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Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: Scientists Last 6 years' i10 Index", Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings 2025 "Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings".
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
667
0.653
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
336
0.603
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
forestry
vegetation ecology
agriculture
Plant diversity
Regeneration ecology of woody plants
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
135
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Foresterie
génétique de conservation
écologie
Ethnobotanique
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
138
0.873
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Forest modeling
Biomathematics
Applied statistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
125
0.850
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
94
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
91
0.791
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Soil Science
Forestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
63
0.656
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
80
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Capacity Development
Transdisciplinarity in research
Science Policy and Practice
Institutional reforms
Agroforestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
64
0.688
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Agriculture
Environment
Plant Sciences
Forestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
67
0.779
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Climate Change and Forestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
45
0.600
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
53
0.726
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Forest Mensuration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
37
0.514
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Ecology & Conservation
Forestry
Agroforestry
Ethnobiology
Biostatistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
59
0.937
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Forests
natural resources management
REDD
agroforestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
29
0.460
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
landcare
watershed management
collective action
payments for envirmental services
agroforestry policy incentives
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
43
0.694
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Forestry
Ecology
Biodiversity Conservation
Mangrove Conservation
Natural Resources Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
49
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable landscapes management
Climate action planning
Ecosystem heal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
55
0.932
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
mycology
fungal genomics
fungal evolution
genome evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
49
0.831
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Dryland rehabilitation
Forestry
Forest ecology
Forests and community unitization of them
Forest Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
45
0.763
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
50
0.926
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Mycology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Soil greenhouse gas (CO2
N2O
CH4) emission
Soil carbon sequestration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
48
0.923
Mike Wingfield
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,022
667
0.653
forest protection
mycology
entomology
biotechnology
Meine Van Noordwijk|Noordwijk, Meine van, van Noordwijk, Meine
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
557
336
0.603
roots
agroforestry
ecosystem services
landscape
water
Demel Teketay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
135
0.742
forestry
vegetation ecology
agriculture
Plant diversity
Regeneration ecology of woody plants
Achille Assogbadjo
Université d'Abomey Calavi
Benin, Benin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
138
0.873
Foresterie
génétique de conservation
écologie
Ethnobotanique
Romain GLELE KAKAÏ
Université d'Abomey Calavi
Benin, Benin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
125
0.850
Forest modeling
Biomathematics
Applied statistics
Cheikh Mbow
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
94
0.817
Climate Change
Forestry
Carbon
Drylands
Africa
Alexander Myburg
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
91
0.791
forest molecular genetics
genomics
genetics
cellulose
xylan
Mugendi Daniel Njiru
University of Embu
Embu,, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
63
0.656
Paxie Wc Chirwa
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
80
0.842
Forest Ecology & Management
Social ecology
Agroforestry
Soil fertility
Muhammad Mehmood Ul Hassan
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
64
0.688
Capacity Development
Transdisciplinarity in research
Science Policy and Practice
Institutional reforms
Agroforestry
Justice Nyamangara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
86
67
0.779
Agriculture
Environment
Plant Sciences
Forestry
Eliakimu Zahabu
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Morogoro, Tanzania
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
45
0.600
Seifert Thomas
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
53
0.726
Forest and Tree Growth
Natural Ressources
Wood Science
Dendroecology
Rogers E Malimbwi
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Morogoro, Tanzania
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
37
0.514
Salako Kolawolé Valère
Université d'Abomey Calavi
Benin, Benin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
59
0.937
Ecology & Conservation
Forestry
Agroforestry
Ethnobiology
Biostatistics
Ravi Prabhu
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
29
0.460
Forests
natural resources management
REDD
agroforestry
Delia C Catacutan
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
43
0.694
landcare
watershed management
collective action
payments for envirmental services
agroforestry policy incentives
Tuan A. Duong
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
58
0.951
Fungi: Genetics
Evolutionary Genomics
Systematics
Population
Mating sytems
George B. Chuyong
University of Buea
Buea, Cameroon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
49
0.817
Forestry
Ecology
Biodiversity Conservation
Mangrove Conservation
Natural Resources Management
Lalisa Duguma
World Agroforestry (ICRAF)
Nairobi, Kenya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
55
0.932
Ecosystem-based adaptation
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable landscapes management
Climate action planning
Ecosystem heal
Martin Coetzee
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
49
0.831
mycology
fungal genomics
fungal evolution
genome evolution
Kindeya Gebrehiwot
Mekelle University
Mekelle, Ethiopia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
45
0.763
Dryland rehabilitation
Forestry
Forest ecology
Forests and community unitization of them
Forest Management
Cobus Visagie
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
50
0.926
Taxonomy
Systematics
Penicillium
Aspergillus
Talaromyces
Seonju Marincowitz
University of Pretoria
Pretoria, South Africa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
43
0.811
Dong Gill Kim
Hawassa University
Hawassa, Ethiopia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
48
0.923
Soil greenhouse gas (CO2
N2O
CH4) emission
Soil carbon sequestration