Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Mississippi State University Highly Cited Researchers CitationNatural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics 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
United States
Reddy K Raja
Environmental plant physiology including climate change
genomics to phenomics
remote sensing
crop modeling
etc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,918
8,309
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United States
Daniel G Peterson
Genomics
Computational Biology
Cytogenetics
DNA Sequencing
Plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,272
4,772
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United States
Seung Joon Ahn
Chemical ecology
Insect Molecular Biology
Insect Genomics
Pest management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,852
2,491
0.647
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United States
Nina Aboughanem
viruses
virology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,070
803
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United States
Kurt C Showmaker
Agriculture
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Nematology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,588
820
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United States
Hasan C Tekedar
Vaccine Development
Infectious Diseases
Type 4 Pili
Host-Pathogen Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
410
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United States
Jian Jiang
Molecular Biology
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
98
0.925
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
United States
Varsha Singh
Molecular Biology
Plant Breeding
Weed science
Allelopathy
Molecular Breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
79
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
United States
Erica Baravik Munsell
Veterinary Medicine
Diagnostic Imaging
Ultrasound
Cell Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
5
0.217
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Namita Sinha
Corn agronomy
soil fertility
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,906
United States
20,385
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Reddy K Raja
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,918
8,309
0.464
Environmental plant physiology including climate change
genomics to phenomics
remote sensing
crop modeling
etc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
85,321
United States
34,647
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Daniel G Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,272
4,772
0.423
Genomics
Computational Biology
Cytogenetics
DNA Sequencing
Plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
260,504
United States
89,514
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Seung Joon Ahn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,852
2,491
0.647
Chemical ecology
Insect Molecular Biology
Insect Genomics
Pest management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
429,263
United States
136,597
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nina Aboughanem
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,070
803
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,779
United States
159,634
194
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kurt C Showmaker
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,588
820
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
843,316
United States
239,241
324
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hasan C Tekedar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
625
410
0.656
Vaccine Development
Infectious Diseases
Type 4 Pili
Host-Pathogen Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,555,582
United States
346,071
522
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jian Jiang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
98
0.925
Molecular Biology
Molecular Microbiology
Molecular Plant Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,659,294
United States
360,209
557
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Varsha Singh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
79
0.975
Molecular Biology
Plant Breeding
Weed science
Allelopathy
Molecular Breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,042,313
United States
411,232
658
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Erica Baravik Munsell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
5
0.217
Veterinary Medicine
Diagnostic Imaging
Ultrasound
Cell Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,119,187
United States
420,572
673
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Namita Sinha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
11
0.688