Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) 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
Research for Food System Transformation (R4FST)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,685
2,718
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Genetics and plant breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
433
0.772
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Food Science
Starch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
530
391
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
364
0.738
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Seed Biology
Seed Systems
Post-harvest Technology
Stored Products Entomology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
333
0.874
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
349
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Production economics
agricultural marketing
Consumption
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
264
0.877
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Plant Genetics and Biochemistry
Gene Editing
Molecular biology
Plant genetics &breeding
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
262
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Aquatic Nutrition
Feed science
Feed additive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
269
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Agronomy
Crop physiology
Crop modeling
Soil fertility
Climate smart agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
221
0.850
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Agricultural Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
216
0.956
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Food engineering
Post-harvest technology
Nutraceuticals
Food safety
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
215
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Agricultural water management and irrigation engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
212
0.991
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Agricultural economics
Food Security and Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
149
0.745
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Soil and Water Conservation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
171
0.864
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Plant breeding
Plant genetics and genomics
Genetic diversity
GEI
host-plant resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
137
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Climate Change
Methane emission
Data science
Biological Sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
171
0.910
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Food chemistry
Biochemistry
Nutrition
Bioavailability
Probiotics and Prebiotics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
176
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Horticulture (Breeding
Agronomy
Soil Science
Plant Protection)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
156
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Agricultural Machinery
Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture
precision farming
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
159
0.975
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Food Science
Nutrition
Food Technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
144
0.980
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
horticulture
aromatic and medicinal plants
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
132
0.923
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vegetable Crops Improvement
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
109
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
102
0.756
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Irrigation
water management
climate change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
115
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
218,040
105
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Dawit Alemu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,685
2,718
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
877,167
663
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Habte Jifar
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
561
433
0.772
Genetics and plant breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
895,702
708
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Bilatu Agza Gebre
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
530
391
0.738
Food Science
Starch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
923,671
747
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Tesfaye Solomon Eshetu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
493
364
0.738
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,027,893
902
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Karta K. Kalsa
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
333
0.874
Seed Biology
Seed Systems
Post-harvest Technology
Stored Products Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,035,181
913
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Kassu Tadesse Kassaye
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
374
349
0.933
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,122,862
1,095
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tadele Mamo
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
301
264
0.877
Production economics
agricultural marketing
Consumption
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,163,310
1,200
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yazachew Genet Ejigu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
262
0.960
Plant Genetics and Biochemistry
Gene Editing
Molecular biology
Plant genetics &breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,167,830
1,214
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dawit Adisu Tadese
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
269
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,184,200
1,250
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Almaz Meseret Gezahegn
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260
221
0.850
Agronomy
Crop physiology
Crop modeling
Soil fertility
Climate smart agriculture
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,242,831
1,408
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Samuel Diro Chelkeba
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
226
216
0.956
Agricultural Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,263,598
1,461
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Melaku Tafese Awulachew
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
215
215
1.000
Food engineering
Post-harvest technology
Nutraceuticals
Food safety
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,265,841
1,466
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Temesgen Fentahun Adametie
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
212
0.991
Agricultural water management and irrigation engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,295,476
1,552
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Mekonnen Hailu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
149
0.745
Agricultural economics
Food Security and Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,299,401
1,562
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abera Assefa Biratu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
198
171
0.864
Soil and Water Conservation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,314,962
1,602
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Taddesse Lakew
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
191
137
0.717
Plant breeding
Plant genetics and genomics
Genetic diversity
GEI
host-plant resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,321,156
1,624
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alemayehu Abebe Lamore
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
171
0.910
Climate Change
Methane emission
Data science
Biological Sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,348,668
1,706
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Masresha Minuye
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
176
1.000
Food chemistry
Biochemistry
Nutrition
Bioavailability
Probiotics and Prebiotics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,379,437
1,788
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Habtamu Gudisa Megersa
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
164
156
0.951
Horticulture (Breeding
Agronomy
Soil Science
Plant Protection)
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,381,850
1,800
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bisrat Getnet Awoke
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
159
0.975
Agricultural Machinery
Mechanization & Conservation Agriculture
precision farming
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,426,250
1,913
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Misgana Banti
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
144
0.980
Food Science
Nutrition
Food Technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,438,420
1,950
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Dejene Banjaw
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
132
0.923
horticulture
aromatic and medicinal plants
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,460,264
2,003
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tesfa Binalfew
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
109
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,463,574
2,017
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Gadisa Muleta
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
102
0.756
Agricultural and Applied Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,491,861
2,099
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Elias Meskelu
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
115
0.913