Duke University is a prestigious private university established in 1838 in United States. It is represented by 3,075 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Medical and Health Sciences (569 scientists), Social Sciences and Humanities (505 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (456 scientists).

Total 108 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Brigid Hogan
Developmental biology
stem cells
lung repair
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
62
0.413
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
John Terborgh
tropical ecology
plant-animal interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
64
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Stuart Pimm
Conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
62
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Ram Oren
Ecosystem Physiology
Plant Ecophysiology
Forest Hydrology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
52
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Rytas Vilgalys
fungi: systematics
genetics
ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
58
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
James S Clark
Ecology
Global Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
54
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Thomas Mitchell Olds
genetic variation in plant populations
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
49
0.521
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Susan C Alberts
Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
59
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Douglas Marchuk
biology
genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
41
0.488
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
H Frederik Nijhout
Developmental Physiology and Evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
43
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Curtis J Richardson
Wetlands
Ecology
biogeochemistry
phosphorus
carbon cycling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
35
0.455
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Francois Lutzoni
Evolutionary biology
symbiosis
phylogenetics
systematic biology
lichenology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
50
0.685
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Richard F Kay
evolutionary anthropology
Primate paleontology
paleobiology
vertebrate paleontology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
36
0.493
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Dean Urban
landscape ecology
ecology
conservation
ecosystems
connectivity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
35
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Gregory Wray
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
34
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Stephen Nowicki
animal communication
animal behavior
neuroethology
evolution
ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
31
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Anne D Yoder
evolutionary biology
conservation genetics
genomics
madagascar
population genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
41
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Mohamed Noor
evolution
genetics
speciation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
29
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
SöNke Johnsen
biophysics
visual ecology
deep-sea biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Kathleen Donohue
Evolutionary genetics
evolutionary ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
John R Poulsen
Conservation Biology
Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Timothy R Koves
Mitochondria
Exercise
Aging
Muscle
Metabolism
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Paul Manos
plant systematics
phylogenetics
biogeography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
34
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Clifford Cunningham
biology
evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Brigid Hogan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
62
0.413
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
John Terborgh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
64
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Stuart Pimm
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
62
0.564
Conservation
conservation biology
ornithology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ram Oren
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
52
0.505
Ecosystem Physiology
Plant Ecophysiology
Forest Hydrology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Rytas Vilgalys
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
58
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
James S Clark
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
54
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thomas Mitchell Olds
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
49
0.521
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Susan C Alberts
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
59
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Douglas Marchuk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
41
0.488
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
H Frederik Nijhout
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
43
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Curtis J Richardson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
35
0.455
Wetlands
Ecology
biogeochemistry
phosphorus
carbon cycling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Francois Lutzoni
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
50
0.685
Evolutionary biology
symbiosis
phylogenetics
systematic biology
lichenology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Richard F Kay
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
36
0.493
evolutionary anthropology
Primate paleontology
paleobiology
vertebrate paleontology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Dean Urban
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
35
0.507
landscape ecology
ecology
conservation
ecosystems
connectivity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Gregory Wray
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
34
0.507
Evolutionary Biology
Genomics
Systems Biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephen Nowicki
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
31
0.508
animal communication
animal behavior
neuroethology
evolution
ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Kathleen Pryer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
34
0.576
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anne D Yoder
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
41
0.719
evolutionary biology
conservation genetics
genomics
madagascar
population genetics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Mohamed Noor
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
29
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
SöNke Johnsen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kathleen Donohue
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
33
0.623
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
John R Poulsen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
43
0.827
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Timothy R Koves
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
Mitochondria
Exercise
Aging
Muscle
Metabolism
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Paul Manos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
34
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Clifford Cunningham
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490