Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Horticulture Highly Cited Researchers 2.227 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
tomato breeding
horticulture
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,568
32,870
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Metabolic biochemistry
plant & microbial biochemistry
synthetic biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,847
6,593
0.207
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Horticulture
Crop physiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,292
16,884
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Agronomy
Horticulture
Plant nutrition
Biostimulant
Vegetables
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,046
16,839
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,689
16,260
0.750
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Postharvest Physiology and Technology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,999
6,709
0.419
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
crop physiology
Lighting
Greenhouses
Vertical farms
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,535
7,934
0.511
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
People-Plant Interactions
Therapeutic Horticulture
Plant Environmental Stress Responses
Metabolomics
Plant Freezing Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,587
2,820
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,950
7,067
0.507
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Horticulture
Bioinformatic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,479
13,081
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Horticultural crop management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,427
7,770
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Agriculture and Horticulture
Environmental Stress
Electrophysiology
Evolutionary Biology
Omics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,182
8,380
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Cell Biology
Cytoskeleton
Endomembrane
Horticulture
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,041
6,566
0.503
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,959
3,292
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Horticulture
Tree dormancy
Holistic systems modeling
Agroforestry
Decision analysis
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,885
6,949
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
horticulture
plant physiology
spectroscopy
fruit tree crop quantity and quality estimation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,044
5,729
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
horticulture
plant breeding
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,007
3,366
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Photomorphogenesis
fruit crop genomics
public outreach and communication in biotechnology
synthetic biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,790
4,077
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
entomology
ecology
population dynamics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,354
5,264
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Watermelon
Cucumber
Plant Breeding
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,624
3,294
0.342
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ecophysiology
fruit science
climate change
horticulture
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,116
3,747
0.411
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Agriculture
horticulture
plant science
irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,650
2,610
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
vegetable sciences
innovation in agriculture
growing media
soilless culture
protected cultivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
5,854
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,176
2,358
0.288
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,108
3,726
0.460
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,317
1,582
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John W Scott
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,568
32,870
0.333
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,992
9,707
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew D Hanson
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,847
6,593
0.207
Metabolic biochemistry
plant & microbial biochemistry
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,579
551
36
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Li T
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,292
16,884
0.540
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,525
1,116
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giuseppe Colla
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Viterbo, Italy
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,046
16,839
0.647
Agronomy
Horticulture
Plant nutrition
Biostimulant
Vegetables
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,118
1,423
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
张娜 Zhang Na
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,689
16,260
0.750
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,261
121
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Siti Hajar Ahmad
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,999
6,709
0.419
Postharvest Physiology and Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,453
1,527
121
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leo Fm Marcelis
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,535
7,934
0.511
crop physiology
Lighting
Greenhouses
Vertical farms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
63,475
26,754
253
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Guy
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,587
2,820
0.193
People-Plant Interactions
Therapeutic Horticulture
Plant Environmental Stress Responses
Metabolomics
Plant Freezing Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,362
43
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert Veberic
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,950
7,067
0.507
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,394
2,920
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
CJ Chen
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,479
13,081
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
70,727
761
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Amarjeet Kaur
Khalsa College Amritsar
Amritsar, India
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,427
7,770
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,391
3,331
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Zhong Hua Chen
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,182
8,380
0.636
Agriculture and Horticulture
Environmental Stress
Electrophysiology
Evolutionary Biology
Omics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,398
3,050
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Pengwei Wang
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,041
6,566
0.503
Cell Biology
Cytoskeleton
Endomembrane
Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,973
30,582
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Metzger
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,959
3,292
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,217
3,613
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eike Luedeling
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,885
6,949
0.585
Horticulture
Tree dormancy
Holistic systems modeling
Agroforestry
Decision analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,835
4,140
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kerry Brian Walsh
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton North, Australia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,044
5,729
0.519
horticulture
plant physiology
spectroscopy
fruit tree crop quantity and quality estimation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,188
36,409
115
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chad Finn
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,007
3,366
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,330
37,152
362
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kevin Folta
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,790
4,077
0.378
Photomorphogenesis
fruit crop genomics
public outreach and communication in biotechnology
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
96,822
38,702
128
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vaughn Walton
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,354
5,264
0.508
entomology
ecology
population dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
105,230
41,631
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Todd Wehner
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,624
3,294
0.342
Watermelon
Cucumber
Plant Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,984
4,849
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Blanke|M. Blanke, Michael M. Blanke
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,116
3,747
0.411
Ecophysiology
fruit science
climate change
horticulture
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,819
5,433
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Midmore
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton North, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,650
2,610
0.302
Agriculture
horticulture
plant science
irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
119,783
5,156
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nazim Gruda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,586
5,854
0.682
vegetable sciences
innovation in agriculture
growing media
soilless culture
protected cultivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,449
48,790
368
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Mackey
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,176
2,358
0.288
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,588
1,834
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Devi Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,108
3,726
0.460