Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture Highly Cited Researchers 16.004 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list 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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,125
36,197
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,592
33,009
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,403
55,805
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
de novo assembly
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,973
48,590
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,222
30,118
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,973
14,314
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,812
25,059
0.375
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
strategies to improve livestock (beef) production
reduce its effects on the environment
and enhance on-farm food safety.
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,352
26,373
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Agronômica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,811
28,859
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,437
43,148
0.670
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Agriculture
Agronomy and Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,708
41,998
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
grassland ecology
remote sensing
regional analysis
ecosystem ecology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,966
19,495
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
plants evolution phylogeny biogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,929
13,143
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,766
22,920
0.383
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,293
17,167
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,927
33,176
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,162
29,243
0.530
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,588
17,535
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,882
26,430
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Agriculture
climate change
genetic resources
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,710
20,796
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,382
40,506
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,139
24,736
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dryland agriculture
drought resistance
water use efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,980
12,254
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
agroecology
climate change
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,379
22,538
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,083
1,467
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Richard Allen
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,125
36,197
0.354
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,805
1,796
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jeffrey G Arnold
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,592
33,009
0.360
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,823
57
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,890
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,403
55,805
0.617
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,001
83
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jue Ruan
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,973
48,590
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,452
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Luis Santos Pereira
Universidade de Lisboa
Lisboa, Portugal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,222
30,118
0.362
Agricultural water management
evapotranspiration
crop water requirements
water scarcity
drought
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,282
2,970
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andrew Sharpley
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Fayetteville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,973
14,314
0.211
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,439
139
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Ken E Giller
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,812
25,059
0.375
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,513
248
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Tim A Mcallister
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,352
26,373
0.397
strategies to improve livestock (beef) production
reduce its effects on the environment
and enhance on-farm food safety.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,783
63
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Beatriz De Nadai Gasparini
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Santarem, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,811
28,859
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,839
188
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Qirong Shen
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,437
43,148
0.670
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,970
268
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kadambot HM Siddique
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,708
41,998
0.659
Agriculture
Agronomy and Crop Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,098
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
José Paruelo
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,966
19,495
0.310
grassland ecology
remote sensing
regional analysis
ecosystem ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,466
3,537
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Michael Donoghue
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60,929
13,143
0.216
plants evolution phylogeny biogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,707
3,659
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eric Vermote
NASA Ames Research Center
California, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,766
22,920
0.383
Radiative transfer
Remote Sensing
Agriculture monitoring from Remote Sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,516
4,056
40
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Richard D Vierstra
Washington University Saint Louis
St. Louis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56,293
17,167
0.305
plants
ubiquitin
autophagy
photomorphogenesis
phytochrome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,606
242
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Yan Zhu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,927
33,176
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,797
351
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Josef Settele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,162
29,243
0.530
Agro-Ecology
Land use
Biodiversity
Conservation
Assessments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,951
259
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lihua Xiao
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,588
17,535
0.321
Zoonosis
Parasitology
One Health
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,409
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Philip Thornton
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Addis Ababa, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,882
26,430
0.500
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,469
4,498
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Andy Jarvis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,710
20,796
0.395
Agriculture
climate change
genetic resources
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,162
74
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Seid Mahdi Jafari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,382
40,506
0.804
Food Nanotechnology
Nanoencapsulation
Nanoemulsions
Nano-delivery systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,535
75
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Guy Smagghe
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,139
24,736
0.503
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,297
455
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Neil C Turner
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,980
12,254
0.261
Dryland agriculture
drought resistance
water use efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,949
97
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jørgen E Olesen
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,379
22,538
0.497
agroecology
climate change
agriculture