Total 2,403,032 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,466 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
![Scott X Chang](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Forest soils
nutrient cycling
global change
land reclamation
agroforestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
409
332
0.812
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
![Christian Messier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ec/641732.jpg)
forest ecology
urban forestry
silviculture
forest management
functional ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
218
0.732
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
![Yousry A El Kassaby](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/50/643001.jpg)
Forest genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
146
0.520
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
![Scott Hinch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8b/641611.jpg)
salmon ecology physiology telemetry conservation fisheries management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
216
0.777
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
![JL Innes](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/642547.jpg)
forests
forestry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
103
0.446
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
![Dan Binkley](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/14/641397.jpg)
Forest ecology
forest production
forest soils
forest restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
126
0.594
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
![Terry Sunderland](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/642631.jpg)
Forests
landscapes
livelihoods
biodiversity
food security
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
155
0.738
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
![Jean Bousquet](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4f/641943.jpg)
Forest Genetics
Forest Tree Genomics
Genomic Selection
Phylogeography
Forest Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
118
0.584
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
![Victor J Lieffers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/642315.jpg)
trees
ecology
silviculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
106
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
![Kathy Martin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/642476.jpg)
Ornithology
Life history variation
Ecology and Conservation Biology
alpine ecology
tree cavity nester ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
122
0.629
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
![Sean C Thomas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9a/642416.jpg)
Forest ecology
Global change biology
Biochar
Plant ecology
Tree physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
131
0.809
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
![Daniel Kneeshaw](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Forest ecology
forest disturbances
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
116
0.734
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
![David A Maclean](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c7/644119.jpg)
Forest ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
75
0.478
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
![Cecil Konijnendijk Van Den Bosch](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2a/644442.jpg)
urban forestry
urban greening
green space governance
cultural services of urban landscapes
nature-based solutions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
120
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
![Stavros Avramidis](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/55/648321.jpg)
wood physics
fluid treatments
transport phenomena in wood
wood drying
wood modification
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
63
0.426
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
![Robert Kozak](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Sustainable Business Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
85
0.620
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
![Ahmed Koubaa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a6/645452.jpg)
Wood science
Forest Science
Materials Science
Wood Composites
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
103
0.831
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
![Gordon M Hickey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/99/647406.jpg)
Natural resource management
policy and governance
Environmental Assessment
Sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
91
0.740
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
![Alain Cloutier](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/48/645983.jpg)
Wood composites
wood quality
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
67
0.558
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
![Yh Chui](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
wood
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
65
0.565
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
![Peter Duinker](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/28/644936.jpg)
Forests
Environmental Assessment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
60
0.526
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
![Guangyu Wang](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2a/650238.jpg)
Sustainable forest Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
106
0.946
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
![Sally N Aitken](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/98/643328.jpg)
local adaptation
population genetics
population genomics
conservation genetics
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
83
0.741
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
![Nadir Erbilgin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/646006.jpg)
Forest Entomology
Chemical Ecology
Invasion Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
89
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
![Alain Paquette](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4a/645710.jpg)
Forest and urban Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
95
0.913
Scott X Chang
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
409
332
0.812
Forest soils
nutrient cycling
global change
land reclamation
agroforestry
Christian Messier
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
298
218
0.732
forest ecology
urban forestry
silviculture
forest management
functional ecology
Yousry A El Kassaby
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
281
146
0.520
Scott Hinch
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
278
216
0.777
salmon ecology physiology telemetry conservation fisheries management
JL Innes
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
103
0.446
Dan Binkley
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
126
0.594
Forest ecology
forest production
forest soils
forest restoration
Terry Sunderland
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
210
155
0.738
Forests
landscapes
livelihoods
biodiversity
food security
Jean Bousquet
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
202
118
0.584
Forest Genetics
Forest Tree Genomics
Genomic Selection
Phylogeography
Forest Science
Victor J Lieffers
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
197
106
0.538
Kathy Martin
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
122
0.629
Ornithology
Life history variation
Ecology and Conservation Biology
alpine ecology
tree cavity nester ecology
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Sean C Thomas
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
131
0.809
Forest ecology
Global change biology
Biochar
Plant ecology
Tree physiology
Daniel Kneeshaw
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
116
0.734
David A Maclean
University of New Brunswick
Fredericton, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
75
0.478
Cecil Konijnendijk Van Den Bosch
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
150
120
0.800
urban forestry
urban greening
green space governance
cultural services of urban landscapes
nature-based solutions
Stavros Avramidis
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
63
0.426
wood physics
fluid treatments
transport phenomena in wood
wood drying
wood modification
Robert Kozak
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
85
0.620
Ahmed Koubaa
Université du Québec Abitibi-Temiscamingue
Rouyn-Noranda, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
103
0.831
Wood science
Forest Science
Materials Science
Wood Composites
Gordon M Hickey
McGill University
Montréal, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
91
0.740
Natural resource management
policy and governance
Environmental Assessment
Sustainability
Alain Cloutier
Université Laval
Québec, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
67
0.558
Yh Chui
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
65
0.565
Peter Duinker
Dalhousie University
Halifax, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
60
0.526
Guangyu Wang
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
106
0.946
Sally N Aitken
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
83
0.741
local adaptation
population genetics
population genomics
conservation genetics
climate change
Nadir Erbilgin
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
89
0.817
Forest Entomology
Chemical Ecology
Invasion Biology
Alain Paquette
Université du Québec Montréal
Montréal, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
95
0.913