i10 Productivity
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Europe Social Sciences / Library and Information Science i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Total {{REPLACE_SCIENTIST}} scientists, country {{REPLACE_COUNTRY}}, and institutions {{REPLACE_INSTITUTIONS}} 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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Country

Total 1,388 scientist, 135 country, 3,179 institution

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

World Rank

11,975

Country Rank

Institution Rank: 2

Ranking Based On Selection: 1

Thomas Blaschke

Universität Salzburg

Salzburg , Austria

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Geographic Information Science

GIScience

GIS

Geoinformatics

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

313

228

0.728

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Institution Rank: 27

Ranking Based On Selection: 2

Andrew Booth

University of Sheffield

Sheffield , United Kingdom

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Qualitative evidence synthesis

Realist Synthesis

Evidence based library and infornation practice

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

290

208

0.717

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 8

Ranking Based On Selection: 3

Sören Auer

Universität Hannover

Hannover , Germany

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Linked Data

Knowledge Graphs

Web Science

Digital Libraries

Industry 4.0

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

279

208

0.746

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 79

Ranking Based On Selection: 4

Wolfgang Glänzel

Catholic University of Leuven

Leuven , Belgium

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

scientometrics

bibliometrics

probability theory

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

249

155

0.622

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 27

Ranking Based On Selection: 5

Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent

Universitat de València

Valencia , Spain

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Bibliometrics

Informetrics

Scientometrics

Research evaluation

Open data

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

234

0.402

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 34

Ranking Based On Selection: 6

Li Zhilin

Technische Universität Berlin

Berlin , Germany

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Cartography

Geographical Information Science

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

227

115

0.507

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 1

Ranking Based On Selection: 7

Félix de Moya Anegón

SCImago Research Group

Madrid , Spain

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Scientometrics

Bibliometrics

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

211

112

0.531

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Institution Rank: 4

Ranking Based On Selection: 8

Fabio Crestani

Università della Svizzera Italiana Lugano

Lugano , Switzerland

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information Retrieval

Data Science

Text Mining

Digital Libraries

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

209

103

0.493

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 13

Ranking Based On Selection: 9

Juho Hamari

Tampere University

Tampere , Finland

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

gamification

game studies

esports

metaverse

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

187

185

0.989

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 128

Ranking Based On Selection: 10

Nicola Ferro

Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova , Italy

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

information retrieval

digital libraries

databases

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

155

0.477

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 24

Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Nathalie Fagel

Université de Liège

Liège , Belgium

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Etude des archives sédimentaire. Paléoenvironnements: variabilité naturelle et pertuurbations anthropiques

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

141

107

0.759

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Institution Rank: 23

Ranking Based On Selection: 12

David Bawden

City University London

London , United Kingdom

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

library and information science

digital literacy

information history

information behaviour

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

138

0.399

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 146

Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Wichor M. Bramer

Erasmus University

Rotterdam , Netherlands

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

information retrieval

medical libraries

systematic reviews

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

135

1.000

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 104

Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián

Universitat de València

Valencia , Spain

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Bibliometría

bibliometrics

scientometrics

cienciometría

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

123

0.285

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 194

Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Rodrigo Costas|Rodrigo Costas Comesaña, Rodrigo Costas-Comesana

