Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,419
31,496
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
plant genetics
rice (Oryza sativa)
evolution
plant genomics
population biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,722
17,256
0.280
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,116
38,302
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Crop Modeling
Agricultural Systems Analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,505
19,638
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
crops
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,001
25,539
0.532
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,903
9,968
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Wheat
Genetics
Development Disease resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,989
17,781
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,859
16,206
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,707
14,749
0.323
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Crop Physiology
Plant Stress Physiology. Seed Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,341
23,892
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Computational Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,434
16,136
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Crop physiology
agronomy
plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,901
16,906
0.499
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Crop physiology and modelling
Agroecosystem modelling
Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Climate change impact and risk asse
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,885
19,575
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,538
19,325
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,046
18,726
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Crop modeling
Evapotranspiration
Soil hydrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,159
6,970
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Crop Physiology
Agronomy
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,962
11,379
0.380
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant symbioses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,458
13,787
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
crop protection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,466
11,762
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Plant Genomics
Rice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,976
10,512
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
plant molecular biology and genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,863
5,953
0.222
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Wheat
optical mapping
plant genomics
genome evolution
crop domestication
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,353
12,827
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Structural Biology of NOD-like receptors and Receptor kinases
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,092
10,390
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Quantitative Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,090
12,863
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
wheat genetics
wheat
yield
molecular breeding
grain size
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,371
16,053
0.718
Andrew H Paterson
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,419
31,496
0.360
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
S McCouch
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,722
17,256
0.280
plant genetics
rice (Oryza sativa)
evolution
plant genomics
population biology
Muhammad Farooq
Sultan Qaboos University
Muscat, Oman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,116
38,302
0.695
Crop physiology
Seed science
Allelopathy
Agronomy
James W Jones
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,505
19,638
0.374
Crop Modeling
Agricultural Systems Analysis
Matthew Reynolds
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,001
25,539
0.532
M Koornneef
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,903
9,968
0.208
Jorge Dubcovsky
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,989
17,781
0.378
Wheat
Genetics
Development Disease resistance
Wolf B. Frommer
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,859
16,206
0.353
Crop yield
transporters
sensors
signaling
George Coupland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,707
14,749
0.323
Shahzad Maqsood Ahmed Basra
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Faisalabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,341
23,892
0.578
Crop Physiology
Plant Stress Physiology. Seed Physiology
Ian W Davis
Bayer Crop Science
Missouri, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,434
16,136
0.420
PC Struik
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,901
16,906
0.499
Crop physiology
agronomy
plant breeding
Frank Ewert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,885
19,575
0.578
Crop physiology and modelling
Agroecosystem modelling
Integrated Assessment and Modelling
Climate change impact and risk asse
Stefan Siebert
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Göttingen, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,538
19,325
0.594
Agronomy
Hydrology
Food Security
Modeling
Geosciences
Markus Kleber
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,046
18,726
0.603
Joe T Ritchie
Michigan State University
East Lansing, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,159
6,970
0.231
Crop modeling
Evapotranspiration
Soil hydrology
Gustavo A. Slafer
Universitat de Lleida
Lleida, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,962
11,379
0.380
Crop Physiology
Agronomy
Crop Science
Giles ED Oldroyd
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,458
13,787
0.468
Matteo Lorito
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,466
11,762
0.413
Zhi-Kang Li Or Zhikang Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,976
10,512
0.390
Plant Breeding
Plant Genetics
Plant Genomics
Rice
Csaba Koncz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,863
5,953
0.222
plant molecular biology and genetics
Ming Cheng Luo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,353
12,827
0.487
Wheat
optical mapping
plant genomics
genome evolution
crop domestication
Jijie Chai
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,092
10,390
0.431
Structural Biology of NOD-like receptors and Receptor kinases
Jean-Luc Jannink
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,090
12,863
0.534
Cristobal Uauy
John Innes Centre
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,371
16,053
0.718
wheat genetics
wheat
yield
molecular breeding
grain size