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Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture Highly Cited Researchers 220 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
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,668
29,469
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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: 3
Crop modeling
Remote Sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,927
33,176
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Precision Agriculture
Information Agriculture
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,860
17,167
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
energy
carbon material
biomass
gasification
pyrolysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,478
23,798
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Internet of Things
Sensor Networks
Green Computing
Cloud & Fog Computing
Fault Diagnosis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,489
17,022
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant Mineral Nutrition
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,983
16,420
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,413
15,112
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Microbiology
Microbiome
Animal Nutrition
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,248
10,695
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
soil-atmosphere interaction
soil desiccation cracking
fiber reinforced soil
unsaturated soil
bio-soil and fiber-optic sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,113
11,159
0.693
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
multifunctional nanomaterials
membrane engineering
nanocatalysis
nanosensors
water/food/energy nexus
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,708
14,524
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
organic solar cells
field-effect transistors
lead-free perovskite
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,452
6,193
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fungal Pathogenesis & Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,898
7,321
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Forest carbon
Ecological modelling
Vegetation RS
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,408
4,618
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Remote sensing
Precision agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,798
7,831
0.725
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
N cycle
carbon budget
soil science
biochar
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,730
6,040
0.563
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sustainable Bioproducts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,190
9,531
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Fluorine Chemistry
Radical Reactions
Asymmetric Synthesis
Electrochemical Reactions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,929
6,529
0.658
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Soil Biodiversity；Soil & Plant Microbiome
Soil Productivity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,719
7,465
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,650
4,877
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
plant molecular and physiology on N use efficiency
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,572
5,663
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
microbial ecology
soil science
biofertilizer
agricultural waste utilization
plant-microbe interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,445
7,451
0.789
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vegetation Remote Sensing
Lidar
UAVs
Monitoring Stress of Crop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,278
6,668
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
microbial ecology
evolution
biological control
soil sciences
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,253
7,830
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Interaction of Plant-Phytophthora
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,207
4,754
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,018
163
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,668
29,469
0.423
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,839
188
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
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
8,606
242
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Yan Zhu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,927
33,176
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,972
773
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Cao Weixing
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,860
17,167
0.556
Precision Agriculture
Information Agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,423
794
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
shu zhang
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,478
23,798
0.781
energy
carbon material
biomass
gasification
pyrolysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,215
953
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Lei Shu (舒磊)
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,489
17,022
0.619
Internet of Things
Sensor Networks
Green Computing
Cloud & Fog Computing
Fault Diagnosis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,975
974
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guohua Xu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,983
16,420
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,114
1,984
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jiang Shaohua
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,413
15,112
0.868
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
50,733
2,019
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Weiyun Zhu
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,248
10,695
0.620
Microbiology
Microbiome
Animal Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,649
2,227
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chao Sheng Tang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,113
11,159
0.693
soil-atmosphere interaction
soil desiccation cracking
fiber reinforced soil
unsaturated soil
bio-soil and fiber-optic sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,701
2,554
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yasin Orooji|亚鑫·奥诺杰, [email protected]
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,708
14,524
0.987
multifunctional nanomaterials
membrane engineering
nanocatalysis
nanosensors
water/food/energy nexus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,148
2,623
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wenchao Zhao (赵文超)
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,452
6,193
0.429
organic solar cells
field-effect transistors
lead-free perovskite
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,267
3,073
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Haifeng Zhang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,898
7,321
0.568
Fungal Pathogenesis & Plant-Pathogen Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
77,798
3,253
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chunhua Zhang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,408
4,618
0.372
Forest carbon
Ecological modelling
Vegetation RS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,033
3,879
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Yongchao Tian
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,798
7,831
0.725
Remote sensing
Precision agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,731
3,914
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Zhengqin Xiong
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,730
6,040
0.563
N cycle
carbon budget
soil science
biochar
biogeochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,384
4,176
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Changlei Xia
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,190
9,531
0.935
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
101,340
4,302
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jianlin Han
Nanjing Forestry University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,929
6,529
0.658
Fluorine Chemistry
Radical Reactions
Asymmetric Synthesis
Electrochemical Reactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,851
4,412
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ning Ling
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,719
7,465
0.768
Soil Biodiversity；Soil & Plant Microbiome
Soil Productivity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,691
4,456
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dong Jiang
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,650
4,877
0.505
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,676
4,505
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
xiaorong fan
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,572
5,663
0.592
plant molecular and physiology on N use efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,324
4,576
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Li Rong
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,445
7,451
0.789
microbial ecology
soil science
biofertilizer
agricultural waste utilization
plant-microbe interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,461
4,689
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Xia Yao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,278
6,668
0.719
Vegetation Remote Sensing
Lidar
UAVs
Monitoring Stress of Crop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
109,811
4,710
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Zhong Wei
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,253
7,830
0.846
microbial ecology
evolution
biological control
soil sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,455
4,744
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Daolong Dou
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,207
4,754
0.516
Interaction of Plant-Phytophthora