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 physiology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,070
70,298
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Marine Ecology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,403
85,346
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Forest restoration
plant ecology
tropical forest
plan-animal interactions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,297
83,604
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,281
54,872
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
plant disease and immunity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,497
44,469
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,028
81,632
0.609
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,920
19,670
0.160
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,739
63,223
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,147
45,111
0.399
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Planten biologie
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,316
28,824
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,132
39,080
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Plant biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,653
28,468
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,959
57,673
0.571
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,780
40,960
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,901
37,177
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,616
31,866
0.337
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
tomato breeding
horticulture
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,313
34,047
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,597
18,063
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
plant growth
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,899
24,545
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,790
37,698
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,094
33,268
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,464
32,429
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,232
45,665
0.518
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,112
45,754
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,131
59,886
0.687
Jian-Kang Zhu
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166,070
70,298
0.423
Carlos M Duarte
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,403
85,346
0.529
Silvia C. Gallegos
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161,297
83,604
0.518
Forest restoration
plant ecology
tropical forest
plan-animal interactions
Daniel Pauly
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152,281
54,872
0.360
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,497
44,469
0.328
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,028
81,632
0.609
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,920
19,670
0.160
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,739
63,223
0.532
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
Jeremy Schmutz
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,147
45,111
0.399
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,316
28,824
0.271
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,132
39,080
0.372
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Richard Dixon
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,653
28,468
0.275
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,959
57,673
0.571
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Richard Allen
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,780
40,960
0.411
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Bruns Thomas D
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,901
37,177
0.392
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,616
31,866
0.337
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
John W Scott
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,313
34,047
0.365
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York City, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,597
18,063
0.199
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,899
24,545
0.273
Jeffrey G Arnold
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,790
37,698
0.420
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Rengel Zed
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,094
33,268
0.373
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Andrew H Paterson
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,464
32,429
0.367
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Johan Six
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,232
45,665
0.518
Richard Bardgett
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,112
45,754
0.519
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,131
59,886
0.687
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change