Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Scientists Among World’s Top-Cited
Food, poultry, entomology and crop science researchers listed
By the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station – Nov. 25, 2025
TOP-CITED — Fourteen scientists with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station were recognized as among the top-cited researchers in the world by a recent annual ranking. (U of A System Division of Agriculture photo)
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Among millions of researchers in the world, 14 faculty members with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station were recognized as top-cited scientists by a recent annual ranking.
Calculated by Stanford University professor of medicine John P.A. Ioannidis using Elsevier’s Scopus, the ranking calculates how often a researcher’s work is cited by their colleagues using a database of scientific citations in high-quality peer-reviewed academic journals. Researchers included on the list are either among the top 100,000 or in the top second percentile in their subfield.
The annual list recognizes researchers with the most citations over the last calendar year and those who have been most cited since 1996.
“The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture is home to exceptional scientists whose work has a meaningful impact around the world,” said Jean-François Meullenet, senior associate vice president for agriculture-research and director of the experiment station. “Congratulations to all who earned a place on this year’s list.
“We are also fortunate to have a strong cohort of emerging researchers who, I’m confident, will join these ranks in the years ahead. It’s inspiring to see the quality and global impact of the food and agricultural research taking place in our state,” he said.
The experiment station is the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Faculty from the department of biological and agricultural engineering that are listed below are also part of the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas. Faculty from other departments listed below are also part of the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences.
Single-year list of top-cited faculty
The single-year ranking of top-cited faculty covers journal publications from 2024, which was the most recent year of complete data at the time of the rankings.
Faculty from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station on the single-year list include:
- Walter G. Bottje — poultry science
- Nilda Roma Burgos — crop, soil and environmental sciences
- Sami Dridi — poultry science
- Fiona Goggin — entomology and plant pathology
- Jason Norsworthy — crop, soil and environmental sciences
- Casey M. Owens — poultry science
- Andy Pereira — crop, soil and environmental sciences
- Han-Seok Seo — food science
Career list of top-cited faculty
The “career” ranking includes the most-cited researchers globally from 1996 through the end of 2024.
- Kristofor R. Brye — crop, soil and environmental sciences
- Gisela F. Erf — poultry science
- Brian Haggard — biological and agricultural engineering
- Billy M. Hargis — poultry science
- Wayne J. Kuenzel — poultry science
- Ya-Jane Wang — food science
Retired experiment station faculty
Both the single-year and career rankings lists also included several retired faculty members from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station:
- Nick Anthony — poultry science
- John R. Clark — horticulture
- Navam S. Hettiarachchy — food science
- Luke Howard — food science
- Yanbin Li — biological and agricultural engineering
- Derrick M. Oosterhuis — crop, soil, and environmental sciences
- Andrew N. Sharpley — crop, soil, and environmental sciences
- Robert Wideman — poultry science
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About the Division of Agriculture
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. Through the Agricultural Experiment Station and the Cooperative Extension Service, the Division of Agriculture conducts research and extension work within the nation’s historic land grant education system.
The Division of Agriculture is one of 20 entities within the University of Arkansas System. It has offices in all 75 counties in Arkansas and faculty on three campuses.
Pursuant to 7 CFR § 15.3, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture offers all its Extension and Research programs and services (including employment) without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, religion, age, disability, marital or veteran status, genetic information, sexual preference, pregnancy or any other legally protected status, and is an equal opportunity institution.
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