Leiden University

Leiden , Netherlands

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Bibliometrics

Scientometrics

Databases

Citations

Altmetrics

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

122

104

0.852

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 79

Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Andreas Lücke

Forschungszentrum Jülich

, Germany

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

palaeoclimate

palaeolimnology

paleohydrology

terrestrial archives

stable isotopes

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

120

101

0.842

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 197

Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Morten Hertzum

University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen , Denmark

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Human-computer interaction

Usability

Medical informatics

Participatory design

Information seeking

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

120

0.700

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 157

Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Andrew M Cox

University of Sheffield

Sheffield , United Kingdom

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

practice theory

information practice

academic libraries

librarianship

artificial intelligence

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

115

0.748

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 5

Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Patrick Ruch

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics

Ropar , Switzerland

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information science

Bioinformatics

Text Mining

Information Retrieval

Lifesciences

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

114

0.342

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 73

Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez

Spanish National Research Council

Madrid , Spain

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

scientometrics

bibliometrics

science policy

research evaluation

scholarly communication

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

113

0.602

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 54

Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Wolfgang G. Stock

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf , Germany

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information Science

Scientometrics

Social Media

Smart Cities

Information Markets

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

109

0.532

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 185

Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Jacqueline Limpens

University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam , Netherlands

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

library science

immunology

oncology

dermatology

gynecology & obstetrics

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

107

0.869

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 214

Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Ernest Abadal

Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona , Spain

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information Science

Scholarly Communication

open access

open science

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

105

0.648

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* Total i10 IndexRankings

Institution Rank: 59

Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Rachel Thomson

University of Sussex

Brighton , United Kingdom

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

youth

gender

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

64,033

704

Ranking Based On Selection: 11

Nathalie Fagel

Université de Liège Liège, Belgium

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

141

107

0.759

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Etude des archives sédimentaire. Paléoenvironnements: variabilité naturelle et pertuurbations anthropiques

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

66,930

4,791

Ranking Based On Selection: 12

David Bawden

City University London London, United Kingdom

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

138

0.399

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

library and information science

digital literacy

information history

information behaviour

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

68,764

1,745

146

Ranking Based On Selection: 13

Wichor M. Bramer

Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

135

1.000

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

information retrieval

medical libraries

systematic reviews

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

81,664

2,488

104

Ranking Based On Selection: 14

Juan Carlos Valderrama Zurián

Universitat de València Valencia, Spain

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

123

0.285

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Bibliometría

bibliometrics

scientometrics

cienciometría

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

81,929

2,005

194

Ranking Based On Selection: 15

Rodrigo Costas|Rodrigo Costas Comesaña, Rodrigo Costas-Comesana

Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

122

104

0.852

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Bibliometrics

Scientometrics

Databases

Citations

Altmetrics

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

84,246

3,921

Ranking Based On Selection: 16

Andreas Lücke

Forschungszentrum Jülich , Germany

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

120

101

0.842

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

palaeoclimate

palaeolimnology

paleohydrology

terrestrial archives

stable isotopes

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

84,568

767

197

Ranking Based On Selection: 17

Morten Hertzum

University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

120

0.700

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Human-computer interaction

Usability

Medical informatics

Participatory design

Information seeking

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

90,736

6,375

157

Ranking Based On Selection: 18

Andrew M Cox

University of Sheffield Sheffield, United Kingdom

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

115

0.748

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

practice theory

information practice

academic libraries

librarianship

artificial intelligence

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

92,728

1,385

Ranking Based On Selection: 19

Patrick Ruch

Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Ropar, Switzerland

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

114

0.342

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information science

Bioinformatics

Text Mining

Information Retrieval

Lifesciences

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

93,745

2,863

Ranking Based On Selection: 20

Zaida Chinchilla-Rodríguez

Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

113

0.602

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

scientometrics

bibliometrics

science policy

research evaluation

scholarly communication

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

99,413

4,529

Ranking Based On Selection: 21

Wolfgang G. Stock

Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

109

0.532

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information Science

Scientometrics

Social Media

Smart Cities

Information Markets

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

101,471

2,387

185

Ranking Based On Selection: 22

Jacqueline Limpens

University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

107

0.869

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

library science

immunology

oncology

dermatology

gynecology & obstetrics

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

105,168

3,245

214

Ranking Based On Selection: 23

Ernest Abadal

Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

105

0.648

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

Information Science

Scholarly Communication

open access

open science

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* Total i10 Index Rankings

Rankings

110,347

7,712

Ranking Based On Selection: 24

Rachel Thomson

University of Sussex Brighton, United Kingdom

i-10 Metrics

Total

Last 6 Years

Last 6 Years / Total

102

0.529

Social Sciences / Library and Information Science

youth

gender

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Europe Social Sciences / Library and Information Science i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

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