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 :51
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,094
5,210
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
wheat genetics
fertility restoration
QTL
gene discovery
nutrigenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,033
6,044
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Çim (Yeşil) alanlar
Çayır mera ıslahı
Yembitkileri yetiştiriciliği
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,808
5,908
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Wheat genetics
adaptation
and pre-breeding.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,784
6,948
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Quantitative Genetics
Genomics
Plant Breeding
Animal Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,408
7,112
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,351
4,732
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
crops
pastures
soil
nitrogen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,025
3,298
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Crops
Abiotic Stress tolerance
Grain Quality
Genomics
Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,769
3,656
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
crop science
soybean
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,676
4,505
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Crop science
Biomass and bioenergy
Land use
Net zero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,629
4,467
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
wheat quality
proteins
starch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,445
2,842
0.272
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
crop and pasture agronomy
roots and exudates
phosphorus
mycorrhizal fungi
biosolids
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,392
5,974
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Bioinformatics
Crop Sciences
Genomics
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,277
4,697
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
CROP PHYSIOLOGY
GENETICS
VARIETY ASSESSMENT
PHENOTYPING
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,045
5,045
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Quantitative genetics
QTL mapping
Breeding simulation
Association mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,974
5,671
0.569
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
Rice genomics
Systems genetics
GWAS
Regulome
Predictive breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,902
6,202
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,836
6,558
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Microbiology
Fungi
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Genomics
Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
7,349
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Evolution
Bioinformatics
Plant-microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
8,300
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
wheat
genetics
Ph1
centromeres
meiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,259
2,815
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
EvoMPMI
Proteomics
Plant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,244
5,040
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Cropping Systems
Biofuel crops
Essential oils
Medicinal & aromatic plants
Hemp
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,235
5,220
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Postharvest Technology of Fresh Produce
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,192
6,246
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
wheat genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,081
5,157
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Agronomy
Crop Stress Physiology
Crop Productivity
Field Crops
crop science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,961
8,459
0.944
John P Hammond
University of Reading
Reading, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,094
5,210
0.431
Mark W. Davey Or Mark Davey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,033
6,044
0.502
wheat genetics
fertility restoration
QTL
gene discovery
nutrigenomics
Mustafa Yılmaz
Sakarya University
Sakarya, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,808
5,908
0.500
Çim (Yeşil) alanlar
Çayır mera ıslahı
Yembitkileri yetiştiriciliği
Simon Griffiths
John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,784
6,948
0.590
Wheat genetics
adaptation
and pre-breeding.
Hans D Daetwyler
Bayer Crop Science
Missouri, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,408
7,112
0.623
Quantitative Genetics
Genomics
Plant Breeding
Animal Breeding
Uwe Ludewig
Universität Hohenheim
Stuttgart, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,351
4,732
0.417
JF Angus
Charles Sturt University
Bathurst, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,025
3,298
0.299
Ravindra Chibbar
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,769
3,656
0.339
Crops
Abiotic Stress tolerance
Grain Quality
Genomics
Biochemistry
Larry C Purcell
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Fayetteville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,676
4,505
0.422
Iain Donnison
Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,629
4,467
0.420
Crop science
Biomass and bioenergy
Land use
Net zero
Domenico Lafiandra
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Viterbo, Italy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,445
2,842
0.272
Megan Ryan
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,392
5,974
0.575
crop and pasture agronomy
roots and exudates
phosphorus
mycorrhizal fungi
biosolids
Matthew Hudson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,277
4,697
0.457
Bioinformatics
Crop Sciences
Genomics
Genetics
Jairo A. Palta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,045
5,045
0.502
CROP PHYSIOLOGY
GENETICS
VARIETY ASSESSMENT
PHENOTYPING
Huihui Li (李慧慧)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,974
5,671
0.569
Quantitative genetics
QTL mapping
Breeding simulation
Association mapping
Weibo Xie (谢为博)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,902
6,202
0.626
Rice genomics
Systems genetics
GWAS
Regulome
Predictive breeding
Jian-Long Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,836
6,558
0.667
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Biotechnology
Stéphane Hacquard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
7,349
0.754
Microbiology
Fungi
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Genomics
Microbiome
Ruben Garrido-Oter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
8,300
0.869
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Evolution
Bioinformatics
Plant-microbe Interactions
Graham Moore
John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,259
2,815
0.304
wheat
genetics
Ph1
centromeres
meiosis
Hirofumi Nakagami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,244
5,040
0.545
Valtcho D Zheljazkov Valtcho D Jeliazkov
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,235
5,220
0.565
Cropping Systems
Biofuel crops
Essential oils
Medicinal & aromatic plants
Hemp
Dharini Sivakumar
Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,192
6,246
0.680
Postharvest Technology of Fresh Produce
Yiping Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,081
5,157
0.568
Ayman Elsabagh
Siirt University
Siirt, Türkiye
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,961
8,459
0.944
Agronomy
Crop Stress Physiology
Crop Productivity
Field Crops
crop science