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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
25,527
Country Rank
896
Institution Rank : 1
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zhi-Kang Li Or Zhikang Li](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5f/4684231.jpg)
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Plant Genomics
Rice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,976
10,512
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
100,158
Country Rank
4,137
Institution Rank : 2
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian-Long Xu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fe/4684241.jpg)
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,621
6,350
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
112,430
Country Rank
4,709
Institution Rank : 4
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Li Wen-Xue](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
plant miRNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,690
4,671
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
155,892
Country Rank
6,702
Institution Rank : 6
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xiuliang Jin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/93/4684259.jpg)
Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Crop Phenotyping
Precision Agriculture
Crop Modelling
UAV/UGV
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,426
5,707
0.888
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
190,527
Country Rank
8,382
Institution Rank : 7
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Chuanxiao Xie](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Maize nitrogen use efficiency
genetic dissection
molecular breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
3,048
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
199,429
Country Rank
8,838
Institution Rank : 8
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zefu Lu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant epigenome
Wheat genetics
Cis-regulatory elements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,009
3,911
0.781
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
213,881
Country Rank
9,519
Institution Rank : 9
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Hongning Tong](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/4684267.jpg)
Phytohormones-Brassinosteroids
Crop yield
Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,658
3,596
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
268,265
Country Rank
12,262
Institution Rank : 10
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Wen-Xue Li](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant miRNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,630
1,315
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
313,359
Country Rank
14,487
Institution Rank : 11
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zheng Tian-Qing](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Molecular Breeding and Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,022
2,302
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
323,757
Country Rank
14,991
Institution Rank : 12
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yuanfeng Hao](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
2,258
0.777
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
354,076
Country Rank
16,538
Institution Rank : 13
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Luyan Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/88/4684296.jpg)
Quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,600
1,952
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
394,860
Country Rank
18,559
Institution Rank : 15
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Li Hongjie](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Wheat
diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,256
725
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
429,173
Country Rank
20,188
Institution Rank : 16
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Mehmood Ali Noor](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fd/4684335.jpg)
Crop Physiology
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,014
1,822
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
434,361
Country Rank
20,452
Institution Rank : 17
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Sha Tang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/83/4684322.jpg)
Genetics and Functional Genomics of Millet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,981
1,477
0.746
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
640,908
Country Rank
29,568
Institution Rank : 33
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Xu Cai](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Crop domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
1,061
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
663,330
Country Rank
30,491
Institution Rank : 1
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Liaqat Shah](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3c/4684525.jpg)
Crop Genetics and Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
946
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
800,238
Country Rank
35,997
Institution Rank : 18
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![Xiaogang Liu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b5/4686320.jpg)
Corn breeding
Genomic selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
677
0.983
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
931,241
Country Rank
41,852
Institution Rank : 187
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Zongzheng Yan](/pictures/1a/4585273.jpg)
agronomy
agricultural systems
evaportranspiration
crop growth and development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
452
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
940,427
Country Rank
42,296
Institution Rank : 51
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![李志远](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ef/4729281.jpg)
Crop breeding
Distant hybridization breeding
DNA finger printing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
431
0.977
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
974,770
Country Rank
44,082
Institution Rank : 53
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Ripon Sikder](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8c/4720630.jpg)
Crop physiology
Abiotic stress
Plant Stress Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
338
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
989,455
Country Rank
44,857
Institution Rank : 54
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Kwadwo Gyapong Agyenim-Boateng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/85/4729130.jpg)
Crop Breeding and Genetics -Cytokinin signaling and response to abiotic stresses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
360
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,227,478
Country Rank
57,073
Institution Rank : 19
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Yuxin Yang](/pictures/3c/4884284.jpg)
Plant Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
168
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,254,644
Country Rank
58,761
Institution Rank : 21
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![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Mohsin Ali](/pictures/6d/4884276.jpg)
Plant breeding and quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
153
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
25,527
Country Ranking
896
Institution Ranking
1
Zhi-Kang Li Or Zhikang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,976
10,512
0.390
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Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Plant Genomics
Rice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
100,158
Country Ranking
4,137
Institution Ranking
2
Jian-Long Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,621
6,350
0.660
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Plant Breeding
Genetics
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
112,430
Country Ranking
4,709
Institution Ranking
4
Li Wen-Xue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,690
4,671
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
155,892
Country Ranking
6,702
Institution Ranking
6
Xiuliang Jin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,426
5,707
0.888
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Remote Sensing in Agriculture
Crop Phenotyping
Precision Agriculture
Crop Modelling
UAV/UGV
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
190,527
Country Ranking
8,382
Institution Ranking
7
Chuanxiao Xie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,249
3,048
0.581
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Maize nitrogen use efficiency
genetic dissection
molecular breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
199,429
Country Ranking
8,838
Institution Ranking
8
Zefu Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,009
3,911
0.781
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Plant epigenome
Wheat genetics
Cis-regulatory elements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
213,881
Country Ranking
9,519
Institution Ranking
9
Hongning Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,658
3,596
0.772
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Phytohormones-Brassinosteroids
Crop yield
Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
268,265
Country Ranking
12,262
Institution Ranking
10
Wen-Xue Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,630
1,315
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
313,359
Country Ranking
14,487
Institution Ranking
11
Zheng Tian-Qing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,022
2,302
0.762
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Molecular Breeding and Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
323,757
Country Ranking
14,991
Institution Ranking
12
Yuanfeng Hao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,905
2,258
0.777
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
354,076
Country Ranking
16,538
Institution Ranking
13
Luyan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,600
1,952
0.751
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
394,860
Country Ranking
18,559
Institution Ranking
15
Li Hongjie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,256
725
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
429,173
Country Ranking
20,188
Institution Ranking
16
Mehmood Ali Noor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,014
1,822
0.905
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
434,361
Country Ranking
20,452
Institution Ranking
17
Sha Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,981
1,477
0.746
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Genetics and Functional Genomics of Millet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
640,908
Country Ranking
29,568
Institution Ranking
33
Xu Cai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,078
1,061
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
663,330
Country Ranking
30,491
Institution Ranking
1
Liaqat Shah
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,013
946
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
800,238
Country Ranking
35,997
Institution Ranking
18
Xiaogang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
689
677
0.983
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Corn breeding
Genomic selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
931,241
Country Ranking
41,852
Institution Ranking
187
Zongzheng Yan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
452
0.993
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10920.png)
agronomy
agricultural systems
evaportranspiration
crop growth and development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
940,427
Country Ranking
42,296
Institution Ranking
51
李志远
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
441
431
0.977
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Crop breeding
Distant hybridization breeding
DNA finger printing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
974,770
Country Ranking
44,082
Institution Ranking
53
Ripon Sikder
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
338
0.864
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Crop physiology
Abiotic stress
Plant Stress Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
989,455
Country Ranking
44,857
Institution Ranking
54
Kwadwo Gyapong Agyenim-Boateng
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
371
360
0.970
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Crop Breeding and Genetics -Cytokinin signaling and response to abiotic stresses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,227,478
Country Ranking
57,073
Institution Ranking
19
Yuxin Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
168
1.000
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Plant Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,254,644
Country Ranking
58,761
Institution Ranking
21
Mohsin Ali
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
153
0.987
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Plant breeding and quantitative genetics