i10 Productivity
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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 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
Japan
Pankaj Kumar
Water resource management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
431
0.696
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Japan
Pankaj Kumar
Hydrogeology
Hydrogeochemistry
Hydrological Modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
81
0.659
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Japan
Osamu Saito
Sustainability science
ecosystem services
natural capital
biodiversity
ecosystem management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
103
0.936
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Japan
Brian Alan Johnson
Remote Sensing
GIS
Land Use/Land Cover Change
Object-based Image Analysis
Volunteered Geographic
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
72
0.935
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Japan
Eric Zusman
Political Economy of Low Carbon Development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Japan
Xianbing Liu
Environmental management
Energy
Climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Japan
Mark Elder
Sustainable Development
Environmental Politics
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Japanese Politics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Japan
Yasuhiko Hotta
global governance
waste management
recycling
sustainable resource management
resource efficiency
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
13
0.619
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Japan
Sivapuram Venkata Rama Krishna Prabhakar
Climate change adaptation
disaster risk reduction
natural resource management
agriculture
participatory techniques
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Japan
Vibhas Sukhwani
Urban/Regional Planning
Water Security
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Disaster Risk Reduction
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Japan
Bijon Kumer Mitra
water energy food nexus
water environment governance
management of trans boundary water bodies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Japan
Mesfin Sahle Achemo
Remote sensing and GIS
Ecosystem services
Landscape ecology
Climate Change Adaptation & Social
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Japan
Simon Hoeiberg Olsen
sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Japan
Fernando Ortiz-Moya
Urban Studies
Urban Planning
Shrinking Cities
Japanese Studies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Japan
Ryoko Nakano
energy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Japan
Xin Zhou
Climate policy
sustainable development goals (SDGs)
trade and the environment
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Japan
Raffaela Kozar
Governance Food systems Food security Transformation Sustainability science Agency Diversity Landscapes Collective action
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Japan
Vivek Anand Asokan
Sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Japan
Kyoko Take|Hoa NGUYEN
Climate change mitigation
low carbon society
solid waste management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Japan
Tanaka Yugo
Energy Policy
Participatory Process
Modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Pankaj Kumar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
619
431
0.696
Water resource management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Kazuhiko Takeuchi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
102
0.708
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pankaj Kumar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123
81
0.659
Hydrogeology
Hydrogeochemistry
Hydrological Modeling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Osamu Saito
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
103
0.936
Sustainability science
ecosystem services
natural capital
biodiversity
ecosystem management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Brian Alan Johnson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
72
0.935
Remote Sensing
GIS
Land Use/Land Cover Change
Object-based Image Analysis
Volunteered Geographic
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Eric Zusman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
30
0.698
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Xianbing Liu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
23
0.639
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Mark Elder
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
13
0.591
Sustainable Development
Environmental Politics
Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Japanese Politics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yasuhiko Hotta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
13
0.619
global governance
waste management
recycling
sustainable resource management
resource efficiency
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Sivapuram Venkata Rama Krishna Prabhakar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
10
0.476
Climate change adaptation
disaster risk reduction
natural resource management
agriculture
participatory techniques
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
14
0.737
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Amila Abeynayaka|
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Vibhas Sukhwani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Urban/Regional Planning
Water Security
Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Disaster Risk Reduction
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Bijon Kumer Mitra
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
16
0.941
water energy food nexus
water environment governance
management of trans boundary water bodies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andre Mader
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
11
0.733
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Mesfin Sahle Achemo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
Remote sensing and GIS
Ecosystem services
Landscape ecology
Climate Change Adaptation & Social
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Simon Hoeiberg Olsen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Chika Aoki-Suzuki
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
6
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Fernando Ortiz-Moya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Urban Studies
Urban Planning
Shrinking Cities
Japanese Studies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ryoko Nakano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xin Zhou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Climate policy
sustainable development goals (SDGs)
trade and the environment
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Raffaela Kozar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Governance Food systems Food security Transformation Sustainability science Agency Diversity Landscapes Collective action
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Vivek Anand Asokan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Kyoko Take|Hoa NGUYEN
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Climate change mitigation
low carbon society
solid waste management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Tanaka Yugo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Energy Policy
Participatory Process
Modelling