Top 100 most-cited scientists in Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

2025 single-year list · 100 authors, ranked by c-score excluding self-citations · all 8,762 in Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry

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#	Author	Country	Subfield rank	c-score	Cites 2025	h	hm	Self-cit.	Papers	Active
1 #14 overall	McClements, David Julian University of Massachusetts Amherst	USA	Food Science #1 · top <0.01%	5.004	23,170	52	36.9	5.9%	1,855	1987–2027
2 #15 overall	Lal, Rattan A. The Ohio State University	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #1 · top <0.01%	5.003	11,227	44	33.9	4.0%	1,415	1922–2026
3 #66 overall	KUZYAKOV, Yakov V. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	DEU	Agronomy & Agriculture #2 · top <0.01%	4.667	14,785	55	27.9	9.7%	1,009	1993–2026
4 #172 overall	Lehmann, Johannes C. Institute for Advanced Study of Technical University of Munich	DEU	Agronomy & Agriculture #4 · top <0.01%	4.458	9,447	44	17.9	2.4%	375	1995–2026
5 #293 overall	Zhu, Fan University of Auckland	NZL	Food Science #2 · top <0.01%	4.333	2,744	29	23.2	2.9%	219	2007–2027
6 #305 overall	Rhim, Jong-whan Kyung Hee University	KOR	Food Science #3 · top <0.01%	4.326	7,358	43	28.5	11.1%	435	1988–2026
7 #418 overall	Shahidi, Fereidoon Memorial University of Newfoundland	CAN	Food Science #4 · top <0.01%	4.255	5,503	30	21.1	4.2%	844	1976–2026
8 #440 overall	Jafari, Seid Mahdi Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources	IRN	Food Science #5 · top <0.01%	4.242	10,135	41	27.7	6.5%	855	2006–2026
9 #628 overall	Sun, Da-Wen University College Dublin	IRL	Food Science #7 · top <0.01%	4.158	8,572	34	25.4	10.7%	1,043	1988–2026
10 #629 overall	Xiao, Jianbo Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University	CHN	Food Science #8 · top <0.01%	4.158	9,100	42	19.4	4.5%	639	2004–2026
11 #652 overall	Jones, Davey Leonard Bangor University	GBR	Agronomy & Agriculture #5 · top <0.01%	4.150	6,990	39	17.0	8.3%	795	1992–2026
12 #755 overall	Pauly, Daniel The University of British Columbia	CAN	Fisheries #1 · top <0.01%	4.110	3,674	28	15.9	5.8%	598	1976–2026
13 #828 overall	Lorenzo, Josè Manuel Fundación Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne	ESP	Food Science #9 · top <0.01%	4.091	12,167	45	20.7	4.7%	1,085	2000–2026
14 #901 overall	Punia Bangar, Sneh Rochester Institute of Technology	USA	Food Science #10 · top <0.01%	4.071	4,326	35	15.9	4.0%	252	2015–2026
15 #1,077 overall	Dawood, Mahmoud A.O. Kafrelsheikh University	EGY	Fisheries #2 · top <0.01%	4.027	4,142	28	15.0	6.9%	360	2015–2026
16 #1,082 overall	Tiwari, Brijesh Kumar Teagasc - Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority	IRL	Food Science #11 · top 0.01%	4.025	4,913	30	17.0	4.5%	535	1981–2026
17 #1,108 overall	Kögel-Knabner, Ingrid Technische Universität München	DEU	Agronomy & Agriculture #7 · top <0.01%	4.020	4,737	28	13.9	4.9%	378	1983–2026
