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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,035
Country Rank
159
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Fang Jie Zhao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1b/692915.jpg)
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,916
31,112
0.465
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
7,218
Country Rank
197
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Qirong Shen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/12/692956.jpg)
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,970
43,373
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
9,204
Country Rank
256
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yan Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dc/692934.jpg)
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,556
32,692
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
23,429
Country Rank
805
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Cao Weixing](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/66/692842.jpg)
Precision Agriculture
Information Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,536
16,952
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,278
Country Rank
959
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Lei Shu (舒磊)](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/692799.jpg)
Internet of Things
Sensor Networks
Green Computing
Cloud & Fog Computing
Fault Diagnosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,813
17,754
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
27,898
Country Rank
981
Institution Rank : 6
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Guohua Xu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/42/693649.jpg)
Plant Mineral Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,414
16,738
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
52,631
Country Rank
2,035
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Weiyun Zhu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Microbiology
Microbiome
Animal Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,148
10,946
0.678
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
75,984
Country Rank
3,080
Institution Rank : 9
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Haifeng Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c5/692901.jpg)
Fungal Pathogenesis & Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,154
7,593
0.625
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
94,360
Country Rank
3,883
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zhengqin Xiong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/22/692857.jpg)
N cycle
carbon budget
soil science
biochar
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,144
6,354
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
99,231
Country Rank
4,103
Institution Rank : 11
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yongchao Tian](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/74/692833.jpg)
Remote sensing
Precision agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,705
7,481
0.771
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
105,030
Country Rank
4,349
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Dong Jiang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/59/693042.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,229
5,246
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
106,840
Country Rank
4,423
Institution Rank : 13
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![xiaorong fan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1d/693646.jpg)
plant molecular and physiology on N use efficiency
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,091
5,851
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
110,277
Country Rank
4,585
Institution Rank : 14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Mingyi Jiang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant Stress Physiology
Signal Transduction in Plant Cells
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
3,573
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
111,334
Country Rank
4,647
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Ning Ling](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cc/694242.jpg)
Soil Biodiversity;Soil & Plant Microbiome
Soil Productivity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,767
7,069
0.806
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
112,779
Country Rank
4,719
Institution Rank : 16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Li Rong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b4/692861.jpg)
microbial ecology
soil science
biofertilizer
agricultural waste utilization
plant-microbe interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,667
7,391
0.853
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
113,147
Country Rank
4,736
Institution Rank : 17
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Daolong Dou](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Interaction of Plant-Phytophthora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,644
4,766
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
117,994
Country Rank
4,975
Institution Rank : 19
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yidong Wu|Yi-Dong Wu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0c/718247.jpg)
Insecticide/Bt resistance
Insect genetics and genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,327
4,829
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
119,416
Country Rank
5,038
Institution Rank : 20
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xia Yao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/692786.jpg)
Vegetation Remote Sensing
Lidar
UAVs
Monitoring Stress of Crop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,241
6,234
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
120,886
Country Rank
5,095
Institution Rank : 21
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zhong Wei](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/692862.jpg)
microbial ecology
evolution
biological control
soil sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,149
7,234
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
128,948
Country Rank
5,459
Institution Rank : 22
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Kun Cheng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/48/694094.jpg)
Soil Science
Climate Change and Agriculture
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
6,564
0.854
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
137,231
Country Rank
5,819
Institution Rank : 23
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Raza Waseem](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/80/694171.jpg)
Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Microbe-Microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,257
4,887
0.673
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
140,079
Country Rank
5,958
Institution Rank : 24
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Suomeng Dong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/db/4991440.jpg)
plant pathology
plant disease
Phytophthora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,115
4,349
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
149,479
Country Rank
6,400
Institution Rank : 26
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Tao Cheng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/59/692935.jpg)
Crop mapping
crop growth monitoring
reflectance spectroscopy
UAV
plant phenotyping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,692
5,964
0.891
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
150,320
Country Rank
6,431
Institution Rank : 27
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Junhe Lu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f5/692914.jpg)
Environmental chemistry
water quality
water treatment
advanced oxidation processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,656
5,333
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
162,917
Country Rank
7,079
Institution Rank : 28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Liu Manqiang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Soil Ecology
