Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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 :26
de novo assembly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,263
54,032
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,923
38,350
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,664
34,422
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,149
26,330
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,647
34,877
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,072
33,933
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
* 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
75,638
16,639
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,387
52,709
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,997
25,929
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,135
26,192
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,980
39,659
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,435
39,282
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Fisheries
Fish Ecology
Conservation Science
Conservation Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,375
43,635
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,591
28,835
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,527
12,198
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,398
32,533
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
soil biogeochemistry
land use and greenhouse gas emissions
soil health
biofuel sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,089
27,585
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Probiotics
vaginal and urinary health
Lactobacillus
pesticides
honey bees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,844
35,327
0.521
* 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
67,672
30,994
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,416
16,963
0.252
* 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
67,387
32,004
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,021
81
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Jue Ruan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,263
54,032
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,440
179
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,923
38,350
0.468
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,471
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Luis Santos Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,664
34,422
0.422
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,629
2,206
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Joe Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,149
26,330
0.329
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,678
11
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,656
36,489
0.458
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,690
168
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,793
2,281
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Hans W Paerl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,647
34,877
0.443
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,981
76
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,072
33,933
0.440
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,118
190
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,144
2,439
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
75,638
16,639
0.220
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,174
208
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Philip W. S. Newall
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,387
52,709
0.699
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,341
87
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,997
25,929
0.350
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,424
2,573
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,135
26,192
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,487
458
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,665
227
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,980
39,659
0.559
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,737
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,435
39,282
0.558
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,752
225
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Steven J Cooke
Carleton University
Ottawa, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,375
43,635
0.620
Fisheries
Fish Ecology
Conservation Science
Conservation Physiology
Freshwater Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,875
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,591
28,835
0.414
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,887
2,790
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,527
12,198
0.175
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,042
160
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,398
32,533
0.476
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,083
2,887
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Keith Paustian
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,089
27,585
0.405
soil biogeochemistry
land use and greenhouse gas emissions
soil health
biofuel sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,117
238
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Gregor Reid
Western University Canada
London, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,844
35,327
0.521
Probiotics
vaginal and urinary health
Lactobacillus
pesticides
honey bees
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,145
241
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,672
30,994
0.458
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,188
2,932
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
67,416
16,963
0.252
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,192
130
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis