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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 1.057 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
plant ecophysiology
plant and crop modelling
modeling genetic variability
climate chang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,242
12,624
0.624
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
remote sensing
vegetation
leaf area inde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,081
9,488
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
biogas
pretreatment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,103
8,918
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Adaptive Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Parasitism
Plant Healt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,362
7,508
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
écologie du paysag
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,930
5,691
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Biologie Animale
Biotechnologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,193
5,870
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Forest Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,106
4,805
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
nutrition humain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,783
5,176
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Genetics - Genomics - Forest Trees - Adaptation - Speciatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,361
5,128
0.313
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Recombinaison
Méiose
Cassures Double-brin
Blé
Génétiqu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,176
5,769
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Soil C and N cycling
Litter decomposition
Modelling
Stable isotope tracin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,079
5,319
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,794
2,214
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Quantitative Genetics
Agroecology
Plant Genetic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,605
9,618
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
anaerobic digestion
microbial electrochemistry
biofilms
anaerobic bioprocesse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,494
6,247
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Community Ecology
Intermittent Rivers
Climate Change
Hyporheic Zone
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,142
10,331
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Biochemistry and metabolism. General toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,968
7,322
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Epidemiological modelling
Systems analysis
Food security
Crop loss assessment
Plant diseas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,861
8,810
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Phytopathology
Rust Fungi
Genomics
Forestr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,822
4,670
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
heme
fatty acids
Staphylococcus aureu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,247
2,211
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Plant nutrition
Nitrate signaling and transport
NLP transcription factors
Metabolic regulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,118
5,230
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
cropping system
design
agroecology
transitio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,064
4,797
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
aphids
evolutionary biology
symbionts
reproductive mode
plant-insect interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,062
5,248
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Quantitative biology
systems biology
genetic recombination
combinatorial optimization
computational scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,989
3,734
0.267
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
ecophysiology
ecology
plant science
Arabidopsis thaliana
crop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,844
6,969
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Biohydrogen
Fermentation
Microbial ecosystem engineering
bioenergy
bioproces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,486
8,371
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,585
896
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Pierre Martre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,242
12,624
0.624
plant ecophysiology
plant and crop modelling
modeling genetic variability
climate chang
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
43,058
910
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Marie Weiss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,081
9,488
0.472
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,064
1,000
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Helene Carrere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,103
8,918
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
48,675
1,069
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Etienne Gj Danchin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,362
7,508
0.409
Adaptive Evolution
Comparative Genomics
Parasitism
Plant Healt
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,246
1,110
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Jacques Baudry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,930
5,691
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,126
1,176
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Acloque H.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,193
5,870
0.341
Biologie Animale
Biotechnologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
53,503
1,191
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Erwin Dreyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,106
4,805
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,896
1,218
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
MJ Amiot-Carlin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,783
5,176
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,769
1,279
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Christophe Plomion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,361
5,128
0.313
Genetics - Genomics - Forest Trees - Adaptation - Speciatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,631
1,305
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Pierre Sourdille
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,176
5,769
0.357
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,091
1,320
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Sylvie Recous
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,079
5,319
0.331
Soil C and N cycling
Litter decomposition
Modelling
Stable isotope tracin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
59,546
1,367
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Denis Milan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,794
2,214
0.140
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,511
1,398
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Timothée Flutre
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,605
9,618
0.616
Quantitative Genetics
Agroecology
Plant Genetic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,080
1,412
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Nicolas Bernet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,494
6,247
0.403
anaerobic digestion
microbial electrochemistry
biofilms
anaerobic bioprocesse
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,941
1,454
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Datry Thibault
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,142
10,331
0.682
Community Ecology
Intermittent Rivers
Climate Change
Hyporheic Zone
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,875
1,480
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Luc Belzunces
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,968
7,322
0.489
Biochemistry and metabolism. General toxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,450
1,501
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Serge Savary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,861
8,810
0.593
Epidemiological modelling
Systems analysis
Food security
Crop loss assessment
Plant diseas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,706
1,507
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Duplessis Sébastien
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,822
4,670
0.315
Phytopathology
Rust Fungi
Genomics
Forestr
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,195
1,600
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Alexandra Gruss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,247
2,211
0.155
Microbiology
lactic acid bacteria
heme
fatty acids
Staphylococcus aureu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,004
1,621
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Anne Krapp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,118
5,230
0.370
Plant nutrition
Nitrate signaling and transport
NLP transcription factors
Metabolic regulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,322
1,631
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jean-Marc Meynard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,064
4,797
0.341
cropping system
design
agroecology
transitio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,338
1,632
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Jean-Christophe Simon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,062
5,248
0.373
aphids
evolutionary biology
symbionts
reproductive mode
plant-insect interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,797
1,648
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Olivier Martin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,989
3,734
0.267
Quantitative biology
systems biology
genetic recombination
combinatorial optimization
computational scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,723
1,682
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Denis Vile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,844
6,969
0.503
ecophysiology
ecology
plant science
Arabidopsis thaliana
crop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,053
1,748
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Eric Trably
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,486
8,371
0.621
Biohydrogen
Fermentation
Microbial ecosystem engineering
bioenergy
bioproces