{"id":14721,"date":"2026-06-20T12:37:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/interim-dg-and-other-iita-scientists-on-the-research-com-worlds-best-plant-science-and-agronomy-list\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:22:49","slug":"interim-dg-and-other-iita-scientists-on-the-research-com-worlds-best-plant-science-and-agronomy-list","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/interim-dg-and-other-iita-scientists-on-the-research-com-worlds-best-plant-science-and-agronomy-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Interim DG and other IITA scientists on the Research.com world\u2019s best plant science and agronomy list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leading research portal, Research.com, publishes annual rankings in multiple fields of science, including plant science and agronomy. The platform recently released the ranking of best scientists in 2022, with four <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cgiar.org\/\">CGIAR<\/a> scientists appearing on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26178 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chimp1.jpg\" alt=\"Interim DG, best plant science and agronomy list\" width=\"680\" height=\"326\" \/>IITA Interim Director General <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/vanlauwe-bernard\/\">Bernard Vanlauwe<\/a>, Plant Pathologist <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/bandyopadhyay-ranajit\/\">Ranajit Bandyopadhyay<\/a>, Maize Breeder <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/iita-staff\/menkir-abebe\/\">Abebe Menkir<\/a>, and DG Emeritus Nteranya Sanginga were all listed on the latest ranking based on metrics acquired in December 2022. They ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/research.com\/university\/plant-science-and-agronomy\/international-institute-of-tropical-agriculture\">255, 914, 1907, and 2662<\/a> respectively (https:\/\/research.com\/university\/plant-science-and-agronomy\/international-institute-of-tropical-agriculture).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Research.com\u2019s list of leading scientists is based on a detailed analysis of 166,880 scholars determined from various bibliometric data sources. For the area of Plant Science and Agronomy, over 5065 scientists were analyzed. Position in the ranking is established on multiple criteria, including publications and citation metrics for an examined discipline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">IITA alumnus and 2020 World Food Prize Laureate, Dr Rattan Lal, leads the ranking for the second year. The complete <a href=\"https:\/\/research.com\/scientists-rankings\/plant-science-and-agronomy\">plant science and agronomy<\/a> list is available on Research.com (<a href=\"https:\/\/research.com\/scientists-rankings\/plant-science-and-agronomy\">https:\/\/research.com\/scientists-rankings\/plant-science-and-agronomy<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Contributed by Uzoma Agha<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading research portal, Research.com, publishes annual rankings in multiple fields of science, including plant science and agronomy<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14722,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[32],"news-type":[],"hub":[61],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[201],"class_list":["post-14721","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-nigeria","hub-western-africa","item-year-201"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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