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 pathology
disease control
biocontrol
integrated management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,355
9,011
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant developmental genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,173
6,511
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant pathology
host-parasite interactions
biological control
microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,419
7,671
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
plant biology
natural sciences
plant and agricultural biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,288
5,343
0.251
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant Evolution
phylogenetics
computational biology
bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,670
12,438
0.602
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,800
7,877
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant biology
algal biology
cyanobacteria
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,460
4,171
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Biology
Autophagy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
6,592
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
plant insect virus interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,809
4,403
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Sciences and Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,693
3,735
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
plant physiology
algal biotechnology
photosynthesis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,625
3,394
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant molecular biology
Carotenoid biosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,598
2,773
0.204
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,508
2,820
0.209
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marine Microbiology
Host-virus interactions
chemical signaling
PCD
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,398
5,810
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant genetics
Natural products
Plant pigments
Plant health benefiting compounds
Mutagenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,515
5,001
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
plant genetics
cucurbits
oncogenes
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,507
3,679
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
2,166
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tree Ecophysiology
Forest Ecology
Plant Ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,968
7,662
0.769
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Wheat genetics
Sesame
Drought
climate change
lant domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,873
4,384
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant stress and ROS
halophytes
Molybdoenzymes
Purine catabolism
Sulfur metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,260
2,538
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Olive biology and cultivation
Reproductive biology of fruit trees
Crop pollination
Pomology under semi-arid conditions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,171
3,644
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant Pathology
Phytopathology
Phytobacteriology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,062
2,576
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Epigenetics
Plant Abiotic Stress Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,799
3,487
0.513
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,418
3,197
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Botany
Plant Ecology
Salinity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,368
1,552
0.244
Yigal Elad
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,355
9,011
0.287
Plant pathology
disease control
biocontrol
integrated management
Yuval Eshed
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,173
6,511
0.269
Samir Droby
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,419
7,671
0.358
Plant pathology
host-parasite interactions
biological control
microbiome
Arie Altman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,288
5,343
0.251
plant biology
natural sciences
plant and agricultural biotechnology
Itay Mayrose
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,670
12,438
0.602
Plant Evolution
phylogenetics
computational biology
bioinformatics
Gad Miller
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,800
7,877
0.443
Aaron Kaplan
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,460
4,171
0.239
Plant biology
algal biology
cyanobacteria
Tamar Avin Wittenberg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,572
6,592
0.423
Henryk Czosnek
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,809
4,403
0.297
plant insect virus interactions
Hillel Fromm
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,693
3,735
0.273
Avigad Vonshak
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,625
3,394
0.249
plant physiology
algal biotechnology
photosynthesis
Joseph Hirschberg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,598
2,773
0.204
Plant molecular biology
Carotenoid biosynthesis
Yigal Cohen
Bar Ilan University
Ramat Gan, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,508
2,820
0.209
Assaf Vardi
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,398
5,810
0.434
Marine Microbiology
Host-virus interactions
chemical signaling
PCD
Yaakov Tadmor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,515
5,001
0.434
Plant genetics
Natural products
Plant pigments
Plant health benefiting compounds
Mutagenesis
Nurit Katzir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,507
3,679
0.350
plant genetics
cucurbits
oncogenes
Yosef Mizrahi
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,049
2,166
0.216
Tamir Klein
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,968
7,662
0.769
Tree Ecophysiology
Forest Ecology
Plant Ecophysiology
Zvi Peleg
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,873
4,384
0.494
Wheat genetics
Sesame
Drought
climate change
lant domestication
Moshe Sagi
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,260
2,538
0.350
Plant stress and ROS
halophytes
Molybdoenzymes
Purine catabolism
Sulfur metabolism
Arnon Dag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,171
3,644
0.508
Olive biology and cultivation
Reproductive biology of fruit trees
Crop pollination
Pomology under semi-arid conditions
Saul Burdman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,062
2,576
0.365
Plant Pathology
Phytopathology
Phytobacteriology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Asif Khan
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,799
3,487
0.513
Plant Molecular Biology
Plant Epigenetics
Plant Abiotic Stress Physiology
Shimon Rachmilevitch
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Beer Sheva, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,418
3,197
0.498
Amram Eshel
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv, Israel
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,368
1,552
0.244