Top countries for Plant Biology & Botany

82 countries · Plant Biology & Botany

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

4,272 researchers 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. The United States has the most (759, 17.8%), followed by China (710) and India (304). A country with 100 or more opens its institutions in the subfield; the others open their scientists in the table of all authors.

#CountryListed authorsTop 100kShare of subfieldHighest-ranked authorTop institution
1 United States75936417.8%Mittler, Ron #109University of California, Davis
2 China71020616.6%Zhu, Jian Kang #55Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
3 India3041207.1%Ahmad, Parvaiz #1,269Aligarh Muslim University
4 Germany2501155.9%Fernie, Alisdair Robert #1,333Universität Bonn
5 United Kingdom2301115.4%FOYER, Christine H. #662John Innes Centre
6 Japan200674.7%Ma, Jianfeng #848Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo
7 Australia186914.4%Lambers, Hans #820The University of Western Australia
8 Italy143463.3%Tuteja, Narendra #3,535Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
9 Spain136443.2%Munné-Bosch, Sergi #4,105CSIC - Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ)
10 France120412.8%Noctor, Graham D. #6,854Université Paris-Saclay
11 Pakistan119422.8%Ashraf, Muhammad Mudassar #670University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
12 Saudi Arabia92432.2%Tester, Mark A. #11,559College of Sciences
13 South Korea83241.9%Muthu, Thiruvengadam #9,847Kyungpook National University (KNU)
14 Canada79271.8%Yan, Weikai #4,654University of Guelph
15 Netherlands67301.6%Poorter, Hendrik #3,429Wageningen University & Research
16 Israel59221.4%Blum, Abraham #8,358Agricultural Research Organization of Israel
17 Switzerland58291.4%Zipfel, Cyril #1,928Universität Zürich
18 Egypt58191.4%El‑Saadony, Mohamed T. #9,226Faculty of Agriculture
19 Belgium50181.2%Van de Peer, Y. #8,279Universiteit Gent
20 Iran34110.8%Ghorbanpour, Mansour #13,070Arak University
21 Sweden31120.7%Ljung, Karin #19,478Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
22 South Africa29140.7%Eloff, Jacobus Nicholaas #8,318University of Pretoria
23 New Zealand2680.6%Brummell, David A. #33,694Plant & Food Research, New Zealand
24 Mexico25110.6%Crossa, José Luis #3,968Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
25 Brazil2590.6%DaMatta, Fábio Murilo #34,831Universidade Federal de Vicosa
26 Poland24140.6%Bajguz, Andrzej #12,631Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu
27 Czechia2370.5%Hedden, Peter #7,626Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
28 Türkiye2180.5%Ercıslı, Sezai #5,768Atatürk Üniversitesi
29 Austria2180.5%Friml, Jiri Í. #6,540BOKU University
30 Denmark21100.5%Palmgren, Michael Gjedde #14,829Københavns Universitet
31 Finland2180.5%Aro, Eva Mari #20,216Helsingin Yliopisto
32 Bangladesh16100.4%Hasanuzzaman, Mirza #379Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University
33 Portugal1670.4%Miguel, Maria Graça Costa #13,216Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
34 Russia1560.4%Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I. #8,609Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences
35 Greece1530.4%Petropoulos, S. A. #20,163Agricultural University of Athens
36 United Arab Emirates1450.3%El-Tarabily, Khaled A. #8,365United Arab Emirates University
37 Hungary1340.3%Mesterházy, Ákos #55,796Szegedi Tudományegyetem (SZTE)
38 Taiwan1260.3%Chiou, Tzyy Jen #38,420National Taiwan University
39 Morocco1140.3%Lahlali, Rachid #56,489Mohammed VI Polytechnic University
40 Hong Kong1030.2%Zhang, Jianhua #10,996Chinese University of Hong Kong
41 Malaysia1040.2%Nadarajah, Kalaivani K. #21,932Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
42 Argentina920.2%Ballaré, Carlos Luis #16,705Universidad de Buenos Aires
43 Norway920.2%Jaakola, Laura #22,274Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet
44 Bulgaria830.2%Georgiev, Milen I. #35,728Center of Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology
45 Slovakia720.2%Brestic, Marian #18,486Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave
46 Thailand710.2%Ritchie, Raymond J. #53,070Chiang Mai University
47 Philippines620.1%Khush, Gurdev Singh #10,598International Rice Research Institute
48 Ireland620.1%Jansen, Marcel A.K. #27,336University College Cork
49 Singapore630.1%Shen, Lisha #40,208National University of Singapore
50 Estonia520.1%Niinemets, Ülo #708Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituut
51 Oman540.1%Farooq, Muhammad Omer #1,531University of Nizwa
52 Cyprus540.1%Tzortzakis, Nikos G. #27,187Cyprus University of Technology
53 Romania510.1%Nour, Violeta #79,499Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicina Veterinara din Cluj-Napoca
54 Colombia410.1%Beebe, Stephen E. #52,839Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
55 Qatar410.1%Kasote, Deepak M. #59,266Agricultural Research Station, Qatar University
56 Nigeria410.1%Lateef, A. #65,090International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
57 Kenya310.1%Ismail, Abdelbagi M. #29,391IRRI-ESA
58 Chile310.1%Gutiérrez, Rodrigo A. #63,190Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
59 Ethiopia320.1%Muhie, Seid Hussen #71,553Wollo University
60 Tanzania300.1%Legg, James P. #136,800International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
61 Serbia300.1%Šavikin, Katarina P. #140,993Institute for Medicinal Plants Research “Dr. Josif Pančić”
62 Tunisia300.1%Brini, Faïçal #144,743Centre de Biotechnologie de Borj Cédria
63 Uzbekistan210.0%Egamberdieva, Dilfuza R. #8,794National University of Uzbekistan named after Mirzo Ulugbek
64 Ukraine220.0%Sytar, Oksana V. #30,738Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
65 Slovenia210.0%Veberic, Robert #67,835Univerza v Ljubljani
66 Iraq210.0%Ahmed, Hiwa M. #78,485Sulaimani Polytechnic University
67 Luxembourg210.0%Guerriero, Gea #78,986Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
68 Trinidad & Tobago210.0%Rampersad, Sephra Nalini #88,780Faculty of Science and Technology
69 Kazakhstan210.0%Kalendar, Ruslan N. #97,824Nazarbayev University
70 Bahrain200.0%Ullah, Sami #199,619Bahrain Polytechnic
71 Azerbaijan110.0%Khalilov, Rovshan I. #23,379Baku State University
72 Croatia110.0%Ondrasek, Gabrijel #72,125University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture
73 Jamaica110.0%Benkeblia, Noureddine #74,479The Faculty of Science and Technology
74 Zimbabwe110.0%Cairns, Jill E. #87,656International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, Harare
75 Uruguay100.0%Signorelli, Santiago #118,137Universidad de la Republica
76 Sri Lanka100.0%Seneweera, Saman P. #153,281Faculty of Agriculture University of Ruhuna
77 Indonesia100.0%Tallei, Trina Ekawati #157,269Universitas Sam Ratulangi
78 Costa Rica100.0%Jiménez, Víctor M. #186,873Universidad de Costa Rica
79 Lithuania100.0%Samuolienė, Giedrė #198,291Lithuanian Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry
80 Ghana100.0%Amiteye, Samuel #200,040Ghana Atomic Energy Commission
81 Latvia100.0%Ievinsh, Gederts #204,632Latvijas Universitāte
82 Peru100.0%Kreuze, Jan Frederik #220,386Centro Internacional de la Papa, Peru