Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
CGIAR: Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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.
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Business Management
Research Strategy
Behavioural Sciene
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,818
1,728
0.950
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Remote Sensing
Earth Observation
Cloud Computing
Geospatial Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,605
0.774
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
soil fertility
integrated natural resource management
grassroots institutions and governance
soil and water management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,154
1,549
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
wheat genetics and rust pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,025
1,521
0.378
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Agricultural economics
social sciences
livestock
sustainability
forages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
1,131
0.973
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Fisheries
Ecological modelling
Climate Change
Co-management
Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
998
0.815
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Agriculture
Soil Science
INM
Watershed Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,333
750
0.563
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
GIS
Remote Sensing Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
758
727
0.959
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Women and Land
Gender and Climate Change
Feminist Political Ecology
Gender and technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
639
0.922
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Fish health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
710
592
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Economics
International Development
Program Evaluation
Technology Adoption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
575
0.823
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Deep learning
Machine learning
Remote sensing
Image processing
UAVs and satellite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
564
0.996
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Molecular breeding
Quantitative Genetics
Trait discovery
Marker development
Plant Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
543
0.903
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Molecular Breeding
Plant Genomics and Proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
528
0.871
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
575
513
0.892
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Agri-environmental Economics
Impact assessment
Food security
Gender
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
501
0.944
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Wastewater treatment
VOC biodegradation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
514
439
0.854
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
irrigation water management
irrigation and drainage infrastructure
safe reuse of treated wastewater
innovation and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
425
0.763
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Biotechnology
Molecular Breeding
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
419
0.789
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Genetics and plant breeding
Plant genetic resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
418
0.824
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
405
0.837
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agriculture
Seed systems
Biodiversity
Food security
International Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
385
0.930
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
378
0.913
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Production Economics
Econometric analysis
Trade and Marketing
Value chain analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
346
0.685
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Breeding and Genetics... Forage crop Improvement Pearl millet Marker assisted selection Rice Genome wide association
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
344
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,191
1,455
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Kdv Prasad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,818
1,728
0.950
Business Management
Research Strategy
Behavioural Sciene
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
324,444
1,603
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hammad Gilani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,074
1,605
0.774
Remote Sensing
Earth Observation
Cloud Computing
Geospatial Analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
334,809
1,670
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jeremias Mowo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,154
1,549
0.491
soil fertility
integrated natural resource management
grassroots institutions and governance
soil and water management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
340,221
1,718
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Huerta-Espino, J.
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,025
1,521
0.378
wheat genetics and rust pathology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
435,525
2,559
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stefan Burkart
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
1,131
0.973
Agricultural economics
social sciences
livestock
sustainability
forages
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
478,539
2,986
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hadayet Ullah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,225
998
0.815
Fisheries
Ecological modelling
Climate Change
Co-management
Governance
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
580,627
4,069
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Girish Chander
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,333
750
0.563
Agriculture
Soil Science
INM
Watershed Management
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
592,211
4,201
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Niranga Alahacoon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
758
727
0.959
GIS
Remote Sensing Disaster Risk Management (DRM)
Climate Change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
639,103
4,793
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dina Najjar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
693
639
0.922
Women and Land
Gender and Climate Change
Feminist Political Ecology
Gender and technologies
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
667,217
5,133
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Shimaa E. Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
710
592
0.834
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,964
5,271
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Beliyou Haile
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
699
575
0.823
Economics
International Development
Program Evaluation
Technology Adoption
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
685,271
5,371
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Alejandro Vergara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
566
564
0.996
Deep learning
Machine learning
Remote sensing
Image processing
UAVs and satellite
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
699,183
5,554
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mahesh Damodhar Mahendrakar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
601
543
0.903
Molecular breeding
Quantitative Genetics
Trait discovery
Marker development
Plant Genomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,740
5,693
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ram Baran Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
606
528
0.871
Molecular Breeding
Plant Genomics and Proteomics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,789
5,812
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Apollin Fotso Kuate
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
575
513
0.892
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,009
5,940
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chalmers Mulwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
501
0.944
Agri-environmental Economics
Impact assessment
Food security
Gender
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
782,792
6,597
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Aviraj Datta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
514
439
0.854
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
796,363
6,780
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Atef Swelam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
425
0.763
irrigation water management
irrigation and drainage infrastructure
safe reuse of treated wastewater
innovation and technology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
802,289
6,857
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Srikanth Bollam
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
531
419
0.789
Biotechnology
Molecular Breeding
Plant Physiology
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
803,330
6,865
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Santosh K. Pattanashetti
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
418
0.824
Genetics and plant breeding
Plant genetic resources
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
816,785
7,020
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Louis Reymondin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
484
405
0.837
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,707
7,270
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Erik Delaquis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
385
0.930
Agriculture
Seed systems
Biodiversity
Food security
International Development
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,535
7,373
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jaba Jagdish
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
414
378
0.913
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,460
7,821
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sirak Bahta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
505
346
0.685
Production Economics
Econometric analysis
Trade and Marketing
Value chain analysis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
887,063
7,850
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Govintharaj Ponnaiah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
433
344
0.794
Plant Breeding and Genetics... Forage crop Improvement Pearl millet Marker assisted selection Rice Genome wide association