18 #1,244 overall	Schimel, Joshua P. University of California, Santa Barbara	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #8 · top <0.01%	3.994	3,860	27	13.9	3.5%	214	1980–2026
19 #1,364 overall	Cakmak, Ismail Sabancı Üniversitesi	TUR	Agronomy & Agriculture #9 · top <0.01%	3.976	2,398	22	14.0	2.9%	257	1986–2026
20 #1,428 overall	Tang, Chuanhe South China University of Technology	CHN	Food Science #12 · top 0.01%	3.965	2,232	25	16.8	0.6%	202	2005–2026
21 #1,448 overall	Pretzsch, Hans Technische Universität München	DEU	Forestry #1 · top <0.01%	3.962	3,338	26	13.5	16.8%	444	1989–2026
22 #1,568 overall	Friedman, Mendel M. USDA ARS Western Regional Research Center (WRRC)	USA	Food Science #13 · top 0.01%	3.941	1,405	17	16.8	2.9%	481	1962–2026
23 #1,650 overall	Liu, Ruihai Cornell University	USA	Food Science #14 · top 0.01%	3.928	2,443	23	15.9	1.3%	237	1988–2020
24 #1,741 overall	Blanco-Canqui, Humberto University of Nebraska–Lincoln	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #11 · top 0.01%	3.914	1,661	20	12.5	2.6%	174	2002–2026
25 #1,802 overall	Neethirajan, Suresh Raja Dalhousie University	CAN	Analytical Chemistry #7 · top <0.01%	3.903	1,268	19	15.5	7.0%	169	2004–2026
26 #1,932 overall	Marschner, Petra The University of Adelaide	AUS	Agronomy & Agriculture #14 · top 0.01%	3.884	1,905	18	11.4	2.2%	292	1989–2026
27 #1,943 overall	Cooke, Steven J. Carleton University	CAN	Fisheries #4 · top <0.01%	3.883	6,274	29	13.6	19.0%	1,268	1998–2026
28 #2,017 overall	Aluko, Rotimi Emmanuel University of Manitoba	CAN	Food Science #16 · top 0.01%	3.875	3,885	26	16.9	4.2%	351	1993–2026
29 #2,117 overall	Six, Johan W. ETH Zürich	CHE	Agronomy & Agriculture #15 · top 0.02%	3.863	7,391	38	16.0	5.1%	504	1998–2026
30 #2,148 overall	Liang, Chao Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences	CHN	Agronomy & Agriculture #16 · top 0.02%	3.860	4,188	31	11.6	6.9%	190	2007–2026
31 #2,266 overall	Giller, Ken E. Wageningen University & Research	NLD	Agronomy & Agriculture #17 · top 0.02%	3.848	3,012	25	12.0	6.5%	494	1982–2026
32 #2,336 overall	Verbeke, Wim A.J. Universiteit Gent	BEL	Food Science #17 · top 0.02%	3.840	2,292	22	13.2	2.5%	348	1998–2026
33 #2,338 overall	Roy, Swarup Lovely Professional University	IND	Food Science #18 · top 0.02%	3.840	3,305	32	18.7	8.7%	223	2012–2026
34 #2,359 overall	Barba, Francisco J. Universitat de València	ESP	Food Science #19 · top 0.02%	3.837	6,525	34	15.2	4.9%	592	2008–2026
35 #2,407 overall	Shewry, Peter Robert Rothamsted Research	GBR	Food Science #20 · top 0.02%	3.833	2,122	19	12.2	4.7%	686	1971–2026
36 #2,424 overall	Thornton, Philip K. International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi	KEN	Agronomy & Agriculture #18 · top 0.02%	3.831	3,138	28	11.2	3.8%	228	1984–2026
37 #2,447 overall	Barbedo, Jayme G.A. Embrapa Agricultura Digital	BRA	Agronomy & Agriculture #19 · top 0.02%	3.829	1,080	16	12.7	2.5%	78	2002–2026
38 #2,475 overall	Galanakis, Charis M. Taif University	SAU	Food Science #21 · top 0.02%	3.826	1,429	19	12.1	5.9%	234	2010–2026
