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
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Ranking Based On Selection :1
Research for Food System Transformation (R4FST)
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
2,558
0.568
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Ranking Based On Selection :2
Genetics and plant breeding
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
403
0.769
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Ranking Based On Selection :3
Food Science
Starch
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
370
0.727
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Ranking Based On Selection :4
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
343
0.725
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Ranking Based On Selection :5
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
328
0.932
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Ranking Based On Selection :6
Seed Biology
Seed Systems
Post-harvest Technology
Stored Products Entomology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348
302
0.868
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Ranking Based On Selection :7
Production economics
agricultural marketing
Consumption
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
243
0.868
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Ranking Based On Selection :8
Plant Genetics and Biochemistry
Gene Editing
Molecular biology
Plant genetics &breeding
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
248
0.958
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Ranking Based On Selection :9
Aquatic Nutrition
Feed science
Feed additive
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
245
0.996
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Ranking Based On Selection :10
Agronomy
Crop physiology
Crop modeling
Soil fertility
Climate smart agriculture
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
201
0.838
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Ranking Based On Selection :11
Agricultural Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
197
0.947
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Ranking Based On Selection :12
Agricultural economics
Food Security and Development
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
143
0.733
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Ranking Based On Selection :13
Soil and Water Conservation
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
162
0.857
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Ranking Based On Selection :14
Agricultural water management and irrigation engineering
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
183
0.984
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Ranking Based On Selection :15
Plant breeding
Plant genetics and genomics
Genetic diversity
GEI
host-plant resistance
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
129
0.705
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Ranking Based On Selection :16
Climate Change
Methane emission
Data science
Biological Sciences
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
162
0.905
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Ranking Based On Selection :17
Food engineering
food Processing
nutritional biochemistry
food safety
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
177
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :18
Food chemistry
Biochemistry
Nutrition
Bioavailability
Probiotics and Prebiotics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
161
1.000
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Ranking Based On Selection :19
Horticulture
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
145
0.954
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Ranking Based On Selection :20
Agricultural Machinery
Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture
precision farming
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
145
0.980
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Ranking Based On Selection :21
horticulture
aromatic and medicinal plants
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
124
0.919
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Ranking Based On Selection :22
Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
96
0.744
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Ranking Based On Selection :23
Vegetable Crops Improvement
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
98
0.797
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Ranking Based On Selection :24
Food Science
Nutrition
Food Technology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
119
0.975
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Ranking Based On Selection :25
Irrigation
water management
climate change
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
102
0.903
Dawit Alemu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
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4,504
2,558
0.568
Habte Jifar
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
524
403
0.769
Genetics and plant breeding
Bilatu Agza Gebre
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
509
370
0.727
Food Science
Starch
Tesfaye Solomon Eshetu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
473
343
0.725
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Kassu Tadesse Kassaye
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
328
0.932
Karta K. Kalsa
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
348
302
0.868
Seed Biology
Seed Systems
Post-harvest Technology
Stored Products Entomology
Tadele Mamo
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
243
0.868
Production economics
agricultural marketing
Consumption
Yazachew Genet Ejigu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
248
0.958
Plant Genetics and Biochemistry
Gene Editing
Molecular biology
Plant genetics &breeding
Dawit Adisu Tadese
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
246
245
0.996
Almaz Meseret Gezahegn
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
201
0.838
Agronomy
Crop physiology
Crop modeling
Soil fertility
Climate smart agriculture
Samuel Diro Chelkeba
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
197
0.947
Mekonnen Hailu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
143
0.733
Abera Assefa Biratu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
162
0.857
Soil and Water Conservation
Temesgen Fentahun Adametie
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
183
0.984
Taddesse Lakew
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
129
0.705
Plant breeding
Plant genetics and genomics
Genetic diversity
GEI
host-plant resistance
Alemayehu Abebe Lamore
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
162
0.905
Climate Change
Methane emission
Data science
Biological Sciences
Melaku Tafese Awulachew
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
177
1.000
Food engineering
food Processing
nutritional biochemistry
food safety
Masresha Minuye
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
161
1.000
Food chemistry
Biochemistry
Nutrition
Bioavailability
Probiotics and Prebiotics
Habtamu Gudisa Megersa
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
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152
145
0.954
Bisrat Getnet Awoke
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
145
0.980
Agricultural Machinery
Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture
precision farming
Dejene Banjaw
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
124
0.919
horticulture
aromatic and medicinal plants
Gadisa Muleta
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
129
96
0.744
Tesfa Binalfew
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
98
0.797
Misgana Banti
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
119
0.975
Elias Meskelu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
102
0.903