Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :76
Plant signal transduction
Protein phosphorylation
Peptide hormones
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
607
0.554
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Quantitative Genetics
Statistical Genomic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
943
0.862
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Antimicrobial Resistance
Microbiome
Microbiology
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,038
913
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Reproductive biology
Flower regulation
Pollen tube growth
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
891
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
flower development
origination and evolution
prunus mume
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
641
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Plant genetics
Plant genomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
911
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Environmental Microbiology
Biodegradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
418
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Wheat
Yield
Plant Architecture
Genetics
Genomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
909
727
0.800
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
horticulture
bioinformatics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
520
0.618
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Horticulture
Stress physiology
Molecular biology
abiotic stress
Omics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
752
748
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
intestinal mucosa
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
360
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
agriculture
environment science
atmospheric science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
654
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
Genome
Database
Coding and Non-coding RNA
SNP
Gene Family
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
405
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Agricultural Internet of Things
Smart Phytoprotection
Simulation of Grain Storage and Drying
3D
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
609
607
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Precision agriculture
crop nutrient management
field environment
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586
549
0.937
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
555
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Animal Nutrition
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
535
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
taxonomy
systematics
entomology
Collembola
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
494
303
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Soybean
Metabolism
Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
363
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Commercialization
Food Security
Agriculture
Economics
Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
411
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Agricultural
Climate Change
Paddy field
Methane emission
N2O
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
408
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Animal physiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
396
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Plant protection machinery
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
278
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Agriculture
Soil biology
Carbon sequestration
Soil and microbial sciences
Biochar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
344
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Soil C and N cycling
Agricultural GHGs mitigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
289
0.993
Jiangmei Sun
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,095
607
0.554
Plant signal transduction
Protein phosphorylation
Peptide hormones
Jianbo He
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,094
943
0.862
Quantitative Genetics
Statistical Genomic
Jinxin Liu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,038
913
0.880
Antimicrobial Resistance
Microbiome
Microbiology
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
Peng Wang|王鹏
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,026
891
0.868
Reproductive biology
Flower regulation
Pollen tube growth
Ting Shi
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
974
641
0.658
flower development
origination and evolution
prunus mume
Qionghou Li
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
913
911
0.998
Xing Huang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
911
418
0.459
Environmental Microbiology
Biodegradation
Quan Xie
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
909
727
0.800
Wheat
Yield
Plant Architecture
Genetics
Genomics
Qian Jiang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
520
0.618
Shahid Iqbal
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
752
748
0.995
Horticulture
Stress physiology
Molecular biology
abiotic stress
Omics
Qinghua
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
675
360
0.533
Jie Chen
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
654
0.991
agriculture
environment science
atmospheric science
soil science
Huawei Tan
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
405
0.634
Genome
Database
Coding and Non-coding RNA
SNP
Gene Family
Kai Huang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
609
607
0.997
Agricultural Internet of Things
Smart Phytoprotection
Simulation of Grain Storage and Drying
3D
Ke Zhang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
586
549
0.937
Precision agriculture
crop nutrient management
field environment
Zhu Jiahui
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
555
0.982
Ping Hui
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
535
0.955
Daoyuan Yu 俞道远
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
494
303
0.613
taxonomy
systematics
entomology
Collembola
Ming Wang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
363
0.840
Robert Brenya
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
411
0.998
Commercialization
Food Security
Agriculture
Economics
Management
Kai Yu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
408
0.993
Agricultural
Climate Change
Paddy field
Methane emission
N2O
Ma El-Samahy
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
404
396
0.980
Wei Qiu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398
278
0.698
Plant protection machinery
Zhiwei Liu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
364
344
0.945
Agriculture
Soil biology
Carbon sequestration
Soil and microbial sciences
Biochar
Delei Kong
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291
289
0.993
Soil C and N cycling
Agricultural GHGs mitigation