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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2,994
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Msu Herbarium
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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
148
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
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
111
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Eric Garnier
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Montpellier, France
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
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
86
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jian Feng Ma
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
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
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
705
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Malcolm Bennett
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,585
22,855
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,242
4,402
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Carla Marie D Antonio
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,291
16,211
0.310
plant community and ecosystem ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,428
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
210
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Richard Gf Visser
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
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
28
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Philip Hulme
Lincoln University Canterbury
Christchurch, New Zealand
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,361
27,518
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,022
867
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
FI Woodward
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,757
12,543
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,092
875
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Philip J. White
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
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
185
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Markus Fischer
Universität Bern
Bern, Switzerland
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
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
plant systems biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,495
178
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Graham Noctor
University of Paris-Sud
Bures-sur-Yvette, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,256
17,108
0.355
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,924
5,182
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Daniel Voytas
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,062
23,211
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,098
5,254
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Knapp Alan
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,569
18,230
0.391
Plant Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,756
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
5,651
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Thomas D Sharkey
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
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
144
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Nagoya University
Nagoya, Japan
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
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
Plant Genomics
Plant systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,058
5,721
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Bonnie Bartel
Rice University
Houston, United States
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
92
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Frank Van Breusegem
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,918
19,286
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,544
5,943
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Blake C Meyers
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
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