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 biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,170
10,194
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,093
15,120
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
plant molecular biology and genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,003
6,090
0.226
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Structural Biology of NOD-like receptors and Receptor kinases
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,505
10,781
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Microbiology
Fungi
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Genomics
Microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
7,349
0.754
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Evolution
Bioinformatics
Plant-microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
8,300
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
EvoMPMI
Proteomics
Plant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,244
5,040
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
meiosis
recombination
meiotic cell cycle
chromosome distributon
clonal reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,837
4,571
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,074
546
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Molecular Plant Physiology
Plant Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,944
1,312
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Epigenetics
Plant Virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,591
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant reproduction
Meiotic cell division
Apomixis
Genome editing
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,742
2,437
0.889
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
2,095
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
1,669
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant-microbe interactions
data integration and visualisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
1,597
0.829
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
plant microbiota
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,381
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
biological image analysis
computational modeling
plant developmental biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,692
1,471
0.869
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
921
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Host-associated microbiota
Microbiome editing
Metagenomics
Microbial ecology
Microbial genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
1,501
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Bio-engineering
CRISPR
NGS
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
1,198
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
plant development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,438
861
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
evolution
population genetics
statistics
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
900
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Microbiota
Microbiology
Innate Immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,297
637
0.491
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,142
1,028
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
centromere
chromosome structure
holocentric chromosomes
genome evolution
inverted meiosis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
811
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,524
420
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,170
10,194
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,280
475
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
George Coupland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,093
15,120
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,167
1,143
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Csaba Koncz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,003
6,090
0.226
plant molecular biology and genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,251
1,302
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jijie Chai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,505
10,781
0.440
Structural Biology of NOD-like receptors and Receptor kinases
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,982
4,392
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stéphane Hacquard
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,752
7,349
0.754
Microbiology
Fungi
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Genomics
Microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,348
4,484
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ruben Garrido-Oter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,552
8,300
0.869
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Evolution
Bioinformatics
Plant-microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
107,349
4,663
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hirofumi Nakagami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,244
5,040
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
129,147
5,496
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Raphael Mercier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,837
4,571
0.583
meiosis
recombination
meiotic cell cycle
chromosome distributon
clonal reproduction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
247,429
9,848
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Zsuzsanna Koncz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,074
546
0.134
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,880
12,533
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ralph Bours
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,944
1,312
0.446
Molecular Plant Physiology
Plant Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,541
13,030
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pranav Pankaj Sahu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,788
1,591
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
346,153
13,192
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Charles J Underwood
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,742
2,437
0.889
Plant reproduction
Meiotic cell division
Apomixis
Genome editing
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,738
13,503
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Tonni Andersen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
2,095
0.794
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,765
13,504
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yiming Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,640
1,669
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
451,308
16,463
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Shingo Miyauchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,927
1,597
0.829
Plant-microbe interactions
data integration and visualisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
492,164
17,729
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ryohei Thomas Nakano
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,699
1,381
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
493,499
17,770
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sören Strauss
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,692
1,471
0.869
biological image analysis
computational modeling
plant developmental biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,209
17,823
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ivan F. Acosta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,684
921
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
529,647
18,816
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Pengfan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,521
1,501
0.987
Host-associated microbiota
Microbiome editing
Metagenomics
Microbial ecology
Microbial genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
542,059
19,185
32
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Thomas Hartwig
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,466
1,198
0.817
Bio-engineering
CRISPR
NGS
Genomics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
548,687
19,410
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Zhongjuan Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,438
861
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
578,635
20,293
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Stefan Laurent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,319
900
0.682
evolution
population genetics
statistics
genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
584,702
20,446
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
CJ Harbort
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,297
637
0.491
Microbiota
Microbiology
Innate Immunity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
629,760
21,783
37
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Eik Dahms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,142
1,028
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
667,894
22,948
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
André Marques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,027
811
0.790
centromere
chromosome structure
holocentric chromosomes
genome evolution
inverted meiosis