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![Kalidas Shetty](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2e/837587.jpg)
Plant Science
Agriculture
Food Science
Human Nutrition
Public Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,144
9,100
0.377
![David Clay](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/1648368.jpg)
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,410
3,789
0.451
![Thomas E Schumacher](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e0/1648367.jpg)
Soil Science
Soil Physics
Soil Biophysics
Soil Management and Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,776
2,907
0.374
![Sharon Clay](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
weed science
environmental science
soil science
agronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,361
2,790
0.379
![Heike Bucking](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Beneficical plant microbe interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,299
3,583
0.491
![Santosh Sharma](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant Breeding and Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,715
0.373
![Sunish Sehgal](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0e/1648376.jpg)
Wheat Breeding
Wheat Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
4,605
0.691
![Mukhlesur Rahman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/25/418986.jpg)
Nano drugs delivery
Extraction
Inustrumentation
Nuclear Pharmacy
soft drinks analysis and water purification
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,560
4,034
0.615
![Sandeep Kumar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2c/1648396.jpg)
Soil Physics
Soil Health
Hydrology and Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,076
4,969
0.818
![Yajun Wu](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant Stress Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,887
1,570
0.267
![Joel Ransom](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/61/837586.jpg)
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,754
2,124
0.369
![Dennis Wiesenborn](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
process engineering for food
biofuels and other bioproducts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,985
1,725
0.346
![Lin Wei](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/40/1648391.jpg)
Agricultural Engineering
Biomass Conversion
Food Processing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,793
3,426
0.715
![Senthil Subramanian](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/1648380.jpg)
Plant Biology
Microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
1,806
0.413
![A Joshua Leffler](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/1648383.jpg)
Plant Physiological Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Grasslands
Arctic Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,193
1,653
0.394
![Douglas Malo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Soil Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,138
1,839
0.444
![David S Buchanan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2f/860324.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,751
844
0.225
![Marc L Bauer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/01/859796.jpg)
Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
861
0.240
![Juan M Osorno](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/24/843050.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
2,265
0.634
![Jixiang Wu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/76/1648389.jpg)
Quantitative Genetics
Computational Statistics
Computational Genetics
Plant Breeding
Biostatistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,021
986
0.326
![Jose L Gonzalez Hernandez](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Plant Genetics
plant Breeding
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,903
725
0.250
![Ajay Kumar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ee/861035.jpg)
Plant Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,565
1,191
0.464
![Johan Osorio](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/1648423.jpg)
Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
1,681
0.731
![Todd Trooien](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
irrigation
subsurface drainage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,272
762
0.335
![Xianwen Zhu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2a/843067.jpg)
Agriculture
Molecular Breeding
Genetics
Genomics
Cytogenetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,260
1,370
0.606
Kalidas Shetty
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,144
9,100
0.377
Plant Science
Agriculture
Food Science
Human Nutrition
Public Health
David Clay
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,410
3,789
0.451
Thomas E Schumacher
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,776
2,907
0.374
Soil Science
Soil Physics
Soil Biophysics
Soil Management and Conservation
Sharon Clay
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,361
2,790
0.379
weed science
environmental science
soil science
agronomy
Heike Bucking
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,299
3,583
0.491
Beneficical plant microbe interactions
Santosh Sharma
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,271
2,715
0.373
Sunish Sehgal
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,662
4,605
0.691
Mukhlesur Rahman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,560
4,034
0.615
Nano drugs delivery
Extraction
Inustrumentation
Nuclear Pharmacy
soft drinks analysis and water purification
Sandeep Kumar
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,076
4,969
0.818
Soil Physics
Soil Health
Hydrology and Modeling
Yajun Wu
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,887
1,570
0.267
Joel Ransom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,754
2,124
0.369
Dennis Wiesenborn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,985
1,725
0.346
process engineering for food
biofuels and other bioproducts
Lin Wei
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,793
3,426
0.715
Agricultural Engineering
Biomass Conversion
Food Processing
Senthil Subramanian
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,374
1,806
0.413
A Joshua Leffler
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,193
1,653
0.394
Plant Physiological Ecology
Ecosystem Ecology
Grasslands
Arctic Systems
Douglas Malo
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,138
1,839
0.444
David S Buchanan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,751
844
0.225
Marc L Bauer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,593
861
0.240
Juan M Osorno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,571
2,265
0.634
Jixiang Wu
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,021
986
0.326
Quantitative Genetics
Computational Statistics
Computational Genetics
Plant Breeding
Biostatistics
Jose L Gonzalez Hernandez
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,903
725
0.250
Plant Genetics
plant Breeding
genomics
Ajay Kumar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,565
1,191
0.464
Johan Osorio
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,301
1,681
0.731
Dairy Cattle Nutrition and Physiology
Todd Trooien
South Dakota State University
Brookings, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,272
762
0.335
Xianwen Zhu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,260
1,370
0.606
Agriculture
Molecular Breeding
Genetics
Genomics
Cytogenetics