Top institutions in the United States for Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry?

1,789 researchers in the United States whose main field is Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 2.4% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 108 countries in the field. 452 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of California, Davis has the most (73), followed by USDA Agricultural Research Service (58) and School of Veterinary Medicine (57). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

1,789

2.4% of all in the United States

In the global top 100,000

452

25.3% of them

Country rank in the field

of 108 countries in Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

Highest-ranked

#14

McClements, David Julian

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of California, Davis	73	27	#5	Ferris, Howard #11,116
2	USDA Agricultural Research Service	58	13	#11	VanRaden, Paul M. #7,259
3	School of Veterinary Medicine	57	4	#10	Sykes, Jane Emily #18,321
4	NC State University	51	10	#14	Kim, Sung Woo #23,022
5	Iowa State University	50	18	#15	Bremner, John M. #4,032
6	Colorado State University	50	9	#16	Cotrufo, Maria Francesca #7,588
7	University of Georgia	48	5	#18	Misztal, Ignacy #26,808
8	Michigan State University	37	11	#22	Wu, Felicia #6,170
9	The Ohio State University	35	12	#25	Lal, Rattan A. #15
10	Cornell University	35	12	#26	Liu, Ruihai #1,650
11	University of Florida	34	13	#28	Nair, P. K.Ramachandran #8,869
12	University of Wisconsin-Madison	34	14	#29	Hartemink, Alfred Eduard #11,239
13	Oregon State University	30	10	#32	Kleber, Markus #5,805
14	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	30	14	#34	Stein, Hans Henrik #26,629
15	Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine	25	0	#43	Schat, Karel Antoni A. #104,232
16	Texas A&M University	23	8	#48	Williams, Jimmy R. #16,193
17	Kansas State University	22	7	#51	Kirkham, Mary Beth #8,595
18	Washington State University Pullman	22	5	#52	Snapp, Sieglinde S. #23,999
19	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	20	3	#61	Mulla, David J. #18,400
20	University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine	20	2	#64	Ginther, Oliver J. #77,856
21	University of Nebraska–Lincoln	17	4	#75	Blanco-Canqui, Humberto #1,741
22	College of Agriculture	17	5	#77	Liceaga-Gesualdo, Andrea M. #9,737
23	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	17	0	#84	Stewart, Ryan D. #104,314
24	Pennsylvania State University	16	4	#86	Hristov, Alexander Nikolov #6,987
25	United States Department of Agriculture	16	6	#90	Spokas, Kurt A. #9,755
26	Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences	16	2	#91	Suchodolski, Jan S. #10,696
27	University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine	16	1	#92	Serpell, James A. #15,553
28	USDA ARS Beltsville Agricultural Research Center	15	4	#102	Lillehoj, Hyun S. #27,273
29	University of Missouri	14	5	#111	Boateng, Isaac Duah #8,005
30	USDA Forest Service	14	2	#114	Finney, Mark A. #22,670
31	The University of Tennessee, Knoxville	14	1	#117	Zhong, Qixin #46,412
32	University of Massachusetts Amherst	12	8	#129	McClements, David Julian #14
33	Auburn University	12	3	#130	Boyd, Claude Elson #4,009
34	University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences	12	5	#131	Hansen, Peter James #8,345
35	University of Idaho	12	4	#135	Hardy, Ronald W. #22,720
36	UF College of Veterinary Medicine	12	0	#140	Marsella, Rosanna #111,877
37	University of Arkansas	11	5	#146	Prior, Ronald L. #7,160
38	New Bolton Center	11	1	#154	Dou, Zhengxia #50,643
39	College of the Environment	10	3	#161	Hilborn, Ray #10,684
40	The University of Vermont	9	3	#181	Neher, Deborah A. #23,181
41	Oklahoma State University	9	0	#202	Owens, Frederic N. #114,292
42	Mississippi State University	9	0	#204	Chen, Dong #157,370
43	North Dakota State University	8	4	#212	Banerjee, Samiran #20,200
44	University of Maryland, College Park	8	1	#219	Yu, Liangli (Lucy) #28,575
45	Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine	8	1	#230	Freeman, Lisa M. #68,420
46	Utah State University	8	2	#231	Provenza, Frederick D. #71,175
47	USDA ARS National Animal Disease Center	8	0	#239	Palmer, Mitchell V. #141,383
48	Texas Tech University	8	0	#240	McGlone, John James #149,432
49	College of Veterinary Medicine	8	0	#120	Goyal, Sagar Mal #172,129
50	Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine	8	0	#243	Wilkes, Rebecca Penrose #199,004
51	University of Kentucky	7	1	#245	Xiong, Youling #4,020
52	USDA ARS Eastern Regional Research Center	7	5	#263	Fan, Xuetong F. #35,466
53	USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station	7	1	#273	Jolly, William Matt #73,246
54	USDA Forest Products Laboratory	7	1	#274	Wang, Xiping #73,462
55	University of California, Santa Barbara	6	2	#280	Schimel, Joshua P. #1,244
56	University of New Hampshire Durham	6	2	#282	Frey, Serita D. #3,997
