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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers 9 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
Japan
Ryohei Terauchi
Genetics
Genomics
Plant
Pathogens
Evolutio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,577
10,557
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Japan
Akira Abe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,745
3,634
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Japan
Satoshi Natsume
plant genom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,302
3,447
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Japan
Masahiro Nishihara
Plant Biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,245
1,939
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Japan
坂本裕一
担子菌類、きのこ、形態形成、育�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,412
1,256
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Japan
Yuichi Sakamoto
basidiomycetes
mushroom
carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes
genomics
morphogenesi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,132
1,091
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Japan
Shigekazu Takahashi
Water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein
Heme
carotenoid
Regulation of flowerin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
383
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Japan
Yu Sugihara
Evolution
Domestication
Population genetics
Plant-microbe interaction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
278
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Japan
John Jewish Dominguez
environmental microbiology
plant-bacteria interaction
plant patholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
98
0.970
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,734
Japan
519
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ryohei Terauchi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,577
10,557
0.468
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
190,292
Japan
3,756
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Akira Abe
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,745
3,634
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
205,766
Japan
4,072
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Satoshi Natsume
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,302
3,447
0.650
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
207,915
Japan
4,118
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Masahiro Nishihara
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,245
1,939
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
404,938
Japan
8,202
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
坂本裕一
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,412
1,256
0.521
担子菌類、きのこ、形態形成、育�
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
443,252
Japan
8,957
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Yuichi Sakamoto
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,132
1,091
0.512
basidiomycetes
mushroom
carbohydrate hydrolyzing enzymes
genomics
morphogenesi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,947
Japan
14,456
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Shigekazu Takahashi
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
867
383
0.442
Water-soluble chlorophyll-binding protein
Heme
carotenoid
Regulation of flowerin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,205,273
Japan
21,126
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Yu Sugihara
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
280
278
0.993
Evolution
Domestication
Population genetics
Plant-microbe interaction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,717,357
Japan
27,675
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Jewish Dominguez
       Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
98
0.970
environmental microbiology
plant-bacteria interaction
plant patholog