Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
United Kingdom Highly Cited Researchers Citation Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science in United Kingdom Rankings 2025
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 disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,183
32,395
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Plant Science
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,902
23,186
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,006
26,063
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,969
12,728
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,218
14,162
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
plant genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,810
8,445
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant and crop science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,748
9,677
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,773
17,661
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,915
17,213
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,558
10,865
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,085
9,856
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant cell-wall biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,892
6,149
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
plant cell walls
polysaccharides
plant-soil interactions
plant cell biology
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,017
8,754
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,824
9,141
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant science
peer review
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,635
4,977
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Physiology
Plant Genetics
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,122
6,357
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant water relations
remote sensing
plant stress physiology
crop improvement
irrigation...
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,746
8,489
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant natural products
synthetic biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,806
12,123
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant population biology
evolutionary ecology
plant ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,472
6,037
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
plant science
plant physiology
genetics
biochemistry
agricultural science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,080
7,362
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,932
11,537
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,147
11,769
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant metabolism
seed biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,114
7,932
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,724
140
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
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,436
280
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,183
32,395
0.340
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,487
458
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,117
705
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Malcolm Bennett
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,902
23,186
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,020
870
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philip J. White
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,006
26,063
0.521
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,032
873
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
FI Woodward
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,969
12,728
0.255
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,603
1,197
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Timothy Flowers
University of Sussex
Brighton, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,218
14,162
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,398
1,263
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Wayne Powell
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,810
8,445
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,644
1,360
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
William John Davies
Lancaster University
Lancaster, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,748
9,677
0.256
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,610
1,644
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Karl Peggs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,773
17,661
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,350
1,716
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Martin R Broadley
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,915
17,213
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,694
1,752
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nicholas Smirnoff
University of Exeter
Exeter, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,558
10,865
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,170
1,790
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ian Bancroft
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,085
9,856
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,537
2,000
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Stephen C Fry
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,892
6,149
0.206
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,278
2,287
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul Knox
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,017
8,754
0.324
plant cell walls
polysaccharides
plant-soil interactions
plant cell biology
plant biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,528
2,305
283
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nicholas P Harberd
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,824
9,141
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,836
2,329
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Michael B. Jackson
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,635
4,977
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,655
2,413
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philip Mullineaux
University of Essex
Colchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,122
6,357
0.243
Plant Biotechnology
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Physiology
Plant Genetics
Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,249
2,463
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hamlyn Jones
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,746
8,489
0.330
Plant water relations
remote sensing
plant stress physiology
crop improvement
irrigation...
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,868
2,594
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Anne Osbourn
John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,806
12,123
0.489
Plant natural products
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,488
2,657
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonathan Silvertown
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,472
6,037
0.247
Plant population biology
evolutionary ecology
plant ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,229
2,733
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Donald Grierson
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,080
7,362
0.306
plant science
plant physiology
genetics
biochemistry
agricultural science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,488
2,754
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Malcolm Hawkesford
Rothamsted Research
Harpenden, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,932
11,537
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,115
3,086
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Alison G Smith
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,147
11,769
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,206
3,094
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ian A Graham
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,114
7,932
0.359