57	USDA ARS Salinity Laboratory	6	3	#290	Corwin, Dennis L. #14,414
58	North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University	6	5	#295	Ibrahim, Salam Adnan #22,222
59	Purdue University	6	3	#303	Ciampitti, Ignacio Antonio #34,438
60	Clemson University	6	1	#319	Jenkins, Thomas C. #66,844
61	University of Washington	6	1	#327	Hilborn, Ray W. #98,830
62	University of Delaware	5	2	#344	Sparks, Donald Lewis #9,788
63	USDA ARS U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center	5	3	#347	Muck, Richard E. #17,911
64	University of Pennsylvania	5	1	#367	Plante, Alain F. #41,859
65	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor	5	2	#368	Webb, Paul W. #42,081
66	South Dakota State University	5	1	#379	Kumar, Sandeep #57,333
67	College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Athens Campus	5	2	#381	Akoh, Casimir C. #60,397
68	Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering	5	1	#386	Pan, Zhongli J. #65,996
69	LSU Agricultural Center	5	0	#398	Prinyawiwatkul, Witoon #106,847
70	United States Geological Survey	5	0	#404	Lynch, Abigail J. #136,758
71	Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine	5	0	#406	Rossmeisl, John Henry #144,436
72	Texas A&M AgriLife Research	5	0	#409	Jugulam, Mithila #176,454
73	Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine	5	0	#413	Boothe, Dawn Merton #379,713
74	SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	4	2	#416	Nowak, David J. #5,155
75	Department of Food Science	4	4	#417	Ho, Chitang #6,055
76	University of California, Berkeley	4	3	#420	Casida, John E. #7,055
77	University of Maine	4	2	#430	Ohno, Tsutomu #18,268
78	The University of Arizona	4	1	#431	Lightner, Donald V. #18,827
79	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	4	1	#456	Jha, Rajesh #45,745
80	USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station	4	2	#462	McCaffrey, Sarah M. #53,179
81	Environmental Defense Fund	4	1	#471	Lavallee, Jocelyn M. #59,776
82	USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station	4	1	#472	McPherson, E. Gregory #59,981
83	Louisiana State University	4	1	#483	Midway, Stephen R. #86,309
84	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	4	1	#487	Pessarakli, Mohammad #97,152
85	Virginia Institute of Marine Science	4	0	#506	Musick, John A.Jack #148,842
86	University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture	4	0	#508	Roma-Burgos, Nilda #159,493
87	USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station	4	0	#511	Ottmar, Roger D. #183,136
88	University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment	4	0	#513	Stout, Tom Arjun E. #187,111
89	MU College of Veterinary Medicine	4	0	#518	Reinero, Carol Norris #210,134
90	University of California, Riverside	3	2	#535	Rengasamy, Pichu #11,476
91	NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center	3	1	#539	Thorson, James T. #13,091
92	USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment	3	1	#543	Karlen, D. L. #16,754
93	NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service	3	1	#547	Link, Jason S. #18,838
94	University of Wyoming	3	1	#563	Rahel, Frank J. #27,372
95	Washington State University Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center	3	2	#566	Keller, Markus #30,108
96	Northern Arizona University	3	1	#573	Binkley, Dan #34,906
97	NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Southwest Regional Office	3	1	#588	Mantua, Nathan J. #48,438
98	USDA ARS Sugarbeet Research Unit	3	2	#592	Kleinman, Peter J.A. #49,287
99	Washington State University	3	1	#606	Ross, Carolyn Felicity #66,808
100	NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Fisheries Science Center	3	1	#608	Hare, Jonathan A. #69,652
101	Stony Brook University	3	1	#615	Chen, Yong #79,261
102	Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences	3	1	#616	Abbaspourrad, Alireza #80,821
103	USDA Agricultural Research Service, Stoneville	3	1	#617	Pettigrew, William T. #84,127
104	NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center	3	0	#634	Cope, Jason Marc #115,783
105	The Bobst Hospital of the Animal Medical Center	3	0	#636	Fox, Philip R. #117,937
106	College of Engineering	3	0	#638	Mohtar, Rabi H. #120,799
107	New Mexico State University	3	0	#651	Ghimire, Rajan P. #145,692
108	College of Agricultural Sciences	3	0	#654	Strik, Bernadine C. #154,019
109	Yale School of the Environment	3	0	#662	Montagnini, Florencia #194,820
110	USDA ARS U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory	3	0	#671	Bai, Jinhe #221,195
111	MSU College of Veterinary Medicine	3	0	#680	Woolums, Amelia R. #272,731
112	USDA ARS Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center	3	0	#682	Wheeler, Tommy L. #280,187
113	UT College of Veterinary Medicine	3	0	#684	Souza, Marcy J. #326,391

The top 100 in Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry in the United States, in order

