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International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) 33 Scientists Agriculture & Forestry / Agriculture i10 Productivity Rankings (Sort by last 6 years i10 Index) - 2025

Total 2,395,742 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,443 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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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Nigeria
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
plant pathology
mycotoxin
aflatoxin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
124
0.667
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Nigeria
Robert Asiedu
crop improvement
breeding
genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
119
0.578
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Nigeria
Tahirou Abdoulaye
Agricultural Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
105
0.808
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nigeria
Peter Kulakow
Plant Breeding
Genetics
Cassava
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
75
0.735
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nigeria
Leena Tripathi
Plant Biotechnology
Gene Editing
Genetic Modification
Sustainable Agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
69
0.812
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Nigeria
John Derera
agriculture
genetics
biology
molecular
food security
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
65
0.663
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Nigeria
Lieven Claessens
climate smart agriculture
sustainable intensification
food security
soil science
geomorphology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
43
0.796
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Nigeria
Jaindra N Tripathi
Plant Biotechnology
plant tissue culture
gene editing
and transgenics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Nigeria
Allan F Brown
banana
Plant breeding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
37
0.725
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nigeria
Leonard Rusinamhodzi
Agronomy
ISFM
Crop modeling
farming systems analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
35
0.854

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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Nigeria
Shiferaw Feleke
Agricultural Economics
Impact Evaluation
International trade & policy analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
31
0.886
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nigeria
E. Jeroen Huising
Soil Ecology
Soil Science
Natural Resources Management
Soil Fertility
Soil Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Nigeria
Everlyne Wosula
Plant-vector-virus interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nigeria
Godfrey Taulya
Agronomy
Crop Growth Modelling
Crop Nutrition and Water Requirements
Farming Systems
Soil
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Nigeria
Abdul Rahman Nurudeen
Soil fertility
Agronomy
Sustainable Agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nigeria
Haruna Sekabira
Agricultural Economics
Food systems
Circular economy
Impact evaluations
Social Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Nigeria
Reuben Solomon
general relativity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Nigeria
Eric Tossou
Molecular Agricultural Entomology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Nigeria
Janet Njeri
Plant-microbe interactions
crop health
conservation
population genetics
ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Nigeria
Mekonnen Giweta
Agriculture
environment (land & water management)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nigeria
Dung Phuong Le
Agricultural Economics
Climate Change
Impact Assessment
Food Security
Technology Adoption
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Nigeria
Samuel Mathu Ndungu
sustainable agricultural productivity
applying new approaches to understand plant-microbe interactions and improve crop yields
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Nigeria
Abdoul-Raouf S. Maazou
Plant Breeding
Biofortification
Marker assisted selection
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nigeria
Samy Bacigale
Crop-Livestock integration
Livestock production systems
Feeds and Feeding
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ranajit Bandyopadhyay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
186
124
0.667
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Robert Asiedu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
119
0.578
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Tahirou Abdoulaye
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
105
0.808
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Peter Kulakow
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
75
0.735
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Leena Tripathi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
69
0.812
Plant Biotechnology
Gene Editing
Genetic Modification
Sustainable Agriculture
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Derera
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
65
0.663
agriculture
genetics
biology
molecular
food security
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lieven Claessens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
43
0.796
climate smart agriculture
sustainable intensification
food security
soil science
geomorphology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Jaindra N Tripathi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
Plant Biotechnology
plant tissue culture
gene editing
and transgenics
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Allan F Brown
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
37
0.725
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Leonard Rusinamhodzi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
35
0.854
Agronomy
ISFM
Crop modeling
farming systems analysis

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* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Shiferaw Feleke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
31
0.886
Agricultural Economics
Impact Evaluation
International trade & policy analysis
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
E. Jeroen Huising
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
20
0.556
Soil Ecology
Soil Science
Natural Resources Management
Soil Fertility
Soil Biology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Everlyne Wosula
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19
15
0.789
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Godfrey Taulya
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
Agronomy
Crop Growth Modelling
Crop Nutrition and Water Requirements
Farming Systems
Soil
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Abdul Rahman Nurudeen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
13
0.813
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Haruna Sekabira
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
Agricultural Economics
Food systems
Circular economy
Impact evaluations
Social Economics
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Reuben Solomon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Eric Tossou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9
8
0.889
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Janet Njeri
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8
8
1.000
Plant-microbe interactions
crop health
conservation
population genetics
ecology
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Mekonnen Giweta
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Agriculture
environment (land & water management)
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Dung Phuong Le
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
5
1.000
Agricultural Economics
Climate Change
Impact Assessment
Food Security
Technology Adoption
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Samuel Mathu Ndungu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
sustainable agricultural productivity
applying new approaches to understand plant-microbe interactions and improve crop yields
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Abdoul-Raouf S. Maazou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
4
1.000
Plant Breeding
Biofortification
Marker assisted selection
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Olugboyega Pelemo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5
3
0.600
* Last 6 Years i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samy Bacigale
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
Crop-Livestock integration
Livestock production systems
Feeds and Feeding