Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Scotland’s Rural College Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
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
Genetics Genomics and Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
370
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
climate change
agriculture
modelling
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
356
351
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
Rural sociology
network science
food systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
314
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
Agricultural Economics
Behavioural Economics
Experimental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
300
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
213
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Biology
Microbiome
Rumen microbiome
Metagenomics
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
294
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
293
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
pig health
pig welfare
epidemiology
public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
275
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Behavioural ecology
animal cognition
social behaviour
human-wildlife interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
242
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Quantitative Genetics
Mathematical Modelling
Chemometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257
232
0.903
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Soil Science
Peatlands
Plant Ecophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
49
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Rural Development
Rural Enterprise
Rural Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
209
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
GIS
Remote Sensing
Biodiversity
ABM
digital media
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
118
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
Animal breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
127
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
Animal breeding and genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
173
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
120
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Evolutionary Biology
Animal Welfare
Animal Personality
Cognition
Fish Behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
119
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Animal Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
135
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
behavior
genetics
nutrition
sustainability
veterinary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
128
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Nature Tech - Information and Computing Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
126
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Animal behaviour and welfare
Farming systems
Neuroscience
Pain and stress
Cognitive bias
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
94
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Environmental Economics
Agricultural Economics
Behavioural Environmental Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
102
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Marine Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
95
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
conservation behaviour
valuation of ecosystem services
sustainable agriculture
spider ecology
environmental education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
49
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Coaching
Motor Learning and Control
Talent development
Self-determination theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,010,092
55,463
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Getinet Mekuriaw Tarekegn
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
370
0.971
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,036,607
56,787
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Alasdair Sykes
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
356
351
0.986
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,055,964
57,777
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Meador, Je
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
339
314
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,066,552
58,293
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Toritseju Begho
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
300
0.909
Agricultural Economics
Behavioural Economics
Experimental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,070,530
58,493
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Robin L Walker
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
327
213
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,074,869
58,725
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Joana Lima
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
294
0.910
Biology
Microbiome
Rumen microbiome
Metagenomics
Computational Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,095,985
59,748
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Rachel. Se Peden
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
293
0.958
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,136,301
61,744
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Maria Rodrigues Da Costa
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277
275
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,153,185
62,541
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Victoria Lee
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
242
0.910
Behavioural ecology
animal cognition
social behaviour
human-wildlife interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167,425
63,186
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Scott John Denholm
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
257
232
0.903
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
Quantitative Genetics
Mathematical Modelling
Chemometrics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,250,476
66,927
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Jennifer Carfrae
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
49
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,250,734
66,939
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Ian Merrell
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
209
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,274,373
67,918
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Justin MorganDavies
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199
118
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,307,116
69,284
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Harriet Bunning
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
184
127
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,320,120
69,844
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Samir IdLahoucine
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
173
0.972
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,343,008
70,799
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Neil Clelland
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
120
0.710
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,345,548
70,898
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Pamela M Prentice
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
119
0.708
Evolutionary Biology
Animal Welfare
Animal Personality
Cognition
Fish Behaviour
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,376,415
72,127
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Ar Chawala
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
135
0.865
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,398,630
72,988
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Miguel Somarriba Soley
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
128
0.865
behavior
genetics
nutrition
sustainability
veterinary
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,446,589
74,720
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Hannah Rudman
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
126
0.955
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,447,674
74,759
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Anna Rl Sinclair
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
94
0.712
Animal behaviour and welfare
Farming systems
Neuroscience
Pain and stress
Cognitive bias
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,543,561
78,041
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Fissha Asmare
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
102
0.981
Environmental Economics
Agricultural Economics
Behavioural Environmental Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,571,249
78,945
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Neil Burns
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
95
0.979
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,765,970
84,481
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Joana G Ferreira
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
49
0.860
conservation behaviour
valuation of ecosystem services
sustainable agriculture
spider ecology
environmental education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,121,892
92,170
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Graeme Mcdowall
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
Coaching
Motor Learning and Control
Talent development
Self-determination theory