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Top Plant Science Researchers

Jian‐Kang Zhu ranks first, followed by Rajeev Kumar Varshney and Kazuo Shinozaki, out of 2,216,276 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

The ranking

  1. 1 Jian‐Kang Zhu China · #100 worldwide overall 226.1 of 342 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Rajeev Kumar Varshney India · #14,037 worldwide overall 240.3 of 694 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan · #40,532 worldwide overall 209.0 of 394 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Alisdair Robert Fernie Germany · #3,811 worldwide overall 207.6 of 518 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Kadambot H. M. Siddique Australia · #3,244 worldwide overall 203.0 of 523 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki Japan · #1,331 worldwide overall 152.6 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Qirong Shen China · #4,960 worldwide overall 154.3 of 330 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Jonathan D. G. Jones United Kingdom · #4,451 worldwide overall 148.6 of 276 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Sergey N. Shabala Australia · #24,094 worldwide overall 156.1 of 397 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Sophien Kamoun United Kingdom · #3,774 worldwide overall 131.8 of 224 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11 Detlef Weigel Germany · #185 worldwide overall 129.2 of 218 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12 Dirk Inzé Belgium · #14,456 worldwide overall 135.2 of 324 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13 Jonathan Paul Lynch United States · #1,551 worldwide overall 123.7 of 216 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14 Parvaiz Ahmad Saudi Arabia · #4,024 worldwide overall 134.3 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15 Jeffery L. Dangl United States · #2,634 worldwide overall 120.3 of 205 papers here in the top 10%
  16. 16 Mark Stitt Germany · #847 worldwide overall 120.2 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
  17. 17 Jiřı́ Friml Austria · #255 worldwide overall 117.4 of 188 papers here in the top 10%
  18. 18 Jian Xiong Feng Japan · #1,308 worldwide overall 118.6 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
  19. 19 Julian I. Schroeder United States · #942 worldwide overall 116.3 of 185 papers here in the top 10%
  20. 20 Shafaqat Ali Pakistan · #9,236 worldwide overall 117.2 of 210 papers here in the top 10%
  21. 21 Joseph R. Ecker United States · #23 worldwide overall 99.5 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
  22. 22 Cyril Zipfel United Kingdom · #1,081 worldwide overall 101.1 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  23. 23 Lam‐Son Phan Tran Japan · #6,330 worldwide overall 106.4 of 222 papers here in the top 10%
  24. 24 Hans Lambers Australia · #11,567 worldwide overall 113.9 of 319 papers here in the top 10%
  25. 25 Paul Schulze‐Lefert Germany · #1,834 worldwide overall 97.9 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
  26. 26 Jianhua Zhang China · #79,321 worldwide overall 118.5 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
  27. 27 Beat Keller Switzerland · #14,709 worldwide overall 104.1 of 230 papers here in the top 10%
  28. 28 Christine Helen Foyer United Kingdom · #21,273 worldwide overall 110.0 of 291 papers here in the top 10%
  29. 29 Malcolm John Bennett United Kingdom · #16,344 worldwide overall 99.1 of 183 papers here in the top 10%
  30. 30 Leon V. Kochian United States · #10,361 worldwide overall 101.9 of 222 papers here in the top 10%
  31. 31 Rainer Hedrich Germany · #8,415 worldwide overall 100.5 of 222 papers here in the top 10%
  32. 32 Corné M. J. Pieterse Netherlands · #2,072 worldwide overall 92.9 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  33. 33 Xing Wang Deng China · #2,449 worldwide overall 94.1 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
  34. 34 Ron Mittler United States · #415 worldwide overall 88.5 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  35. 35 Qian Qian China · #28,774 worldwide overall 102.3 of 269 papers here in the top 10%
  36. 36 Fusuo S. Zhang China · #2,111 worldwide overall 99.8 of 257 papers here in the top 10%
  37. 37 Jingquan Yu China · #4,262 worldwide overall 89.3 of 155 papers here in the top 10%
  38. 38 Steven E. Jacobsen United States · #314 worldwide overall 84.2 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
  39. 39 Chengcai Chu China · #4,435 worldwide overall 88.0 of 159 papers here in the top 10%
  40. 40 Hitoshi Sakakibara Japan · #28,371 worldwide overall 92.4 of 208 papers here in the top 10%
  41. 41 Zhangjun Fei United States · #2,366 worldwide overall 89.0 of 175 papers here in the top 10%
  42. 42 Naoki Yamaji Japan · #1,814 worldwide overall 84.6 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
  43. 43 Sheng Luan United States · #5,192 worldwide overall 83.8 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  44. 44 Joanne Chory United States · #2,685 worldwide overall 84.5 of 147 papers here in the top 10%
  45. 45 Jian‐Min Zhou China · #3,885 worldwide overall 81.6 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  46. 46 Sheng Yang He United States · #5,663 worldwide overall 81.8 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  47. 47 Muhammad Rizwan Pakistan · #21,636 worldwide overall 99.9 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
  48. 48 Brian J. Staskawicz United States · #4,179 worldwide overall 80.5 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
  49. 49 Daniel F. Klessig United States · #7,893 worldwide overall 79.8 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
