Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Scotland’s Rural College 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
Biorefining Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Sustainability Composites
Remediation
Energy Biomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,754
31,928
0.765
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
I work with rural communities to enhance the governance of natural and agri-food systems
and my research on impact is changing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
18,975
0.535
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Rumen microbiology
Animal science
Greenhouse Gases..
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,091
9,474
0.393
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Greenhouse gas emissions
agriculture
nitrogen
climate change
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,313
9,409
0.577
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
plant genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,810
8,445
0.212
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Animal behaviour and welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,069
6,448
0.357
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
ruminant nutrition
dairy production
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,417
5,454
0.406
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Animal genetics
Microbiome
Animal Health & Behaviour
Feed efficiency
Meat quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,698
5,201
0.536
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant Bioinformatics
Genetics and Genomics
Plant breeding and genetic resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,281
5,167
0.317
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Agricultural Economics
Productivity Measurement
Farmer Decision Making
Animal Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,327
4,974
0.679
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Quantitative genetics
animal breeding
genomics
climate change
greenhouse gases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,741
4,426
0.572
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Animal breeding
genetics
genomics
genetic evaluations
Animal science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
3,956
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,787
3,687
0.637
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
High Nature Value farming systems
agricultural ecology
chough population dynamics
farmland birds
Common Agricultural Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,345
3,569
0.382
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Environmental Economics
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Valuation
Biodiversity
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,306
3,563
0.565
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Tree genetic resources
barley
agroforestry
orphan crops
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,950
3,477
0.500
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,384
3,463
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,275
3,391
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Animal behaviour
animal welfare
sheep
pig
muscle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
3,389
0.422
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Animal behaviour
animal welfare
cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,608
3,204
0.571
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
animal welfare
animal emotion
qualitative behaviour assessment
animal boredom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,575
3,073
0.467
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Animal genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,154
3,021
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Genetic improvement of livestock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,692
2,941
0.439
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
agricultural science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
2,896
0.305
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Environmental Economics
Environmental Valuation
Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,769
0.632
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,236
516
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Vijay Kumar Thakur
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,754
31,928
0.765
Biorefining Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Sustainability Composites
Remediation
Energy Biomaterials
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,837
1,231
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mark Reed
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,468
18,975
0.535
I work with rural communities to enhance the governance of natural and agri-food systems
and my research on impact is changing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,456
3,452
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Charles James Jamie Newbold
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,091
9,474
0.393
Rumen microbiology
Animal science
Greenhouse Gases..
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,859
3,506
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bob Rees
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,313
9,409
0.577
Greenhouse gas emissions
agriculture
nitrogen
climate change
soil science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,547
4,046
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Wayne Powell
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,810
8,445
0.212
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,654
5,693
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alistair B Lawrence
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,069
6,448
0.357
Animal behaviour and welfare
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,298
6,936
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard J Dewhurst
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,417
5,454
0.406
ruminant nutrition
dairy production
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,537
7,330
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Rainer Roehe
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,698
5,201
0.536
Animal genetics
Microbiome
Animal Health & Behaviour
Feed efficiency
Meat quality
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,262
7,388
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
David F Marshall
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,281
5,167
0.317
Plant Bioinformatics
Genetics and Genomics
Plant breeding and genetic resources
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
94,761
7,758
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Andrew P Barnes
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,327
4,974
0.679
Agricultural Economics
Productivity Measurement
Farmer Decision Making
Animal Health Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,545
8,816
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Eileen Wall
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,741
4,426
0.572
Quantitative genetics
animal breeding
genomics
climate change
greenhouse gases
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,345
9,967
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mike Coffey
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,371
3,956
0.422
Animal breeding
genetics
genomics
genetic evaluations
Animal science
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,167
10,786
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
CFE Topp
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,787
3,687
0.637
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,466
11,142
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Davy McCracken
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,345
3,569
0.382
High Nature Value farming systems
agricultural ecology
chough population dynamics
farmland birds
Common Agricultural Policy
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,749
11,160
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Alistair McVittie
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,306
3,563
0.565
Environmental Economics
Ecosystem Services
Environmental Valuation
Biodiversity
Climate Change
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
145,915
11,467
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ian K Dawson
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,950
3,477
0.500
Tree genetic resources
barley
agroforestry
orphan crops
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,597
11,520
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dale Walters
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,384
3,463
0.333
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,196
11,754
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Rick D Eath
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,275
3,391
0.540
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
150,281
11,761
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Cathy M Dwyer
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,030
3,389
0.422
Animal behaviour
animal welfare
sheep
pig
muscle
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
160,216
12,448
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Marie Haskell
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,608
3,204
0.571
Animal behaviour
animal welfare
cognition
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
167,852
13,028
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
FRANCOISE WEMELSFELDER
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,575
3,073
0.467
animal welfare
animal emotion
qualitative behaviour assessment
animal boredom
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
171,090
13,239
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mrode Raphael
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,154
3,021
0.491
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,254
13,609
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Georgios Banos
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,692
2,941
0.439
Genetic improvement of livestock
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
179,294
13,806
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nicholas Sparks
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,504
2,896
0.305
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
188,346
14,406
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klaus Glenk
Scotland’s Rural College
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,378
2,769
0.632
Environmental Economics
Environmental Valuation
Development