Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS is a prestigious public university established in 1934 in Brazil. It is represented by 1,493 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (320 scientists), Medical and Health Sciences (287 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (248 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Valério Pillar
Ecology
Quantitative Ecology
Biodiversity Analysis
Paleoecology
Grassland Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
47
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marco Ayub
Biotechnology
Bioprocess
Fermentation
Bioethanol
Food Biotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
34
0.586
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marilene Vainstein
Biofilms
medical fungi
biorremediation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
29
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gerhard Overbeck
Vegetation
Ecology
Conservation
Restoration
Grassland
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
41
0.804
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adriano Sanches Melo
community ecology
biological diversity
aquatic insects
stream ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Luiz R Malabarba
Ichthyology
systematics
comparative biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
24
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sandra Muller
Ecologia de ecossistemas terrestres
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
32
0.780
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Renato Azevedo Matias Silvano
Ecologia Aplicada
Ecologia Humana
Etnobiologia
Ecologia de Peixes
Pesca
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Leandro Duarte
Ecology
Phylogenetics
Biogeography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diego Bonatto
Systems Biology
Complex Systems
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Brewing Yeasts
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
19
0.559
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Karen Luisa Haag
Evolutionary biology
parasites
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
15
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Joao Ramos Pereira
Ecology
Zoology
Conservation Biology
Macroecology
Mammals
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ignacio Benites Moreno
Systematics
Biogeography
Conservation
Human-wildlife interactions
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Geraldo Soares
Morfologia e Anatomia Vegetal
Fitoquímica
Evolução
Ecologia Química e Sistemática Química de Plantas.
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
17
0.607
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Milton De Souza Mendonça Jr
invertebrate ecology
insect taxonomy
interaction networks
plant-herbivore interaction
astrobiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
João André Jarenkow
Ecologia de Comunidades
Biodiversidade
Conservação
Ecologia Florestal
Fitossociologia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
16
0.593
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joao F Soares
Protozoologia e Doenças transmitidas por vetores
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eduardo Cremonese Filippi-Chiela
Câncer
Biologia Celular
Autofagia
Morte Celular
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marcio Borges Martins
Zoology
Systematics
Herpetology
Taxonomy
Conservation Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nelson Jurandi Rosa Fagundes
Biologia Evolutiva
Filogeografia
Evolução Humana
Povoamento das Américas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Suzana B Amato
Zoology
Helminthology
Parasitology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andreas Kindel
Road Ecology
Conservation Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Valério Pillar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
47
0.662
Ecology
Quantitative Ecology
Biodiversity Analysis
Paleoecology
Grassland Ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marco Ayub
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
34
0.586
Biotechnology
Bioprocess
Fermentation
Bioethanol
Food Biotechnology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marilene Vainstein
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
29
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gerhard Overbeck
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
41
0.804
Vegetation
Ecology
Conservation
Restoration
Grassland
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Adriano Sanches Melo
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
31
0.674
community ecology
biological diversity
aquatic insects
stream ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Luiz R Malabarba
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
24
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sandra Muller
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
32
0.780
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Renato Azevedo Matias Silvano
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
Ecologia Aplicada
Ecologia Humana
Etnobiologia
Ecologia de Peixes
Pesca
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Leandro Duarte
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
25
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Diego Bonatto
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
19
0.559
Systems Biology
Complex Systems
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Brewing Yeasts
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Karen Luisa Haag
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
15
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Maria Joao Ramos Pereira
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
22
0.786
Ecology
Zoology
Conservation Biology
Macroecology
Mammals
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ignacio Benites Moreno
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
19
0.679
Systematics
Biogeography
Conservation
Human-wildlife interactions
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Geraldo Soares
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
17
0.607
Morfologia e Anatomia Vegetal
Fitoquímica
Evolução
Ecologia Química e Sistemática Química de Plantas.
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Milton De Souza Mendonça Jr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
16
0.571
invertebrate ecology
insect taxonomy
interaction networks
plant-herbivore interaction
astrobiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Marcelo Reginato
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
21
0.778
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
João André Jarenkow
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
16
0.593
Ecologia de Comunidades
Biodiversidade
Conservação
Ecologia Florestal
Fitossociologia
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Joao F Soares
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
16
0.640
Protozoologia e Doenças transmitidas por vetores
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Tatiana T De Souza Chies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
14
0.560
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eduardo Cremonese Filippi-Chiela
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
19
0.792
Câncer
Biologia Celular
Autofagia
Morte Celular
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marcio Borges Martins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
Zoology
Systematics
Herpetology
Taxonomy
Conservation Biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nelson Jurandi Rosa Fagundes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
15
0.625
Biologia Evolutiva
Filogeografia
Evolução Humana
Povoamento das Américas
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Suzana B Amato
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
11
0.458
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Andreas Kindel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
17
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lívia Kmetzsch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
16
0.727