top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at Wageningen University & Research

2025 single-year list · 337 listed authors · Netherlands

337 researchers at Wageningen University & Research ( Netherlands) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 190 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 71st of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 1st in the Netherlands.

Listed authors
337
1st in the Netherlands
In the global top 100,000
190
56.4% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#71
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#450
Scheffer, Marten S.

Top fields

  1. Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry10531%
  2. Biology7021%
  3. Biomedical Research4313%
  4. Earth & Environmental Sciences3510%
  5. Social Sciences124%
  6. Chemistry124%
  7. Enabling & Strategic Technologies124%
  8. Engineering124%
  9. Economics & Business103%
  10. Clinical Medicine103%

Top subfields

  1. Plant Biology & Botany3711%
  2. Agronomy & Agriculture3310%
  3. Dairy & Animal Science299%
  4. Food Science288%
  5. Ecology247%
  6. Environmental Sciences227%
  7. Microbiology196%
  8. Environmental Engineering113%
  9. Nutrition & Dietetics113%
  10. Entomology82%

337 listed scientists at Wageningen University & Research

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