Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationAgriculture & Forestry / Agriculture 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 :26
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,089
43,956
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
de novo assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,386
53,187
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,285
37,763
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,994
33,799
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,758
25,970
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,949
35,835
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,517
55,896
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,141
34,382
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,636
33,512
0.437
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,446
16,499
0.219
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,643
50,993
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,040
51,406
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,719
25,659
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,784
25,884
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,181
23,231
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,297
38,997
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,035
38,896
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Fisheries
Fish Ecology
Conservation Science
Conservation Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,587
42,877
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,296
12,046
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,142
28,446
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,065
32,207
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
soil biogeochemistry
land use and greenhouse gas emissions
soil health
biofuel sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,621
27,159
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,138
30,487
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,112
16,697
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,057
31,706
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,005
323
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,089
43,956
0.505
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,058
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Jue Ruan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,386
53,187
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,472
178
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,285
37,763
0.465
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,501
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Luis Santos Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,994
33,799
0.417
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,628
2,203
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Joe Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,758
25,970
0.326
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,710
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,949
35,835
0.454
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,763
170
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,517
55,896
0.712
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,817
2,289
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Hans W Paerl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,141
34,382
0.440
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,988
77
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,636
33,512
0.437
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,114
2,426
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
James C Carrington
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,446
16,499
0.219
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,225
195
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,643
50,993
0.683
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,293
212
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Philip W. S. Newall
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,040
51,406
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,333
86
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,719
25,659
0.348
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,432
2,571
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,784
25,884
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,503
456
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,181
23,231
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,721
226
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,297
38,997
0.555
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,758
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,035
38,896
0.555
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,826
228
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Steven J Cooke
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,587
42,877
0.616
Fisheries
Fish Ecology
Conservation Science
Conservation Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,879
2,780
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,296
12,046
0.174
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,896
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,142
28,446
0.411
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,055
160
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,065
32,207
0.473
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,113
2,894
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Keith Paustian
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,621
27,159
0.402
soil biogeochemistry
land use and greenhouse gas emissions
soil health
biofuel sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,178
238
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,138
30,487
0.454
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,183
2,928
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Andrew Sharpley
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Fayetteville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,112
16,697
0.249
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,191
129
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,057
31,706
0.473
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis