i10 Productivity
Rankings

Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik 25 Scientists Natural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,424,675 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,468 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
Germany
Rolf Georg Beutel
Insect Evolution
Morphology
Phylogeny
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
184
0.570
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Günter Theißen
Evolutionary developmental biology
flower development
transcription factors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
94
0.671
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Holger Schielzeth
evolutionary ecology
evolutionary genetics
behavioral ecology
biostatistics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
66
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Anne Ebeling
Biodiversity
Ecosystem functioning
Ecology
Grassland
Trophic interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
79
0.975
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Lennart Olsson
zoologi
utvecklingsbiologi
evolution
vetenskapshistoria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
25
0.333
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Hans Pohl
Entomology
Evolutionary Morphology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Strepsiptera
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
37
0.587
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Frank Hellwig
Evolution der Pflanzen und Geschichte der Botanik
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Bashar Ibrahim
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Mathematical Biology
Modeling and Simulation
Reaction Networks.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Pd Torsten Schubert
Phages
Anaerobes
Physiology
Enzymology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Will A. Overholt
Microbial Ecology
Bioinformatics
Hydrocarbon-degrading Microorganisms
Groundwater microbiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Carl-Eric Wegner
Microbial Physiology
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
23
0.920
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Hamidreza Keshtkar
Landscape Ecology
Environmental Modelling
Remote Sensing
GIS
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Matthew T. Agler
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Interactions
Plant-Microbe Interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Solveig Franziska Bucher
Ecophysiology
Phenology
Plant functional traits
Ecology
Ethnobotany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Lijuan Yan
Ecotoxicity
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Bioremediation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Alexander Stoessel
Human Evolution
Functional Morphology
Zoology
Vertebrate Ear Region
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rolf Georg Beutel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
184
0.570
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Günter Theißen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
94
0.671
Evolutionary developmental biology
flower development
transcription factors
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jurgen Bolz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
29
0.330
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
65
0.765
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Holger Schielzeth
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
66
0.786
evolutionary ecology
evolutionary genetics
behavioral ecology
biostatistics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anne Ebeling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
79
0.975
Biodiversity
Ecosystem functioning
Ecology
Grassland
Trophic interactions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lennart Olsson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
75
25
0.333
zoologi
utvecklingsbiologi
evolution
vetenskapshistoria
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hans Pohl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63
37
0.587
Entomology
Evolutionary Morphology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Strepsiptera
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Frank Hellwig
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
24
0.490
Evolution der Pflanzen und Geschichte der Botanik
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Martina Herrmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
35
0.897

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bashar Ibrahim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
22
0.629
Systems Biology
Bioinformatics
Mathematical Biology
Modeling and Simulation
Reaction Networks.
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pd Torsten Schubert
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
23
0.767
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Will A. Overholt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
24
0.923
Microbial Ecology
Bioinformatics
Hydrocarbon-degrading Microorganisms
Groundwater microbiology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Carl-Eric Wegner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
23
0.920
Microbial Physiology
Microbial Ecology
Metagenomics
Bioinformatics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Hamidreza Keshtkar
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Landscape Ecology
Environmental Modelling
Remote Sensing
GIS
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthew T. Agler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
18
0.818
Microbial Ecology
Microbial Interactions
Plant-Microbe Interactions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Solveig Franziska Bucher
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20
20
1.000
Ecophysiology
Phenology
Plant functional traits
Ecology
Ethnobotany
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Lijuan Yan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
Ecotoxicity
Environmental Microbiology
Microbial Ecology
Bioremediation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Syrie M. Hermans
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
14
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexander Stoessel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
13
0.929
Human Evolution
Functional Morphology
Zoology
Vertebrate Ear Region
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jitendra Gaikwad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
11
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Benjamin Naumann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christina Ebert
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
9
0.900
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Cornelius Eibner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4
3
0.750
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mona Reichel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000