1
McClements, David Julian
University of Massachusetts Amherst
2
Lal, Rattan A.
The Ohio State University
3
Punia Bangar, Sneh
Rochester Institute of Technology
4
Schimel, Joshua P.
University of California, Santa Barbara
5
Friedman, Mendel M.
USDA ARS Western Regional Research Center (WRRC)
6
Liu, Ruihai
Cornell University
7
Blanco-Canqui, Humberto
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
8
Frey, Serita D.
University of New Hampshire Durham
9
Boyd, Claude Elson
Auburn University
10
Xiong, Youling
University of Kentucky
11
Bremner, John M.
Iowa State University
12
Patra, Amlan Kumar
Langston University
13
Cassman, Kenneth G.
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
14
Naylor, Rosamond Lee
Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
15
Nowak, David J.
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
16
Kleber, Markus
Oregon State University
17
Luo, Yangchao
University of Connecticut
18
Ho, Chitang
Department of Food Science
19
Wu, Felicia
Michigan State University
20
Franzluebbers, Alan J.
USDA ARS North Carolina State University
21
Herrero, Mario
Cornell University
22
Hristov, Alexander Nikolov
Pennsylvania State University
23
Casida, John E.
University of California, Berkeley
24
Prior, Ronald L.
University of Arkansas
25
VanRaden, Paul M.
USDA Agricultural Research Service
26
Dimkpa, Christian O.
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
27
Cotrufo, Maria Francesca
Colorado State University
28
Boateng, Isaac Duah
University of Missouri
29
van Soest, Peter J.
Cornell University
30
Hansen, Peter James
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
31
Decker, Eric Andrew
University of Massachusetts Amherst
32
Kirkham, Mary Beth
Kansas State University
33
Nair, P. K.Ramachandran
University of Florida
34
Robertson, G. Philip
Michigan State University
35
Paustian, Keith H.
Colorado State University
36
Laird, David A.
Iowa State University
37
Liceaga-Gesualdo, Andrea M.
College of Agriculture
38
Spokas, Kurt A.
United States Department of Agriculture
39
Sparks, Donald Lewis
University of Delaware
40
Sharpley, Andrew N.
University of Arkansas
41
Hilborn, Ray
College of the Environment
42
Suchodolski, Jan S.
Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
43
Wallenstein, Matthew David
Colorado State University
44
Asche, Frank
University of Florida
45
Sanderman, Jonathan
Woodwell Climate Research Center
46
Ferris, Howard
University of California, Davis
47
Hartemink, Alfred Eduard
University of Wisconsin-Madison
48
Rengasamy, Pichu
University of California, Riverside
49
Bashan, Yoav
The Bashan Institute of Science
50
Awika, Joseph M.
Kansas State University
51
Jose, Shibu
University of Missouri
52
Thorson, James T.
NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center
53
Penning, Trevor Martin
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
54
Lucey, John A.
University of Wisconsin-Madison
55
Grossmann, Lutz
University of Massachusetts Amherst
56
Corwin, Dennis L.
USDA ARS Salinity Laboratory
57
Tabatabai, Malit Ali
Iowa State University
58
Serpell, James A.
University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
59
Ruegg, Pamela L.
Michigan State University
60
Paul, Eldora A.
Colorado State University
61
Allen, Michael S.
Michigan State University
62
Stephens, Scott Lewis
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
63
Lin, Hangsheng Henry
Pennsylvania State University
64
Williams, Jimmy R.
Texas A&M University
65
Conant, Richard Theodore
Colorado State University
66
Doran, John Walsh
Soil Science Society of America
67
Bezner Kerr, Rachel N.
Cornell University
68
Hamaker, Bruce Rankin
College of Agriculture
69
Karlen, D. L.
USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment
70
Punt, André Eric
College of the Environment
71
Peleg, Micha
University of Massachusetts Amherst
72
Hoogenboom, Gerrit
University of Florida
73
Muck, Richard E.
USDA ARS U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center
74
Jane, Jay Lin
Iowa State University
75
Ohno, Tsutomu
University of Maine
76
Sykes, Jane Emily
School of Veterinary Medicine
77
Mulla, David J.
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
78
Elliott, Edward T.
Colorado State University
79
Regenstein, Joe Mac
Cornell University
80
Lightner, Donald V.
The University of Arizona
81
Link, Jason S.
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service
82
Jastrow, J. D.
Argonne National Laboratory
83
Nearing, Mark A.
retired
84
Sainju, Upendra Man
USDA ARS Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory
85
Brevik, Eric C.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
86
Seeram, Navindra P.
College of Pharmacy
87
Banerjee, Samiran
North Dakota State University
88
Grandin, Temple
Colorado State University
89
Sposito, Garrison
University of California, Berkeley
90
Dahlgren, Randy Alan
University of California, Davis
91
Tedeschi, Luís Orlindo
Texas A&M University
92
Kogut, Michael H.
USDA ARS Veterinary Toxicology and Entomology Research Laboratory
93
Tang, Juming
UW College of Engineering
94
Damodaran, Srinivasan
University of Wisconsin-Madison
95
Huang, Yanbo
USDA Agricultural Research Service
96
Ibrahim, Salam Adnan
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
97
Finney, Mark A.
USDA Forest Service
98
Hardy, Ronald W.
University of Idaho
99
Kim, Sung Woo
NC State University
100
Hatfield, Jerry L.
National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment

1,789 listed scientists in Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry in the United States

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