Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,449
21,276
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,266
8,225
0.233
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Plant Physiology
Fruit Quality Biology
Postharvest Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,685
12,586
0.608
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Crop Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,021
10,260
0.640
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Institute of Insect Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,453
6,661
0.431
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Soil Science
Plant Physiology
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,919
7,095
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Quality
Nutrition & Health Benefits of Rice Grain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,896
6,780
0.526
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
plant nutrition. plant stress physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,741
6,295
0.494
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Bioelectronics
Agricultural Information
Triboelectric Nanogenerator
Self-power Sensing
Flexible Wearable Sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,575
10,560
0.840
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
plant proteomics
metabolomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
5,159
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant Pathology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,855
5,418
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Biogeochemistry
carbon sink
silicon cycle
phytolith
weathering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,432
6,229
0.838
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
remote sensing
geographical information system
agricultural meteorology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,430
4,672
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Soil sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,411
4,109
0.641
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
fruit science
postharvest biology
transcription factor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,242
4,696
0.752
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Plant Nutrition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,126
4,064
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Plant genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Ornamental Horticulture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,340
4,889
0.916
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Agricultural information
Pathogenic microorganism detection
Biosensor
Functional materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,240
3,382
0.645
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Plant nutrition
Biofortification
Phytoremediation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,142
3,399
0.661
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Agricultural Systems Informatics and Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Spatial-temporal Analysis
Remote Sensing
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,924
4,571
0.928
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Plant Nutrition
Plant Stress Physiology
Abiotic Stress
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,889
2,609
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agro-product/food safety
Biosensing
Multi-functional Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,632
2,902
0.627
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
PGPR
Heavy metals
Salinity
Herbicides
ROS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,539
3,962
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Soil carbon cycling
climate change
biochar
biogeochemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,673
3,039
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Pomology
Plant Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,565
2,949
0.827
Xiao E Yang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,449
21,276
0.553
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
Melvin T Tyree
Zhejiang Normal University
Jinhua, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,266
8,225
0.233
Plant Biophysics
Plant Hydraulics
Physiological Ecology
Kun song Chen
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,685
12,586
0.608
Plant Physiology
Fruit Quality Biology
Postharvest Biology
Skhawat Ali
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,021
10,260
0.640
Shu Sheng Liu
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,453
6,661
0.431
Yongchao Liang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,919
7,095
0.476
Soil Science
Plant Physiology
Environmental Science
Jinsong Bao
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,896
6,780
0.526
Quality
Nutrition & Health Benefits of Rice Grain
Zheng Shao Jian
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,741
6,295
0.494
plant nutrition. plant stress physiology
Jianfeng Ping
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,575
10,560
0.840
Bioelectronics
Agricultural Information
Triboelectric Nanogenerator
Self-power Sensing
Flexible Wearable Sensor
Wei Zhu
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,904
5,159
0.579
Li Dayong
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,855
5,418
0.690
Zhaoliang Song
Zhejiang A & F University
Lin'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,432
6,229
0.838
Biogeochemistry
carbon sink
silicon cycle
phytolith
weathering
Jingfeng Huang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,430
4,672
0.629
remote sensing
geographical information system
agricultural meteorology
Shenggao Lu 卢升高
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,411
4,109
0.641
Xue Ren Yin
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,242
4,696
0.752
fruit science
postharvest biology
transcription factor
Chong Wei Jin
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,126
4,064
0.663
Liangsheng Zhang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,340
4,889
0.916
Plant genomics
Phylogenetics
Bioinformatics
Ornamental Horticulture
Yixian Wang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,240
3,382
0.645
Agricultural information
Pathogenic microorganism detection
Biosensor
Functional materials
Lingli Lu
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,142
3,399
0.661
Plant nutrition
Biofortification
Phytoremediation
Tao Lin
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,924
4,571
0.928
Agricultural Systems Informatics and Analysis
Artificial Intelligence
Spatial-temporal Analysis
Remote Sensing
Optimization
Jian Li Yang
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,889
2,609
0.534
Plant Nutrition
Plant Stress Physiology
Abiotic Stress
Fu Yingchun
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,632
2,902
0.627
Agro-product/food safety
Biosensing
Multi-functional Materials
Faisal Islam
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,539
3,962
0.873
PGPR
Heavy metals
Salinity
Herbicides
ROS
Yongfu Li
Zhejiang A & F University
Lin'an, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,673
3,039
0.827
Soil carbon cycling
climate change
biochar
biogeochemistry
白 松龄
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,565
2,949
0.827