Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 60.077 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
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,264
66,552
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,947
80,159
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,341
48,639
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,213
74,889
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,014
39,327
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,897
16,799
0.136
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
soil
soil science
soil organic matter
soil health
soil organic carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,805
57,654
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,305
39,730
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,561
24,845
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,856
34,455
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,881
24,511
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,374
53,490
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,125
36,197
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
tomato breeding
horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,568
32,870
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,454
32,785
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,346
28,012
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,592
33,009
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,408
15,699
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,114
21,583
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,068
29,897
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,940
42,413
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,403
55,805
0.617
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,209
29,109
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,717
40,044
0.446
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,264
66,552
0.384
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,186
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,947
80,159
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,371
54
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Pauly
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155,341
48,639
0.313
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,720
26
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,213
74,889
0.542
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,726
139
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,014
39,327
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,106
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,897
16,799
0.136
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,155
994
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,805
57,654
0.469
soil
soil science
soil organic matter
soil health
soil organic carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,423
1,146
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,305
39,730
0.345
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,798
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,561
24,845
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,843
1,349
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,856
34,455
0.322
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,942
1,399
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,881
24,511
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,979
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,374
53,490
0.512
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,083
1,467
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Allen
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,125
36,197
0.354
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,309
1,576
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John W Scott
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,568
32,870
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,464
1,637
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,454
32,785
0.340
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,475
284
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,346
28,012
0.291
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,805
1,796
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jeffrey G Arnold
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,592
33,009
0.360
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,819
1,807
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,408
15,699
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,823
57
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,325
42,346
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,843
1,820
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,114
21,583
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,849
156
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Rengel Zed
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,068
29,897
0.328
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,861
314
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Richard Bardgett
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,940
42,413
0.466
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,890
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,403
55,805
0.617
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,910
1,854
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andrew H Paterson
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,209
29,109
0.323
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,951
320
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,717
40,044
0.446
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity