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 nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,563
22,341
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,660
8,594
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant Physiology
Fruit Quality Biology
Postharvest Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,757
13,496
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,651
10,853
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Institute of Insect Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,755
6,934
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Soil Science
Plant Physiology
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,205
7,366
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Bioelectronics
Agricultural Information
Triboelectric Nanogenerator
Self-power Sensing
Flexible Wearable Sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,229
11,209
0.847
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Quality
Nutrition & Health Benefits of Rice Grain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,228
7,096
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
plant nutrition. plant stress physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,078
6,623
0.506
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
plant proteomics
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,232
5,487
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,282
5,810
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biogeochemistry
carbon sink
silicon cycle
phytolith
weathering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,803
6,596
0.845
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
remote sensing
geographical information system
agricultural meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,715
4,949
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Soil sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,670
4,355
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
fruit science
postharvest biology
transcription factor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,516
4,968
0.762
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,319
4,247
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Ornamental Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,657
5,208
0.921
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Agricultural Systems Informatics and Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Spatial-temporal Analysis
Remote Sensing
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,370
5,017
0.934
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Agricultural information
Pathogenic microorganism detection
Biosensor
Functional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,328
3,466
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plant nutrition
Biofortification
Phytoremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,321
3,576
0.672
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant Nutrition
Plant Stress Physiology
Abiotic Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,023
2,741
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Biosensors
Sensors
poultry farming
Agro-product/food safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,781
3,049
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
PGPR
Heavy metals
Salinity
Herbicides
ROS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,724
4,139
0.876
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Soil carbon cycling
climate change
biochar
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,897
3,260
0.837
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Pomology
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,807
3,189
0.838
Xiao E Yang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,563
22,341
0.565
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Melvin T Tyree
Zhejiang Normal University
Jinhua, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,660
8,594
0.241
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Kun song Chen
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,757
13,496
0.620
Plant Physiology
Fruit Quality Biology
Postharvest Biology
Skhawat Ali
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,651
10,853
0.652
Shu Sheng Liu
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,755
6,934
0.440
Yongchao Liang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,205
7,366
0.484
Soil Science
Plant Physiology
Environmental Science
Jianfeng Ping
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,229
11,209
0.847
Bioelectronics
Agricultural Information
Triboelectric Nanogenerator
Self-power Sensing
Flexible Wearable Sensor
Jinsong Bao
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,228
7,096
0.536
Quality
Nutrition & Health Benefits of Rice Grain
Zheng Shao Jian
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,078
6,623
0.506
plant nutrition. plant stress physiology
Wei Zhu
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,232
5,487
0.594
Li Dayong
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,282
5,810
0.702
Zhaoliang Song
Zhejiang A & F University
Lin'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,803
6,596
0.845
Biogeochemistry
carbon sink
silicon cycle
phytolith
weathering
Jingfeng Huang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,715
4,949
0.641
remote sensing
geographical information system
agricultural meteorology
Shenggao Lu 卢升高
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,670
4,355
0.653
Xue Ren Yin
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,516
4,968
0.762
fruit science
postharvest biology
transcription factor
Chong Wei Jin
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,319
4,247
0.672
Liangsheng Zhang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,657
5,208
0.921
Plant genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Ornamental Horticulture
Tao Lin
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,370
5,017
0.934
Agricultural Systems Informatics and Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Spatial-temporal Analysis
Remote Sensing
Optimization
Yixian Wang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,328
3,466
0.651
Agricultural information
Pathogenic microorganism detection
Biosensor
Functional materials
Lingli Lu
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,321
3,576
0.672
Plant nutrition
Biofortification
Phytoremediation
Jian Li Yang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,023
2,741
0.546
Plant Nutrition
Plant Stress Physiology
Abiotic Stress
Fu Yingchun
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,781
3,049
0.638
Biosensors
Sensors
poultry farming
Agro-product/food safety
Faisal Islam
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,724
4,139
0.876
PGPR
Heavy metals
Salinity
Herbicides
ROS
Yongfu Li
Zhejiang A & F University
Lin'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,897
3,260
0.837
Soil carbon cycling
climate change
biochar
biogeochemistry
白 松龄
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,807
3,189
0.838