i10 Productivity
Rankings

Natural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings in Nigeria 2025

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
Nigeria
Mahboob Adekilekun Jimoh
Plant Anatomy
Plant Ecology
Ethnobotany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
307
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Nigeria
Akesa Terfa Maurice
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
Ethnobotany
phamacogsy
plant protection and palynology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
71
0.507
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Nigeria
Babalola Aponjolosun
Botany
Microbiology
Biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
61
0.480
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Nigeria
James Legg
Cassava Viruses
Whiteflies
Epidemiology
Molecular Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
93
0.775
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Nigeria
Tolulope Adedoyin Oladeji
Ecology and Environmental Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
62
0.564
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Nigeria
Caroline Umebese
Plant Abiotic Stress Physiology and Ethnobotany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
53
0.535
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nigeria
James Chukwuma Ogbonna
Bioprocess engineering
Fermentation technology
Bio-energy
Microalgae biotechnology
Photobioreactors.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
68
0.701
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Nigeria
Muhammad Murtala Mainasara
Taxonomy
medicinal plants
breast cancer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
75
0.806
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Nigeria
Francis. O. Arimoro
Biomonitoring
Limnology
Macroinvertebrates
Heavy metal
Ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
72
0.791
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Nigeria
Macdonald Idu
Phytomedicine
Ethnomedicine
Ethnobotany
Botany
Seed science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
34
0.453
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Nigeria
Matthew Olusoji Ilori
Microbial Environmental Biotechnology
biodegradation of toxic and recalcitrant molecules
bioremediation and biodetoxification
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Nigeria
Adejoke Yetunde Onaolapo
Neurobiology
Behavioural Neuroscience
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
65
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Nigeria
Chiedozie Egesi
breeding
genetics
biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
56
0.862
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Nigeria
Adekunle Bakare
Genetics
Cellular and genetics Toxicology
chemoprevention
molecular toxicology
Medicinal herbs genotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
53
0.815
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Nigeria
Blessing Adejoh
Ecology and Climate Change
Ecosystem Management
Land Management
Reclamation and Restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
45
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Nigeria
Joseph P Essien
Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Nigeria
Beckley Ikhajiagbe|B. Ikhajiagbe
Environmental Biotechnology
Plant Ecophysiology
Sustainable Agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
43
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Nigeria
Adebayo Otitoloju
Ecotoxicology
Heavy Metals
Hydrocarbon
Pollution
Biomarkers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
40
0.678
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Nigeria
Sulaiman Inuwa Muhammad
Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Nigeria
Adamu Aliyu Aliero
Plant physiology
Genetics
phytomedicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
32
0.593
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Nigeria
Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe
Molecular Systematics
Plant Anatomy
Food Security
Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity Conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Nigeria
Oyeronke Odunola
cancer research and molecular biology
oncology
immunology
toxicology
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Nigeria
Edem Eniang
Herpetology
Primatology
Wildlife Conservation
Protected Areas
Endangered Species and Ecotourism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
32
0.627
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nigeria
Abayomi Ayesa
Ecology (Restoration of Ecosystems)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
13
0.260
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Nigeria
Jemilat Aliyu Ibrahim
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Plant Anatomy
Biodiversity
DNA Barcoding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
9
0.180
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Mahboob Adekilekun Jimoh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
307
0.754
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Akesa Terfa Maurice
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
71
0.507
Plant Taxonomy and Biosystematics
Ethnobotany
phamacogsy
plant protection and palynology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Babalola Aponjolosun
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
61
0.480
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
James Legg
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
93
0.775
Cassava Viruses
Whiteflies
Epidemiology
Molecular Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tolulope Adedoyin Oladeji
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
62
0.564
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Caroline Umebese
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
53
0.535
Plant Abiotic Stress Physiology and Ethnobotany
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
James Chukwuma Ogbonna
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
68
0.701
Bioprocess engineering
Fermentation technology
Bio-energy
Microalgae biotechnology
Photobioreactors.
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Muhammad Murtala Mainasara
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
75
0.806
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Francis. O. Arimoro
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
72
0.791
Biomonitoring
Limnology
Macroinvertebrates
Heavy metal
Ecotoxicology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Macdonald Idu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
34
0.453
Phytomedicine
Ethnomedicine
Ethnobotany
Botany
Seed science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Matthew Olusoji Ilori
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
74
48
0.649
Microbial Environmental Biotechnology
biodegradation of toxic and recalcitrant molecules
bioremediation and biodetoxification
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Adejoke Yetunde Onaolapo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
72
65
0.903
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chiedozie Egesi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
56
0.862
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Adekunle Bakare
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
53
0.815
Genetics
Cellular and genetics Toxicology
chemoprevention
molecular toxicology
Medicinal herbs genotoxicology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Blessing Adejoh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
45
0.692
Ecology and Climate Change
Ecosystem Management
Land Management
Reclamation and Restoration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joseph P Essien
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Beckley Ikhajiagbe|B. Ikhajiagbe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
43
0.729
Environmental Biotechnology
Plant Ecophysiology
Sustainable Agriculture
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Adebayo Otitoloju
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
40
0.678
Ecotoxicology
Heavy Metals
Hydrocarbon
Pollution
Biomarkers
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sulaiman Inuwa Muhammad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
48
0.842
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Adamu Aliyu Aliero
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
32
0.593
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Oluwatoyin Temitayo Ogundipe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
32
0.604
Molecular Systematics
Plant Anatomy
Food Security
Natural Resource Management
Biodiversity Conservation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Oyeronke Odunola
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
33
0.647
cancer research and molecular biology
oncology
immunology
toxicology
climate change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Edem Eniang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
32
0.627
Herpetology
Primatology
Wildlife Conservation
Protected Areas
Endangered Species and Ecotourism
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Abayomi Ayesa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
13
0.260
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jemilat Aliyu Ibrahim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
9
0.180
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Plant Anatomy
Biodiversity
DNA Barcoding