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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 25 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
Physiologie végétale
Ecologie végétale
Production végétale
Fertilisation des sols
Sécurité alimentair
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,060
879
0.829
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Plant breeding
Seed delivery system
Indigenous foods
Technology adoption
CS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
945
0.994
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Agriculture and Environmental science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
710
697
0.982
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Biometrie
Life Sciences
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
602
593
0.985
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Animal genetic and production systems
Anaimal biodiversity
Animal biotechnolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
503
0.895
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Soil and water management
Geospatial analysis and Global Environmental Modelin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
468
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Reproduction
toxicology
pharmacolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
337
0.944
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Microbial biodiversity and ecology
Plant-soil-microbiome interactions
Symbiosis
Crop productio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
328
0.997
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Biology
Biochemestry
Ecolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
87
0.279
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Molecular Biology and Genomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
234
0.893
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Food science and Technology
Food Chemistry
Food processing
Food Safet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
189
0.931
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
181
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nutraceuticals
Biochemistry
Metabolism
Food Chemistry
Food Safety and Edible insects a
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
162
0.926
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Animal genetics
Animal health and bioinformatic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
164
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Entomology
Biological control
Agricultural plant science
Crop protectio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
168
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
134
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
gynecologie et obstétriqu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
126
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Biostatistics
Machine learning
Eco-Epidemiology
Ecological modeling
spatio-temporal analysi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
102
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sciences des sols
Microbiologie du Sol
Biologie Moléculaire
diversité microbienn
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
75
0.904
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
57
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Geographic Information Syste
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Environmental Governance
Environmental Economics
Sustainability
Rural Economics
Gende
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Biocontrol agent development
Pesticides
Food safety
Microbiology
Integrated cro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Agricultural value chain
Poverty
Inequality
Education
Food securit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Economics
Environmen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,634
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Gustave Mushagalusa Nachigera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,060
879
0.829
Physiologie végétale
Ecologie végétale
Production végétale
Fertilisation des sols
Sécurité alimentair
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
723,943
29
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jean M. Mondo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
951
945
0.994
Plant breeding
Seed delivery system
Indigenous foods
Technology adoption
CS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
826,843
39
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Geant Chuma Basimine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
710
697
0.982
Agriculture and Environmental science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
884,671
45
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mugumaarhahama Yannick
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
602
593
0.985
Biometrie
Life Sciences
Environmental Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
910,233
48
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ayagirwe Basengere Rodrigue
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
562
503
0.895
Animal genetic and production systems
Anaimal biodiversity
Animal biotechnolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961,789
57
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bagula Mukengere Espoir
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
496
468
0.944
Soil and water management
Geospatial analysis and Global Environmental Modelin
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,099,334
71
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Valence Mutwedu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
357
337
0.944
Reproduction
toxicology
pharmacolog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,133,791
75
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Adrien B Ndeko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
328
0.997
Microbial biodiversity and ecology
Plant-soil-microbiome interactions
Symbiosis
Crop productio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,157,965
77
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Baluku Bajope
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
312
87
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,237,506
86
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Bwihangane Birindwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
262
234
0.893
Molecular Biology and Genomic
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,361,748
115
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ariel Buzera
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
189
0.931
Food science and Technology
Food Chemistry
Food processing
Food Safet
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,415,654
126
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kulondwa Safari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
183
181
0.989
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,439,514
128
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jackson Ishara
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
162
0.926
Nutraceuticals
Biochemistry
Metabolism
Food Chemistry
Food Safety and Edible insects a
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,442,396
130
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Patrick Baenyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
164
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,454,389
134
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marcellin C. Cokola
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
168
0.988
Entomology
Biological control
Agricultural plant science
Crop protectio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,576,948
150
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Safina Bora Francine|Safina B Francine, FS Bora
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
134
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,604,602
156
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Raha Maroyi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
126
0.992
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,712,712
176
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ciza Arsène Mushagalusa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
102
1.000
Biostatistics
Machine learning
Eco-Epidemiology
Ecological modeling
spatio-temporal analysi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,812,579
191
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bintu Ndusha
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
75
0.904
Sciences des sols
Microbiologie du Sol
Biologie Moléculaire
diversité microbienn
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,973,267
216
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexis Nyamugira Biringanine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
57
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,130,490
254
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Philippe Musumba Teso
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
35
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,173,012
262
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Gilbert M. Mugisho|Gilbert Mubalama Mugisho
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
32
1.000
Environmental Governance
Environmental Economics
Sustainability
Rural Economics
Gende
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,338,885
291
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Dominique Aganze Mulume
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Biocontrol agent development
Pesticides
Food safety
Microbiology
Integrated cro
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,533,764
367
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Enock Matabaro
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Agricultural value chain
Poverty
Inequality
Education
Food securit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,552,170
374
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ntamushigo Yoshwa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000