Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Ireland Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Ireland 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
Animal genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,724
13,756
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Genetics
Biotechnology
AgriResearch
Climate Smart Agriculture
SDGs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,776
4,668
0.433
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Modelling
Precision livestock farming and sensors
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,982
6,237
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
LCA
Circular Bioeconomy
Sustainable Food Systems
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
5,222
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Soil ecology
earthworms
stable isotopes
food authentication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,002
4,960
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,585
3,956
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant Science
Climate Change
Greenhouse Gases
Soil Science
Atmospheric Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,870
5,064
0.643
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
greenhouse gas emissions
nitrous oxide
agricultural sustainability
water quality
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,774
5,268
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
agriculture
environment
water quality
greenhouse gas emissions
N2O
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,642
5,129
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Meat science
Animal production
Meat Quality
Muscle biology
Meat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,798
6,090
0.896
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
smart systems in agri-food
food chain traceability
biosystems engineering
bio-energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,420
2,452
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Statistical ecology
fisheries science
biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,328
3,313
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Biology
Long Non-Coding RNAs
Circadian clock
Cell growth and proliferation
TOR signalling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,948
2,776
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Fisheries
stock assessment
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,774
4,208
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
biosystems
engineering
mechanisation
energy
crop production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,737
2,809
0.490
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,554
2,853
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
plant development
epigenetics
chromatin
agribiosciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,473
2,140
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
animal
behaviour
welfare
pig
cow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,393
3,497
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Soil carbon stocks
greenhouse gases
land use change
forest
peatland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,254
2,079
0.396
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
PLant Physiology Growth Water Transport
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,144
2,344
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Economics Policy Agri-food Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,770
2,555
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant and algal cell walls
cell wall diversity
cell wall biochemistry
cell wall structure
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,718
2,274
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant ecology
biodiversity
pollination
pesticides
ecological communities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,534
3,660
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Bio-Based Refineries
Biomass Valorisation
Industrial Biotechnology
Bioactive Mining
Emerging
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,333
3,764
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,286
2,264
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,000
110
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Donagh Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,724
13,756
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,339
369
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Charles Spillane
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,776
4,668
0.433
Genetics
Biotechnology
AgriResearch
Climate Smart Agriculture
SDGs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,680
422
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Laurence Shalloo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,982
6,237
0.625
Modelling
Precision livestock farming and sensors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,997
452
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nicholas M Holden
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
5,222
0.548
LCA
Circular Bioeconomy
Sustainable Food Systems
Soil Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,031
494
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olaf Schmidt
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,002
4,960
0.551
Soil ecology
earthworms
stable isotopes
food authentication
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,125
528
134
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Fiona Doohan
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,585
3,956
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,003
591
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Gary Lanigan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,870
5,064
0.643
Plant Science
Climate Change
Greenhouse Gases
Soil Science
Atmospheric Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,743
605
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Karl G. Richards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,774
5,268
0.678
greenhouse gas emissions
nitrous oxide
agricultural sustainability
water quality
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
133,224
615
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Karl Richards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,642
5,129
0.671
agriculture
environment
water quality
greenhouse gas emissions
N2O
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,824
702
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mohammed Gagaoua
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,798
6,090
0.896
Meat science
Animal production
Meat Quality
Muscle biology
Meat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
159,994
740
172
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shane Ward
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,420
2,452
0.382
smart systems in agri-food
food chain traceability
biosystems engineering
bio-energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
162,404
754
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Cóilín Minto
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,328
3,313
0.524
Statistical ecology
fisheries science
biostatistics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,875
822
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Rossana Henriques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,948
2,776
0.467
Plant Biology
Long Non-Coding RNAs
Circadian clock
Cell growth and proliferation
TOR signalling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
178,003
842
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Rick Officer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,774
4,208
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,163
851
201
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kevin P Mcdonnell
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,737
2,809
0.490
biosystems
engineering
mechanisation
energy
crop production
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
184,965
888
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Spink
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,554
2,853
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
187,607
907
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sara Farrona
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,473
2,140
0.391
plant development
epigenetics
chromatin
agribiosciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,268
920
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Laura Boyle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,393
3,497
0.648
animal
behaviour
welfare
pig
cow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
195,280
943
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kenneth Byrne
University of Limerick
Limerick, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,254
2,079
0.396
Soil carbon stocks
greenhouse gases
land use change
forest
peatland
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,280
967
229
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wieland Fricke
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,144
2,344
0.456
PLant Physiology Growth Water Transport
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
214,379
1,023
152
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thia Hennessy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,770
2,555
0.536
Economics Policy Agri-food Modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
216,656
1,039
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Zoë A Popper
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,718
2,274
0.482
Plant and algal cell walls
cell wall diversity
cell wall biochemistry
cell wall structure
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224,746
1,083
255
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dara A Stanley
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,534
3,660
0.807
Plant ecology
biodiversity
pollination
pesticides
ecological communities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
234,446
1,132
266
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gaurav Rajauria
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,333
3,764
0.869
Bio-Based Refineries
Biomass Valorisation
Industrial Biotechnology
Bioactive Mining
Emerging
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,844
1,141
269
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Maarten Nieuwenhuis
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,286
2,264
0.528