Soil Biodiversity and function
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,155
4,664
0.758
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
6,035
![China](/flags/cn.png)
159
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
1
Fang Jie Zhao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,916
31,112
0.465
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
7,218
![China](/flags/cn.png)
197
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
2
Qirong Shen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59,970
43,373
0.723
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
9,204
![China](/flags/cn.png)
256
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
3
Yan Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,556
32,692
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
23,429
![China](/flags/cn.png)
805
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
4
Cao Weixing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,536
16,952
0.594
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Precision Agriculture
Information Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
27,278
![China](/flags/cn.png)
959
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
5
Lei Shu (舒磊)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,813
17,754
0.688
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Internet of Things
Sensor Networks
Green Computing
Cloud & Fog Computing
Fault Diagnosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
27,898
![China](/flags/cn.png)
981
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
6
Guohua Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,414
16,738
0.659
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
52,631
![China](/flags/cn.png)
2,035
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
7
Weiyun Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,148
10,946
0.678
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Microbiology
Microbiome
Animal Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
75,984
![China](/flags/cn.png)
3,080
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
9
Haifeng Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,154
7,593
0.625
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Fungal Pathogenesis & Plant-Pathogen Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
94,360
![China](/flags/cn.png)
3,883
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
10
Zhengqin Xiong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,144
6,354
0.626
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
N cycle
carbon budget
soil science
biochar
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
99,231
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,103
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
11
Yongchao Tian
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,705
7,481
0.771
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Remote sensing
Precision agriculture
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
105,030
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,349
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
12
Dong Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,229
5,246
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
106,840
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,423
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
13
xiaorong fan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,091
5,851
0.644
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
plant molecular and physiology on N use efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
110,277
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,585
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
14
Mingyi Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,841
3,573
0.404
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Plant Stress Physiology
Signal Transduction in Plant Cells
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
111,334
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,647
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
15
Ning Ling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,767
7,069
0.806
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Soil Biodiversity;Soil & Plant Microbiome
Soil Productivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
112,779
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,719
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
16
Li Rong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,667
7,391
0.853
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
microbial ecology
soil science
biofertilizer
agricultural waste utilization
plant-microbe interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
113,147
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,736
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
17
Daolong Dou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,644
4,766
0.551
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Interaction of Plant-Phytophthora
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
117,994
![China](/flags/cn.png)
4,975
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
19
Yidong Wu|Yi-Dong Wu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,327
4,829
0.580
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Insecticide/Bt resistance
Insect genetics and genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
119,416
![China](/flags/cn.png)
5,038
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
20
Xia Yao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,241
6,234
0.756
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Vegetation Remote Sensing
Lidar
UAVs
Monitoring Stress of Crop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
120,886
![China](/flags/cn.png)
5,095
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
21
Zhong Wei
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,149
7,234
0.888
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
microbial ecology
evolution
biological control
soil sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
128,948
![China](/flags/cn.png)
5,459
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
22
Kun Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,688
6,564
0.854
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Soil Science
Climate Change and Agriculture
Biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
137,231
![China](/flags/cn.png)
5,819
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
23
Raza Waseem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,257
4,887
0.673
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Soil Microbiology and Biochemistry
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Microbe-Microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
140,079
![China](/flags/cn.png)
5,958
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
24
Suomeng Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,115
4,349
0.611
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
plant pathology
plant disease
Phytophthora
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
149,479
![China](/flags/cn.png)
6,400
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
26
Tao Cheng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,692
5,964
0.891
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Crop mapping
crop growth monitoring
reflectance spectroscopy
UAV
plant phenotyping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
150,320
![China](/flags/cn.png)
6,431
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
27
Junhe Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,656
5,333
0.801
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Environmental chemistry
water quality
water treatment
advanced oxidation processes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
162,917
![China](/flags/cn.png)
7,079
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
28
Liu Manqiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,155
4,664
0.758
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6016.jpg)
Soil Ecology
Soil Biodiversity and function