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Top institutions in India for Plant Biology & Botany

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Which institutions in India have the most top-cited scientists in Plant Biology & Botany?

304 researchers in India whose main subfield is Plant Biology & Botany are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.4% of all listed authors in India, and 3rd of 82 countries in the subfield. 120 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Aligarh Muslim University has the most (14), followed by ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (13) and University of Delhi (10). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
304
4.4% of all in India
In the global top 100,000
120
39.5% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#3
of 82 countries in Plant Biology & Botany
Highest-ranked
#1,269
Ahmad, Parvaiz
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Aligarh Muslim University149#45Hayat, Shamsul #15,732
2ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi136#49Chinnusamy, Viswanathan #33,185
3University of Delhi106#77Prasad, Manoj Kumar #38,139
4Amity University85#102Kumar, A. K. #25,595
5Lovely Professional University72#120Koul, Bhupendra #28,316
6Banaras Hindu University73#125Singh, Harikesh Bahadur #38,519
7Panjab University62#142Nayyar, Harsh #18,834
8National Institute for Plant Genome Research India63#151Giri, Jitender #35,618
9Jamia Hamdard53#189Khan, M. Iqbal R. #25,646
10University of Hyderabad51#210Muthamilarasan, Mehanathan #88,624
11Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)50#214Nagegowda, Dinesh A. #131,752
12Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir41#226Wani, Shabir H. #11,297
13Guru Nanak Dev University41#244Bhardwaj, Renu S. #34,855
14Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute43#258Jha, Bhavanath #55,890
15Tamil Nadu Agricultural University41#259Djanaguiraman, M. #56,526
16Punjab Agricultural University42#261Kalia, Anu #56,535
17ICAR-National Rice Research Institute42#269Lal, Milan Kumar #69,823
18International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics41#278Pandey, Manish K. #86,038
19ICAR - National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi40#287Singh, Gyanendra Pratap #122,803
20University of Mysore40#289Chandra Nayaka, Siddaiah #129,794
21Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)32#301Husen, Azamal #5,473
22Central University of Haryana31#344Deshmukh, Rupesh Kailasrao #45,613
23University of Allahabad32#355Prasad, Sheo Mohan #54,786
24ICAR - Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla31#360Sharma, S. K. #63,271
25Central University of Kerala31#373Jogaiah, Sudisha #76,274
26National Institute for Plant Biotechnology31#376Sharma, Tilak Raj #80,677
27ICAR - Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow31#388Tiwari, Rahul Kumar #96,230
28University of Lucknow30#404Kamle, Madhu #119,031
29Chandigarh University30#421Kaur, Ravneet #152,619

