Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University is a prestigious public university established in 1872 in United States. It is represented by 1,508 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (506 scientists), Natural Sciences (243 scientists), and Social Sciences and Humanities (189 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John J Tyson
VT Biological Sciences
computational cell biology
systems biology
theoretical biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
39
0.494
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jackson R Webster
VT Biological Sciences
Stream and watershed ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
33
0.418
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joseph O Falkinham III
VT Biological Sciences
Mycobacteria
Methylobacteria
Antibiotic Discovery and Development
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
39
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roderick V Jensen
Computational Genomics
Nonlinear Dynamics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
William A Hopkins
Physiological Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Global Change Biology
Conservation Physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
27
0.474
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liwu Li
Innate Immune Memory
Immunotherapeutics
chronic inflammation
VT Biological Sciences
ictas_center
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stephen A Smith
Aquatic
avian and exotic animal medicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
28
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
W Mark Ford
wildlife habitat management
bat ecology
Appalachian spruce-fir
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
29
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sterling Nesbitt
Zoology
Paleontology
Evolution
Geosciences
Anatomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
38
0.717
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ignacio Moore
endocrinology
behavior
evolution
VT Biological Sciences
VT School of Neuroscience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
28
0.549
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John E Barrett
soil ecology
biogeochemistry
global change
VT Biological Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
31
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robin M Andrews
reptile thermal biology
embryonic development
physiological ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
19
0.380
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John B Phillips
VT Biological Sciences
sensory biology
magnetoreception
spatial behavior and cognition
navigation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
21
0.429
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David L Popham
Microbiology
Bacterial Spores
VT Biological Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
24
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ef Benfield
VT Biological Sciences
Stream responses to historical and contemporary landscape change
aquatic biodiversity
stream ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
18
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lisa K Belden
disease ecology
microbial ecology
amphibian biology
parasitology
VT Biological Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
28
0.609
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Daniela Cimini
Mitosis
Aneuploidy
ICTAS Center for Engineered Health
VT Biological Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brenda Sj Winkel
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
26
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christopher Lawrence
microbiology
mycology
plant science
immunology
bioinformatics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
26
0.591
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saied Mostaghimi
Nonpoint source pollution
water quality
environmental assessment
monitoring
best management practices
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
15
0.341
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luis E Escobar
Disease Biogeography
Ecological Niche Modeling
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Epidemiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dorothea Tholl
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
John J Tyson
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
39
0.494
VT Biological Sciences
computational cell biology
systems biology
theoretical biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Jackson R Webster
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
33
0.418
VT Biological Sciences
Stream and watershed ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Joseph O Falkinham III
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
39
0.557
VT Biological Sciences
Mycobacteria
Methylobacteria
Antibiotic Discovery and Development
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Roderick V Jensen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
33
0.478
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
William A Hopkins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
27
0.474
Physiological Ecology
Ecotoxicology
Global Change Biology
Conservation Physiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Liwu Li
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
31
0.564
Innate Immune Memory
Immunotherapeutics
chronic inflammation
VT Biological Sciences
ictas_center
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Stephen A Smith
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
28
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
JR Walters
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
22
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
W Mark Ford
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
29
0.537
wildlife habitat management
bat ecology
Appalachian spruce-fir
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sterling Nesbitt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
38
0.717
Zoology
Paleontology
Evolution
Geosciences
Anatomy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Ignacio Moore
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
28
0.549
endocrinology
behavior
evolution
VT Biological Sciences
VT School of Neuroscience
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
John E Barrett
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
31
0.620
soil ecology
biogeochemistry
global change
VT Biological Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Robin M Andrews
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
19
0.380
reptile thermal biology
embryonic development
physiological ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
John B Phillips
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
21
0.429
VT Biological Sciences
sensory biology
magnetoreception
spatial behavior and cognition
navigation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
David L Popham
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
24
0.500
Microbiology
Bacterial Spores
VT Biological Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ef Benfield
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
18
0.375
VT Biological Sciences
Stream responses to historical and contemporary landscape change
aquatic biodiversity
stream ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lisa K Belden
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
28
0.609
disease ecology
microbial ecology
amphibian biology
parasitology
VT Biological Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Daniela Cimini
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
32
0.711
Mitosis
Aneuploidy
ICTAS Center for Engineered Health
VT Biological Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brenda Sj Winkel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
26
0.591
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Christopher Lawrence
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
26
0.591
microbiology
mycology
plant science
immunology
bioinformatics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Saied Mostaghimi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
15
0.341
Nonpoint source pollution
water quality
environmental assessment
monitoring
best management practices
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Luis E Escobar
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
Disease Biogeography
Ecological Niche Modeling
Disease Ecology
Wildlife Epidemiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Erik Nilsen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
14
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dorothea Tholl
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
34
0.850
VT Biological Sciences
VT Translational Plant Sciences
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Dana M Hawley
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
27
0.675