Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Crop Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 13 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
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Plant Genomics
Rice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,867
9,785
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,270
6,279
0.611
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maize nitrogen use efficiency
genetic dissection
molecular breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,510
2,861
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant epigenome
Wheat genetics
Cis-regulatory elements
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,469
3,993
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Phytohormones-Brassinosteroids
Crop yield
Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,011
3,593
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Molecular Breeding and Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,213
2,221
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,130
2,263
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Quantitative genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,745
1,846
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wheat
diseases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
615
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Crop Physiology
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,203
1,860
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Genetics and Functional Genomics of Millet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,203
1,543
0.700
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Corn breeding
Genomic selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
736
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
217
0.995
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,681
928
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zhi-Kang Li Or Zhikang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,867
9,785
0.351
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Plant Genomics
Rice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,526
4,140
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jian-Long Xu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,270
6,279
0.611
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
189,995
8,624
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chuanxiao Xie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,510
2,861
0.519
Maize nitrogen use efficiency
genetic dissection
molecular breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
191,370
8,683
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zefu Lu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,469
3,993
0.730
Plant epigenome
Wheat genetics
Cis-regulatory elements
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,464
9,523
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hongning Tong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,011
3,593
0.717
Phytohormones-Brassinosteroids
Crop yield
Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
310,407
14,665
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Zheng Tian-Qing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,213
2,221
0.691
Molecular Breeding and Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
317,282
15,039
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Yuanfeng Hao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,130
2,263
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
353,050
16,814
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Luyan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,745
1,846
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
405,325
19,415
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Li Hongjie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,294
615
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,503
20,009
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mehmood Ali Noor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,203
1,860
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
417,531
20,010
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sha Tang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,203
1,543
0.700
Genetics and Functional Genomics of Millet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,032
35,557
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Xiaogang Liu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
775
736
0.950
Corn breeding
Genomic selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,272,928
56,979
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Yuxin Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
217
0.995
Plant Genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biology