Naturalis Biodiversity Center is a prestigious institution university established in 1820 in Netherlands. It is represented by 121 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Natural Sciences (50 scientists), Engineering & Technology (11 scientists), and Agriculture & Forestry (3 scientists).

Total 121 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Rob Van Soest
Porifera
Thaliacea
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
32
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Hans Ter Steege
Macroecology
Community Ecology
Tropical Forest Ecology
Amazon
Amazonia
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
53
0.768
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Jacques Van Alphen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
27
0.409
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Koos Biesmeijer
polinators
ecology
biodiversity
ecosystem services
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
50
0.781
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Bert W. Hoeksema
corals
coral reefs
marine biodiversity
natural history
taxonomy
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
33
0.611
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Nicole J. de Voogd
Sponges
coral reefs
taxonomy
systematics
diversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
32
0.653
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Tinde van Andel
Ethnobotany
traditional knowledge
medicinal plants
West Africa
women's health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
38
0.792
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Menno Schilthuizen
speciation
evolution
genitalia
Mollusca
Coleoptera
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Willem Renema
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
29
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Barbara Gravendeel
Evolution - Plants - Biodiversity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
31
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Frederic Lens
Wood anatomy
xylem hydraulics
evolution of woodiness
drought tolerance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
32
0.780
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Frank Wesselingh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Vincent SFT Merckx
Evolution
biogeography
diversification
symbiosis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Jan J Wieringa
systematics speciation Leguminosae Begonia Orthoptera Botany Entomology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
31
0.816
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Paul JM Maas
Annonaceae
Costus
Renealmia
saprophytes
Costus
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
24
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
AGCL (Arjen) Speksnijder|Arjen Speksnijder, Adrianus Speksnijder
Molecular microbiology
functional ecology
metagenomics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
20
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende
Neogene
mammals
palaeoenvironments
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
20
0.541
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Willem Vervoort
Hydrozoa
Systematics
Taxonomy
Copepoda
Crustacea
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
15
0.405
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Frietson Galis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
21
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Niels Raes
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Macroecology
Climate Change
Open Data
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Harry Ten Hove
serpulidae
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
20
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Vincent J. Kalkman
Insects
Biodiversity
Invertebrates
Odonata
Conservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Jorinde Nuytinck
mycology
evolution
phylogeny
systematics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Rutger A. Vos
evolution / bioinformatics / data science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
23
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra
African Odonata
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
23
0.742
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rob Van Soest
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
32
0.400
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hans Ter Steege
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
53
0.768
Macroecology
Community Ecology
Tropical Forest Ecology
Amazon
Amazonia
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jacques Van Alphen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
27
0.409
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Koos Biesmeijer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
50
0.781
polinators
ecology
biodiversity
ecosystem services
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Bert W. Hoeksema
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
33
0.611
corals
coral reefs
marine biodiversity
natural history
taxonomy
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nicole J. de Voogd
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
32
0.653
Sponges
coral reefs
taxonomy
systematics
diversity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Tinde van Andel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
38
0.792
Ethnobotany
traditional knowledge
medicinal plants
West Africa
women's health
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Menno Schilthuizen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
30
0.652
speciation
evolution
genitalia
Mollusca
Coleoptera
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Willem Renema
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
29
0.659
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Barbara Gravendeel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
31
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Frederic Lens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
32
0.780
Wood anatomy
xylem hydraulics
evolution of woodiness
drought tolerance
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Frank Wesselingh
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
29
0.707
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vincent SFT Merckx
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
Evolution
biogeography
diversification
symbiosis
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Jan J Wieringa
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
31
0.816
systematics speciation Leguminosae Begonia Orthoptera Botany Entomology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Paul JM Maas
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
24
0.632
Annonaceae
Costus
Renealmia
saprophytes
Costus
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
AGCL (Arjen) Speksnijder|Arjen Speksnijder, Adrianus Speksnijder
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
20
0.526
Molecular microbiology
functional ecology
metagenomics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Lars W. Van Den Hoek Ostende
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
20
0.541
Neogene
mammals
palaeoenvironments
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Willem Vervoort
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
15
0.405
Hydrozoa
Systematics
Taxonomy
Copepoda
Crustacea
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Frietson Galis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
21
0.583
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Niels Raes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
27
0.771
Biodiversity
Biogeography
Macroecology
Climate Change
Open Data
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Harry Ten Hove
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
20
0.588
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Vincent J. Kalkman
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
24
0.727
Insects
Biodiversity
Invertebrates
Odonata
Conservation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jorinde Nuytinck
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
22
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Rutger A. Vos
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
23
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Klaas-Douwe B. Dijkstra
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
23
0.742