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
Agro-environmental and food chemistry. Sustainable primary production. Food quality and safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,734
26,149
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant breeding
disease resistance
agronomy
legumes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,315
10,134
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Agronomía
Mejora genética
Plantas Oleaginosas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,100
5,679
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Fruit Genomics and Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,901
9,635
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Agriculture
Soil SCience
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,214
6,368
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Soil Conservation
Water Erosion
Sustainable Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,931
6,407
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Agriculture
Plant Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,610
3,770
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Environmental History
Agroecology
Agricultural History
Rural History
Historia Contemporánea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,212
5,349
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Agriculture
Plant Phisiology
Irrigation
Water Relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,598
4,466
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Ciencia del suelo
medio ambiente
contaminación de aguas
suelos
arcillas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,206
2,342
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
agriculture sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,155
5,184
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
AGRONOMY
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,149
5,827
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant viruses
viroids
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,994
3,948
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Trace Element Pollution
Soil Phytoremediation
Climate Change
Soil Metal Biogeochemistry
Organic Matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,881
5,956
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil
agriculture
soil microbial community
organic wastes
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,782
6,688
0.684
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Agriculture
Soil Science
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,617
3,629
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Fruticultura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
6,651
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Agriculture
Soil Science
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,308
4,547
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,047
3,265
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Agronomy - environment - soils - water - nitrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,021
5,244
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant Virology
Plant Genetics and Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,939
3,090
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant Breeding
Tomato Genetics
Disease and Pest Resistance
Fruit Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,574
3,324
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant breeding
Celiac disease
cereals
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,542
3,419
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Crop Protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,294
2,662
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Agronomía
Mejora Genética
Plantas oleaginosas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,233
2,074
0.287
Jesus Simal-Gandara
Universidade de Vigo
Pontevedra, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,734
26,149
0.693
Agro-environmental and food chemistry. Sustainable primary production. Food quality and safety
Diego Rubiales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,315
10,134
0.454
Plant breeding
disease resistance
agronomy
legumes
Jose Maria Fernandez Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,100
5,679
0.314
Agronomía
Mejora genética
Plantas Oleaginosas
A Granell
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,901
9,635
0.538
Antonio Roldan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,214
6,368
0.393
Agriculture
Soil SCience
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Jose Alfonso Gomez Calero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,931
6,407
0.495
Soil Conservation
Water Erosion
Sustainable Agriculture
Anunciación Abadía
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,610
3,770
0.299
Manuel González de Molina
Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Sevilla, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,212
5,349
0.477
Environmental History
Agroecology
Agricultural History
Rural History
Historia Contemporánea
Jj Alarcon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,598
4,466
0.421
Agriculture
Plant Phisiology
Irrigation
Water Relations
Juan Cornejo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,206
2,342
0.229
Ciencia del suelo
medio ambiente
contaminación de aguas
suelos
arcillas
Pilar Prieto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,155
5,184
0.510
Francisca López-Granados
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,149
5,827
0.574
Vicente Pallas
Universitat Politècnica de València
Valencia, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,994
3,948
0.395
Eduardo Moreno Jiménez
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,881
5,956
0.603
Trace Element Pollution
Soil Phytoremediation
Climate Change
Soil Metal Biogeochemistry
Organic Matter
Felipe Bastida
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,782
6,688
0.684
Soil
agriculture
soil microbial community
organic wastes
climate change
Fuensanta Caravaca
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,617
3,629
0.377
Agriculture
Soil Science
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Francisca Hernandez Garcia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,376
6,651
0.709
Antonio Vallejo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,308
4,547
0.547
Agriculture
Soil Science
Environment
Engracia Madejón
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,047
3,265
0.406
Miguel Quemada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,021
5,244
0.654
Agronomy - environment - soils - water - nitrogen
Miguel A. Aranda|Miguel Aranda, MA Aranda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,939
3,090
0.389
Plant Virology
Plant Genetics and Breeding
Rafael Fernández Muñoz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,574
3,324
0.439
Plant Breeding
Tomato Genetics
Disease and Pest Resistance
Fruit Quality
Francisco Barro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,542
3,419
0.453
Plant breeding
Celiac disease
cereals
Biotechnology
Elisa Viñuela
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,294
2,662
0.365
Jose Maria Fernandez Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,233
2,074
0.287
Agronomía
Mejora Genética
Plantas oleaginosas