Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,518
25,584
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
soil
soil microbial ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,254
7,419
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant pathology
plant immunity
pathogenicity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,661
7,939
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plant genetics
crop genetics
breeding
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,220
6,992
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,120
6,379
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Rhizosphere
Enzymes
Phosphate
Plant Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,423
8,721
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant-virus interactions
nanobiotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,602
4,347
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,084
2,947
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant-Soil Interactions
Biogeochemistry
Stable isotopes
Rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,748
3,956
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
soil microbiology
microbial ecology
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,483
4,050
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant pathogen co-evolution
potato genetics
disease resistance
NLRs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,738
3,619
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant metabolism
plant biochemistry
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,493
2,821
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant Science
Cell Biology
Imaging
Microscopy
Plant Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,133
1,192
0.232
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant Science / Root Biology
Root:Soil interactions
Cell Biology
Microscopy/Imaging
Image analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,153
2,010
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil science
artificial intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,042
2,367
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Nutrition
Biofortification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
2,136
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Pathogen detection
Rhizobial community analysis
Soil and water molecular microbiology
Burkholderia
Paratuberculosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
893
0.278
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Meiosis
CRISPR
Lignin
Gene silencing
transformation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
959
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Manganese
Plant nutrition
Barley landraces
Plant genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,737
1,472
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Root biomechanics
soil stabilisation
soil physics
plant mechanics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
1,243
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant Nutrition & Stress
Molecular Physiology
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,222
807
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Environmental and agricultural economics
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Agri-environmental Schemes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
797
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Agricultural and rural economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
707
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Soil Science
Digital Soil Mapping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
361
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ecosystem service
forestry
spatial modelling
land use change
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
375
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,092
875
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Philip J. White
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,518
25,584
0.517
Plant Nutrition
Plant Physiology
Ion Transport
Mineral Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,061
3,235
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Colin D Campbell
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,254
7,419
0.349
soil
soil microbial ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,345
3,597
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Paul Birch
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,661
7,939
0.404
Plant pathology
plant immunity
pathogenicity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,513
4,283
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Glenn Bryan
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,220
6,992
0.406
plant genetics
crop genetics
breeding
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,402
5,487
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adrian C Newton
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,120
6,379
0.452
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,793
5,864
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Timothy S. George
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,423
8,721
0.650
Rhizosphere
Enzymes
Phosphate
Plant Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
102,766
8,495
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Michael Taliansky
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,602
4,347
0.453
Plant-virus interactions
nanobiotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,494
8,974
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Taylor
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,084
2,947
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
114,275
9,314
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Eric Paterson
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,748
3,956
0.452
Plant-Soil Interactions
Biogeochemistry
Stable isotopes
Rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,242
9,623
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Stephen James Chapman
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,483
4,050
0.477
soil microbiology
microbial ecology
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
130,924
10,581
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ingo Hein
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,738
3,619
0.468
Plant pathogen co-evolution
potato genetics
disease resistance
NLRs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
186,351
14,307
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert D Hancock
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,493
2,821
0.514
Plant metabolism
plant biochemistry
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
199,003
15,170
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alison Roberts
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,133
1,192
0.232
Plant Science
Cell Biology
Imaging
Microscopy
Plant Virology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
243,035
18,083
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tracy Valentine
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,153
2,010
0.484
Plant Science / Root Biology
Root:Soil interactions
Cell Biology
Microscopy/Imaging
Image analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
249,219
18,466
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Matt Aitkenhead
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,042
2,367
0.586
Soil science
artificial intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
273,038
19,936
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jacqueline A Thompson
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,643
2,136
0.586
Plant Nutrition
Biofortification
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
304,361
21,758
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Geoffrey N. Elliott
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,209
893
0.278
Pathogen detection
Rhizobial community analysis
Soil and water molecular microbiology
Burkholderia
Paratuberculosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,257
26,228
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Abdellah Barakate
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,416
959
0.397
Meiosis
CRISPR
Lignin
Gene silencing
transformation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,749
31,545
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sidsel Birkelund Schmidt
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,737
1,472
0.847
Manganese
Plant nutrition
Barley landraces
Plant genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
494,558
32,105
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Kenneth Loades
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,687
1,243
0.737
Root biomechanics
soil stabilisation
soil physics
plant mechanics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
605,563
37,644
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Raul Huertas
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,222
807
0.660
Plant Nutrition & Stress
Molecular Physiology
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
677,956
40,963
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Laure Kuhfuss
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
999
797
0.798
Environmental and agricultural economics
Payments for Ecosystem Services
Agri-environmental Schemes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
789,101
45,605
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Simone Piras
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
731
707
0.967
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
995,404
54,506
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Amin Sharififar
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
410
361
0.880
Soil Science
Digital Soil Mapping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,000,246
54,759
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Andrea Baggio Compagnucci
James Hutton Institute
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
405
375
0.926
Ecosystem service
forestry
spatial modelling
land use change
climate change