Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,815
32,750
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Mycology
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,552
13,072
0.607
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Animal Cell Technology
Biologics
Bioprocess
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,670
8,235
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Fish Nutrition
Aquaculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,726
7,754
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Plant Biotechnology
Phytochemistry
Plant Stress
Plant Volatiles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,782
4,987
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
"cell and molecular biology"
"plant sciences"
"biotechnology"
"microbiology and microbiomes"
"cell signalling"
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,475
5,530
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Fisheries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,575
4,373
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
groundwater ecology
intertidal ecology
scientific writing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,305
6,644
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,743
6,257
0.716
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant Biotechnology
Germplasm conservation
Plant biocompounds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,117
4,215
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Aquacultura
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,937
4,292
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Wood Science
Chemometrics
FTIR
FT-NIR
Analytical pyrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,263
2,574
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
solos e nutriçāo das plantas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,603
2,134
0.381
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Agriculture
Sheep
Goat
carcass
meat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,345
2,630
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Wood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
2,921
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Nutrition
Sustainability
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,856
3,542
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Forestry
Water Resources
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,783
1,508
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Aquacultura
animais aquáticos
nutrição de peixes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,697
1,906
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
forest
agroforestry
modelling
planning
environmental
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,363
2,854
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Animal Physiology
Stress Biology
Biomarkers
Ecophysiology
Ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,360
2,200
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Fisheries
Population Dynamics
Stock assessment
Elasmobranchs
Bycatch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,240
2,310
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Tratamento e Valorização de efluentes Agro-pecuarios
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,108
2,381
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
fish
biology
conservation
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,066
1,910
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Fish Migration
Freshwater Fish Ecology
Ecohydraulics
River Restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,831
2,391
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Fish populations
Fish communities
Nurseries
Connectivity
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,584
1,722
0.480
Luis Santos Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,815
32,750
0.410
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
Alan Phillips
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,552
13,072
0.607
Paula M Alves
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,670
8,235
0.494
Animal Cell Technology
Biologics
Bioprocess
Biotechnology
Aires Oliva Teles
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,726
7,754
0.527
Ana Cristina Da Silva Figueiredo
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,782
4,987
0.423
Plant Biotechnology
Phytochemistry
Plant Stress
Plant Volatiles
Conceição Santos
Universidade do Porto
Porto, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,475
5,530
0.482
"cell and molecular biology"
"plant sciences"
"biotechnology"
"microbiology and microbiomes"
"cell signalling"
Karim Erzini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,575
4,373
0.414
ACF Silva
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,305
6,644
0.645
groundwater ecology
intertidal ecology
scientific writing
Vitor D Alves
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,743
6,257
0.716
Anabela Romano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,117
4,215
0.592
Plant Biotechnology
Germplasm conservation
Plant biocompounds
Pedro Pousão-Ferreira
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,937
4,292
0.619
José Carlos Carvalho Rodrigues
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,263
2,574
0.411
Wood Science
Chemometrics
FTIR
FT-NIR
Analytical pyrolysis
Amarilis de Varennes
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,603
2,134
0.381
Alfredo Teixeira
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Bragança, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,345
2,630
0.492
Agriculture
Sheep
Goat
carcass
meat
Bruno Esteves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,169
2,921
0.565
Marta Vasconcelos
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,856
3,542
0.729
Plant Nutrition
Sustainability
Genetics
Jorge David
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,783
1,508
0.315
Rema Paulo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,697
1,906
0.406
Aquacultura
animais aquáticos
nutrição de peixes
João Palma
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,363
2,854
0.654
forest
agroforestry
modelling
planning
environmental
Carlos Gravato|C Gravato, Gravato C
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,360
2,200
0.505
Animal Physiology
Stress Biology
Biomarkers
Ecophysiology
Ecotoxicology
Rui Coelho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,240
2,310
0.545
Fisheries
Population Dynamics
Stock assessment
Elasmobranchs
Bycatch
David Fangueiro
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,108
2,381
0.580
Tratamento e Valorização de efluentes Agro-pecuarios
Emanuel J. Gonçalves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,066
1,910
0.470
José Maria Santos
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,831
2,391
0.624
Fish Migration
Freshwater Fish Ecology
Ecohydraulics
River Restoration
Rita P. Vasconcelos
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,584
1,722
0.480
Fish populations
Fish communities
Nurseries
Connectivity
Biodiversity