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 :51
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,143
32,789
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,505
28,859
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,659
28,259
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,256
33,238
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
strategies to improve livestock (beef) production
reduce its effects on the environment
and enhance on-farm food safety.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,168
29,559
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,060
22,832
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
animal science
palaeoecology
statistics
community ecology
freshwater ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,003
42,824
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
Agronômica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,184
31,517
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
Fisheries
conservation
population dynamics
ecosystem modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,714
14,159
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
plant genetics
rice (Oryza sativa)
evolution
plant genomics
population biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,546
17,893
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,417
45,746
0.733
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
grassland ecology
remote sensing
regional analysis
ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,988
22,384
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Plant ecology
evolution
climate change
conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,879
27,710
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
Agriculture
Agronomy and Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,938
43,036
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,316
30,800
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
plants evolution phylogeny biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,304
15,509
0.257
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,857
28,874
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,839
39,082
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,756
26,091
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Coral reefs
marine ecology
marine conservation
fisheries
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,526
29,566
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
Animal Physiology
Environmental Toxicology
Comparative Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,462
14,481
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,437
20,624
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,408
40,462
0.705
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
Plant Science
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,902
23,186
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Aquaporins
Malaria
Human Rights
Science Diplomacy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,389
9,127
0.162
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,226
245
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Alex McBratney
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,143
32,789
0.488
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,322
2,994
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Msu Herbarium
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,505
28,859
0.434
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,451
146
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Ken E Giller
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,659
28,259
0.430
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,501
110
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Eric Garnier
Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
Montpellier, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,256
33,238
0.509
Plant functional ecology
plant traits
biodiversity
ecosystem functioning
ecoinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,517
249
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Tim A Mcallister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,168
29,559
0.454
strategies to improve livestock (beef) production
reduce its effects on the environment
and enhance on-farm food safety.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,544
148
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,060
22,832
0.351
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,726
256
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Gavin L Simpson
University of Regina
Regina, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,003
42,824
0.669
animal science
palaeoecology
statistics
community ecology
freshwater ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,866
63
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Beatriz De Nadai Gasparini
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Santarém, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,184
31,517
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,949
261
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Carl Walters
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,714
14,159
0.226
Fisheries
conservation
population dynamics
ecosystem modelling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,985
3,316
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
S McCouch
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,546
17,893
0.286
plant genetics
rice (Oryza sativa)
evolution
plant genomics
population biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,013
192
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Qirong Shen
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,417
45,746
0.733
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,105
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
José Paruelo
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,988
22,384
0.361
grassland ecology
remote sensing
regional analysis
ecosystem ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,119
3,380
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
David D Ackerly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,879
27,710
0.448
Plant ecology
evolution
climate change
conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,289
275
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Kadambot HM Siddique
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,938
43,036
0.706
Agriculture
Agronomy and Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,392
87
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Jian Feng Ma
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,316
30,800
0.511
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Transporter
Mineral Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,393
3,508
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Michael Donoghue
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,304
15,509
0.257
plants evolution phylogeny biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,695
19
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,857
28,874
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,697
176
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Wim De Vries
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,839
39,082
0.664
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,714
3,666
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Eric Vermote
NASA Ames Research Center
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,756
26,091
0.444
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,758
298
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Peter J Mumby
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,526
29,566
0.505
Coral reefs
marine ecology
marine conservation
fisheries
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,774
293
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Chris M Wood
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,462
14,481
0.248
Animal Physiology
Environmental Toxicology
Comparative Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,776
3,704
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Donald Sparks
University of Delaware
Newark, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,437
20,624
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,991
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Muhammad Farooq
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,408
40,462
0.705
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,117
705
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Malcolm Bennett
University of Nottingham
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,902
23,186
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,247
3,940
44
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Peter Agre
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,389
9,127
0.162
Aquaporins
Malaria
Human Rights
Science Diplomacy