i10 Productivity
Rankings
Asia Agriculture & Forestry / Soil Sciences and Plant Nutrition i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025
Total 2,509,841 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,479 are evaluated in the Productivity Rankings, an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking measures and highlights the scientific productivity of researchers based on the i10 index (number of publications with at least 10 citations). This system identifies highly productive scientists across disciplines, institutions, and regions, contributing to the development of evidence-based academic policies and effective incentive mechanisms. The rankings include global, regional, and institutional analyses, along with specialized rankings such as Scientists' Last 6 Years' i10 Index and Universities' i10 Index Rankings 2025. With Premium Membership, you can:
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,905
1,449
0.761
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
627
0.777
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
353
0.859
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
346
0.908
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Microbial Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
294
0.891
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
agronomy
Soil Science
Soil Microbiome
agroecology
soil microbial diversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
203
0.752
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
209
0.826
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
soil-atmosphere interaction
soil desiccation cracking
fiber reinforced soil
unsaturated soil
bio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
196
0.848
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Micromutrients
heavy metals
sewage sludge
biochar
boron
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
115
0.483
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Plant nutrition
Plant stress physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
191
0.849
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
soil erosion
watershed management
soil conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
145
0.711
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Resource recovery & reuse
Urban agriculture
Safe wastewater use
Soil fertility & plant nutrition
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
126
0.618
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
soil science
soil microbiology
environment
greenhouse gas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
109
0.562
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
183
0.938
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Soil and Water Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
181
0.953
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
97
0.542
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Soil Microbiology
Plant Breeding
Biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
80
0.460
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Soil physics
Frozen soil
Hydrology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
54
0.312
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Soil Chemistry
plant nutrition
agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
102
0.614
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Soil Mechanics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
127
0.765
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
soil science
nitrogen fertilizers
rice
wheat
soil health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
72
0.447
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
143
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Soil science
Heavy metals
Nutrients
Groundwater
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
120
0.745
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
environmental geochemistry environmental chemistry soil science ecotoxicology nanotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
88
0.550
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Plant nutrition
Molecular biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
150
0.955
Ming Li
Northwest A & F University
Yangling, China
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,905
1,449
0.761
Phycology
Aquatic ecology
environmental science
soil science
Fusuo Zhang
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
807
627
0.777
plant nutrition
Agriculture
nutrient management
rhizosphere
Muhammad Abid
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411
353
0.859
Fang Jie Zhao
Nanjing Agricultural University
Nanjing, China
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
381
346
0.908
Soil Science
Plant nutrition
Environmental Science
Ji-Zheng He
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
294
0.891
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Microbial Ecology
Wenxiong Lin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
270
203
0.752
agronomy
Soil Science
Soil Microbiome
agroecology
soil microbial diversity
Minggang Xu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
209
0.826
Chao Sheng Tang
Nanjing University
Nanjing, China
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
196
0.848
soil-atmosphere interaction
soil desiccation cracking
fiber reinforced soil
unsaturated soil
bio
SK Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi, India
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238
115
0.483
Micromutrients
heavy metals
sewage sludge
biochar
boron
Wen-Hao Zhang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
225
191
0.849
Plant nutrition
Plant stress physiology
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Zhihua Shi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
145
0.711
soil erosion
watershed management
soil conservation
Pay Drechsel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
126
0.618
Resource recovery & reuse
Urban agriculture
Safe wastewater use
Soil fertility & plant nutrition
Kazuyuki Inubushi
Chiba University
Chiba, Japan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
109
0.562
soil science
soil microbiology
environment
greenhouse gas
Haiyan Chu
Institute of Soil Science
Nanjing, China
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
183
0.938
Muhammad Zia Ur Rehman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
181
0.953
Soil and Water Chemistry
Ryusuke Hatano
Hokkaido University
Sapporo, Japan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
97
0.542
Rajendra Singh
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi, India
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
174
80
0.460
Soil Microbiology
Plant Breeding
Biotechnology
Kunio Watanabe
Mie University
Tsu, Japan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
54
0.312
Soil physics
Frozen soil
Hydrology
Mohamed Musa Hanafi
Universiti Putra Malaysia
Seri Kembangan, Malaysia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
102
0.614
Soil Chemistry
plant nutrition
agriculture
Feng Zhang
Nagoya Institute of Technology
Nagoya, Japan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
166
127
0.765
Bijay Singh|Singh, Bijay, Singh, B-.
Punjab Agricultural University Ludhiana
Ludhiana, India
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
72
0.447
soil science
nitrogen fertilizers
rice
wheat
soil health
Muhammad Naveed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
143
0.888
Beneficial Plant-Microbe Interactions
Mohsen Jalali
Bu Ali Sina University Hamedan
Hamedan, Iran
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
120
0.745
Soil science
Heavy metals
Nutrients
Groundwater
Paul M Bertsch
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
88
0.550
environmental geochemistry environmental chemistry soil science ecotoxicology nanotoxicology
Md Saiful Islam
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
150
0.955
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Plant nutrition
Molecular biology