Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 5.234 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
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
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,152
32,258
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Forest and agricultural ecosystems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,954
10,029
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
forest dynamics
succession
forest regeneration
tropical biology
forest ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,027
22,393
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,498
26,458
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,016
16,528
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wood adhesives
Wood Chemistry
polymers from renewable resources
polymer chemistry
tannins
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,089
18,866
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
forest atmosphere exchange
carbon fluxes
air pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,029
12,902
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
remote sensing
ecology
agriculture
forestry
epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,887
25,083
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Forest Ecology
Plant Science
Functional Ecology
Environment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,848
16,675
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
forest ecology
forest management
silviculture
sustainability science
bioenergy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,689
16,530
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Ecology
statistics
biostatistics
art history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,208
15,420
0.393
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
climate change agriculture forestry savanna
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,257
17,109
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Forest ecology
Forest Management
Ecological Restoration
Functional Biodiversity Research
Global Change Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,527
20,516
0.547
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
forest ecology
biogeochemical cycling
climate change
sustainable natural resources management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,799
6,623
0.180
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Forest Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Fire Ecology
Dendrochronology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,401
10,033
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,366
19,982
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,143
19,295
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,831
13,435
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
dendroecology
drought
forest dieback
treeline
tree mortality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,814
21,614
0.639
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
teledeteccion incendios forestales
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,660
13,495
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Forest Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,443
7,128
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
Ecology
Earth Sciences
forestry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,257
19,367
0.600
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Forest ecology
forest production
forest soils
forest restoration
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,926
6,534
0.205
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
forest
floresta
biomassa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,559
11,117
0.352
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,951
320
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,674
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,152
32,258
0.398
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,985
2,836
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Aber
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,954
10,029
0.143
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,985
393
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Robin L Chazdon
University of the Sunshine Coast
Sippy Downs, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,027
22,393
0.439
forest dynamics
succession
forest regeneration
tropical biology
forest ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,135
234
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Lourens Poorter
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,498
26,458
0.524
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,938
7
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Meine Van Noordwijk|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,016
16,528
0.344
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,246
194
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
A Pizzi
Université de Lorraine
Nancy, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,089
18,866
0.401
Wood adhesives
Wood Chemistry
polymers from renewable resources
polymer chemistry
tannins
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,036
6,165
406
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
J William Munger
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,029
12,902
0.300
forest atmosphere exchange
carbon fluxes
air pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,604
6,413
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Xiangming Xiao (萧向明）
University of Oklahoma
Norman, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,887
25,083
0.599
remote sensing
ecology
agriculture
forestry
epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,179
29
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jacek Oleksyn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,848
16,675
0.408
Forest Ecology
Plant Science
Functional Ecology
Environment
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,850
122
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bart Muys
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,689
16,530
0.416
forest ecology
forest management
silviculture
sustainability science
bioenergy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,151
7,133
443
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Aaron M Ellison
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,208
15,420
0.393
Ecology
statistics
biostatistics
art history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,748
7,395
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Bruce Morgan Campbell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,257
17,109
0.447
climate change agriculture forestry savanna
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,247
133
38
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Kris Verheyen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,527
20,516
0.547
Forest ecology
Forest Management
Ecological Restoration
Functional Biodiversity Research
Global Change Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,716
7,839
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Kurt Pregitzer
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,799
6,623
0.180
forest ecology
biogeochemical cycling
climate change
sustainable natural resources management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,021
7,979
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Thomas W Swetnam
University of Arizona
Tucson, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,401
10,033
0.276
Forest Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Fire Ecology
Dendrochronology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,822
8,325
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Peter A Raymond
Yale University
New Haven, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,366
19,982
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,982
787
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hans Pretzsch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,143
19,295
0.549
mixed forest dynamics
forest modelling
stress and climatic change impact
urban tree growth
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,238
761
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Susan GW Laurance
James Cook University
Townsville, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,831
13,435
0.386
Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,060
322
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
J. Julio (Chechu) Camarero|Jesús Julio Camarero, J.J. Camarero
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,814
21,614
0.639
dendroecology
drought
forest dieback
treeline
tree mortality
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,128
344
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Emilio Chuvieco
Universidad de Alcalá
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,660
13,495
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,339
9,407
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Thomas A Spies
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,443
7,128
0.220
Forest Ecology
Landscape Ecology
Disturbance Ecology
Coupled Human and Natural Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,538
151
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Luiz Aragao
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,257
19,367
0.600
Environmental Sciences
Natural Sciences
Ecology
Earth Sciences
forestry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,865
848
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dan Binkley
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,926
6,534
0.205
Forest ecology
forest production
forest soils
forest restoration
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,238
157
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Niro Higuchi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,559
11,117
0.352