Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Highly Cited Researchers 34 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
Plant nutrition
Rhizosphere nutrition & root management for improving N and P use efficiency
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,412
11,822
0.642
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
plant nutrition
transporter
root biology
nitrogen use efficiency
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,623
7,430
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Genetic improvement for nitrogen efficient maize
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,123
4,026
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant Biotechnology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,737
4,795
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant Pathology
Seed Health
Fungicide resistance risk and mechanism
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,951
3,799
0.638
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Biology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,744
3,416
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
plant science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,125
3,105
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Pathology
Plant Breeding
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,837
1,070
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant-microbe interaction
plant microbiome
Molecular microbiology
PGPR
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
2,197
0.721
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
plant biology
cell and developmental biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
1,396
0.556
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant Developmental Biology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
2,238
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
plant science
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
1,459
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
plant Phenomics，Agricultural information technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,995
1,591
0.797
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Green Intelligient Fertilizer
Fertilizer Design and Evaluation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
1,209
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Phytophthora RLK
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
1,045
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant Nutrition
Intercropping
Food Security
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,231
1,001
0.813
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Plant Cell Biology
Protein Trafficking
Pollen Cell Biology
Plant Sexual Reproduction
Plant Biotechnology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,124
560
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
plant protection
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
580
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
virology
plant disease
plant virus and vector interaction
non-coding RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
810
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Livestock phenotyping
Plant phenotyping
Agricultural robotics
Precision Livestock Farming
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
717
663
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
618
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Plant nutrition
Nutrient management
bio-fortification
plant physiology
carbon and nitrogen metabolism
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
461
0.695
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Agronomy
Plant Nutrition
Biomass Energy
Rice
Medicinal Plants
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
537
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant pathology
molecular mechanism
fungicide resistance
T3SS Inhibitors
Virulence factors
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
390
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Plant seed Plant science
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
281
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,561
1,845
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jianbo Shen
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,412
11,822
0.642
Plant nutrition
Rhizosphere nutrition & root management for improving N and P use efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,441
2,884
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lixing Yuan
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,623
7,430
0.545
plant nutrition
transporter
root biology
nitrogen use efficiency
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,289
5,553
39
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Chenfanjun 陈范骏
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,123
4,026
0.496
Genetic improvement for nitrogen efficient maize
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,352
5,869
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Yang Dong Guo
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,737
4,795
0.620
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
176,464
7,968
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Xili Liu
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,951
3,799
0.638
Plant Pathology
Seed Health
Fungicide resistance risk and mechanism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
182,873
8,267
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nan Ma
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,744
3,416
0.595
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,353
9,350
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Junping Gao
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,125
3,105
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,286
12,528
29
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Qinghua Pan
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,837
1,070
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
325,156
15,448
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Chunxu Song
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,046
2,197
0.721
Plant-microbe interaction
plant microbiome
Molecular microbiology
PGPR
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,564
18,187
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wenkun Zhou
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,509
1,396
0.556
plant biology
cell and developmental biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,460
18,473
102
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Zhaobin Dong (董朝斌)
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,459
2,238
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
385,643
18,480
103
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
何俊娜
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,458
1,459
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449,544
21,585
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Minjuan Wang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,995
1,591
0.797
plant Phenomics，Agricultural information technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
566,708
26,890
147
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Chengdong Huang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,406
1,209
0.860
Green Intelligient Fertilizer
Fertilizer Design and Evaluation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,454
26,924
148
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Zhiyuan Yin 尹志远
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,403
1,045
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613,345
28,893
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Haiyong Xia
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,231
1,001
0.813
Plant Nutrition
Intercropping
Food Security
Ecology
Environmental Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
646,282
30,249
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hao Wang
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,124
560
0.498
Plant Cell Biology
Protein Trafficking
Pollen Cell Biology
Plant Sexual Reproduction
Plant Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
668,896
31,211
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
chenglan liu
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,055
580
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
746,337
34,326
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Xin Yang
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
850
810
0.953
virology
plant disease
plant virus and vector interaction
non-coding RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
805,581
36,807
185
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Liangju Wang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
717
663
0.925
Livestock phenotyping
Plant phenotyping
Agricultural robotics
Precision Livestock Farming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
823,691
37,546
189
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jiyang Wang|汪激扬
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
680
618
0.909
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
832,118
37,935
191
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Peng Ning
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
663
461
0.695
Plant nutrition
Nutrient management
bio-fortification
plant physiology
carbon and nitrogen metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
838,778
38,231
193
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Asif Ameen
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
650
537
0.826
Agronomy
Plant Nutrition
Biomass Energy
Rice
Medicinal Plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,003,952
45,509
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Muhammad Adnan
South China Agricultural University
Guangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
390
0.931
Plant pathology
molecular mechanism
fungicide resistance
T3SS Inhibitors
Virulence factors
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,058,801
47,856
243
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mingya Wang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
366
281
0.768