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* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,692
27,817
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic Engineering
Root Parasitic Plants
Bioactives
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,819
8,972
0.504
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant Molecular Biology
Genetics
Durable Disease Resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,665
4,607
0.691
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Plant Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,843
4,442
0.760
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Agronomy & Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,123
2,565
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Diagnostics
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,310
2,127
0.921
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant microbial interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,092
2,118
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
plant biology
light signaling
strigolactone
carotenoids
signal molecules
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,246
1,731
0.771
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant immunity
signal transduction
phosphorylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
956
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
761
0.779
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
693
0.980
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant Phenotyping
Salt Stress
Salinity Tolerance
Forward Genetics
Resurrection Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
639
0.945
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Molecular Biology
RNA Biology
Apocarotenoids
Phytohormones
Metabolic Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
655
611
0.933
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant-microbe interaction Plant Biology Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
608
0.884
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant developmental genetics
plant immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
458
0.750
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
plant genomics
genetics
breeding
bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
326
0.926
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant Genomics & Stress biology
Sugarcane
Halophytes biology using nextgen sequencing
Genome enginnering
Post trancriptional
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
237
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant sciences
genomics
transcriptomics
polyploidy
stress resilience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
187
0.886
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,135
31
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mark Tester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57,692
27,817
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,788
172
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Salim Al Babili
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,819
8,972
0.504
Plant Biochemistry
Metabolic Engineering
Root Parasitic Plants
Bioactives
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,977
462
133
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Simon Krattinger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,665
4,607
0.691
Plant Molecular Biology
Genetics
Durable Disease Resistance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,615
485
141
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zahir Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,843
4,442
0.760
Plant Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
193,740
1,004
234
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Muhammad Jamil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,123
2,565
0.622
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
235,640
1,218
267
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Rashid Aman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,310
2,127
0.921
Diagnostics
Genome Engineering
Synthetic Biology
Plant Molecular Biology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
236,712
1,222
268
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Maged M Saad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,092
2,118
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
288,693
1,525
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kun Peng Jia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,246
1,731
0.771
plant biology
light signaling
strigolactone
carotenoids
signal molecules
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
475,746
2,759
470
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yunhe Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,782
956
0.536
Plant immunity
signal transduction
phosphorylation
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
557,095
3,284
514
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gwendolyn Kirschner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
977
761
0.779
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,070
3,515
540
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yveline Pailles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
693
0.980
Plant Physiology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Domestication
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
620,492
3,706
567
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mariam Awlia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
676
639
0.945
Plant Phenotyping
Salt Stress
Salinity Tolerance
Forward Genetics
Resurrection Plants
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
636,687
3,806
577
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yagiz Alagoz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
655
611
0.933
Plant Molecular Biology
RNA Biology
Apocarotenoids
Phytohormones
Metabolic Engineering
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
638,479
3,814
579
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Hanin Alzubaidy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
688
608
0.884
Plant-microbe interaction Plant Biology Microbiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,658
4,523
634
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ronny Völz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
611
458
0.750
Plant developmental genetics
plant immunity
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885,782
5,374
691
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Laxman Adhikari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
326
0.926
plant genomics
genetics
breeding
bioinformatics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,026,618
6,546
766
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
M Suhail Khan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
483
237
0.491
Plant Genomics & Stress biology
Sugarcane
Halophytes biology using nextgen sequencing
Genome enginnering
Post trancriptional
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,135,995
7,684
860
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Elodie Rey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
211
187
0.886
Plant sciences
genomics
transcriptomics
polyploidy
stress resilience
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,323,953
9,016
959
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hendrik Nj Kuijer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
125
1.000