Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Agriculture & Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 7.800 Scientists Citation in United States 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
United States
Johannes Lehmann
soil
soil science
soil organic matter
soil health
soil organic carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,805
57,654
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Jeremy Schmutz
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,305
39,730
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Jeff Dangl
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,856
34,455
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Richard Dixon
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,881
24,511
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Richard Allen
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,125
36,197
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
John W Scott
tomato breeding
horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,568
32,870
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Bruns Thomas D
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,454
32,785
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Jeffrey G Arnold
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,592
33,009
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Chua NH
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,408
15,699
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Joanne Chory
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,114
21,583
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Andrew H Paterson
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,209
29,109
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Joe Berry
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,312
23,512
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Hans W Paerl
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,165
31,448
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
James C Carrington
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,134
13,760
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Stephen Long
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,196
22,834
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
John Aber
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,954
10,029
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Keith Paustian
soil biogeochemistry
land use and greenhouse gas emissions
soil health
biofuel sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,315
24,768
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Msu Herbarium
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,411
28,110
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Andrew Sharpley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,973
14,314
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
S McCouch
plant genetics
rice (Oryza sativa)
evolution
plant genomics
population biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,306
15,329
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
David D Ackerly
Plant ecology
evolution
climate change
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,987
24,277
0.385
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Michael Donoghue
plants evolution phylogeny biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,929
13,143
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Eric Vermote
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,766
22,920
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Donald Sparks
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,268
18,213
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Peter Agre
Aquaporins
Malaria
Human Rights
Science Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,727
7,792
0.137
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,155
United States
994
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johannes Lehmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,805
57,654
0.469
soil
soil science
soil organic matter
soil health
soil organic carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,423
United States
1,146
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,305
39,730
0.345
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,843
United States
1,349
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeff Dangl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,856
34,455
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,942
United States
1,399
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,881
24,511
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,083
United States
1,467
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Richard Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,125
36,197
0.354
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,309
United States
1,576
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John W Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,568
32,870
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,464
United States
1,637
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,454
32,785
0.340
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,805
United States
1,796
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeffrey G Arnold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,592
33,009
0.360
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,819
United States
1,807
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chua NH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,408
15,699
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,843
United States
1,820
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Joanne Chory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,114
21,583
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,910
United States
1,854
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrew H Paterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,209
29,109
0.323
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,660
United States
2,212
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Joe Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,312
23,512
0.289
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,779
United States
2,258
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hans W Paerl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,165
31,448
0.392
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,215
United States
2,456
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James C Carrington
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,134
13,760
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,434
United States
2,573
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,196
22,834
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,985
United States
2,836
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,954
10,029
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,085
United States
2,883
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Keith Paustian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,315
24,768
0.357
soil biogeochemistry
land use and greenhouse gas emissions
soil health
biofuel sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,217
United States
2,940
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Msu Herbarium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,411
28,110
0.411
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,282
United States
2,970
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Andrew Sharpley
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,973
14,314
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,042
United States
3,333
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
S McCouch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,306
15,329
0.242
plant genetics
rice (Oryza sativa)
evolution
plant genomics
population biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,096
United States
3,356
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
David D Ackerly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,987
24,277
0.385
Plant ecology
evolution
climate change
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,466
United States
3,537
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Donoghue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,929
13,143
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,707
United States
3,659
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Eric Vermote
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,766
22,920
0.383
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,805
United States
3,710
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Donald Sparks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,268
18,213
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,400
United States
3,998
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Peter Agre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,727
7,792
0.137
Aquaporins
Malaria
Human Rights
Science Diplomacy