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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 57 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Data mining
missing value
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,035
13,679
0.650
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Statistics - Multivariate analysis - Sensory and consumer data - Genomic dat
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,303
11,309
0.654
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Soil Science
Agronomy
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,474
5,100
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Fisheries management
marine ecosystems
food web models
trophic ecology
stock assessmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,920
3,611
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
seeds
anhydrobiosis
longevity
desiccation tolerance
germinatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,807
2,339
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Hydrology
Water security
Anthropocene
International cooperation
Science-Societ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,378
4,586
0.622
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
spray drying & rehydration
heat treatment
bio-inspired chemical engineerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,011
3,828
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sugar signalling
crosstalk sugars hormones
shoot branching
biostimulants
ligh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,903
3,794
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,873
3,365
0.573
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Physiologie
zootechnie
traite
reproductio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
1,225
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,105
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Statistical ecology
Hierarchical modelling
Bayesian modelling
Population Dynamics
Fish stoc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,401
1,506
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
FSPM
ecophysiolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,241
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Evolutionary ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,855
1,199
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
soil quality
diffuse pollution
watershed hydrochemistry
DOC sources
emerging contaminant
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
1,170
0.418
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
767
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,328
1,994
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Environmental Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Environmental Taxation
Agricultral Economics
Policy analysis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
1,390
0.688
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
genetics and agrononomy of vegetable crop
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
1,019
0.527
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Science du sol
Agronomi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,767
1,013
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
500
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Statistics
High-dimensional inference
Genomic data analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,468
571
0.389
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Plant pathology
Genomics
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,324
732
0.553
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
économie sociale
social economy
coopératives
cooperatives
économie sociale et solidair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
795
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeograph
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
619
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,536
849
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
François Husson
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,035
13,679
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,839
1,164
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sébastien Lê
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,303
11,309
0.654
Statistics - Multivariate analysis - Sensory and consumer data - Genomic dat
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,366
2,513
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christian Walter
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,474
5,100
0.487
Soil Science
Agronomy
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
136,172
3,696
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Didier Gascuel
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,920
3,611
0.456
Fisheries management
marine ecosystems
food web models
trophic ecology
stock assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
138,285
3,772
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Olivier Leprince
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,807
2,339
0.300
seeds
anhydrobiosis
longevity
desiccation tolerance
germinatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
146,931
4,046
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christophe Cudennec
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,378
4,586
0.622
Hydrology
Water security
Anthropocene
International cooperation
Science-Societ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
154,986
4,329
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Romain Jeantet
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,011
3,828
0.546
spray drying & rehydration
heat treatment
bio-inspired chemical engineerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
157,534
4,419
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sakr Soulaiman
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,903
3,794
0.550
Sugar signalling
crosstalk sugars hormones
shoot branching
biostimulants
ligh
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
185,754
5,311
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Guénola Peres
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,873
3,365
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
266,310
8,060
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
PG Marnet
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,013
1,225
0.305
Physiologie
zootechnie
traite
reproductio
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,781
8,692
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacques Haury
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,715
1,105
0.297
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,926
9,416
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Rivot Etienne
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,401
1,506
0.443
Statistical ecology
Hierarchical modelling
Bayesian modelling
Population Dynamics
Fish stoc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
322,849
9,964
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Gerhard Buck Sorlin
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,241
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
354,504
11,000
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yannick Outreman
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,855
1,199
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
359,848
11,173
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Anne Jaffrezic
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,802
1,170
0.418
soil quality
diffuse pollution
watershed hydrochemistry
DOC sources
emerging contaminant
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
400,434
12,518
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Philippe Grappin
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,442
767
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
414,761
12,982
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sadoul Bastien
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,328
1,994
0.857
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
459,751
14,387
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Walid Oueslati
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,019
1,390
0.688
Environmental Economics
Urban and Regional Economics
Environmental Taxation
Agricultral Economics
Policy analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,758
14,796
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Emmanuel Geoffriau
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,935
1,019
0.527
genetics and agrononomy of vegetable crop
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
504,143
15,658
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Blandine Lemercier
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,767
1,013
0.573
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
525,190
16,273
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Catherine Disenhaus
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,661
500
0.301
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
567,497
17,445
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David Causeur
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,468
571
0.389
Statistics
High-dimensional inference
Genomic data analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
603,797
18,380
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nicolas WG Chen
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,324
732
0.553
Plant pathology
Genomics
Evolutio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,338
18,576
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Damien Rousselière
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,296
795
0.613
économie sociale
social economy
coopératives
cooperatives
économie sociale et solidair
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691,495
20,681
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Juliane Casquet
Agrocampus Ouest
Rennes, France
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,037
619
0.597