The top 100 in Plant Biology & Botany in India, in order

  1. 1
  2. 2
    Kumar, Sudhir Naresh
    ICAR - Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi
  3. 3
    Husen, Azamal
    Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)
  4. 4
    Dey, Abhijit
    Presidency University, Kolkata
  5. 5
    Yadav, Sudesh Kumar
    Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology India
  6. 6
    Wani, Shabir H.
    Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir
  7. 7
    Karnwal, A.
    Graphic Era (Deemed to be University)
  8. 8
    Prasad, Ram
    Gandhi Central University
  9. 9
    Hayat, Shamsul
    Aligarh Muslim University
  10. 10
    Wahid, Abdul A.
    Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
  11. 11
    Singh, Hukum
    Forest Research Institute Dehradun
  12. 12
    Gupta, Pushpendra Kumar
    Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut
  13. 13
    Khan, Nafees Ahmad
    Aligarh Muslim University
  14. 14
    Jain, Mukesh
    Jawaharlal Nehru University
  15. 15
    Gill, Sarvajeet Singh
    Maharshi Dayanand University
  16. 16
    Nayyar, Harsh
    Panjab University
  17. 17
    Roychoudhury, Aryadeep
    Indira Gandhi National Open University
  18. 18
    Kumar, A. K.
    Amity University
  19. 19
    Tripathi, Durgesh Kumar
    Amity University
  20. 20
    Khan, M. Iqbal R.
    Jamia Hamdard
  21. 21
    Swamy, Mallappa Kumara
    East West First Grade College of Science
  22. 22
    Khan, Mujeebur R.
    Aligarh Muslim University
  23. 23
    Suprasanna, Penna
    Amity University
  24. 24
    Koul, Bhupendra
    Lovely Professional University
  25. 25
    Antony Ceasar, Stanislaus
    Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences
  26. 26
    Meena, Mukesh K.
    Mohanlal Sukhadia University
  27. 27
    Gupta, Anil Kumar
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  28. 28
    Chinnusamy, Viswanathan
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  29. 29
    Raza, Khalid
    Jamia Millia Islamia
  30. 30
    Ansari, Mohammad Javed
    Hindu College, Moradabad
  31. 31
    Sairam, Rajkumar
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  32. 32
    Bhardwaj, Renu S.
    Guru Nanak Dev University
  33. 33
    Chintala, Sudhakar Reddy
    Indian Space Research Organisation
  34. 34
    Giri, Jitender
    National Institute for Plant Genome Research India
  35. 35
    Shivanna, Kundaranahalli Ramalingaiah
    Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
  36. 36
    Kumar, Suresh
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  37. 37
    Isah, Tasiu
    Jamia Hamdard
  38. 38
    Akhtar, Mohd Sayeed
    Gandhi Faiz-e-Aam College
  39. 39
    Prasad, Manoj Kumar
    University of Delhi
  40. 40
    Singh, Harikesh Bahadur
    Banaras Hindu University
  41. 41
    Varma, Ajit Kumar
    Amity University
  42. 42
    Kole, Chittaranjan
    Chittaranjan Kole Foundation for Science and Society
  43. 43
    Ahanger, Mohammad Abass
    G.P.G. College Rajouri
  44. 44
    Inderjit
    University of Delhi
  45. 45
    Bohra, Abhishek
    ICAR - Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
  46. 46
    Upadhyay, Sudhir Kumar
    Lovely Professional University
  47. 47
    Kaushik, Prashant
    CCS Haryana Agricultural University
  48. 48
    Deshmukh, Rupesh Kailasrao
    Central University of Haryana
  49. 49
    Seth, Chandra Shekhar
    University of Delhi
  50. 50
    Radhakrishnan, R.
    Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli
  51. 51
    Mukherjee, Soumya
    University of Kalyani
  52. 52
    Jajoo, Anjana
    School of Life Sciences Indore
  53. 53
    Faizan, Mohammad
    Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
  54. 54
    Pandey, Renu Nath
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  55. 55
    Pandey, Girdhar Kumar
    University of Delhi
  56. 56
    Dubey, Rama Shanker
    Banaras Hindu University
  57. 57
  58. 58
    Kumar, S. Vinoth Jayaram
    Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology
  59. 59
    Prasad, Sheo Mohan
    University of Allahabad
  60. 60
    Jha, Bhavanath
    Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute
  61. 61
    Singh, Narendra Pratap D.
    ICAR - Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  62. 62
    Djanaguiraman, M.
    Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
  63. 63
    Kalia, Anu
    Punjab Agricultural University
  64. 64
    Panda, Sanjib Kumar
    Central University of Rajasthan
  65. 65
    Singh, Vijay Pratap
    University of Allahabad, C.M.P. DEGREE College
  66. 66
    Iqbal, Noushina
    Jamia Hamdard
  67. 67
    Sharma, S. K.
    ICAR - Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla
  68. 68
    Chandra, Sheela R.
    Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
  69. 69
    Ignacimuthu, Savarimuthu J.
    St.Xavier's College, Palayamkottai
  70. 70
    Baskar, Venkidasamy
    Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
  71. 71
    Kapoor, Dhriti
    Shoolini University
  72. 72
    Chakrabarty, Debasis
    CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute
  73. 73
    Upadhyay, Santosh Kumar
    Panjab University
  74. 74
  75. 75
    Lata, Charu
    National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources India
  76. 76
    Sandeep, Kumar Vijay
    Sharda University
  77. 77
    Lal, Milan Kumar
    ICAR-National Rice Research Institute
  78. 78
    Anjum, Naser A.
    Aligarh Muslim University
  79. 79
    Virk, Harpreet Kaur
    Punjab Agricultural University
  80. 80
    Aftab, Tariq
    Aligarh Muslim University
  81. 81
    Chand, Ramesh
    SIRDA Institute of Engineering Technology
  82. 82
    Pandey, Abhay Kumar
    Tea Research Association, North Bengal Regional R & D Center
  83. 83
    Siddiqui, Mohammed Wasim
    Indian Institute of Packaging
  84. 84
    Bhatt, Rajan
    Krishi Vigyan Kendra
  85. 85
    Jogaiah, Sudisha
    Central University of Kerala
  86. 86
    Rout, Gyana Ranjan
    Siksha O Anusandhan (Deemed to be University)
  87. 87
    Sinha, Rajeshwar Prasad
    Banaras Hindu University
  88. 88
    Siddiqui, Zaki Anwar
    Aligarh Muslim University
  89. 89
    Bhatla, Satish Chander
    University of Delhi
  90. 90
    kumar, Anil V.S.
    Graphic Era Hill University
  91. 91
    Sharma, Tilak Raj
    National Institute for Plant Biotechnology
  92. 92
    Suryanarayanan, T. S.
    University of Madras
  93. 93
    Sekhon, Bhupinder Singh
    PCTE Group of Institutes
  94. 94
    Bhattacharjee, Soumen
    The University of Burdwan
  95. 95
    Gahukar, Ruparao T.
    Arag Biotech Pvt. Ltd.
  96. 96
    Kumar, Vinay
    Savitribai Phule Pune University
  97. 97
    Rai, Manoj K.
    Indira Gandhi National Tribal University
  98. 98
    Gupta, Snehasish Dutta
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  99. 99
    Kapoor, Riti Thapar
    Amity University
  100. 100
    Pandey, Manish K.
    International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics

304 listed scientists in Plant Biology & Botany in India

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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