Citation Rankings
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Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science Highly Cited Researchers 13 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
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: 2
Plant and insect microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,681
2,685
0.350
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Science
Pathology
Induced Resistance
Crops
Forest Trees
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,887
2,761
0.565
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant signalling and development
targeted proteolysis
N-degron pathway
oxygen/NO sensing
N-terminal acetylation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,732
2,559
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant and algal development
multicellularity
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,223
1,704
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant Physiology
Plant Ecophysiology
Photosynthesis
Photorespiration
Mathematical Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,740
2,372
0.634
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Plant ecophysiology
Elevated CO2
FACE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,321
1,455
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Pathology
population genetics
fungal effectors
comparative genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
1,364
0.651
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Plant Epigenetics
Transposable elements
Plant viruses
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
729
0.674
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant pathology
effectoromics
RNA silencing
entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
653
0.687
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant development
plant reproduction
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
914
480
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
plant molecular biology
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
199
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Plant pathology
programmed cell death
resistance genes
non -host resistance
white rust Albugo candida Arabidopsis thaliana
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
112
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,475
284
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
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
135,188
10,911
301
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Jackson
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,681
2,685
0.350
Plant and insect microbe interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
213,506
16,211
459
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Estrella Luna
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,887
2,761
0.565
Plant Science
Pathology
Induced Resistance
Crops
Forest Trees
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
220,166
16,654
476
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Daniel J. Gibbs
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,732
2,559
0.541
Plant signalling and development
targeted proteolysis
N-degron pathway
oxygen/NO sensing
N-terminal acetylation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,676
18,214
529
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Juliet Coates
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,223
1,704
0.404
Plant and algal development
multicellularity
evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
272,643
19,965
580
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Florian A. Busch
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,740
2,372
0.634
Plant Physiology
Plant Ecophysiology
Photosynthesis
Photorespiration
Mathematical Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
401,798
27,345
803
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sabine Tausz-Posch
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,321
1,455
0.627
Plant ecophysiology
Elevated CO2
FACE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
433,411
28,947
854
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Megan C. McDonald
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
1,364
0.651
Plant Pathology
population genetics
fungal effectors
comparative genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
658,327
40,065
1,167
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marco Catoni
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,082
729
0.674
Plant Epigenetics
Transposable elements
Plant viruses
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
704,520
42,066
1,236
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Graeme James Kettles
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
653
0.687
Plant pathology
effectoromics
RNA silencing
entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
719,061
42,687
1,256
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Andrew Plackett
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
914
480
0.525
Plant development
plant reproduction
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
853,294
240,969
594
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Prachi Matsye
University of Alabama Birmingham
Birmingham, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
199
0.321
plant molecular biology
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,038,569
57,004
1,441
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Abigail Cooper
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
112
0.292
Plant pathology
programmed cell death
resistance genes
non -host resistance
white rust Albugo candida Arabidopsis thaliana