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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 24 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
drug discovery
medicinal chemistry
cancer
neurodegenerative diseases
analytical chemistry including NMR UPLC/HRM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,773
72,239
0.670
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bioinformatics Phenomics Mushroo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,332
4,502
0.844
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gut microbiota
probiotics
animal health and disease
immunomodulation
infectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
2,346
0.785
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Plant Pathology
Microbe Genomics
Genetics and biotechnology
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Crop disease resistanc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,717
1,218
0.709
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Secondary Metabolism
Bioinformatics and Computational Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,542
1,527
0.990
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Food science
Nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,301
1,254
0.964
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
soil and environmental science
soil microbiology
Nitrogen utilization efficiency
micronutrient
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
989
970
0.981
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
plant physiology / synthetic biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
462
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Quantitative genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biocontro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
790
0.838
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Food and Nutrition Sciences
Nutritional science
Functional foods
Polyphenols
Soybea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
810
807
0.996
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
450
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mushroom
Food Packaging
Food Science
Nutritio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
325
0.953
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
plant biotechnology and molecular biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
305
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Integrated Pest Management
Eco-toxicology
Insect Physiology and Toxicology
Invasion Biolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
273
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Soil oragnic carbon
Crop residue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
210
0.959
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Animal Scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
180
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
锈菌的分类学，生物�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
124
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
149
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Plant stress biology
Abiotic stress
Alkaline stres
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
137
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Molecular breeding of Peanut
Soybean
Plant biotechnology
Cloning
gene editin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
110
0.873
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Income Inequality
Poverty
Rural Development
Microfinance and Fuzzy modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
117
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
87
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Maize Intercropping
Soybean Intercropping
Crop Yield
Crop Cultivation
Data Analysis using
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
83
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
人工智能、机器视觉、嵌入式、自动控�
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,980
55
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wei Li
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,773
72,239
0.670
drug discovery
medicinal chemistry
cancer
neurodegenerative diseases
analytical chemistry including NMR UPLC/HRM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
204,824
9,672
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Xiaohui Yuan
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,332
4,502
0.844
Bioinformatics Phenomics Mushroo
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,539
16,733
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Gui Lian Yang
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,990
2,346
0.785
Gut microbiota
probiotics
animal health and disease
immunomodulation
infectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
515,110
25,218
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Zhao Peng
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,717
1,218
0.709
Plant Pathology
Microbe Genomics
Genetics and biotechnology
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Crop disease resistanc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
551,650
26,764
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Naveed Ahmad
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,542
1,527
0.990
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Secondary Metabolism
Bioinformatics and Computational Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
611,208
29,330
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Huimin Liu
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,301
1,254
0.964
Food science
Nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,583
33,465
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jamal Nasar
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
989
970
0.981
soil and environmental science
soil microbiology
Nitrogen utilization efficiency
micronutrient
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
714,754
33,680
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peng Di
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
976
462
0.473
plant physiology / synthetic biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
726,945
34,200
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ying Hu
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
943
790
0.838
Quantitative genetics
Genomics
Bioinformatics
Biocontro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
780,825
36,439
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mohammed Sharif Swallah
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
810
807
0.996
Food and Nutrition Sciences
Nutritional science
Functional foods
Polyphenols
Soybea
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
922,575
42,811
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Yin Wang
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
450
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,118,686
51,374
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Asif Ali Khan
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
325
0.953
Mushroom
Food Packaging
Food Science
Nutritio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,165,339
53,377
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kue Foka Idrice Carther
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
306
305
0.997
plant biotechnology and molecular biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,217,796
55,689
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Arzlan Abbas
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
273
273
1.000
Integrated Pest Management
Eco-toxicology
Insect Physiology and Toxicology
Invasion Biolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,323,844
60,609
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Wei Fan
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
210
0.959
Soil oragnic carbon
Crop residue
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,423,977
65,146
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Simushi Liswaniso
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
180
180
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,507,035
68,592
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jingxin Ji
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
124
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,519,454
69,123
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ji-Peng Li
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
149
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,526,955
69,458
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Elshan Musazade
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
137
0.926
Plant stress biology
Abiotic stress
Alkaline stres
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,609,805
72,797
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Abraham Lamboro
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
110
0.873
Molecular breeding of Peanut
Soybean
Plant biotechnology
Cloning
gene editin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,645,427
74,196
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Munawar Hassan
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
117
1.000
Income Inequality
Poverty
Rural Development
Microfinance and Fuzzy modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,788,759
79,623
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yi Wang
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
87
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,810,927
80,470
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Deborah Joy Blessing
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
83
1.000
Maize Intercropping
Soybean Intercropping
Crop Yield
Crop Cultivation
Data Analysis using
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,573,854
104,279
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
肖培
Jilin Agricultural University
Changchun, China
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000