Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry Highly Cited Researchers 11.639 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
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,264
66,552
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138,014
39,327
0.285
* 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
123,897
16,799
0.136
* 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
115,305
39,730
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,561
24,845
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,856
34,455
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,881
24,511
0.234
* 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
96,454
32,785
0.340
* 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
96,346
28,012
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,408
15,699
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,114
21,583
0.237
* 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
83,550
33,783
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,516
51,766
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,312
23,512
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,881
50,171
0.636
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,496
30,623
0.390
* 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
76,134
13,760
0.181
* 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
75,686
23,044
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,196
22,834
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,660
20,978
0.285
* 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
72,708
35,878
0.493
* 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
71,979
35,538
0.494
* 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
71,041
25,782
0.363
* 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
69,155
28,372
0.410
* 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
68,500
28,419
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,115
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173,264
66,552
0.384
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,726
139
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
138,014
39,327
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,106
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,897
16,799
0.136
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,423
1,146
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115,305
39,730
0.345
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,798
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,561
24,845
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,843
1,349
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
106,856
34,455
0.322
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,942
1,399
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104,881
24,511
0.234
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,464
1,637
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,454
32,785
0.340
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,475
284
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
96,346
28,012
0.291
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,819
1,807
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,408
15,699
0.172
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,843
1,820
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91,114
21,583
0.237
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,416
176
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,550
33,783
0.404
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,641
169
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,516
51,766
0.635
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,660
2,212
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Joe Berry
Carnegie Institution for Science
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81,312
23,512
0.289
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,925
179
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,881
50,171
0.636
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,971
75
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zurich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,496
30,623
0.390
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,215
2,456
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
76,134
13,760
0.181
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,275
84
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,686
23,044
0.304
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,434
2,573
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74,196
22,834
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,499
457
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73,660
20,978
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,608
227
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,708
35,878
0.493
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,708
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,979
35,538
0.494
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,841
67
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,041
25,782
0.363
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,107
237
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,155
28,372
0.410
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,203
129
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,500
28,419
0.415
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis