i10 Productivity
Rankings

U.S. Geological Survey/ ScientistsNatural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as 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 :26
United States
Andersen, Douglas C
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
20
0.323
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
United States
Sergei V Drovetski
Microbiome
Evolution
Ornithology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
United States
Colleen M Handel
Ecology
Birds
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
36
0.610
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
United States
Toni Lyn Morelli
ecology
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
51
0.879
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
United States
Michael J Osland
ecology
global change
climate change
wetlands
restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
53
0.946
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
United States
Christian E Torgersen
Landscape ecology
aquatic ecology
spatial analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
45
0.804
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
United States
Daniel Twedt
Conservation Biology
Ornithology
Forest Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
16
0.286
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
United States
Joel B Sankey
Geomorphology
Ecology
Remote Sensing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
45
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
United States
Gregory T Pederson
snow
water resources
paleoclimate
streamflow
drought
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
United States
Adam Terando
Climate and land use change
Ecology
Climate extremes
Fire ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
United States
Richard Erickson
Ecological Modelling
Quantitative Ecology
Invasive Species
Ecotoxicology
Invasive Carp
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
41
0.911
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
United States
Kathryn M Irvine
Ecological Statistics
Statistical Modeling
Survey Design
Monitoring
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
37
0.822
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United States
Lawrence D Igl
Avian Ecology
Natural Resources Mgt
Grassland Birds
Farm Programs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
United States
Theodore A Kennedy
aquatic ecology
food webs
adaptive management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
35
0.795
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
United States
Travis S Schmidt
Ecotoxicology
aquatic ecology
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
United States
Judith Drexler
Wetlands
Carbon Sequestration
Climate Change
Ecosystem Restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United States
Karen M Thorne
Ecology
Wetlands
Modeling
Climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
United States
James H Larson
Ecology
Ecological Stoichiometry
Biogeochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
26
0.650
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
United States
Nicholas Aumen
Nutrient biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
8
0.200
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
United States
Kurt P Kowalski
Wetland Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
United States
Amy Symstad
Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
United States
John Young
GIS
remote sensing
landscape ecology
biogeography
species distribution modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
26
0.667
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
United States
Amy G Vandergast
Conservation Biology
Population Genetics
Phylogeography
Landscape Genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
United States
Conor Mcgowan
Ecology
population dynamics
shorebirds
endangered species
CRU Program
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
United States
Garth Herring
Avian ecology
ecophysiology
ecotoxicology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
22
0.595
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Andersen, Douglas C
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
20
0.323
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Sergei V Drovetski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
41
0.695
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Colleen M Handel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
36
0.610
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Toni Lyn Morelli
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
51
0.879
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Michael J Osland
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
53
0.946
ecology
global change
climate change
wetlands
restoration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Christian E Torgersen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
45
0.804
Landscape ecology
aquatic ecology
spatial analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Daniel Twedt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
56
16
0.286
Conservation Biology
Ornithology
Forest Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Joel B Sankey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
45
0.900
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Gregory T Pederson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
42
0.857
snow
water resources
paleoclimate
streamflow
drought
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Adam Terando
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
41
0.872
Climate and land use change
Ecology
Climate extremes
Fire ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Richard Erickson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
41
0.911
Ecological Modelling
Quantitative Ecology
Invasive Species
Ecotoxicology
Invasive Carp
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Kathryn M Irvine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
37
0.822
Ecological Statistics
Statistical Modeling
Survey Design
Monitoring
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Lawrence D Igl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
15
0.333
Avian Ecology
Natural Resources Mgt
Grassland Birds
Farm Programs
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Theodore A Kennedy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
35
0.795
aquatic ecology
food webs
adaptive management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Travis S Schmidt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Judith Drexler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
36
0.857
Wetlands
Carbon Sequestration
Climate Change
Ecosystem Restoration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Karen M Thorne
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
38
0.927
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
James H Larson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
26
0.650
Ecology
Ecological Stoichiometry
Biogeochemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Nicholas Aumen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40
8
0.200
Nutrient biogeochemistry
microbial ecology
restoration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Kurt P Kowalski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
33
0.846
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Amy Symstad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
31
0.795
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
John Young
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
26
0.667
GIS
remote sensing
landscape ecology
biogeography
species distribution modeling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Amy G Vandergast
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
Conservation Biology
Population Genetics
Phylogeography
Landscape Genetics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Conor Mcgowan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
26
0.703
Ecology
population dynamics
shorebirds
endangered species
CRU Program
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Garth Herring
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
22
0.595