Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Highly Cited Researchers 84 Scientists Citation in Saudi Arabia Rankings - 2025
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 science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,909
25,216
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic Engineering
Root Parasitic Plants
Bioactives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,736
8,711
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Microbe Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,069
15,318
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant Ecophysiology
Proteomics
Environmental Studies
Forestry and Ecological studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,846
9,560
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant Virology - Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
5,290
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Molecular Biology
Genetics
Durable Disease Resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,179
4,655
0.648
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
plant ecology
vegetation ecology
pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,712
5,140
0.766
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,649
3,994
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,203
4,269
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
4,007
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant biochemistry
biological activities of natural products
plant stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,899
2,986
0.610
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant Breeding
Biotechnology and Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,809
3,373
0.701
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Agronomy & Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,376
2,516
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering and transgenic
Cell and Tissue culture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,376
1,697
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,343
1,600
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Ecophysiology
Photosynthesis
Halophytes
Abiotic stresses
Phytodesalination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,101
2,212
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,441
2,370
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant microbial interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
2,108
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
plant sciences
horticulture
stress physiology
coffee
fig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,095
1,564
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,929
1,806
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,670
2,012
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Diagnostics
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,559
2,265
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,533
1,850
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
plant biology
light signaling
strigolactone
carotenoids
signal molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,704
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Stress Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,383
693
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,687
19
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,909
25,216
0.421
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,436
119
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Salim Al Babili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,736
8,711
0.465
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic Engineering
Root Parasitic Plants
Bioactives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,785
129
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Abeer Hashem
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,069
15,318
0.848
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,549
229
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,846
9,560
0.807
Plant Ecophysiology
Proteomics
Environmental Studies
Forestry and Ecological studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,019
397
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ahmed M Soliman
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
5,290
0.673
Plant Virology - Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,586
457
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Simon Krattinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,179
4,655
0.648
Plant Molecular Biology
Genetics
Durable Disease Resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156,208
501
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mohamed A El Sheikh
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,712
5,140
0.766
plant ecology
vegetation ecology
pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,707
508
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jameel M Al Khayri
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,649
3,994
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
169,334
559
151
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zahir Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,203
4,269
0.688
Plant Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
203,889
725
144
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Abdulrahman Alatar
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,137
4,007
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,454
771
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amal Amin Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,899
2,986
0.610
Plant biochemistry
biological activities of natural products
plant stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
217,299
791
162
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Salem S Alghamdi
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,809
3,373
0.701
Plant Breeding
Biotechnology and Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,274
895
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Muhammad Jamil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,376
2,516
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
237,288
896
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
ABM Sharif Hossain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,376
1,697
0.388
Plant Physiology and Biotechnology
Genetic Engineering and transgenic
Cell and Tissue culture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
238,941
906
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Aiman Hasan
Jazan University
Chiba, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,343
1,600
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,891
961
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mokded Rabhi
Qassim University
Buraidah, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,101
2,212
0.539
Plant Ecophysiology
Photosynthesis
Halophytes
Abiotic stresses
Phytodesalination
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
293,634
1,178
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hessini Kamel
Taif University
Taif, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,441
2,370
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,626
1,247
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Maged M Saad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,269
2,108
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,904
1,326
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Habib Khemira
Jazan University
Chiba, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,095
1,564
0.505
plant sciences
horticulture
stress physiology
coffee
fig
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
335,633
1,411
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abdullah Al Doss
King Saud University
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,929
1,806
0.617
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,666
1,566
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tarek Galal
Taif University
Taif, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,670
2,012
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
373,815
1,636
316
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rashid Aman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,559
2,265
0.885
Diagnostics
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
376,789
1,654
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Saad M. Howladar
University of Jeddah
Dahaban, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,533
1,850
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
391,027
1,738
336
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kun Peng Jia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,414
1,704
0.706
plant biology
light signaling
strigolactone
carotenoids
signal molecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
394,876
1,761
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ashraf Ma Metwally
King Faisal University
Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,383
693
0.291