Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,274
14,656
0.723
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,010
10,693
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Tissue Culture
Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
Bioprocess Technology
Green synthesis of nanoparticle
secondary metabolis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,562
10,028
0.798
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,931
5,148
0.743
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Environment & Climate Change
Ethnoecology
Phytogeography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,170
4,171
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Sciences
Molecular Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Microbiology
Stress Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,207
3,202
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant Taxonomy
Molecular biology
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
2,747
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant taxonomy
Palynology
Ecology
Biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,520
2,491
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Proteomics
Flooding
Abiotic stresses
Nano-proteomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,418
2,032
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant Sciences
Lipids
Phylogeny
Botany
Medicinal plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
2,033
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Algae diversity
Green chemistry
Food value
Algae Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,411
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant systematics
Ferns taxonomy
Phylogeny and Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
1,445
0.974
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
794
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Plant Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
374
0.669
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant Systematics
Palynology
Melissopalynology Ethnobotany، Biofuel technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
528
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
plant microbes interaction
heavy metal remediation
ecology
plant pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
497
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
plant Microbe Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
298
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Plant Physiology
Plant Microbe Interaction
Biocontrol
Phytochemistry
biochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
229
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plant Ecology and Consevation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
189
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Ecology
Biodiversity
Conservation
Climate Change
Pollution Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
170
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Mycology
Mushrooms
Fungal Taxonomy & Systematics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
110
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Rhizosphere
Endophytes
Epiphytes
Pathogenesis
phylosphare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
90
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant Physiology
Plant pathology
Nanotechnology
Green chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
82
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Plant Proteomics
Plant Metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
74
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biofuel technology
Plant sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
39,815
47
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mushtaq Ahmad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,274
14,656
0.723
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
65,362
83
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Muhammad Zafar
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,010
10,693
0.763
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,120
102
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bilal Haider Abbasi
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,562
10,028
0.798
Plant Tissue Culture
Medicinal Plant Biotechnology
Bioprocess Technology
Green synthesis of nanoparticle
secondary metabolis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
147,821
258
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tariq Mahmood
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,931
5,148
0.743
Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,280
414
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Shujaul Mulk Khan|Shujaul M Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,170
4,171
0.807
Plant Science
Biodiversity Conservation
Environment & Climate Change
Ethnoecology
Phytogeography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
305,351
851
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Baber Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,207
3,202
0.998
Plant Sciences
Molecular Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Microbiology
Stress Physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
341,288
1,016
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Fazal Ullah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,800
2,747
0.981
Plant Taxonomy
Molecular biology
Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,072
1,158
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Saraj Bahadur
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,520
2,491
0.988
Plant taxonomy
Palynology
Ecology
Biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
382,935
1,215
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ghazala Mustafa
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,418
2,032
0.840
Plant Proteomics
Flooding
Abiotic stresses
Nano-proteomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
431,872
1,470
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Asma Ayaz
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,057
2,033
0.988
Plant Sciences
Lipids
Phylogeny
Botany
Medicinal plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
442,210
1,535
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Abdul Samad Mumtaz
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,990
1,411
0.709
Algae diversity
Green chemistry
Food value
Algae Pakistan
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539,234
2,106
110
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Syed Nasar Shah
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,483
1,445
0.974
Plant systematics
Ferns taxonomy
Phylogeny and Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
755,150
3,599
138
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Shomaila Ashfaq
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
794
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,394
4,622
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Syed Waqas Hassan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
559
374
0.669
Plant Biotechnology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
896,729
4,795
164
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Salman Majeed
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
528
528
1.000
Plant Systematics
Palynology
Melissopalynology Ethnobotany، Biofuel technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
917,619
4,954
169
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Fiza Liaquat
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
497
0.994
plant microbes interaction
heavy metal remediation
ecology
plant pathology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,126,520
6,904
236
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Javed Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
298
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,177,813
7,514
258
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zia Ul İslam
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
264
229
0.867
Plant Physiology
Plant Microbe Interaction
Biocontrol
Phytochemistry
biochemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,288,622
8,919
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Shahab Ali
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
189
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,363,634
9,819
322
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Fazal Manan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
170
1.000
Plant Ecology
Biodiversity
Conservation
Climate Change
Pollution Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,545,992
12,125
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Muhammad Asif
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
110
1.000
Mycology
Mushrooms
Fungal Taxonomy & Systematics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,625,790
13,189
437
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fazal Ur Rehman
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
90
1.000
Rhizosphere
Endophytes
Epiphytes
Pathogenesis
phylosphare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,661,192
13,645
448
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kinza Tahir
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
82
1.000
Plant Physiology
Plant pathology
Nanotechnology
Green chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,698,172
14,129
460
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ilham Khan
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
74
1.000
Plant Proteomics
Plant Metabolomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,734,428
14,656
481
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sumera Arshad
Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad
Islamabad, Pakistan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
67
1.000
Biofuel technology
Plant sciences