39 #2,669 overall	Etesami, Hassan University of Tehran	IRN	Agronomy & Agriculture #20 · top 0.02%	3.806	1,692	19	13.1	8.2%	152	2010–2026
40 #2,831 overall	Farag, Mohamed A. Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University	EGY	Food Science #22 · top 0.02%	3.790	4,858	30	16.6	9.0%	545	2002–2026
41 #3,048 overall	Singh, Narpinder Graphic Era	IND	Food Science #23 · top 0.02%	3.770	3,064	25	13.9	6.3%	412	1987–2026
42 #3,179 overall	Tocher, Douglas R. Shantou University	CHN	Fisheries #5 · top 0.01%	3.760	2,185	20	10.2	11.5%	407	1983–2026
43 #3,324 overall	Goddard, Michael E. University of Melbourne	AUS	Dairy & Animal Science #2 · top <0.01%	3.750	5,156	31	12.1	7.2%	369	1977–2026
44 #3,339 overall	Grunert, Klaus G. Aarhus Universitet	DNK	Food Science #24 · top 0.02%	3.749	1,666	19	12.8	4.1%	331	1978–2026
45 #3,406 overall	Makkar, Harinder Paul Singh Universität Hohenheim	DEU	Dairy & Animal Science #3 · top <0.01%	3.744	1,906	22	10.6	1.6%	265	1980–2026
46 #3,621 overall	Klerkx, Laurens W.A. Universidad de Talca	CHL	Agronomy & Agriculture #22 · top 0.02%	3.728	2,387	22	13.9	5.0%	193	2006–2026
47 #3,705 overall	Brookes, Philip Charles Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province Agricultural Resources and Environment	CHN	Agronomy & Agriculture #24 · top 0.03%	3.722	5,118	29	11.2	1.4%	275	1979–2025
48 #3,712 overall	Salehi, Fakhreddin Bu-Ali Sina University	IRN	Food Science #25 · top 0.02%	3.721	760	17	14.3	8.5%	126	2011–2026
49 #3,753 overall	Kumar, M. C.Anil ICAR - Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai	IND	Food Science #26 · top 0.02%	3.718	5,681	36	13.7	4.0%	678	2000–2026
50 #3,780 overall	Joergensen, Rainer Georg Universität Kassel	DEU	Agronomy & Agriculture #25 · top 0.03%	3.717	1,738	18	10.6	11.2%	306	1987–2026
51 #3,798 overall	Daglia, Maria Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II	ITA	Food Science #27 · top 0.03%	3.715	4,971	27	10.8	5.8%	353	1993–2026
52 #3,923 overall	Mujumdar, Arun Sadashiv Université McGill	CAN	Food Science #28 · top 0.03%	3.708	5,112	28	17.5	10.0%	1,317	1969–2026
53 #3,966 overall	Chauhan, Bhagirath Singh The University of Queensland	AUS	Agronomy & Agriculture #26 · top 0.03%	3.704	2,230	19	11.2	5.2%	467	2001–2026
54 #3,976 overall	Boukid, Fatma Clonbio Group Ltd.	IRL	Food Science #29 · top 0.03%	3.704	1,066	20	11.3	7.6%	117	2015–2026
55 #3,997 overall	Frey, Serita D. University of New Hampshire Durham	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #27 · top 0.03%	3.703	3,306	28	9.8	4.4%	161	1994–2026
56 #4,009 overall	Boyd, Claude Elson Auburn University	USA	Fisheries #6 · top 0.01%	3.702	1,330	15	10.8	3.0%	342	1968–2025
57 #4,020 overall	Xiong, Youling University of Kentucky	USA	Food Science #30 · top 0.03%	3.701	2,593	24	14.8	5.3%	373	1989–2027
58 #4,032 overall	Bremner, John M. Iowa State University	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #28 · top 0.03%	3.700	1,355	12	10.0	0.0%	163	1946–2018
59 #4,176 overall	Rengel, Z. The University of Western Australia	AUS	Agronomy & Agriculture #29 · top 0.03%	3.691	3,008	22	13.6	5.2%	576	1984–2026
