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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,143
Country Rank
16
Institution Rank : 1
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian-Kang Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/5009422.jpg)
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,694
Country Rank
137
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16210.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Jonathan D Jones](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2b/4411523.jpg)
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,006
Country Rank
14
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Marc Van Montagu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/1383234.jpg)
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,379
Country Rank
1,133
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24421.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jeremy Schmutz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/4376149.jpg)
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,683
Country Rank
19
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Dirk Inze](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,763
Country Rank
1,320
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11240.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jeff Dangl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/18/1465804.jpg)
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,825
Country Rank
1,356
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11246.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard Dixon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ea/1465814.jpg)
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,394
Country Rank
1,636
Institution Rank : 48
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Bruns Thomas D](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/02/1731231.jpg)
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,399
Country Rank
269
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10864.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Christine H Foyer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,747
31,079
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,659
Country Rank
1,749
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7332.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Chua NH](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/1465812.jpg)
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,720
Country Rank
1,779
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/13785.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Joanne Chory](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/4353782.jpg)
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,463
Country Rank
175
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5944.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Michael GK Jones](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/34/115172.jpg)
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,988
36,560
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,582
Country Rank
2,202
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/29127.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Joe Berry](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/87/4375894.jpg)
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,884
25,143
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,815
Country Rank
172
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3274.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Björn Usadel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/4988781.jpg)
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,854
54,286
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,010
Country Rank
76
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10446.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Bernhard Schmid](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4d/1098511.jpg)
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,140
32,119
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,024
Country Rank
2,402
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15759.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![James C Carrington](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,035
16,186
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,295
Country Rank
82
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10382.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Christian Körner](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bc/1098348.jpg)
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,687
24,710
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,334
Country Rank
201
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2698.png)
![Germany](/flags/de.png)
![Matthias C Rillig](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/08/1757307.jpg)
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,295
48,727
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,371
Country Rank
2,556
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11078.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Stephen Long](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/1615531.jpg)
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,998
25,164
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,521
Country Rank
460
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10966.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![John Raven](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,762
21,970
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,713
Country Rank
228
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5390.jpg)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Ian J Wright](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6a/65509.jpg)
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,162
37,890
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,730
Country Rank
478
Institution Rank : 45
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10902.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Sir David Baulcombe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/47/1367919.jpg)
RNA silencing
disease resistance
gene expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,062
13,791
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,818
Country Rank
8
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2407.jpg)
![Estonia](/flags/ee.png)
![Ülo Niinemets](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/41/1465764.jpg)
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,393
37,314
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,833
Country Rank
69
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1504.jpg)
![Japan](/flags/jp.png)
![Kazuki Saito](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3a/4354788.jpg)
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,300
27,678
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,166
Country Rank
127
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11639.png)
![Netherlands](/flags/nl.png)
![Corné Mj Pieterse](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/1811385.jpg)
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,016
30,746
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,143
Country Ranking
16
Institution Ranking
1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,694
Country Ranking
137
Institution Ranking
1
Jonathan D Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,006
Country Ranking
14
Institution Ranking
1
Marc Van Montagu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,379
Country Ranking
1,133
Institution Ranking
2
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24421.png)
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,683
Country Ranking
19
Institution Ranking
4
Dirk Inze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,763
Country Ranking
1,320
Institution Ranking
15
Jeff Dangl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11240.png)
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
2,825
Country Ranking
1,356
Institution Ranking
1
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,394
Country Ranking
1,636
Institution Ranking
48
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,399
Country Ranking
269
Institution Ranking
8
Christine H Foyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,747
31,079
0.332
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10864.jpg)
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,659
Country Ranking
1,749
Institution Ranking
7
Chua NH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
3,720
Country Ranking
1,779
Institution Ranking
7
Joanne Chory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,463
Country Ranking
175
Institution Ranking
3
Michael GK Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,988
36,560
0.457
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/5944.jpg)
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,582
Country Ranking
2,202
Institution Ranking
1
Joe Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,884
25,143
0.319
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/29127.jpg)
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
4,815
Country Ranking
172
Institution Ranking
5
Björn Usadel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,854
54,286
0.706
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/3274.png)
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,010
Country Ranking
76
Institution Ranking
8
Bernhard Schmid
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,140
32,119
0.427
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10446.png)
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,024
Country Ranking
2,402
Institution Ranking
1
James C Carrington
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,035
16,186
0.216
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15759.png)
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,295
Country Ranking
82
Institution Ranking
3
Christian Körner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,687
24,710
0.340
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10382.png)
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,334
Country Ranking
201
Institution Ranking
3
Matthias C Rillig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,295
48,727
0.674
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2698.png)
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,371
Country Ranking
2,556
Institution Ranking
15
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,998
25,164
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,521
Country Ranking
460
Institution Ranking
6
John Raven
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,762
21,970
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,713
Country Ranking
228
Institution Ranking
6
Ian J Wright
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,162
37,890
0.548
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plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,730
Country Ranking
478
Institution Ranking
45
Sir David Baulcombe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,062
13,791
0.200
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10902.jpg)
RNA silencing
disease resistance
gene expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,818
Country Ranking
8
Institution Ranking
1
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,393
37,314
0.546
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plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,833
Country Ranking
69
Institution Ranking
1
Kazuki Saito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,300
27,678
0.405
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1504.jpg)
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,166
Country Ranking
127
Institution Ranking
16
Corné Mj Pieterse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,016
30,746
0.466
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Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis