top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Plant Biology & Botany

2025 single-year list · 4,272 listed authors · Biology

4,272 researchers whose main subfield is Plant Biology & Botany, part of Biology, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 204,373 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 1,678 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
4,272
2.09% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
204,373
Median citations
31
top 1% from 900 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#55
Zhu, Jian Kang

Top countries

  1. United States75918%
  2. China71017%
  3. India3047%
  4. Germany2506%
  5. United Kingdom2305%
  6. Japan2005%
  7. Australia1864%
  8. Italy1433%
  9. Spain1363%
  10. France1203%

Top institutions

  1. Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences571%
  2. University of California, Davis501%
  3. Wageningen University & Research371%
  4. Nanjing Agricultural University341%
  5. China Agricultural University311%
  6. Huazhong Agricultural University281%
  7. Cornell University261%
  8. Washington State University Pullman251%
  9. Universiteit Gent241%
  10. Michigan State University231%

4,272 listed scientists in Plant Biology & Botany

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