60 #4,196 overall	Damalas, Christos Asterios Democritus University of Thrace	GRC	Agronomy & Agriculture #30 · top 0.03%	3.689	1,628	19	13.2	5.2%	205	2001–2026
61 #4,278 overall	Siddique, Kadambot H.M. The University of Western Australia	AUS	Agronomy & Agriculture #31 · top 0.03%	3.685	11,867	48	20.3	7.8%	1,129	1984–2026
62 #4,306 overall	Batjes, Niels H. ISRIC - World Soil Information	NLD	Agronomy & Agriculture #32 · top 0.03%	3.683	2,273	18	8.4	2.1%	75	1989–2026
63 #4,328 overall	McBratney, Alex B. The University of Sydney	AUS	Agronomy & Agriculture #33 · top 0.03%	3.682	4,659	32	15.0	10.5%	535	1981–2026
64 #4,369 overall	Patra, Amlan Kumar Langston University	USA	Dairy & Animal Science #4 · top <0.01%	3.680	1,386	18	11.9	7.7%	205	2002–2026
65 #4,449 overall	Chen, Mei Fiang Tatung University	TWN	Food Science #32 · top 0.03%	3.675	760	15	13.5	0.7%	59	2003–2025
66 #4,501 overall	Chen, Wei Jiangnan University	CHN	Food Science #33 · top 0.03%	3.671	8,617	31	16.6	7.2%	1,329	2005–2026
67 #4,506 overall	Spohn, Marie Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet	SWE	Agronomy & Agriculture #34 · top 0.04%	3.671	1,217	20	11.8	7.4%	100	2010–2026
68 #4,608 overall	Sumaila, Ussif Rashid The University of British Columbia	CAN	Fisheries #7 · top 0.01%	3.665	3,984	30	12.0	11.4%	486	1994–2026
69 #4,744 overall	Tsao, Rong Guelph Research and Development Centre	CAN	Food Science #34 · top 0.03%	3.656	1,991	19	10.0	2.7%	261	1989–2026
70 #4,805 overall	Cassman, Kenneth G. University of Nebraska–Lincoln	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #36 · top 0.04%	3.653	2,886	26	11.4	4.7%	198	1986–2026
71 #4,861 overall	Cozzolino, Daniel The University of Queensland	AUS	Food Science #35 · top 0.03%	3.650	1,819	17	9.5	8.5%	442	1996–2026
72 #4,898 overall	Fageria, Nanda Kumar Embrapa Arroz e Feijão	BRA	Agronomy & Agriculture #37 · top 0.04%	3.648	1,106	16	10.0	0.9%	228	1972–2018
73 #4,899 overall	Naylor, Rosamond Lee Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability	USA	Ecology #134 · top 0.16%	3.648	3,352	26	9.3	3.8%	147	1990–2026
74 #4,918 overall	Mousavi Khanegah, A. Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences	IRN	Food Science #36 · top 0.03%	3.647	14,449	34	14.8	7.4%	641	2011–2026
75 #4,927 overall	Singh, Harjinder Massey University	NZL	Food Science #37 · top 0.03%	3.647	2,446	19	13.8	6.3%	493	1985–2027
76 #4,950 overall	Zhang, Fusuo China Agricultural University	CHN	Agronomy & Agriculture #38 · top 0.04%	3.645	9,802	44	17.6	7.9%	991	1989–2026
77 #5,036 overall	Froese, Rainer GEOMAR - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel	DEU	Fisheries #8 · top 0.02%	3.641	1,246	16	7.0	4.9%	98	1988–2026
78 #5,083 overall	Wang, Shujun Tianjin University of Science & Technology	CHN	Food Science #38 · top 0.04%	3.639	2,060	22	10.8	8.1%	198	2003–2026
79 #5,091 overall	Kaya, Cengiz Harran Üniversitesi	TUR	Agronomy & Agriculture #39 · top 0.04%	3.638	1,297	18	11.8	2.4%	177	1999–2026
