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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
381,062
Country Rank
9,097
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![S Mohankumar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bb/439481.jpg)
molecular ecology insect- plant interaction and IPM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,371
1,549
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
384,329
Country Rank
9,208
Institution Rank : 28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Deepa Jaganathan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/4990450.jpg)
quantitative genetics
abiotic and biotic stress
crop improvement
genome editing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,345
1,841
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
375,593
Country Rank
8,907
Institution Rank : 26
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Karthikeyan Gandhi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/15/354805.jpg)
Virology
Biological Control
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
1,776
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
399,198
Country Rank
9,753
Institution Rank : 30
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Balakrishnan Kannan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry & Vegetable Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
417
0.187
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
397,286
Country Rank
9,677
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Jegadeesan Ramalingam](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c0/344470.jpg)
Rice
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Genomics
Markers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
1,082
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
411,079
Country Rank
10,174
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Ramalingam Rabindran](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/26/4990451.jpg)
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,142
960
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
411,341
Country Rank
10,191
Institution Rank : 34
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Parthiban Kt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a9/440833.jpg)
Agroforestry
Tree Improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,140
1,022
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
412,316
Country Rank
10,222
Institution Rank : 35
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Jeyakumar Crp Tnau](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/347534.jpg)
Plant nutrition
Growth regulators and Stress physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,133
1,361
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
403,749
Country Rank
9,912
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Dananjeyan Balachandar](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agricultural Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,195
1,478
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
404,445
Country Rank
9,938
Institution Rank : 32
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Chockalingam Vanniarajan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8a/303094.jpg)
Plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,190
1,626
0.742
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
431,121
Country Rank
10,890
Institution Rank : 36
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Senthilkumar M](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agricultural Microbiology
Soil Microbiology
Plant - Microbe Interaction
Abiotic stress mitigation in plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
1,275
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
433,013
Country Rank
10,973
Institution Rank : 37
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![M Umadevi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c1/441267.jpg)
Heterosis Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,996
1,131
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
440,399
Country Rank
11,265
Institution Rank : 38
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![P Nagarajan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/439434.jpg)
Agriculture
Plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,949
1,035
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
456,334
Country Rank
11,867
Institution Rank : 39
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Ayyasami Ramanathan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/89/301669.jpg)
rice diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,855
738
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
462,175
Country Rank
12,067
Institution Rank : 40
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Manonmani Swaminathan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c0/439490.jpg)
Rice breeding Hybrid rice development Plant genetic resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,821
1,166
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
476,152
Country Rank
12,585
Institution Rank : 41
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![M Kavino](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/73/462143.jpg)
Crop improvement in fruit crops
Canopy architecture
Endophytes for biotic and abiotic resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,743
943
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
495,227
Country Rank
13,301
Institution Rank : 42
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Arumugam](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/79/361656.jpg)
VEGETABLE BREEDING
POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY
PRECISION HORTICULTURE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,645
1,056
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
495,854
Country Rank
13,330
Institution Rank : 44
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![S Thirumalairajan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/30/4308299.jpg)
Morphological Tuned functional Nanostructure materials/thin films for Environmental Energy and Biological applications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
993
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
495,458
Country Rank
13,312
Institution Rank : 43
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Chinnusamy C](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2c/303089.jpg)
Agriculture
Agronomy
Weed Science and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,644
932
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
517,883
Country Rank
14,198
Institution Rank : 48
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Kumar N](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/92/361661.jpg)
Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,539
606
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
514,119
Country Rank
14,062
Institution Rank : 45
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![N Kumaravadivel](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,556
524
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
520,034
Country Rank
14,287
Institution Rank : 49
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Lingan Rajendran](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/95/439492.jpg)
Biological control
Molecular plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,529
845
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
515,409
Country Rank
14,108
Institution Rank : 46
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![N Manikanda Boopathi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7c/431533.jpg)
Marker assisted selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,550
808
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
529,940
Country Rank
14,677
Institution Rank : 50
