i10 Productivity
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Smithsonian Institution/ 28 Scientists Engineering & Technology / Marine Sciences and Engineering i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,393,018 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,453 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: 1
United States
Valerie J Paul
marine biology
chemical ecology
marine natural products
coral reefs
cyanobacteria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
232
0.725
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
Greg Ruiz
Invasion Biology
Marine Ecology
Biogeography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
178
0.742
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Emmett Duffy
Marine Biology
Marine Ecology
Biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
127
0.747
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Nancy Knowlton
Coral Reefs
Biodiversity
Ocean Acidification
Alpheus
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
127
0.809
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos-Galindo
Marine Ecology
Mangrove Ecology
Food Web Modelling
Fisheries Management & Conservation
Invasion Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
31
0.838
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Ximena Velez-Zuazo
Biodiversity Conservation
Molecular Ecology
Reef-to-Ridge
Sustainable Marine Infrastructure
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Andy Chang
Community Ecology
Marine Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
Invasion Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Richard Barclay
CO2
Paleobotany
Paleoclimatology
Ocean Anoxic Events
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Brian Steves
Invasion Biology
Marine Ecology
Biogeography
Ecoinformatics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Michele Pierotti
sensory ecology
adaptation
speciation
marine ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Emma A Elliott Smith
Stable Isotopes
Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis
Historical Ecology
Paleoecology
Marine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Herman H Wirshing
molecular systematics
phylogenetics
population genetics
marine ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Alexander Lowe
Environmental Policy
Coastal Ecosystems
Physiology
Community Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Christina Simkanin
Marine Ecology
Biological Invasions
Marine Plastic Debris
Invertebrate Physiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Stephanie L Bush
Invertebrates
Marine science
Pteropoda
Pelagic
Deep sea
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Janina Seemann
Biodiversity
coral reef ecology
human impacts on coastal ecosystems
climate change
science communication
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Félix Rodríguez-Mejía
Marine Biology
paleontology
malacology
Natural History
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Clare Fieseler,
Conservation Biology
Science Diplomacy
Marine Protected Areas
Co-Production
Stakeholder Engagement
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Natasha Gray Hitchcock
marine invertebrate ecology
invasive species
bryozoans
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Paul F Johnston
Maritime archaeology
nautical archaeology
marine art
shipwrecks
motorcycle history
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Stephanie J Wilson
coastal ecosystems
carbon cycling
biogeochemistry
nitrogen cycling
subterranean estuaries
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Hannah Morrissette
coastal wetlands
blue carbon
carbon flux
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Carmen J Ritter
marine biology
fish ecology
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Valerie J Paul
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
320
232
0.725
marine biology
chemical ecology
marine natural products
coral reefs
cyanobacteria
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Greg Ruiz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
240
178
0.742
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Emmett Duffy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
127
0.747
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Nancy Knowlton
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
127
0.809
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Gustavo Adolfo Castellanos-Galindo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
31
0.838
Marine Ecology
Mangrove Ecology
Food Web Modelling
Fisheries Management & Conservation
Invasion Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ximena Velez-Zuazo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
23
0.793
Biodiversity Conservation
Molecular Ecology
Reef-to-Ridge
Sustainable Marine Infrastructure
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Andy Chang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
20
0.870
Community Ecology
Marine Ecology
Conservation Biology
Biogeography
Invasion Biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Barclay
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
17
0.773
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Brian Steves
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
14
0.636
Invasion Biology
Marine Ecology
Biogeography
Ecoinformatics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Michele Pierotti
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
15
0.714

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Emma A Elliott Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
18
1.000
Stable Isotopes
Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis
Historical Ecology
Paleoecology
Marine
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Herman H Wirshing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18
15
0.833
molecular systematics
phylogenetics
population genetics
marine ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alexander Lowe
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16
15
0.938
Environmental Policy
Coastal Ecosystems
Physiology
Community Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christina Simkanin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15
14
0.933
Marine Ecology
Biological Invasions
Marine Plastic Debris
Invertebrate Physiology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Jennifer Sneed
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stephanie L Bush
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
11
0.786
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Janina Seemann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
12
0.923
Biodiversity
coral reef ecology
human impacts on coastal ecosystems
climate change
science communication
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Félix Rodríguez-Mejía
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13
9
0.692
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Clare Fieseler,
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7
7
1.000
Conservation Biology
Science Diplomacy
Marine Protected Areas
Co-Production
Stakeholder Engagement
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dean Janiak
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
4
0.667
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Natasha Gray Hitchcock
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
2
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Paul F Johnston
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
1
0.333
Maritime archaeology
nautical archaeology
marine art
shipwrecks
motorcycle history
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stephanie J Wilson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
coastal ecosystems
carbon cycling
biogeochemistry
nitrogen cycling
subterranean estuaries
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Hannah Morrissette
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carmen J Ritter
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
1
0.500