  50. 50 Jorge Dubcovsky United States · #11,719 worldwide overall 88.1 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
  51. 51 Fengwang Ma China · #29,709 worldwide overall 90.8 of 252 papers here in the top 10%
  52. 52 David E. Salt United States · #5,311 worldwide overall 78.6 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
  53. 53 Ray A. Bressan United States · #18,326 worldwide overall 80.8 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
  54. 54 Marc Van Montagu Belgium · #51,686 worldwide overall 96.8 of 323 papers here in the top 10%
  55. 55 Jonathan F. Wendel United States · #10,814 worldwide overall 83.1 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  56. 56 Elliot M. Meyerowitz United States · #2,041 worldwide overall 77.7 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
  57. 57 Guohua Xu China · #36,446 worldwide overall 86.2 of 219 papers here in the top 10%
  58. 58 Matthew Paul Reynolds Mexico · #3,407 worldwide overall 80.8 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
  59. 59 Henry T. Nguyen United States · #44,113 worldwide overall 93.8 of 301 papers here in the top 10%
  60. 60 David C. Baulcombe United Kingdom · #5,540 worldwide overall 78.4 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
  61. 61 Josep Peñuelas Spain · #1,488 worldwide overall 88.7 of 258 papers here in the top 10%
  62. 62 Bernard R. Glick Canada · #66,215 worldwide overall 117.3 of 201 papers here in the top 10%
  63. 63 Motoaki Seki Japan · #26,638 worldwide overall 81.5 of 187 papers here in the top 10%
  64. 64 Jiayang Li China · #4,241 worldwide overall 74.5 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  65. 65 Gynheung An South Korea · #23,427 worldwide overall 81.2 of 189 papers here in the top 10%
  66. 66 Naoko K. Nishizawa Japan · #30,534 worldwide overall 80.1 of 185 papers here in the top 10%
  67. 67 Giles E. D. Oldroyd United Kingdom · #820 worldwide overall 72.2 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  68. 68 Muhammad Ashraf Pakistan · #749,699 worldwide overall 162.8 of 624 papers here in the top 10%
  69. 69 Xianlong Zhang China · #7,272 worldwide overall 79.2 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
  70. 70 Mark A. Tester Saudi Arabia · #6,845 worldwide overall 75.3 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
  71. 71 Tom Beeckman Belgium · #9,468 worldwide overall 74.8 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
  72. 72 Yakov V. Kuzyakov Germany · #1,822 worldwide overall 77.7 of 177 papers here in the top 10%
  73. 73 Zhong‐Hua Chen Australia · #23,758 worldwide overall 77.3 of 174 papers here in the top 10%
  74. 74 Nils Stein Germany · #15,706 worldwide overall 79.9 of 205 papers here in the top 10%
  75. 75 Golam Jalal Ahammed China · #3,204 worldwide overall 72.9 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  76. 76 Gregory B. Martin United States · #17,922 worldwide overall 75.0 of 166 papers here in the top 10%
  77. 77 Mirza Hasanuzzaman Bangladesh · #78,117 worldwide overall 121.6 of 233 papers here in the top 10%
  78. 78 Gabriele Berg Austria · #10,584 worldwide overall 75.0 of 170 papers here in the top 10%
  79. 79 Nicolaus von Wirén Germany · #12,012 worldwide overall 72.4 of 147 papers here in the top 10%
  80. 80 Xiaofeng Cao China · #8,238 worldwide overall 67.2 of 94 papers here in the top 10%
  81. 81 Blake C. Meyers United States · #19,133 worldwide overall 73.5 of 162 papers here in the top 10%
  82. 82 Karin Ljung Sweden · #5,264 worldwide overall 68.5 of 116 papers here in the top 10%
  83. 83 Jane E. Parker Germany · #7,008 worldwide overall 68.7 of 118 papers here in the top 10%
  84. 84 Bikram Singh Gill United States · #73,592 worldwide overall 88.6 of 319 papers here in the top 10%
  85. 85 Yanhong Zhou China · #27,405 worldwide overall 68.2 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  86. 86 Elizabeth S. Dennis Australia · #25,490 worldwide overall 74.4 of 184 papers here in the top 10%
  87. 87 Zhizhong Gong China · #3,164 worldwide overall 65.8 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  88. 88 Enrico Martinoia Switzerland · #4,825 worldwide overall 68.1 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
  89. 89 Steven D. Tanksley United States · #6,010 worldwide overall 68.8 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  90. 90 Wolf Bernd Frommer United States · #10,804 worldwide overall 68.6 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
  91. 91 Ravi Prakash Singh Mexico · #58,600 worldwide overall 91.4 of 265 papers here in the top 10%
  92. 92 Yuji Kamiya Japan · #73,565 worldwide overall 69.7 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
  93. 93 Ken Shirasu Japan · #10,491 worldwide overall 69.5 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
  94. 94 Lizhong Xiong China · #1,263 worldwide overall 64.4 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
  95. 95 Jos M. Raaijmakers Netherlands · #14,605 worldwide overall 68.0 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
  96. 96 Richard G. F. Visser Netherlands · #138,622 worldwide overall 90.9 of 364 papers here in the top 10%
  97. 97 Pamela C. Ronald United States · #25,191 worldwide overall 72.2 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
  98. 98 Steve A. Kay United States · #3,121 worldwide overall 65.0 of 112 papers here in the top 10%
  99. 99 Frederick M. Ausubel United States · #5,630 worldwide overall 64.6 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  100. 100 Bart P. H. J. Thomma Netherlands · #17,968 worldwide overall 68.6 of 148 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Plant Science. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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