VU University of Amsterdam is a prestigious private university established in 1880 in Netherlands. It is represented by 1,634 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (460 scientists), Social Sciences (161 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (157 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
J Hans C Cornelissen
biogeochemical cycling
plant traits
climate
decomposition
fire
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
83
0.728
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rien Aerts
global change
biogeochemistry
biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
56
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cam Gestel Van|Kees van Gestel
soil ecotoxicology
bioavailability
bioaccumulation
mixture toxicity
soil invertebrates
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
45
0.511
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gijs Jl Wuite
Biological Physics
Optical Tweezers
Single-molecule Fluorescent Microscopy
Physical Virology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
45
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michel Nivard
Psychology
Behavior Genetics
Genetics
Genetic epidemiology
Psychiatric Genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
57
0.877
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bas Kooijman
Dynamic Energy Budget theory
Metabolism
Ecology
Natural History
Applied Mathematics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
32
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
MP Berg
Community ecology
Spatial ecology
Soil fauna
Traits
Litter decomposition
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
43
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Toby Kiers
evolution
cooperation
symbiosis
agriculture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
43
0.796
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wilfred FM Roling
microbial ecology
microbial physiology
geomicrobiology
systems biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
27
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacintha Ellers
Genome evolution & trait loss
Evolution of lipid functions
Temperature tolerance
Invasive species
Urban adaptation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
34
0.654
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hamdi Mbarek
Molecular Genetics
Genetics of complex traits
Genetics of Twinning
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
44
0.898
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Frank J Bruggeman
Systems biology
computational biology
biophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lannie Ligthart
migraine
chronic pain
depression
genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
René Pool
Genetic epidemiology
Genomics
Metabolomics
Bioinformatics
(Bio)molecular Simulation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Herwig Bachmann
molecular microbiology
evolutionary engineering
systems biology
(food) fermentation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lianne H Scholtens
Brain
Connectomics
Neurobiology
Multiscale neuroscience
Brain evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wouter Halfwerk
sensory ecology
urban adaptation
species interactions
multimodal communication
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
23
0.885
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marc Van Dijk
Structural Biology
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jurgen R Haanstra
systems biology
metabolism in disease and health
(liver) cancer
parasitology
Trypanosoma brucei
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jac Davis
Human behavioural ecology
Statistics
Meta-analysis
Complex systems
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ernesto Rodriguez
glycobiology
cancer
immunology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vasilis Kokkoris
Mycology
Ecology
Plant biology
Symbiosis
Fungal genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
J Hans C Cornelissen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
83
0.728
biogeochemical cycling
plant traits
climate
decomposition
fire
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rien Aerts
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94
56
0.596
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Cam Gestel Van|Kees van Gestel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
45
0.511
soil ecotoxicology
bioavailability
bioaccumulation
mixture toxicity
soil invertebrates
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gijs Jl Wuite
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
45
0.662
Biological Physics
Optical Tweezers
Single-molecule Fluorescent Microscopy
Physical Virology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bas Teusink
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
37
0.561
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Michel Nivard
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
57
0.877
Psychology
Behavior Genetics
Genetics
Genetic epidemiology
Psychiatric Genetics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bas Kooijman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
32
0.508
Dynamic Energy Budget theory
Metabolism
Ecology
Natural History
Applied Mathematics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
MP Berg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
43
0.717
Community ecology
Spatial ecology
Soil fauna
Traits
Litter decomposition
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Toby Kiers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
43
0.796
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wilfred FM Roling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
27
0.509
microbial ecology
microbial physiology
geomicrobiology
systems biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jacintha Ellers
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
34
0.654
Genome evolution & trait loss
Evolution of lipid functions
Temperature tolerance
Invasive species
Urban adaptation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richardus SP Van Logtestijn
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
33
0.635
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hamdi Mbarek
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
44
0.898
Molecular Genetics
Genetics of complex traits
Genetics of Twinning
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Frank J Bruggeman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
29
0.617
Systems biology
computational biology
biophysics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lannie Ligthart
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
34
0.739
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
René Pool
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
Genetic epidemiology
Genomics
Metabolomics
Bioinformatics
(Bio)molecular Simulation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rob Broekman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
19
0.514
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Herwig Bachmann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28
21
0.750
molecular microbiology
evolutionary engineering
systems biology
(food) fermentation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lianne H Scholtens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
Brain
Connectomics
Neurobiology
Multiscale neuroscience
Brain evolution
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Wouter Halfwerk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
23
0.885
sensory ecology
urban adaptation
species interactions
multimodal communication
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marc Van Dijk
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
Structural Biology
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jurgen R Haanstra
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
systems biology
metabolism in disease and health
(liver) cancer
parasitology
Trypanosoma brucei
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jac Davis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
16
0.800
Human behavioural ecology
Statistics
Meta-analysis
Complex systems
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ernesto Rodriguez
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Vasilis Kokkoris
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
Mycology
Ecology
Plant biology
Symbiosis
Fungal genetics