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 Systems Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,771
7,153
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
agriculture
crop modeling
agricultural systems
climate risk management
climate services
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,036
6,428
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
biomass
sustainability
short rotation woody crops
agroforestry
phytoremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,196
3,507
0.344
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Food Systems
Agriculture
Climate Change
Climate Risk Management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,784
3,542
0.403
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Animal Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Social Behavior
Social Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,135
4,184
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
dendroclimatology
paleoclimatology and ecology in mediterranean
boreal and tropical ecosystems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
5,119
0.667
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,640
2,873
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant Biochemistry
Provitamin A carotenoid biosynthesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,277
2,574
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Forest Biometrics
Spatial Statistics and Modeling
Growth and Yield Modeling
Quantitative Silviculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,457
2,760
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Phytoremediation
Heavy metals
Willow
Oaks
Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,062
2,014
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Forest and Wetland Ecology
Conservation Biology
Restoration Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,823
767
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
plant biotechnology
chestnut
forest restoration
plant disease
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
1,384
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Forest Economics
Resource Economics
Resource Policy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,567
676
0.190
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
aquatic ecology
environmental microbiology
remediation
impacts of dams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
1,031
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Stable Isotopes
Soil Organic Matter
Soil Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,170
1,235
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant nutrient sensing
hormone response
cell morphogenesis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,821
893
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Forest Ecology
Biometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,658
2,132
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Agriculture
food security
nutrition
rural development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,657
774
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Forest Ecology
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Climate Change
Ecosystem Services
Resource Governance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,318
1,348
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
aquatic ecology
ecosystems
metabolism
lakes
streams
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
1,456
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
1,251
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Forest ecology
urban ecology
carbon cycling
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,709
0.846
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Forest Ecology
Botany
Biodiversity
Forest Management
Silviculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,941
1,027
0.529
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant Biology
Ecological Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,802
915
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Fish biology
aquatic entomology
restgoration ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
248
0.139
Gloria Coruzzi
New York University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,771
7,153
0.301
James W Hansen
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,036
6,428
0.458
agriculture
crop modeling
agricultural systems
climate risk management
climate services
Timothy A Volk
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,196
3,507
0.344
biomass
sustainability
short rotation woody crops
agroforestry
phytoremediation
Walter E Baethgen
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,784
3,542
0.403
Food Systems
Agriculture
Climate Change
Climate Risk Management
Dustin R Rubenstein
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,135
4,184
0.514
Animal Behavior
Behavioral Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Social Behavior
Social Evolution
Laia Andreu Hayles
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,669
5,119
0.667
dendroclimatology
paleoclimatology and ecology in mediterranean
boreal and tropical ecosystems
Lee Newman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,640
2,873
0.376
Eleanore T Wurtzel
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,277
2,574
0.354
Plant Biochemistry
Provitamin A carotenoid biosynthesis
Lianjun Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,457
2,760
0.427
Forest Biometrics
Spatial Statistics and Modeling
Growth and Yield Modeling
Quantitative Silviculture
Shufeng Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,062
2,014
0.496
Phytoremediation
Heavy metals
Willow
Oaks
Breeding
Donald J Leopold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,823
767
0.201
Forest and Wetland Ecology
Conservation Biology
Restoration Ecology
William A Powell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,785
1,384
0.366
plant biotechnology
chestnut
forest restoration
plant disease
David H Newman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,567
676
0.190
Forest Economics
Resource Economics
Resource Policy
Guy Lanza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,344
1,031
0.308
aquatic ecology
environmental microbiology
remediation
impacts of dams
Jeffrey A Bird
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,170
1,235
0.390
Soil Biology and Biochemistry
Stable Isotopes
Soil Organic Matter
Soil Microbial Ecology
Zhi Liang Zheng
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,821
893
0.317
Plant nutrient sensing
hormone response
cell morphogenesis
Kenneth F Kellner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,658
2,132
0.802
Glenn Denning
Columbia University New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,657
774
0.291
Agriculture
food security
nutrition
rural development
Colin Beier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,318
1,348
0.582
Forest Ecology
Coupled Natural and Human Systems
Climate Change
Ecosystem Services
Resource Governance
David C Richardson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,285
1,456
0.637
aquatic ecology
ecosystems
metabolism
lakes
streams
Stephen B Shaw
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
1,251
0.608
Andrew Reinmann
City University of New York
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,021
1,709
0.846
Forest ecology
urban ecology
carbon cycling
biogeochemistry
Martin Doväİak
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,941
1,027
0.529
Forest Ecology
Botany
Biodiversity
Forest Management
Silviculture
Christos Noutsos
State University of New York at Old Westbury
Old Westbury, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,802
915
0.508
Plant Biology
Ecological Genomics
Bioinformatics
Metabolomics
Neil Ringler
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,781
248
0.139
Fish biology
aquatic entomology
restgoration ecology