Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
King Abdullah University of Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,969
86,813
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,857
28,874
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic Engineering
Root Parasitic Plants
Bioactives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,391
9,524
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Marine Biology
Coral Reef Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,129
12,001
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Wheat
Genetics
Genomics
Disease Resistance
Speed Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,464
11,844
0.766
* 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
6,953
4,884
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,013
4,601
0.765
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,918
1,658
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Agronomy & Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,265
2,700
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant microbial interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,164
2,188
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Marine ecology
Acoustics
Mesopelagic fishes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
1,882
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Diagnostics
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,435
2,249
0.924
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
plant biology
light signaling
strigolactone
carotenoids
signal molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,352
1,835
0.780
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Aquaculture Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,006
1,021
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Drough resilience
Agriculture
Water management
salinity
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
615
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant immunity
signal transduction
phosphorylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
992
0.544
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Marine ecology
marine biomonitoring
DNA metabarcoding
marine ecological assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,459
1,256
0.861
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Marine ecology
Microbiology
Biogeochemistry
Climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
793
0.775
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,020
804
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Marine Production and Environmental Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
483
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Polyploidy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
733
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant Molecular Biology
RNA Biology
Apocarotenoids
Phytohormones
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
720
676
0.939
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Phenotyping
Salt Stress
Salinity Tolerance
Forward Genetics
Resurrection Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
677
0.948
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant-microbe interaction Plant Biology Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
627
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Aquatic biology
Ecotoxicology
Phycology
Algal physiology
Algal products
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
661
495
0.749
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,213
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,969
86,813
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,735
19
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,857
28,874
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,720
114
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Salim Al Babili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,391
9,524
0.518
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic Engineering
Root Parasitic Plants
Bioactives
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,652
121
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Michael Berumen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,129
12,001
0.662
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,750
161
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brande Bh Wulff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,464
11,844
0.766
Wheat
Genetics
Genomics
Disease Resistance
Speed Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
148,285
458
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Simon Krattinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,953
4,884
0.702
Plant Molecular Biology
Genetics
Durable Disease Resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
172,059
548
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Zahir Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,013
4,601
0.765
Plant Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
209,582
729
187
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sou Miyake
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,918
1,658
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
239,417
883
212
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Muhammad Jamil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,265
2,700
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,765
1,240
263
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Maged M Saad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,164
2,188
0.692
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,569
1,411
286
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Anders Røstad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,809
1,882
0.670
Marine ecology
Acoustics
Mesopelagic fishes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
383,341
1,648
319
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rashid Aman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,435
2,249
0.924
Diagnostics
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
393,553
1,708
331
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kun Peng Jia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,352
1,835
0.780
plant biology
light signaling
strigolactone
carotenoids
signal molecules
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,479
2,040
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Asaad H Mohamed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,006
1,021
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
466,322
2,197
387
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Richard Soppe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,863
615
0.330
Drough resilience
Agriculture
Water management
salinity
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,390
2,240
392
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yunhe Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,822
992
0.544
Plant immunity
signal transduction
phosphorylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,143
2,751
448
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Eva Aylagas Martinez
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,459
1,256
0.861
Marine ecology
marine biomonitoring
DNA metabarcoding
marine ecological assessment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,315
3,659
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Neus Garcias Bonet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,023
793
0.775
Marine ecology
Microbiology
Biogeochemistry
Climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
675,418
3,670
541
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gwendolyn Kirschner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,020
804
0.788
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
693,375
3,823
553
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Zenon Batang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
971
483
0.497
Marine Production and Environmental Studies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
786,777
4,500
604
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Yveline Pailles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
747
733
0.981
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Polyploidy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
799,503
4,599
613
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yagiz Alagoz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
720
676
0.939
Plant Molecular Biology
RNA Biology
Apocarotenoids
Phytohormones
Metabolic Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,391
4,623
615
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mariam Awlia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
677
0.948
Plant Phenotyping
Salt Stress
Salinity Tolerance
Forward Genetics
Resurrection Plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,826
4,646
617
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hanin Alzubaidy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
627
0.887
Plant-microbe interaction Plant Biology Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
828,891
4,827
631
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sreejith Kottuparambil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
661
495
0.749
Aquatic biology
Ecotoxicology
Phycology
Algal physiology
Algal products