Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationAgriculture & Forestry / Plant Science 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
United States
Msu Herbarium
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,086
28,445
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Netherlands
Marcel Dicke
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,633
22,466
0.348
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
France
Eric Garnier
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,589
32,711
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
United States
David D Ackerly
Plant ecology
evolution
climate change
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,612
27,460
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
Japan
Jian Feng Ma
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,871
30,362
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Saudi Arabia
Mark Tester
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,458
28,501
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
United Kingdom
Malcolm Bennett
Plant Science
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,585
22,855
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
United States
Carla Marie D Antonio
plant community and ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,291
16,211
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Spain
Jaume Flexas
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,640
24,932
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Netherlands
Richard Gf Visser
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,555
22,573
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
New Zealand
Philip Hulme
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,361
27,518
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
United Kingdom
FI Woodward
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,757
12,543
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United Kingdom
Philip J. White
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,518
25,584
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Switzerland
Markus Fischer
Biodiversity
conservation biology
mountains
science-policy work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,737
30,917
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
Switzerland
Wilhelm Gruissem
plant systems biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,448
12,792
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
France
Graham Noctor
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,256
17,108
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United States
Daniel Voytas
Plant genome engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,062
23,211
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
United States
Knapp Alan
Plant Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,569
18,230
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Czech Republic
Jaroslav Dolezel
plant genetics
cytogenetics
physical genome mapping
flow cytometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,877
21,474
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
United States
Thomas D Sharkey
Plant Biochemistry
Plant Biology
Plant Physiology
Photosynthesis
Isoprene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,581
12,962
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
Japan
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Plant Science
Phytohormones
Nitrogen Nutrition
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,578
21,895
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Germany
Klaus Fx Mayer
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,352
12,132
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
United States
Bonnie Bartel
plant biology
Arabidopsis
peroxisomes
auxin
microRNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,253
14,340
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Belgium
Frank Van Breusegem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,918
19,286
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
United States
Blake C Meyers
Plant genomics
small RNAs
microRNAs
plant biology
plant genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,165
16,976
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,339
United States
2,994
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Msu Herbarium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,086
28,445
0.430
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,571
Netherlands
148
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Marcel Dicke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,633
22,466
0.348
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,577
France
111
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Eric Garnier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,589
32,711
0.506
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,119
United States
3,373
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
David D Ackerly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,612
27,460
0.446
Plant ecology
evolution
climate change
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,442
Japan
86
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jian Feng Ma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,871
30,362
0.507
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,723
Saudi Arabia
18
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,458
28,501
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,137
United Kingdom
705
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Malcolm Bennett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,585
22,855
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,242
United States
4,402
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Carla Marie D Antonio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,291
16,211
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,428
Spain
166
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jaume Flexas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,640
24,932
0.483
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,451
Netherlands
210
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Richard Gf Visser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,555
22,573
0.438
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,505
New Zealand
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Philip Hulme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,361
27,518
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,022
United Kingdom
867
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
FI Woodward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,757
12,543
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,092
United Kingdom
875
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Philip J. White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,518
25,584
0.517
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,342
Switzerland
185
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Markus Fischer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,737
30,917
0.634
Biodiversity
conservation biology
mountains
science-policy work
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,429
Switzerland
188
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Wilhelm Gruissem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,448
12,792
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,495
France
178
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Graham Noctor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,256
17,108
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,924
United States
5,182
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Daniel Voytas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,062
23,211
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,098
United States
5,254
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Knapp Alan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,569
18,230
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,756
Czech Republic
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Jaroslav Dolezel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,877
21,474
0.479
plant genetics
cytogenetics
physical genome mapping
flow cytometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,904
United States
5,651
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Thomas D Sharkey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,581
12,962
0.291
Plant Biochemistry
Plant Biology
Plant Physiology
Photosynthesis
Isoprene
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,908
Japan
144
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,578
21,895
0.491
Plant Science
Phytohormones
Nitrogen Nutrition
Plant Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,004
Germany
501
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Klaus Fx Mayer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,352
12,132
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,058
United States
5,721
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Bonnie Bartel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,253
14,340
0.324
plant biology
Arabidopsis
peroxisomes
auxin
microRNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,193
Belgium
92
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Frank Van Breusegem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,918
19,286
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,544
United States
5,943
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Blake C Meyers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,165
16,976
0.393
Plant genomics
small RNAs
microRNAs
plant biology
plant genetics