80 #5,155 overall	Nowak, David J. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	USA	Forestry #3 · top <0.01%	3.635	1,825	19	10.7	2.0%	165	1989–2026
81 #5,160 overall	Forrester, David I. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation	AUS	Forestry #4 · top 0.01%	3.634	1,839	21	10.3	11.6%	157	2003–2026
82 #5,339 overall	Minasny, Budiman B. The University of Sydney	AUS	Agronomy & Agriculture #40 · top 0.04%	3.625	4,247	30	14.0	12.7%	484	1999–2026
83 #5,386 overall	Ashaolu, Tolulope Joshua Duy Tan University	VNM	Food Science #40 · top 0.04%	3.623	933	17	12.2	8.7%	97	2017–2026
84 #5,401 overall	Aschemann-Witzel, Jessica Aarhus Universitet	DNK	Food Science #41 · top 0.04%	3.623	1,505	20	12.9	3.8%	130	2007–2026
85 #5,617 overall	Bohn, Torsten Luxembourg Institute of Health	LUX	Food Science #43 · top 0.04%	3.613	3,779	24	8.7	5.8%	314	2004–2026
86 #5,719 overall	Musa Özcan, Mehmet Musa Selçuk Üniversitesi	TUR	Food Science #44 · top 0.04%	3.609	1,738	15	10.9	3.5%	605	1998–2026
87 #5,805 overall	Kleber, Markus Oregon State University	USA	Agronomy & Agriculture #41 · top 0.04%	3.604	3,444	21	9.1	1.9%	113	1994–2025
88 #5,940 overall	Xu, Baojun Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University	CHN	Food Science #46 · top 0.04%	3.597	2,976	27	16.8	2.4%	259	2000–2024
89 #5,945 overall	Luo, Yangchao University of Connecticut	USA	Food Science #47 · top 0.04%	3.597	2,329	23	13.9	5.3%	207	2008–2027
90 #6,055 overall	Ho, Chitang Department of Food Science	USA	Food Science #48 · top 0.04%	3.593	7,085	31	16.7	7.9%	1,354	1974–2026
91 #6,057 overall	Hengl, Tomislav Tom OpenGeoHub Foundation	NLD	Ecology #167 · top 0.20%	3.593	2,049	20	7.2	4.7%	100	1999–2026
92 #6,059 overall	Anandharamakrishnan, C. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR)	IND	Food Science #49 · top 0.05%	3.592	2,915	25	15.8	6.2%	340	2001–2026
93 #6,111 overall	van Boekel, Martinus A.J.S.Tiny Wageningen University & Research	NLD	Food Science #50 · top 0.05%	3.590	1,426	18	10.8	2.3%	235	1976–2025
94 #6,170 overall	Wu, Felicia Michigan State University	USA	Food Science #51 · top 0.05%	3.588	8,797	21	8.7	9.6%	124	2000–2026
95 #6,171 overall	Warner, Robyn D. Faculty of Science	AUS	Dairy & Animal Science #6 · top <0.01%	3.587	1,725	22	10.5	4.0%	232	1993–2026
96 #6,236 overall	Lamuela-Raventos, R. M. Universitat de Barcelona	ESP	Food Science #52 · top 0.05%	3.584	4,757	22	9.9	5.6%	443	1990–2026
97 #6,373 overall	Bhandari, B. R. The University of Queensland	AUS	Food Science #53 · top 0.05%	3.579	5,042	32	18.9	5.9%	588	1992–2026
98 #6,380 overall	Luo, Zisheng Zhejiang University	CHN	Food Science #54 · top 0.05%	3.579	4,007	28	14.0	5.5%	389	2001–2026
99 #6,427 overall	Ringø, Einar UiT Norges Arktiske Universitet	NOR	Fisheries #10 · top 0.02%	3.576	1,998	24	9.9	6.9%	249	1984–2026
100 #6,503 overall	Pereira, Luis S. Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture And Food	PRT	Agronomy & Agriculture #42 · top 0.04%	3.573	1,718	20	10.6	9.0%	272	1982–2026

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