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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,145
Country Rank
16
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26090.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Jian-Kang Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/09/5009422.jpg)
plant physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,239
Country Rank
1
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4912.png)
![Saudi Arabia](/flags/sa.png)
![Carlos M Duarte](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b1/297225.jpg)
Marine Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,439
82,161
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,352
Country Rank
53
Institution Rank : 3
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
![Daniel Pauly](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/85/641075.jpg)
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,922
53,663
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,696
Country Rank
137
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16210.png)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Jonathan D Jones](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2b/4411523.jpg)
plant disease and immunity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,754
Country Rank
28
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6467.png)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Ming Li](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,666
79,349
0.603
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,007
Country Rank
14
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Marc Van Montagu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/1383234.jpg)
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,207
Country Rank
1,032
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1756.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Johannes Lehmann](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,448
61,221
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,390
Country Rank
1,138
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24421.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jeremy Schmutz](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/4376149.jpg)
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,691
Country Rank
19
Institution Rank : 4
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Dirk Inze](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,770
Country Rank
1,323
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11240.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jeff Dangl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/18/1465804.jpg)
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,829
Country Rank
1,358
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11246.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard Dixon](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ea/1465814.jpg)
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,039
Country Rank
51
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1514.jpg)
![China](/flags/cn.png)
![Fusuo Zhang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9c/4993571.jpg)
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,996
55,851
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,079
Country Rank
1,486
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Richard Allen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/1632225.jpg)
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,402
39,728
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,411
Country Rank
1,639
Institution Rank : 48
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Bruns Thomas D](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/02/1731231.jpg)
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,416
Country Rank
274
Institution Rank : 8
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10864.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Christine H Foyer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,747
31,079
0.332
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,518
Country Rank
1,683
Institution Rank : 15
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![John W Scott](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/56/1611033.jpg)
tomato breeding
horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,069
33,008
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,667
Country Rank
1,751
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7332.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Chua NH](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/1465812.jpg)
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,730
Country Rank
1,783
Institution Rank : 7
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/13785.jpg)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Joanne Chory](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/4353782.jpg)
plant growth
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,765
Country Rank
1,805
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15793.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Jeffrey G Arnold](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,654
36,698
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,832
Country Rank
148
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11561.png)
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
![Rengel Zed](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/de/65439.jpg)
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,852
32,197
0.366
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,856
Country Rank
1,848
Institution Rank : 2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11018.png)
![United States](/flags/us.png)
![Andrew H Paterson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/20/1613504.jpg)
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,419
31,496
0.360
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,911
Country Rank
59
Institution Rank : 10
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2283.png)
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
![Johan Six](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/31/914727.jpg)
sustainable agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,620
44,184
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
3,919
Country Rank
315
Institution Rank : 12
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11168.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Richard Bardgett](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9b/1501925.jpg)
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,577
44,309
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,015
Country Rank
326
Institution Rank : 5
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11133.jpg)
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
![Oliver L Phillips](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/1148130.jpg)
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,552
42,488
0.497
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
4,027
Country Rank
2
Institution Rank : 1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28735.png)
![Kenya](/flags/ke.png)
![Kindt, Roeland](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/53/4375601.jpg)
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,384
58,194
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,145
![China](/flags/cn.png)
16
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/26090.jpg)
1
Jian-Kang Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164,126
68,543
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,239
![Saudi Arabia](/flags/sa.png)
1
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/4912.png)
1
Carlos M Duarte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157,439
82,161
0.522
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,352
![Canada](/flags/ca.png)
53
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
3
Daniel Pauly
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150,922
53,663
0.356
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10873.jpg)
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,696
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
137
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/16210.png)
1
Jonathan D Jones
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,112
43,178
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,754
![China](/flags/cn.png)
28
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6467.png)
1
Ming Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131,666
79,349
0.603
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/6467.png)
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,007
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
14
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
1
Marc Van Montagu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122,275
19,155
0.157
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,207
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,032
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1756.jpg)
12
Johannes Lehmann
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116,448
61,221
0.526
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1756.jpg)
soil
soil science
soil carbon
soil organic matter
soil organic carbon
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,390
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,138
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24421.png)
2
Jeremy Schmutz
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,757
43,799
0.392
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/24421.png)
Plant genomics
Bioinformatics
Genomics
Genome biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,691
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
19
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2866.jpg)
4
Dirk Inze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105,365
27,985
0.266
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,770
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,323
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11240.png)
15
Jeff Dangl
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,863
37,854
0.364
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11240.png)
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,829
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,358
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11246.png)
1
Richard Dixon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,663
27,581
0.269
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,039
![China](/flags/cn.png)
51
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1514.jpg)
1
Fusuo Zhang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,996
55,851
0.564
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/1514.jpg)
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,079
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,486
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
1
Richard Allen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98,402
39,728
0.404
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11074.jpg)
irrigation
evapotranspiration
remote sensing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,411
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,639
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
48
Bruns Thomas D
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,816
36,288
0.387
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10888.jpg)
mycology
fungal ecology
ecology
systematics
mycorrhizae
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,416
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
274
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10864.jpg)
8
Christine H Foyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93,747
31,079
0.332
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10864.jpg)
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,518
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,683
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11008.jpg)
15
John W Scott
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92,069
33,008
0.359
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,667
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,751
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/7332.jpg)
7
Chua NH
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,919
17,489
0.194
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,730
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,783
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/13785.jpg)
7
Joanne Chory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89,182
23,902
0.268
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,765
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,805
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15793.png)
2
Jeffrey G Arnold
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88,654
36,698
0.414
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/15793.png)
Water Resources
Water Quality
Watershed Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,832
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
148
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11561.png)
5
Rengel Zed
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,852
32,197
0.366
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11561.png)
plant nutrition
agronomy
nutrient management
rhizosphere
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,856
![United States](/flags/us.png)
1,848
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11018.png)
2
Andrew H Paterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87,419
31,496
0.360
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11018.png)
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,911
![Switzerland](/flags/ch.png)
59
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/2283.png)
10
Johan Six
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,620
44,184
0.510
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
3,919
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
315
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11168.jpg)
12
Richard Bardgett
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,577
44,309
0.512
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11168.jpg)
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
4,015
![United Kingdom](/flags/gb.png)
326
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11133.jpg)
5
Oliver L Phillips
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,552
42,488
0.497
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/11133.jpg)
forests
global change
tropical ecology
carbon
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
4,027
![Kenya](/flags/ke.png)
2
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28735.png)
1
Kindt, Roeland
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85,384
58,194
0.682
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/28735.png)
agroforestry
ecology
biogeography
biodiversity
climate change