Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 78 Scientists Citation Rankings - 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) list highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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 science
RNA biology
small RNA
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,134
13,760
0.181
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant genomics
small RNAs
microRNAs
plant biology
plant genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,936
14,683
0.334
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Plant Biology
lipid signaling and metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,578
7,688
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant Genomics
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,371
8,473
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
High-throughput Phenotyping
Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Genomics
Plant biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,319
5,776
0.315
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Plant biology
genetics
bioinformatics
ionomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,084
5,378
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
2,474
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Transposable elements
Epigenetics
Plant Biology
Small Interfering RNAs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,379
3,893
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational Biology
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,242
2,508
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
circadian rhythms
biochemistry
plant science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,878
3,332
0.484
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Plant Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,012
1,607
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Plant Biology
Root System Architecture
Rhizosphere
Phenomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,900
1,936
0.496
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
metabolic flux analysis
isotopic labeling
plant metabolism
photosynthesis
lipid metabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
1,875
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Biochemistry
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Natural Products
Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,264
1,790
0.548
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Plant Biology
Abiotic Stress
Plant Phenotyping
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,844
1,811
0.637
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
plant biology
genomics
developmental genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,124
0.545
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Crop engineering
C4 photosynthetic development
Plant synthetic sensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
649
0.316
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
1,145
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plant Biology
Plant Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,966
1,244
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Plant Science
Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding
Plant-Biotic Interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,914
1,215
0.635
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
plant cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
594
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Small RNAs
Transposable elements
Epigenetics
Parasitic plants
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,804
1,120
0.621
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
1,540
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
plant phenomics
root phenotyping
nutrient uptake
root physiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,787
1,472
0.824
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Plant science/ Cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
1,059
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,215
2,456
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
James C Carrington
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
76,134
13,760
0.181
Plant science
RNA biology
small RNA
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,609
5,961
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Blake C Meyers
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,936
14,683
0.334
Plant genomics
small RNAs
microRNAs
plant biology
plant genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
32,931
14,812
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xuemin (Sam) Wang
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,578
7,688
0.326
Plant Biology
lipid signaling and metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,328
14,968
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Todd C Mockler
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,371
8,473
0.363
Plant Genomics
Bioinformatics
Systems Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,788
20,336
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Noah Fahlgren
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,319
5,776
0.315
High-throughput Phenotyping
Image Analysis
Machine Learning
Genomics
Plant biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
66,427
27,866
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ivan Baxter
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,084
5,378
0.382
Plant biology
genetics
bioinformatics
ionomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,369
28,908
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Philip Ozersky
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,612
2,474
0.182
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
108,181
42,622
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
R Keith Slotkin
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,379
3,893
0.415
Transposable elements
Epigenetics
Plant Biology
Small Interfering RNAs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
125,058
48,310
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Henry D Priest
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,242
2,508
0.304
Computational Biology
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
151,945
56,982
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dmitri A Nusinow
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,878
3,332
0.484
circadian rhythms
biochemistry
plant science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
208,436
74,390
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sona Pandey
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,012
1,607
0.321
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
262,916
90,304
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christopher N Topp
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,900
1,936
0.496
Plant Biology
Root System Architecture
Rhizosphere
Phenomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
283,392
96,198
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Doug Allen
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,577
1,875
0.524
metabolic flux analysis
isotopic labeling
plant metabolism
photosynthesis
lipid metabolism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
306,414
102,812
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bradley S Evans
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,264
1,790
0.548
Biochemistry
Proteomics
Metabolomics
Natural Products
Enzymes and Metabolic Pathways
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,079
113,078
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Malia A Gehan
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,844
1,811
0.637
Plant Biology
Abiotic Stress
Plant Phenotyping
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
438,247
139,161
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Andrea L Eveland
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,062
1,124
0.545
plant biology
genomics
developmental genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
439,223
139,401
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dong-Yeon Lee
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,056
649
0.316
Crop engineering
C4 photosynthetic development
Plant synthetic sensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
452,377
142,929
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Kerrigan Gilbert
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,972
1,145
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
453,322
143,196
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Getu Beyene (Getu Beyene Duguma)
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,966
1,244
0.633
Plant Biology
Plant Biotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,034
145,516
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Qi Wang
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,914
1,215
0.635
Plant Science
Plant Molecular Genetics and Breeding
Plant-Biotic Interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
473,529
148,633
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Howard Berg
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,847
594
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
481,161
150,676
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Saima Shahid
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,804
1,120
0.621
Small RNAs
Transposable elements
Epigenetics
Parasitic plants
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
482,003
150,888
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nadia Shakoor
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,799
1,540
0.856
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484,285
151,476
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marcus Griffiths
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,787
1,472
0.824
plant phenomics
root phenotyping
nutrient uptake
root physiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
495,622
154,408
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ru Zhang
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Creve Coeur, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,728
1,059
0.613