Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
plant ecology
conservation biology
ecology
weeds
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,464
4,124
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
plant lipids
fatty acids
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,643
5,041
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant genetics and epigenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,678
3,419
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plant ecophysiology
ecohydrology
transpiration
carbon and water fluxes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,415
5,404
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
plant genetics and breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,960
3,215
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
agri-climatology
forest science
plant ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,763
5,399
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant domestication
crop genetics
canola improvement
genome evolution
plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,632
5,123
0.671
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant Molecular Biology
Fungal Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,219
1,827
0.294
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant lipid metabolic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,319
1,741
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
454
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Phenotyping
Plant Physiology
Root Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,722
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant Systematics
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,747
1,450
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant physiology
Fungal metatranscriptomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,686
1,686
0.628
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
plant molecular biology
pathogenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,300
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant ecology. environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,105
1,346
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
plant soil interactions
soil biology
biocontrol
urban agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,777
1,133
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant taxonomy and nomenclature
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
743
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant metabolic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,623
976
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant Science and Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,501
966
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant Ecophysiology
Root Biology
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
608
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant genetic transformation technologies
Plant Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
611
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant genomics
Molecular breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
256
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Genetics
Grapevine Rootstocks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
379
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
plant genomics
disease resistance
plant architecture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
702
605
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Ecophysiology
Non-native species
Conservation Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
286
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,122
2,564
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Sue Mcintyre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,464
4,124
0.267
plant ecology
conservation biology
ecology
weeds
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,344
2,754
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Surinder Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,643
5,041
0.344
plant lipids
fatty acids
Metabolic Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,937
3,385
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chris Helliwell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,678
3,419
0.270
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,085
4,807
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Anthony O'Grady
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,415
5,404
0.574
plant ecophysiology
ecohydrology
transpiration
carbon and water fluxes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,935
5,746
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chunji Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,960
3,215
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,425
5,934
213
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Patrick Mitchell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,763
5,399
0.695
agri-climatology
forest science
plant ecophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
132,913
6,067
216
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Matthew N Nelson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,632
5,123
0.671
Plant domestication
crop genetics
canola improvement
genome evolution
plant breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
164,748
7,514
288
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jonathan Anderson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,219
1,827
0.294
Plant Molecular Biology
Fungal Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,822
12,939
548
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pushkar Shrestha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,319
1,741
0.525
Plant lipid metabolic engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,110
13,494
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jim Speirs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,137
454
0.145
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
331,563
14,352
615
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anton Wasson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,892
1,722
0.595
Plant Phenotyping
Plant Physiology
Root Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
345,678
14,880
646
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Katharina Nargar (Née Schulte)|Katharina Schulte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,747
1,450
0.528
Plant Systematics
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,013
15,107
653
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Simon R Law
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,686
1,686
0.628
Plant physiology
Fungal metatranscriptomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
387,704
16,412
730
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Louise Thatcher
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,372
1,300
0.548
plant molecular biology
pathogenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
423,400
17,642
782
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anna E Richards
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,105
1,346
0.639
Plant ecology. environmental science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
477,332
19,515
863
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Cathryn O'Sullivan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,777
1,133
0.638
plant soil interactions
soil biology
biocontrol
urban agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
489,524
19,923
880
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Brendan Lepschi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,713
743
0.434
Plant taxonomy and nomenclature
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507,672
20,535
909
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anna El Tahchy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,623
976
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
534,251
21,469
945
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vivien Rolland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,501
966
0.644
Plant Science and Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
609,124
23,882
1,056
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Sarah M Rich
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,210
608
0.502
Plant Ecophysiology
Root Biology
Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
681,370
25,950
1,170
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Srinivas Belide
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
990
611
0.617
Plant genetic transformation technologies
Plant Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
767,424
28,202
1,285
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xinguo Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
256
0.329
Plant genomics
Molecular breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,014
28,920
1,322
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jake Dunlevy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
379
0.530
Plant Genetics
Grapevine Rootstocks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
803,193
29,083
1,328
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Matthias Jost
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
702
605
0.862
plant genomics
disease resistance
plant architecture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,111,726
33,041
1,529
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Melinda S Trudgen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
286
0.935
Plant Ecophysiology
Non-native species
Conservation Biology