Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

World Highly Cited Researchers CitationAgriculture & Forestry / Horticulture Rankings 2025

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
United States
John W Scott
tomato breeding
horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,792
34,486
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Andrew D Hanson
Metabolic biochemistry
plant & microbial biochemistry
synthetic biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,538
7,829
0.248
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Netherlands
Li T
Horticulture
Crop physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,302
14,271
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Italy
Giuseppe Colla
Agronomy
Horticulture
Plant nutrition
Biostimulant
Vegetables
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,271
18,134
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
China
张娜 Zhang Na
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,768
16,663
0.802
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Malaysia
Siti Hajar Ahmad
Postharvest Physiology and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,721
7,485
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Netherlands
Leo Fm Marcelis
crop physiology
Lighting
Greenhouses
Vertical farms
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,961
8,174
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Charles Guy
People-Plant Interactions
Therapeutic Horticulture
Plant Environmental Stress Responses
Metabolomics
Plant Freezing Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,485
3,392
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Slovenia
Robert Veberic
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,589
7,857
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
India
Amarjeet Kaur
Horticultural crop management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,867
8,264
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
United States
James Metzger
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,851
3,937
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
China
Pengwei Wang
Cell Biology
Cytoskeleton
Endomembrane
Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,816
7,528
0.587
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Australia
Zhong Hua Chen
Agriculture and Horticulture
Environmental Stress
Electrophysiology
Evolutionary Biology
Omics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,688
8,769
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
China
CJ Chen
Horticulture
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,662
12,521
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Eike Luedeling
Horticulture
Tree dormancy
Holistic systems modeling
Agroforestry
Decision analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,595
7,569
0.653
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Chad Finn
horticulture
plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,844
3,987
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Australia
Kerry Brian Walsh
horticulture
plant physiology
spectroscopy
fruit tree crop quantity and quality estimation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,696
5,938
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
United States
Kevin Folta
Photomorphogenesis
fruit crop genomics
public outreach and communication in biotechnology
synthetic biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,563
4,686
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
United States
Vaughn Walton
entomology
ecology
population dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,124
6,119
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
United States
Todd Wehner
Watermelon
Cucumber
Plant Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
3,711
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Michael Blanke|M. Blanke, Michael M. Blanke
Ecophysiology
fruit science
climate change
horticulture
sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,955
4,158
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Australia
David Midmore
Agriculture
horticulture
plant science
irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,515
2,984
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Nazim Gruda
vegetable sciences
innovation in agriculture
growing media
soilless culture
protected cultivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,221
6,089
0.741
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United States
David Mackey
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,081
2,699
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Israel
Haim Rabinowitch
Horticulture
plant breeding
seed production
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,988
1,895
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,543
United States
1,682
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John W Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,792
34,486
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,745
United States
9,630
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew D Hanson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,538
7,829
0.248
Metabolic biochemistry
plant & microbial biochemistry
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,366
Netherlands
714
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Li T
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,302
14,271
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,037
Italy
1,140
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giuseppe Colla
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,271
18,134
0.718
Agronomy
Horticulture
Plant nutrition
Biostimulant
Vegetables
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
38,469
China
1,449
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
张娜 Zhang Na
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,768
16,663
0.802
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,145
Malaysia
117
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Siti Hajar Ahmad
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,721
7,485
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,014
Netherlands
1,571
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leo Fm Marcelis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,961
8,174
0.546
crop physiology
Lighting
Greenhouses
Vertical farms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
62,548
United States
26,454
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Guy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,485
3,392
0.234
People-Plant Interactions
Therapeutic Horticulture
Plant Environmental Stress Responses
Metabolomics
Plant Freezing Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,999
Slovenia
43
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert Veberic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,589
7,857
0.578
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,878
India
793
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Amarjeet Kaur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,867
8,264
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,995
United States
30,287
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James Metzger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,851
3,937
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,239
China
2,996
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pengwei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,816
7,528
0.587
Cell Biology
Cytoskeleton
Endomembrane
Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,183
Australia
3,421
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhong Hua Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,688
8,769
0.691
Agriculture and Horticulture
Environmental Stress
Electrophysiology
Evolutionary Biology
Omics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,370
China
3,053
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
CJ Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,662
12,521
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,781
Germany
3,643
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eike Luedeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,595
7,569
0.653
Horticulture
Tree dormancy
Holistic systems modeling
Agroforestry
Decision analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,672
United States
36,296
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chad Finn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,844
3,987
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,140
Australia
4,199
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kerry Brian Walsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,696
5,938
0.555
horticulture
plant physiology
spectroscopy
fruit tree crop quantity and quality estimation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
92,514
United States
37,274
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kevin Folta
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,563
4,686
0.444
Photomorphogenesis
fruit crop genomics
public outreach and communication in biotechnology
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,154
United States
38,862
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vaughn Walton
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,124
6,119
0.604
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,001
United States
41,281
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Todd Wehner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,531
3,711
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,676
Germany
4,856
112
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Blanke|M. Blanke, Michael M. Blanke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,955
4,158
0.464
Ecophysiology
fruit science
climate change
horticulture
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
118,198
Australia
5,399
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Midmore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,515
2,984
0.350
Agriculture
horticulture
plant science
irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
122,942
Germany
5,299
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nazim Gruda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,221
6,089
0.741
vegetable sciences
innovation in agriculture
growing media
soilless culture
protected cultivation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,331
United States
48,506
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Mackey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,081
2,699
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,883
Israel
1,057
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Haim Rabinowitch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,988
1,895
0.237
Horticulture
plant breeding
seed production
plant physiology