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,778
25,248
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,162
29,243
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,707
8,745
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
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: 7
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: 8
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: 9
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,723
18,208
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Soil science and Hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,873
18,500
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant Molecular Physiology
Systems Biology
Analytical Chemistry
Metabolomics
Mass Spectrometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,007
14,595
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Membrane transport
Ion channels
Optogenetics
Signaling
Guard cell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,652
14,938
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,720
8,988
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
plant-microbe
immunity
disease resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,362
15,094
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,771
14,313
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
plant immunity
plant microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,567
12,812
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
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: 18
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,143
19,295
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
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: 20
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
19,480
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,486
13,386
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,212
17,251
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Ecology
Vegetation Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Nature Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,201
14,440
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
7,206
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
plant sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,922
18,030
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,641
169
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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: 2
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
8,393
336
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ingrid Kögel Knabner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,778
25,248
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,797
351
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Josef Settele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,162
29,243
0.530
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,677
430
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
Total
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: 6
Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
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: 7
George Coupland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,789
13,195
0.282
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,181
515
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
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
12,714
543
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Georg Guggenberger
Universität Hannover
Hannover, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,723
18,208
0.416
Soil science
Soil organic matter cycling
Resource-efficient agriculture
Permafrost soils
Biotic-abiotic interactions in soil
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,613
577
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Vereecken Harry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,873
18,500
0.442
Soil science and Hydrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,082
602
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joachim Kopka
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,007
14,595
0.356
Plant Molecular Physiology
Systems Biology
Analytical Chemistry
Metabolomics
Mass Spectrometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,297
612
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rainer Hedrich
Universität Würzburg
Würzburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,652
14,938
0.367
Membrane transport
Ion channels
Optogenetics
Signaling
Guard cell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,834
643
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David G Robinson
Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,720
8,988
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,350
713
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jane E. Parker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,362
15,094
0.404
plant-microbe
immunity
disease resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,733
732
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ellen Kandeler
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,771
14,313
0.389
Microbial Ecology
Soil Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,883
738
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thorsten Nürnberger
Universität Tubingen
Tübingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,567
12,812
0.350
plant immunity
plant microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,287
749
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Ewert
Citation Metrics
Total
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
17,982
787
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hans Pretzsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,143
19,295
0.549
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,300
809
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stefan Siebert
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
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
18,887
846
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Senthold Asseng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,031
19,480
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,350
863
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ivo Feussner
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,486
13,386
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,606
871
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matin Qaim
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,212
17,251
0.519
Agricultural Economics
Rural Development
Food Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,616
872
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter Poschlod
Universität Regensburg
Regensburg, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,201
14,440
0.435
Plant Ecology
Vegetation Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Restoration Ecology
Nature Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,734
880
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
John Tenhunen
Universität Bayreuth
Bayreuth, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,073
7,206
0.218
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,869
930
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Steven Jansen
Universität Ulm
Ulm, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,922
18,030
0.565