Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Wageningen University & Research Centre 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
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,295
93,741
0.475
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,932
67,530
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,321
123,734
0.718
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
stability of complex systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,530
67,344
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Artificial Sociality
Culture
agent-based modelling
simulation gaming
social simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,262
30,589
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,744
36,432
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,768
33,243
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Intestinal Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,497
36,347
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Statistical ecology
Bayesian computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,322
14,802
0.223
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,659
28,259
0.430
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,060
22,832
0.351
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,839
39,082
0.664
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
microbiology
CRISPR
Argonaute
biosensor
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,920
28,231
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,928
22,900
0.441
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,162
29,444
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
succession
lianas
functional traits
forest ecology
forest use
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,182
25,887
0.537
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
First interest
Microbial interactions in anaerobic environments. Second interest
isolation and characterization of novel anaerobic mircroorganims
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,409
16,911
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Earth Observation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,863
27,608
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
microbial ecology
microbial genomics
bioremediation
gut microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,499
25,259
0.594
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Plastic Debris
Microplastic
Nanoplastic
Water Quality
Ecotoxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,487
30,092
0.708
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Food design
Maillard reaction
Functional Foods
Food and health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,237
22,056
0.535
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Food Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,880
9,212
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,492
18,272
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Mastitis
Infectious diseases
statistics
mathematical modeling
veterinary epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,643
11,543
0.299
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
ecological models
resilience
alternative stable states
early warning signals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,288
20,005
0.536
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Willem M De Vos
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197,295
93,741
0.475
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,042
18
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Edith Feskens
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175,932
67,530
0.384
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,080
20
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Johanna M Marianne Geleijnse *
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172,321
123,734
0.718
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,754
39
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marten Scheffer
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134,530
67,344
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,364
77
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gert Jan Hofstede
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,262
30,589
0.318
Artificial Sociality
Culture
agent-based modelling
simulation gaming
social simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,062
89
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Dolf De Groot
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86,744
36,432
0.420
ecosystems
ecosystem services
biodiversity
ecology
ecological economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,278
92
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rik Leemans
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83,768
33,243
0.397
ecology
global change
integrated assessment
biogeochemical cycles
biodiversity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,726
114
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Erwin Zoetendal
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,497
36,347
0.516
Intestinal Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,354
137
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cajo Jf Ter Braak
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66,322
14,802
0.223
Statistical ecology
Bayesian computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,451
146
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ken E Giller
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,659
28,259
0.430
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,544
148
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marcel Dicke
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65,060
22,832
0.351
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,697
176
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Wim De Vries
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,839
39,082
0.664
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,625
196
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
John Van Der Oost
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,920
28,231
0.514
microbiology
CRISPR
Argonaute
biosensor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,420
211
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Richard Gf Visser
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51,928
22,900
0.441
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,280
240
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lourens Poorter
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,162
29,444
0.599
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,603
247
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Frans Bongers
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,182
25,887
0.537
succession
lianas
functional traits
forest ecology
forest use
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,619
280
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Alfons Jm Stams
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,409
16,911
0.372
First interest
Microbial interactions in anaerobic environments. Second interest
isolation and characterization of novel anaerobic mircroorganims
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,303
298
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Martin Herold
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,863
27,608
0.629
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,958
321
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Hauke Smidt
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,499
25,259
0.594
microbial ecology
microbial genomics
bioremediation
gut microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,965
322
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bart Koelmans
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,487
30,092
0.708
Plastic Debris
Microplastic
Nanoplastic
Water Quality
Ecotoxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,592
335
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vincenzo Fogliano
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,237
22,056
0.535
Food design
Maillard reaction
Functional Foods
Food and health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,787
342
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Alphons Voragen
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,880
9,212
0.225
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,999
346
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Oene Oenema
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,492
18,272
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,087
376
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ynte H Schukken
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,643
11,543
0.299
Mastitis
Infectious diseases
statistics
mathematical modeling
veterinary epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,975
398
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Egbert H Van Nes
Wageningen University & Research Centre
Wageningen, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37,288
20,005
0.536
ecological models
resilience
alternative stable states
early warning signals