Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1,682
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
93,792
34,486
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,745
9,630
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
31,538
7,829
0.248
Metabolic biochemistry
plant & microbial biochemistry
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,366
714
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Li T
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,302
14,271
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,037
1,140
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Giuseppe Colla
Università degli Studi della Tuscia
Viterbo, Italy
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
1,449
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
20,768
16,663
0.802
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,145
117
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
15,721
7,485
0.476
Postharvest Physiology and Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
60,014
1,571
124
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leo Fm Marcelis
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
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
26,454
250
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Guy
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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
43
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert Veberic
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,589
7,857
0.578
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,878
793
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Amarjeet Kaur
Khalsa College Amritsar
Amritsar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,867
8,264
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,995
30,287
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
James Metzger
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,851
3,937
0.306
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,239
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
3,421
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhong Hua Chen
Western Sydney University
Penrith, Australia
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
3,053
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
CJ Chen
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,662
12,521
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
82,781
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
36,296
116
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chad Finn
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,844
3,987
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,140
4,199
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kerry Brian Walsh
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton North, Australia
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
37,274
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kevin Folta
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
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
38,862
130
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vaughn Walton
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,124
6,119
0.604
entomology
ecology
population dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
104,001
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
Watermelon
Cucumber
Plant Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,676
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
5,399
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Midmore
Central Queensland University
Rockhampton North, Australia
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
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
48,506
367
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
David Mackey
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,081
2,699
0.334
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,883
1,057
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Haim Rabinowitch
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,988
1,895
0.237
Horticulture
plant breeding
seed production
plant physiology