Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is a prestigious institution university established in 2013 in Switzerland. It is represented by 191 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Natural Sciences (53 scientists), Agriculture & Forestry (39 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (20 scientists).

Total 191 scientist
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Arthur Gessler
Tree Physiology
Tree Ecophysiology
Plant physiological ecology
stable Isotopes
Plant Ecophysiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
65
0.747
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Rolf Siegwolf
Ecophysiology of plants
Carbon and water relations
Stable isotopes in ecology
Tree physiology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
48
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Catherine H. Graham
Biogeography
Community Ecology
Ornithology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
55
0.797
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Konrad Steffen
sea level rise
arctic climatology
ice sheet
micro-climatology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
41
0.594
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Andreas Rigling
Forest dynamics
dendroecology
climate change impact
forest management
interdisciplinarity
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
52
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Beat Frey
soil microbial diversity
soil microbiome
cryosphere
global change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
45
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Martin M. Gossner
Biodiversity
Arthropod communities
functional diversity
alien species
ecosystem processes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
48
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Marco Moretti
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Trait-based ecology
Functional ecology
Urban ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
48
0.828
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Thomas Wohlgemuth
Forest ecology
tree regeneration
seed mast
bioiversity
plant species richness
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Eckehard Brockerhoff
entomology
biodiversity
biological invasions
forest ecology
forestry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Christoph Scheidegger
Biodiversity research
Conservation biology
Lichen biology
Population genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
30
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Patrick Fonti
Dendrochronology
wood anatomy
plant ecology
plant hydraulic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
48
0.873
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Steffen Boch
vegetation ecology
bryophytes
lichens
biological conservation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Vitasse Yann
Functional ecology
ecophysiology
phenology
forestry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
48
0.941
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Marcus Schaub
Ecophysiology
forest ecosystems
experimental monitoring
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Matthias Bürgi
historical ecology
forest history
landscape dynamics
land use change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Katrin Meusburger
soil water
soil erosion
isotope tracing
environmental modelling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
43
0.878
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Brian Mcardell
Debris flows
runout modelling
shallow landslides
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
41
0.837
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Ivano Brunner
Roots
Fungi
Forest Soils
Global Change
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107
83
0.776
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arthur Gessler
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
65
0.747
Tree Physiology
Tree Ecophysiology
Plant physiological ecology
stable Isotopes
Plant Ecophysiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Rolf Siegwolf
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
48
0.615
Ecophysiology of plants
Carbon and water relations
Stable isotopes in ecology
Tree physiology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Catherine H. Graham
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
55
0.797
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Konrad Steffen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
41
0.594
sea level rise
arctic climatology
ice sheet
micro-climatology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Andreas Rigling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
52
0.776
Forest dynamics
dendroecology
climate change impact
forest management
interdisciplinarity
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Beat Frey
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
45
0.714
soil microbial diversity
soil microbiome
cryosphere
global change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hagedorn F
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
43
0.694
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Conedera Marco
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
44
0.721
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Felix Kienast
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
38
0.633
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Martin M. Gossner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
48
0.814
Biodiversity
Arthropod communities
functional diversity
alien species
ecosystem processes
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marco Moretti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
48
0.828
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Trait-based ecology
Functional ecology
Urban ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Thomas Wohlgemuth
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
Forest ecology
tree regeneration
seed mast
bioiversity
plant species richness
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eckehard Brockerhoff
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
43
0.741
entomology
biodiversity
biological invasions
forest ecology
forestry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Christoph Scheidegger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
30
0.526
Biodiversity research
Conservation biology
Lichen biology
Population genetics
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Patrick Fonti
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
48
0.873
Dendrochronology
wood anatomy
plant ecology
plant hydraulic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Steffen Boch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
44
0.815
vegetation ecology
bryophytes
lichens
biological conservation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Vitasse Yann
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
48
0.941
Functional ecology
ecophysiology
phenology
forestry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Anita C. Risch
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
39
0.765
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maihe Li (李迈和)
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
39
0.780
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marcus Schaub
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
Ecophysiology
forest ecosystems
experimental monitoring
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthias Bürgi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
35
0.700
historical ecology
forest history
landscape dynamics
land use change
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Katrin Meusburger
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
43
0.878
soil water
soil erosion
isotope tracing
environmental modelling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Brian Mcardell
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
41
0.837
Debris flows
runout modelling
shallow landslides
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Ivano Brunner
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714