Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
World 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 physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,149
71,290
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,969
86,813
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,276
55,765
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,365
82,907
0.612
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,893
64,271
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,734
45,668
0.402
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,455
39,374
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,850
28,637
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,076
58,721
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,480
41,592
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,406
37,647
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,183
32,395
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
tomato breeding
horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,792
34,486
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,759
18,186
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,290
38,154
0.423
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,189
24,808
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,676
33,772
0.377
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,206
46,577
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,916
32,836
0.369
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,849
46,446
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,046
60,789
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,799
44,633
0.508
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,150
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,149
71,290
0.427
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,209
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162,969
86,813
0.533
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,363
53
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Daniel Pauly
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153,276
55,765
0.364
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,724
140
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,018
44,945
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,734
27
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135,365
82,907
0.612
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,070
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,178
1,015
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119,893
64,271
0.536
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,414
1,148
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113,734
45,668
0.402
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,753
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,813
1,339
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,455
39,374
0.373
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,909
1,393
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,850
28,637
0.276
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,993
49
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,076
58,721
0.575
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,078
1,478
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard Allen
University of Idaho
Moscow, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
100,480
41,592
0.414
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,418
1,635
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,406
37,647
0.395
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,436
280
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95,183
32,395
0.340
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,543
1,682
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
John W Scott
University of Florida
Gainesville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,792
34,486
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,751
1,785
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York City, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,759
18,186
0.200
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,785
1,802
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jeffrey G Arnold
US Department of Agriculture
Washington, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,290
38,154
0.423
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,795
1,810
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90,189
24,808
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,825
151
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Rengel Zed
University of Western Australia
Crawley, Australia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,676
33,772
0.377
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,865
58
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,206
46,577
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,892
1,861
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Andrew H Paterson
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,916
32,836
0.369
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,899
315
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Richard Bardgett
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,849
46,446
0.523
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,954
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kindt, Roeland
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,046
60,789
0.690
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,973
323
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,799
44,633
0.508
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity