i10 Productivity
Rankings

Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences/ 46 Scientists Natural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,403,032 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,466 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: 3
Netherlands
Ellen Van Donk
aquatic ecology
limnology
climate change
ecology
water management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
130
0.628
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Netherlands
Jeffrey A. Harvey
global change ecology
plant-insect interactions
parasitoids
spiders
advocacy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
135
0.662
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Netherlands
Martijn Bezemer
aboveground belowground interactions
community ecology
insect plant interactions
soil ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
159
0.795
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Netherlands
Jos Houbraken
mycology
taxonomy
Aspergillus
Penicillium
Talaromyces
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
172
0.905
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Netherlands
Eiko Kuramae
Microbial Community Ecology
Environmental Genomics
Bioinformatics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
135
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Netherlands
Hendrikus J. Laanbroek
Microbial Ecology
Nitrification
Ammonia oxidation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
76
0.514

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Netherlands
Bart A. Nolet
Movement ecology
Foraging ecology
Migration
Global environmental change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
89
0.679
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Netherlands
Kees Van Oers
Ecological Epigenetics
Animal personality
Behavior Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Behavioural Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
105
0.905
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Netherlands
Steven Declerck
Ecology
evolutionary ecology
metacommunity ecology
aquatic ecology
biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
84
0.757
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Netherlands
Elisabeth S Bakker
Aquatic Ecology
Plant-herbivore interactions
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity and Ecosystem functions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
90
0.882
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Netherlands
Henk Van Der Jeugd
Avian demography
disease ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
66
0.695
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Netherlands
Arie Van Noordwijk
evolution
ecology
behaviour
genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
38
0.469
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Netherlands
Koen Jf Verhoeven
ecological genetics and epigenetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
58
0.892
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Netherlands
Lisette N. De Senerpont Domis
Aquatic Ecology
Climate change
Plankton dynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
53
0.914
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Netherlands
Annemieke Van Der Wal
fungal ecology
decomposition
wood decay
soil organic matter
microbial communities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
40
0.690
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Netherlands
Marcelo Sandoval-Denis
Mycology
microbiology
taxonomy
phylogeny
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
47
0.922
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Netherlands
Mark P. Zwart
Ecology and evolution
viruses
bacteria
genomics
infectious disease dynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
29
0.569
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Netherlands
Kamiel Spoelstra
ecology
physiology
temporal organization of behavior
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
41
0.820
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Netherlands
Casper Ha Van Leeuwen
wetland restoration
aquatic food webs
plant-animal interactions
movement ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
32
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Netherlands
Sven Teurlincx
Aquatic Ecology
Water Quality
Ecosystem Modelling
Participatory Science
Landscape Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
33
0.917
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Wim H. Van Der Putten
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
355
271
0.763
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marcel E. Visser
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
236
189
0.801
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ellen Van Donk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
207
130
0.628
aquatic ecology
limnology
climate change
ecology
water management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jeffrey A. Harvey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
135
0.662
global change ecology
plant-insect interactions
parasitoids
spiders
advocacy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martijn Bezemer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
159
0.795
aboveground belowground interactions
community ecology
insect plant interactions
soil ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Louise Em Vet
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193
115
0.596
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Jos Houbraken
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
190
172
0.905
mycology
taxonomy
Aspergillus
Penicillium
Talaromyces
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Eiko Kuramae
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
135
0.888
Microbial Community Ecology
Environmental Genomics
Bioinformatics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Hendrikus J. Laanbroek
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
76
0.514
Microbial Ecology
Nitrification
Ammonia oxidation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Wolf M. Mooij
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
89
0.627

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bart A. Nolet
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
131
89
0.679
Movement ecology
Foraging ecology
Migration
Global environmental change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Kees Van Oers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
105
0.905
Ecological Epigenetics
Animal personality
Behavior Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Behavioural Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Steven Declerck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
84
0.757
Ecology
evolutionary ecology
metacommunity ecology
aquatic ecology
biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Elisabeth S Bakker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
90
0.882
Aquatic Ecology
Plant-herbivore interactions
Conservation Biology
Biodiversity and Ecosystem functions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Henk Van Der Jeugd
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
66
0.695
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Arie Van Noordwijk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
81
38
0.469
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ciska (Gf) Veen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
59
0.908
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Koen Jf Verhoeven
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
58
0.892
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Lisette N. De Senerpont Domis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
53
0.914
Aquatic Ecology
Climate change
Plankton dynamics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Annemieke Van Der Wal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
40
0.690
fungal ecology
decomposition
wood decay
soil organic matter
microbial communities
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marcelo Sandoval-Denis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
47
0.922
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Mark P. Zwart
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
29
0.569
Ecology and evolution
viruses
bacteria
genomics
infectious disease dynamics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Kamiel Spoelstra
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
41
0.820
ecology
physiology
temporal organization of behavior
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Casper Ha Van Leeuwen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
32
0.842
wetland restoration
aquatic food webs
plant-animal interactions
movement ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sven Teurlincx
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
33
0.917
Aquatic Ecology
Water Quality
Ecosystem Modelling
Participatory Science
Landscape Ecology