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![P Rajkumar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/361667.jpg)
Non destructive quality assessment of fruits
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,485
804
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
517,395
Country Rank
14,185
Institution Rank : 47
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
![India](/flags/in.png)
![Murugiah Jawaharlal](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1c/462127.jpg)
Horticulture Floriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
819
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
381,062
![India](/flags/in.png)
9,097
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
27
S Mohankumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,371
1,549
0.653
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
molecular ecology insect- plant interaction and IPM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
384,329
![India](/flags/in.png)
9,208
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
28
Deepa Jaganathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,345
1,841
0.785
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
quantitative genetics
abiotic and biotic stress
crop improvement
genome editing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
375,593
![India](/flags/in.png)
8,907
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
26
Karthikeyan Gandhi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
1,776
0.735
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
399,198
![India](/flags/in.png)
9,753
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
30
Balakrishnan Kannan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,230
417
0.187
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Soil science and Agricultural Chemistry & Vegetable Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
397,286
![India](/flags/in.png)
9,677
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
29
Jegadeesan Ramalingam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,244
1,082
0.482
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Rice
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Genomics
Markers
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
411,079
![India](/flags/in.png)
10,174
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
33
Ramalingam Rabindran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,142
960
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
411,341
![India](/flags/in.png)
10,191
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
34
Parthiban Kt
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,140
1,022
0.478
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
412,316
![India](/flags/in.png)
10,222
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
35
Jeyakumar Crp Tnau
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,133
1,361
0.638
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Plant nutrition
Growth regulators and Stress physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
403,749
![India](/flags/in.png)
9,912
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
31
Dananjeyan Balachandar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,195
1,478
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
404,445
![India](/flags/in.png)
9,938
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
32
Chockalingam Vanniarajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,190
1,626
0.742
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
431,121
![India](/flags/in.png)
10,890
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
36
Senthilkumar M
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,008
1,275
0.635
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Agricultural Microbiology
Soil Microbiology
Plant - Microbe Interaction
Abiotic stress mitigation in plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
433,013
![India](/flags/in.png)
10,973
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
37
M Umadevi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,996
1,131
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
440,399
![India](/flags/in.png)
11,265
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
38
P Nagarajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,949
1,035
0.531
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
456,334
![India](/flags/in.png)
11,867
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
39
Ayyasami Ramanathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,855
738
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
462,175
![India](/flags/in.png)
12,067
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
40
Manonmani Swaminathan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,821
1,166
0.640
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Rice breeding Hybrid rice development Plant genetic resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
476,152
![India](/flags/in.png)
12,585
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
41
M Kavino
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,743
943
0.541
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Crop improvement in fruit crops
Canopy architecture
Endophytes for biotic and abiotic resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
495,227
![India](/flags/in.png)
13,301
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
42
Arumugam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,645
1,056
0.642
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
VEGETABLE BREEDING
POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY
PRECISION HORTICULTURE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
495,854
![India](/flags/in.png)
13,330
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
44
S Thirumalairajan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,642
993
0.605
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Morphological Tuned functional Nanostructure materials/thin films for Environmental Energy and Biological applications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
495,458
![India](/flags/in.png)
13,312
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
43
Chinnusamy C
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,644
932
0.567
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Agriculture
Agronomy
Weed Science and Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
517,883
![India](/flags/in.png)
14,198
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
48
Kumar N
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,539
606
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
514,119
![India](/flags/in.png)
14,062
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
45
N Kumaravadivel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,556
524
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
520,034
![India](/flags/in.png)
14,287
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
49
Lingan Rajendran
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,529
845
0.553
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Biological control
Molecular plant pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
515,409
![India](/flags/in.png)
14,108
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
46
N Manikanda Boopathi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,550
808
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
529,940
![India](/flags/in.png)
14,677
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
50
P Rajkumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,485
804
0.541
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
Non destructive quality assessment of fruits
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
517,395
![India](/flags/in.png)
14,185
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8706.jpg)
47
Murugiah Jawaharlal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,541
819
0.531