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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,261
Country Rank
1
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8574.jpg)
![Oman](/flags/om.png)
![Muhammad Farooq](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/13/409612.jpg)
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,116
38,302
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,352
Country Rank
4,004
Institution Rank : 41
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11862.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard D Vierstra](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/42/1358905.jpg)
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,815
19,138
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,550
Country Rank
343
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8788.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Ingrid Kögel Knabner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/32/1781121.jpg)
soil organic matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,045
25,994
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,700
Country Rank
4,178
Institution Rank : 38
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11551.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James R Karr](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/1684442.jpg)
fisheries
ornithology
ecology
conservation biology
water quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,478
8,886
0.166
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,812
Country Rank
245
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8251.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Lihua Xiao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/67/713741.jpg)
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,091
19,365
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,954
Country Rank
4,298
Institution Rank : 41
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James W Jones](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Crop Modeling
Agricultural Systems Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,505
19,638
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,037
Country Rank
47
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7435.png)
![Türkiye](/flags/tr.png)
![İsmail Çakmak](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2d/211339.jpg)
Plant Science
Plant Nutrition
Agronomy
Biofortification
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,178
23,341
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,062
Country Rank
364
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16332.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Josef Settele](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b9/4431470.jpg)
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,106
30,143
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,128
Country Rank
65
Institution Rank : 18
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Wim Verbeke](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d4/914734.jpg)
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,872
25,051
0.483
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,143
Country Rank
4,387
Institution Rank : 28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10898.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Carla Marie D Antonio](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
plant community and ecosystem ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,831
15,824
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,204
Country Rank
256
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yan Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/692934.jpg)
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,556
32,692
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,207
Country Rank
4,416
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1726.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Eldor A Paul](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Natural Resource Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,540
12,304
0.239
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,356
Country Rank
4,497
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/18149.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Andy Jarvis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7d/4375603.jpg)
Agriculture
climate change
genetic resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,969
23,494
0.461
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,389
Country Rank
166
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/14635.png)
![Spain](/flags/es.png)
![Jaume Flexas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ca/4307060.jpg)
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,865
24,210
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,397
Country Rank
208
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11830.png)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Richard Gf Visser](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7c/1855928.jpg)
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,836
21,908
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,563
Country Rank
28
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5257.png)
![New Zealand](/flags/nz.png)
![Philip Hulme](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/43/65472.jpg)
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,331
26,523
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,596
Country Rank
4,610
Institution Rank : 31
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10898.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Joshua P Schimel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/19/1832353.jpg)
soil science
ecology
arctic science
microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,219
22,804
0.454
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,650
Country Rank
6
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28727.gif)
![Kenya](/flags/ke.png)
![Philip Thornton](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,074
27,714
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,730
Country Rank
4,668
Institution Rank : 18
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10895.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jiri Simunek](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/54/1770522.jpg)
Soil Physics
Vadose Zone Hydrology
Numerical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,840
19,909
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,889
Country Rank
852
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11369.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![FI Woodward](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,344
12,199
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,089
Country Rank
879
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16461.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Philip J. White](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/4442324.jpg)
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,659
24,801
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,181
Country Rank
4,881
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5710.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Thomas Reardon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/19/1331146.jpg)
agricultural economics
food policy
development economics
food economics
value chains
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,402
16,235
0.335
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,307
Country Rank
182
Institution Rank : 37
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2283.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Wilhelm Gruissem](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b2/1098486.jpg)
plant systems biology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,993
12,415
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,332
Country Rank
178
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17245.png)
![France](/flags/fr.png)
![Graham Noctor](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,904
16,794
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
10,334
Country Rank
417
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/31702.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![M Koornneef](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,903
9,968
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,261
Country Ranking
1
Institution Ranking
1
Muhammad Farooq
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,116
38,302
0.695
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8574.jpg)
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,352
Country Ranking
4,004
Institution Ranking
41
Richard D Vierstra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,815
19,138
0.349
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11862.jpg)
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,550
Country Ranking
343
Institution Ranking
12
Ingrid Kögel Knabner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,045
25,994
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,700
Country Ranking
4,178
Institution Ranking
38
James R Karr
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,478
8,886
0.166
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11551.png)
fisheries
ornithology
ecology
conservation biology
water quality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,812
Country Ranking
245
Institution Ranking
1
Lihua Xiao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,091
19,365
0.365
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/8251.jpg)
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,954
Country Ranking
4,298
Institution Ranking
41
James W Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,505
19,638
0.374
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
Crop Modeling
Agricultural Systems Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,037
Country Ranking
47
Institution Ranking
1
İsmail Çakmak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,178
23,341
0.447
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7435.png)
Plant Science
Plant Nutrition
Agronomy
Biofortification
Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,062
Country Ranking
364
Institution Ranking
1
Josef Settele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,106
30,143
0.578
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16332.png)
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,128
Country Ranking
65
Institution Ranking
18
Wim Verbeke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,872
25,051
0.483
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,143
Country Ranking
4,387
Institution Ranking
28
Carla Marie D Antonio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,831
15,824
0.305
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10898.jpg)
plant community and ecosystem ecology
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,204
Country Ranking
256
Institution Ranking
3
Yan Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,556
32,692
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,207
Country Ranking
4,416
Institution Ranking
13
Eldor A Paul
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,540
12,304
0.239
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1726.jpg)
Natural Resource Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,356
Country Ranking
4,497
Institution Ranking
1
Andy Jarvis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,969
23,494
0.461
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/18149.png)
Agriculture
climate change
genetic resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,389
Country Ranking
166
Institution Ranking
5
Jaume Flexas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,865
24,210
0.476
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/14635.png)
Plant ecophysiology
photosynthesis
extreme environments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,397
Country Ranking
208
Institution Ranking
14
Richard Gf Visser
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,836
21,908
0.431
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11830.png)
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,563
Country Ranking
28
Institution Ranking
1
Philip Hulme
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,331
26,523
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,596
Country Ranking
4,610
Institution Ranking
31
Joshua P Schimel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,219
22,804
0.454
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10898.jpg)
soil science
ecology
arctic science
microbial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,650
Country Ranking
6
Institution Ranking
1
Philip Thornton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,074
27,714
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,730
Country Ranking
4,668
Institution Ranking
18
Jiri Simunek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,840
19,909
0.399
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10895.png)
Soil Physics
Vadose Zone Hydrology
Numerical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
9,889
Country Ranking
852
Institution Ranking
15
FI Woodward
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,344
12,199
0.247
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,089
Country Ranking
879
Institution Ranking
1
Philip J. White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,659
24,801
0.510
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16461.png)
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,181
Country Ranking
4,881
Institution Ranking
29
Thomas Reardon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,402
16,235
0.335
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5710.jpg)
agricultural economics
food policy
development economics
food economics
value chains
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,307
Country Ranking
182
Institution Ranking
37
Wilhelm Gruissem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,993
12,415
0.259
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2283.png)
plant systems biology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,332
Country Ranking
178
Institution Ranking
4
Graham Noctor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,904
16,794
0.351
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/17245.png)
plant physiology
metabolism
stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
10,334
Country Ranking
417
Institution Ranking
1
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,903
9,968
0.208