Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationAgriculture & Forestry / Horticulture Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
92,069
33,008
0.359
* 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
31,166
7,519
0.241
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Horticulture
Crop physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,269
13,464
0.533
* 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
24,276
17,209
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,622
15,605
0.795
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Postharvest Physiology and Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,328
7,165
0.467
* 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
14,413
7,650
0.531
* 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
14,356
3,288
0.229
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,219
7,504
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,684
3,805
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Cell Biology
Cytoskeleton
Endomembrane
Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,532
7,259
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Horticultural crop management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,268
7,753
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Agriculture and Horticulture
Environmental Stress
Electrophysiology
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,153
8,232
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Horticulture
Bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,683
11,548
0.988
* 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
11,192
7,180
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
horticulture
plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,640
3,803
0.357
* 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
10,406
5,656
0.544
* 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
10,388
4,515
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
entomology
ecology
population dynamics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,880
5,884
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Watermelon
Cucumber
Plant Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,349
3,579
0.383
* 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
8,734
3,953
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agriculture
horticulture
plant science
irrigation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
2,847
0.341
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,982
2,608
0.327
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Horticulture
plant breeding
seed production
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,901
1,818
0.230
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
vegetable sciences
innovation in agriculture
growing media
soilless culture
protected cultivation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,836
5,721
0.730
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,506
1,679
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
92,069
33,008
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,411
9,523
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Andrew D Hanson
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,166
7,519
0.241
Metabolic biochemistry
plant & microbial biochemistry
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,136
740
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Li T
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,269
13,464
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,844
1,167
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
24,276
17,209
0.709
Agronomy
Horticulture
Plant nutrition
Biostimulant
Vegetables
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,391
1,485
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
19,622
15,605
0.795
Stress physiology、Molecular Biology、Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,318
114
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
15,328
7,165
0.467
Postharvest Physiology and Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,051
1,589
126
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Leo Fm Marcelis
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,413
7,650
0.531
crop physiology
Lighting
Greenhouses
Vertical farms
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,344
26,068
249
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Charles Guy
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,356
3,288
0.229
People-Plant Interactions
Therapeutic Horticulture
Plant Environmental Stress Responses
Metabolomics
Plant Freezing Stress
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
68,357
43
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Robert Veberic
University of Ljubljana
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,219
7,504
0.568
horticulture
plant metabolites
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
72,075
30,008
200
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James Metzger
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,684
3,805
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,109
2,926
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Pengwei Wang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,532
7,259
0.579
Cell Biology
Cytoskeleton
Endomembrane
Horticulture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,006
823
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amarjeet Kaur
Khalsa College Amritsar
Amritsar, India
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,268
7,753
0.632
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,883
3,508
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Zhong Hua Chen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,153
8,232
0.677
Agriculture and Horticulture
Environmental Stress
Electrophysiology
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,622
3,228
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
CJ Chen
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,683
11,548
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,827
3,677
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Eike Luedeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,192
7,180
0.642
Horticulture
Tree dormancy
Holistic systems modeling
Agroforestry
Decision analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,027
36,112
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Chad Finn
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,640
3,803
0.357
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,438
4,205
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kerry Brian Walsh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,406
5,656
0.544
horticulture
plant physiology
spectroscopy
fruit tree crop quantity and quality estimation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
91,650
37,025
360
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kevin Folta
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,388
4,515
0.435
Photomorphogenesis
fruit crop genomics
public outreach and communication in biotechnology
synthetic biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
97,137
38,928
132
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Vaughn Walton
Oregon State University
Corvallis, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,880
5,884
0.596
entomology
ecology
population dynamics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
103,321
41,108
117
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Todd Wehner
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,349
3,579
0.383
Watermelon
Cucumber
Plant Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
111,644
4,856
113
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Blanke|M. Blanke, Michael M. Blanke
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,734
3,953
0.453
Ecophysiology
fruit science
climate change
horticulture
sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,659
5,365
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Midmore
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,340
2,847
0.341
Agriculture
horticulture
plant science
irrigation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
123,508
47,973
366
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Mackey
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,982
2,608
0.327
Molecular plant-microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,917
1,052
231
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Haim Rabinowitch
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Israel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,901
1,818
0.230
Horticulture
plant breeding
seed production
plant physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
126,061
5,404
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nazim Gruda
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,836
5,721
0.730
vegetable sciences
innovation in agriculture
growing media
soilless culture
protected cultivation