Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationAgriculture & Forestry / Plant Science 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
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,149
71,290
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,734
45,668
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,455
39,374
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,850
28,637
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,406
37,647
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,183
32,395
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,759
18,186
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,189
24,808
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,923
38,350
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,149
26,330
0.329
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,072
33,933
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,638
16,639
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,997
25,929
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,135
26,192
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,980
39,659
0.559
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,435
39,282
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,591
28,835
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,672
30,994
0.458
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,150
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,149
71,290
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,724
140
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,070
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,414
1,148
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,734
45,668
0.402
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,753
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,813
1,339
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,455
39,374
0.373
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,909
1,393
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,850
28,637
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,418
1,635
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,406
37,647
0.395
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,436
280
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,183
32,395
0.340
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,751
1,785
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,759
18,186
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,795
1,810
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,189
24,808
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,440
179
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,923
38,350
0.468
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,629
2,206
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joe Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,149
26,330
0.329
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,690
168
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,557
56,916
0.715
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,981
76
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,072
33,933
0.440
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,118
190
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,850
52,162
0.688
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,144
2,439
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
James C Carrington
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,638
16,639
0.220
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,341
87
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,997
25,929
0.350
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,424
2,573
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,135
26,192
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,487
458
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,565
23,564
0.325
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,665
227
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,980
39,659
0.559
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,737
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,435
39,282
0.558
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,875
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,591
28,835
0.414
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,145
241
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,672
30,994
0.458
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,192
130
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67,387
32,004
0.475
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis