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University of Southern California 57 Scientists Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,384,784 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,462 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: 26
United States
Saheem A Zaidi
Molecular Modeling
Computational Chemistry
Opioids
GPCRs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
United States
Zhong Zheng
computational chemistry
GPCR
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
United States
Daniel Sylvinson
chemistry
materials science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
United States
Michael S Inkpen
Single-molecule electronics
surface and organometallic chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
United States
Xiao-Nan Zhang
Chemical Biology
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Material Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
United States
Bingya Hou
Hot-electron Driven Photocatalysis Semiconductor Processing and Nano-fabrication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
United States
Zhiyao Lu
Chemistry
Catalysis
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Organometallics
Synthetic Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
United States
Arjun Saha
Computational Chemistry
Biophysics
Drug Discovery
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
United States
Raktim Sen
low carbon solutions
catalysis
CO2 capture
CCU
hydrogen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
United States
Dmitry Zuev
Computational Quantum Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
United States
Prathamesh Pavaskar
Plasmonics
Electromagnetic simulations
Optimization
Photocatalysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
United States
Wenbo Hou
photocatalysis
catalysis
semiconductor
polymer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
United States
Shiliang Zhou
Solid State Chemistry
Lithium-ion batteries
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
United States
Mikolaj Feliks
Computational Chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
United States
Maristella Alessio
Electronic structure methods
Computational Catalysis
Molecular magnetism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
United States
Jannise Buckley|Jannise Babbush
Inorganic chemistry
semiconducting inks
solar energy conversion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
United States
Lee Chiat Ch'Ng
Physical Chemistry
Molecular Dynamics
Water
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
United States
Thilini Batagoda
Chemistry
displays
OLEDs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
United States
Zümra P Seidel
surfactants
enzymes
green chemistry
enzyme kinetics
drug encapsulation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
United States
Michael J Brady
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Science
Energy Storage
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
United States
Ashley Hellman
chemistry
inorganic chemistry
catalysis
electrocatalysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
United States
Aoxuan Zhang
Computational Biophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Saheem A Zaidi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
16
0.696
Molecular Modeling
Computational Chemistry
Opioids
GPCRs
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Zhong Zheng
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
17
0.850
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Daniel Sylvinson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
18
0.947
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Michael S Inkpen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
16
0.889
Single-molecule electronics
surface and organometallic chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Xiao-Nan Zhang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Chemical Biology
Biochemistry
Organic Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry
Material Chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Bingya Hou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
14
0.875
Hot-electron Driven Photocatalysis Semiconductor Processing and Nano-fabrication
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Zhiyao Lu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
9
0.643
Chemistry
Catalysis
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Organometallics
Synthetic Chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Arjun Saha
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
10
0.769
Computational Chemistry
Biophysics
Drug Discovery
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Raktim Sen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
12
1.000
low carbon solutions
catalysis
CO2 capture
CCU
hydrogen
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Dmitry Zuev
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Prathamesh Pavaskar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
9
0.750
Plasmonics
Electromagnetic simulations
Optimization
Photocatalysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Wenbo Hou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
10
0.909
photocatalysis
catalysis
semiconductor
polymer
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Shiliang Zhou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Mikolaj Feliks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
8
0.727
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Maristella Alessio
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
Electronic structure methods
Computational Catalysis
Molecular magnetism
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Hongde Xiao
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Jannise Buckley|Jannise Babbush
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
7
0.875
Inorganic chemistry
semiconducting inks
solar energy conversion
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Wei Jiang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Lee Chiat Ch'Ng
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
6
0.857
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Thilini Batagoda
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
4
0.800
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Zümra P Seidel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
surfactants
enzymes
green chemistry
enzyme kinetics
drug encapsulation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Michael J Brady
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
Inorganic Chemistry
Materials Science
Energy Storage
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Ashley Hellman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
chemistry
inorganic chemistry
catalysis
electrocatalysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Shubhangi Aggarwal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Aoxuan Zhang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000