Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Animal Science Highly Cited Researchers 4.801 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
animal science
palaeoecology
statistics
community ecology
freshwater ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,491
37,075
0.593
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Animal Physiology
Environmental Toxicology
Comparative Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,942
12,210
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Animal Welfare
Applied Animal Behaviour
Dairy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,002
18,765
0.426
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Animal Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,658
12,038
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Meat Science
Animal Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,273
12,158
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Animal welfare
ethics
farm animal
cattle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,737
17,423
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
reproductive biology
thermal biology
genetics
embryology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,409
9,293
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Animal Coloration
Animal Behavior
Cheetah
Conservation Biology
Behavioral Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,882
8,103
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Animal Breeding & Genetics
Efficient computing
Genomic evaluation
Genetics of Heat Stress
Competitive Effects
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,541
12,282
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Comparative Medicine
Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare
Primatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,169
8,903
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Reproduction
Lactation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,377
6,514
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dairy cattle nutrition
Dairy cattle health
Reproductive physiology
Reproductive management
Veterinary Medicine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,168
11,650
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Animal nutrition
Livestock waste managment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,230
15,527
0.592
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Animal genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,230
12,269
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,975
10,440
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Swine Nutrition
Broiler Chicken Nutrition
Duck Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,753
8,579
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Animal and human behaviour
cognition
risk
emotions
animal welfare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,578
7,545
0.307
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Animal behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,464
2,880
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Animal Welfare
Applied Animal Behaviour
Dairy
Cattle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,848
7,383
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ruminant Nutrition
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,650
11,067
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Animal Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,537
13,331
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
swine
nutrition
energy
amino acids
physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,388
6,012
0.281
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
animal welfare
human-animal interactions
animal behavior
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,490
7,876
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
animal behavior
conflict management
fission-fusion dynamics
conservation
primatology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,020
5,736
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
equine reproduction
spermatozoa
andrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,998
8,781
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,198
270
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gavin L Simpson
University of Regina
Regina, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,491
37,075
0.593
animal science
palaeoecology
statistics
community ecology
freshwater ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,869
302
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Chris M Wood
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,942
12,210
0.207
Animal Physiology
Environmental Toxicology
Comparative Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,583
487
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel M Weary
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44,002
18,765
0.426
Animal Welfare
Applied Animal Behaviour
Dairy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,477
621
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Martin Nyachoti
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,658
12,038
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,889
8,350
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
DD Johnson
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,273
12,158
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,063
821
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marina Ag Von Keyserlingk
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,737
17,423
0.532
Animal welfare
ethics
farm animal
cattle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,414
9,895
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Peter J Hansen
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,409
9,293
0.296
reproductive biology
thermal biology
genetics
embryology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,382
11,199
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
TM Caro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,882
8,103
0.281
Animal Coloration
Animal Behavior
Cheetah
Conservation Biology
Behavioral Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
24,811
11,397
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ignacy Misztal
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,541
12,282
0.430
Animal Breeding & Genetics
Efficient computing
Genomic evaluation
Genetics of Heat Stress
Competitive Effects
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,273
206
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hau J|Jann Hau
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Denmark
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,169
8,903
0.316
Comparative Medicine
Laboratory Animal Science and Welfare
Primatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,379
12,079
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thatcher Ww
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,377
6,514
0.238
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,691
12,199
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
José Eduardo P Santos
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,168
11,650
0.429
Dairy cattle nutrition
Dairy cattle health
Reproductive physiology
Reproductive management
Veterinary Medicine
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,153
39
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juan Boo Liang
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,230
15,527
0.592
Animal nutrition
Livestock waste managment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,861
110
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Donagh Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,230
12,269
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,332
13,764
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bryan A White
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,975
10,440
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,712
13,921
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Olayiwola Adeola
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,753
8,579
0.347
Swine Nutrition
Broiler Chicken Nutrition
Duck Nutrition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,044
2,716
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Melissa Bateson
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,578
7,545
0.307
Animal and human behaviour
cognition
risk
emotions
animal welfare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,159
1,398
107
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Galef Bennett
McMaster University
Hamilton, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,464
2,880
0.123
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,391
1,462
177
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jeffrey Rushen
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,848
7,383
0.323
Animal Welfare
Applied Animal Behaviour
Dairy
Cattle
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,117
16,569
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexander N Hristov
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,650
11,067
0.511
Ruminant Nutrition
Environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,395
356
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
In Ho Kim
Dankook University
Yongin, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,537
13,331
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,770
1,622
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Cornelis Kees De Lange
University of Guelph
Guelph, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,388
6,012
0.281
swine
nutrition
energy
amino acids
physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,175
17,750
318
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
James Serpell
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,490
7,876
0.384
animal welfare
human-animal interactions
animal behavior
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,433
105
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Filippo Aureli
Universidad Veracruzana
Xalapa, Mexico
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,020
5,736
0.287
animal behavior
conflict management
fission-fusion dynamics
conservation
primatology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,498
811
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Fernando J. Peña
Universidad de Extremadura
Badajoz, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,998
8,781
0.439
equine reproduction
spermatozoa
andrology