Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World Highly Cited Researchers CitationAgriculture & Forestry / Plant Science 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
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* 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
122,275
19,155
0.157
* 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
111,757
43,799
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* 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
93,816
36,288
0.387
* 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
93,747
31,079
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* 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
79,988
36,560
0.457
* 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
78,884
25,143
0.319
* 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
76,854
54,286
0.706
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,140
32,119
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,035
16,186
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,687
24,710
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,295
48,727
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,998
25,164
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,610
22,686
0.317
* 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
69,162
37,890
0.548
* 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
68,393
37,314
0.546
* 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
68,300
27,678
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,016
30,746
0.466
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,898
29,334
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,143
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,691
137
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,001
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,384
1,137
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,684
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,763
1,322
15
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
103,863
37,854
0.364
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,821
1,356
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,400
1,635
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,405
274
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
93,747
31,079
0.332
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,654
1,747
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
89,919
17,489
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,717
1,779
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,457
174
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Michael GK Jones
Murdoch University
Murdoch, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79,988
36,560
0.457
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,580
2,198
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Joe Berry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78,884
25,143
0.319
plant physiology
photosynthesis
biosphere-atmosphere interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,811
172
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Björn Usadel
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,854
54,286
0.706
Data Science
Plant cell walls
bioinformatics
systems biology
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,002
76
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Bernhard Schmid
Universität Zürich
Zürich, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,140
32,119
0.427
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,015
2,398
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
James C Carrington
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75,035
16,186
0.216
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,283
82
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,687
24,710
0.340
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,323
200
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72,295
48,727
0.674
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,358
2,549
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephen Long
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,998
25,164
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,405
447
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,610
22,686
0.317
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,710
226
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Ian J Wright
Macquarie University
Sydney, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69,162
37,890
0.548
plant ecology
plant traits
vegetation
functional ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,813
8
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Ülo Niinemets
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,393
37,314
0.546
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,827
69
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kazuki Saito
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,300
27,678
0.405
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,163
126
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Corné Mj Pieterse
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,016
30,746
0.466
Plant Microbiome
Phytopathology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Arabidopsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,176
240
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hans Lambers
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,898
29,334
0.445
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae