i10 Productivity
Rankings

U.S. Geological Survey/ 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 :26
United States
David A Lockner
geophysics
earthquakes
rock mechanics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
94
0.712
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
United States
Joshua T Ackerman
Avian Ecology
Wildlife Biology
Waterfowl
Ecotoxicology
Mercury
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
109
0.832
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
United States
Peter W Swarzenski
radioecology
coastal aquifers
chemical oceanography
land/sea exchange
marine geochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
98
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
United States
Jim Cloern
ecology
estuaries
phytoplankton
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
80
0.640
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
United States
Laszlo Keszthelyi
Volcanology
Planetary Geology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
78
0.624
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
United States
Curt Storlazzi
Hydrodynamics
sediment dynamics
storms
reefs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
92
0.760
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
United States
Todd Katzner
Conservation Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
88
0.727
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
United States
Richard L Reynolds
earth sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
61
0.504
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
United States
Michael C Runge
ecology
decision theory
structured decision making
adaptive management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
98
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
United States
Bruce Jaffe
tsunamis
sea level rise
climate change
estuaries
geomorphology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
70
0.583
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
United States
Uri Ten Brink
Tectonics
seismology
marine geophysics
natural hazards
stratigraphy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
76
0.639
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
United States
Prasad Thenkabail
remote Sensing
global croplands
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
wetlands
droughts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
99
0.846
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
United States
David Pyke
Restoration Ecology
Plant Population Biology
Fire Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
85
0.726
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
United States
Thomas C Hanks
earthquakes
earthquake ground motion
tectonic geomorphology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
57
0.487
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
United States
Peter J Haeussler
Neotectonics
Tectonics
Earthquake Hazards
Submarine Landslides
Lacustrine Paleoseismology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
71
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
United States
Wayne E Thogmartin
population ecology
extinction risk
migration ecology
species distribution modeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
85
0.746
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
United States
Alan L Flint
hydrology
soil physics
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
78
0.684
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
United States
Richard Blakely
geophysics
potential fields
magnetic and gravity anomalies
tectonics
Cascadia
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
51
0.447
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
United States
David C Douglas
sea ice
satellite tracking
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
79
0.699
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
United States
Fred Pollitz
Seismology
Geodesy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
73
0.646
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
United States
Matthew Germino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
98
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
United States
Patrick Barnard
coastal hazards
climate impacts
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
90
0.811
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
United States
Paul Cd Milly
hydrology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
86
0.775
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
United States
William A Link
statistics
wildlife
ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
69
0.627
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
United States
Jeffrey E Lovich
herpetology
ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
61
0.555
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
David A Lockner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
94
0.712
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Joshua T Ackerman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
109
0.832
Avian Ecology
Wildlife Biology
Waterfowl
Ecotoxicology
Mercury
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Peter W Swarzenski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
98
0.778
radioecology
coastal aquifers
chemical oceanography
land/sea exchange
marine geochemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Jim Cloern
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
80
0.640
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Laszlo Keszthelyi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
78
0.624
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Curt Storlazzi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
92
0.760
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Todd Katzner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
88
0.727
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Richard L Reynolds
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
61
0.504
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Michael C Runge
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
98
0.817
ecology
decision theory
structured decision making
adaptive management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Bruce Jaffe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
70
0.583
tsunamis
sea level rise
climate change
estuaries
geomorphology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Uri Ten Brink
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
76
0.639
Tectonics
seismology
marine geophysics
natural hazards
stratigraphy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Prasad Thenkabail
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
99
0.846
remote Sensing
global croplands
Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
wetlands
droughts
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
David Pyke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
85
0.726
Restoration Ecology
Plant Population Biology
Fire Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Thomas C Hanks
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
57
0.487
earthquakes
earthquake ground motion
tectonic geomorphology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Peter J Haeussler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
71
0.612
Neotectonics
Tectonics
Earthquake Hazards
Submarine Landslides
Lacustrine Paleoseismology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Wayne E Thogmartin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
85
0.746
population ecology
extinction risk
migration ecology
species distribution modeling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Alan L Flint
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
78
0.684
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Richard Blakely
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
51
0.447
geophysics
potential fields
magnetic and gravity anomalies
tectonics
Cascadia
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
David C Douglas
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
79
0.699
sea ice
satellite tracking
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Fred Pollitz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
73
0.646
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Matthew Germino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
98
0.875
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Patrick Barnard
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
90
0.811
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Paul Cd Milly
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
86
0.775
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
William A Link
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
69
0.627
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Jeffrey E Lovich
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
61
0.555