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![Olubukola Oluranti Babalola](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/96341.jpg)
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,011
20,776
0.903
![Jeff Skousen|J Skousen, JG Skousen, Jeffrey Skousen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fd/940842.jpg)
Acid Mine Drainage
Reforestation and Revegetation
Biomass and Bioenergy
Soil and Overburden Analysis
Post-mining Land Use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,690
3,978
0.411
![Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
3,926
0.562
![David Belesky](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Pasture management
organic forage-livestock production systems
forage agronomy
host grass - fungal endophyte interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,934
1,616
0.233
![Edward Brzostek](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/97/860660.jpg)
plant-microbial interactions
forest responses to global change
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,978
4,471
0.748
![Charles P West](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/1731516.jpg)
agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,930
1,743
0.294
![Mahfuzur Rahman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/837659.jpg)
Plant disease diagnosis
Epidemiology
Integrated plant disease management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,527
2,699
0.488
![Hazel Oxenford](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/eb/605539.jpg)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
2,417
0.448
![İndar Ramnarine](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c4/646115.jpg)
fish biology
aquaculture
fisheries management
fish behaviour
fish biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,360
2,523
0.471
![Alan R Biggs](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ca/928519.jpg)
Plant Pathology
suberin
woody plant defense mechanisms
calcium
apple
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,007
1,305
0.261
![Aidan D Farrell](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/660020.jpg)
Plant Physiology
Plant Ecophysiology
Abiotic Stress
Climate Change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,877
4,431
0.909
![Bob Dailey](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
reproducitve physiology
follicular development
estrous synchrony
herd management
hypothalamo-pituitary
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,861
664
0.137
![Jingxin Wang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Forest management
Biomass utilization
Bioenergy
Bioproducts
Data Analytics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,605
2,667
0.579
![Andre Bascom](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
agribusiness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,474
420
0.094
![Amy Hessl](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5a/940881.jpg)
Forests
Climate Change
Human Activities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,183
1,759
0.421
![Adrian Hailey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ee/645846.jpg)
Animal Ecology
Behaviour
Herpetology
Ecological Physiology
Tortoises
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,111
953
0.232
![Michael Gutensohn](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/837629.jpg)
volatile organic compounds
terpenoids
plant-insect interactions
plant metabolism
metabolic engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,778
1,409
0.373
![Mustafa Morsy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/1685393.jpg)
Plant Biology
mycology
plant-fungal interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,282
2,225
0.678
![Simeon Materechera](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/90/90723.jpg)
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,257
1,559
0.479
![Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f2/96457.jpg)
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Food Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,197
3,157
0.987
![Matthew Wilson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a3/831781.jpg)
Grassland Animal Agriculture Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,180
789
0.248
![Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,057
2,778
0.909
![Dewald Van Niekerk](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ba/106288.jpg)
disaster risk reduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
1,911
0.648
![Jennifer S Hawkins](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,705
1,252
0.463
![Craig F Barrett](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d1/940928.jpg)
Plant Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenomics
Plant Fungal Interactions
Population Genetics
Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,500
1,478
0.591
Olubukola Oluranti Babalola
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,011
20,776
0.903
Microbial Ecology
Soil Metagenomics
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Jeff Skousen|J Skousen, JG Skousen, Jeffrey Skousen
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,690
3,978
0.411
Acid Mine Drainage
Reforestation and Revegetation
Biomass and Bioenergy
Soil and Overburden Analysis
Post-mining Land Use
Van Den Berg, J. Johnnie
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,983
3,926
0.562
Agricultural Entomology
Environmental Sciences
David Belesky
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,934
1,616
0.233
Pasture management
organic forage-livestock production systems
forage agronomy
host grass - fungal endophyte interactions
Edward Brzostek
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,978
4,471
0.748
plant-microbial interactions
forest responses to global change
modeling
Charles P West
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,930
1,743
0.294
Mahfuzur Rahman
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,527
2,699
0.488
Plant disease diagnosis
Epidemiology
Integrated plant disease management
Hazel Oxenford
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,395
2,417
0.448
İndar Ramnarine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,360
2,523
0.471
fish biology
aquaculture
fisheries management
fish behaviour
fish biodiversity
Alan R Biggs
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,007
1,305
0.261
Plant Pathology
suberin
woody plant defense mechanisms
calcium
apple
Aidan D Farrell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,877
4,431
0.909
Plant Physiology
Plant Ecophysiology
Abiotic Stress
Climate Change
Bob Dailey
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,861
664
0.137
reproducitve physiology
follicular development
estrous synchrony
herd management
hypothalamo-pituitary
Jingxin Wang
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,605
2,667
0.579
Forest management
Biomass utilization
Bioenergy
Bioproducts
Data Analytics
Andre Bascom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,474
420
0.094
Amy Hessl
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,183
1,759
0.421
Forests
Climate Change
Human Activities
Adrian Hailey
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,111
953
0.232
Animal Ecology
Behaviour
Herpetology
Ecological Physiology
Tortoises
Michael Gutensohn
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,778
1,409
0.373
volatile organic compounds
terpenoids
plant-insect interactions
plant metabolism
metabolic engineering
Mustafa Morsy
University of West Alabama
Livingston, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,282
2,225
0.678
Plant Biology
mycology
plant-fungal interaction
Simeon Materechera
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,257
1,559
0.479
Oluwaseyi Samuel Olanrewaju
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,197
3,157
0.987
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Environmental Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Food Security
Matthew Wilson
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,180
789
0.248
Grassland Animal Agriculture Systems
Rasheed Adegbola Adeleke
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,057
2,778
0.909
Microbiology
mycorrhizal
bioremediation
plant and soil health
renewable energy
Dewald Van Niekerk
North West University
Potchefstroom, South Africa
![South Africa](/flags/za.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,949
1,911
0.648
Jennifer S Hawkins
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,705
1,252
0.463
Craig F Barrett
West Virginia University
Morgantown, United States
![United States](/flags/us.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,500
1,478
0.591
Plant Evolutionary Biology
Phylogenomics
Plant Fungal Interactions
Population Genetics
Conservation