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World 60,077 Scientists H-Index Agriculture & Forestry / Forestry Rankings - 2025
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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
129
0.665
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
Marine Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
130
0.688
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
Planten biologie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 5
Plant Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
64
0.381
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
102
0.618
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
110
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
Plant biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
78
0.503
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
plant disease and immunity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
83
0.539
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
90
0.612
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
plant growth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
87
0.592
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
102
0.713
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
88
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 14
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
80
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 15
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
67
0.482
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
sustainable agriculture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
99
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
103
0.752
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
soil
soil science
soil organic matter
soil health
soil organic carbon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
102
0.745
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
77
0.562
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Soil Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
112
0.830
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
68
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
57
0.425
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
104
0.782
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
81
0.609
Jian-Kang Zhu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
129
0.665
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
Carlos M Duarte
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
130
0.688
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
Chua NH
Rockefeller University
New York, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
64
0.381
Daniel Pauly
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
102
0.618
Fisheries
marine ecosystems
conservation biology
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
110
0.679
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Richard Dixon
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
78
0.503
Jonathan D Jones
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Norwich, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
83
0.539
Richard Bardgett
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
90
0.612
soil
soil ecology
ecosystem ecology
ecology
biodiversity
Joanne Chory
Salk Institute
San Diego, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
87
0.592
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
102
0.713
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
88
0.620
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Christine H Foyer
University of Birmingham
Birmingham, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
80
0.567
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
Jeff Dangl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
81
0.583
Plant Biology
Plant-Microbe Interactions
Andrew H Paterson
University of Georgia
Athens, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
67
0.482
Plant genetics
plant breeding
plant genomics
comparative genomics
plant evolution
Johan Six
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
99
0.717
Qirong Shen
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
103
0.752
Bio-organic fertilizers and soil microbiology
Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
102
0.745
soil
soil science
soil organic matter
soil health
soil organic carbon
Christian Körner
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
77
0.562
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
Philip W. S. Newall
University of Newcastle
Callaghan, Australia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
112
0.830
John Raven
University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
68
0.507
Andrew Sharpley
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Fayetteville, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
134
57
0.425
Matthias C Rillig
Freie Universität Berlin
Berlin, Germany
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
104
0.782
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
Hans W Paerl
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
81
0.609
Aquatic microbial ecology
limnology
estuarine and coastal ecology and biogeochemistry