i10 Productivity
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Smithsonian Institution 91 Scientists Natural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,392,995 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,455 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
Janine L Brown
Reproductive Physiology
Elephant Biology
Animal Welfare
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
215
0.611
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
United States
S Joseph Wright
Ecology
Tropical Forests
Plant Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
280
0.821
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
Robert Fleischer
Conservation and Evolutionary Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
140
0.547
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Carlos Jaramillo
paleontology
palynology
geology
evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
174
0.845
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
W John Kress
Botany
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Conservation
Phylogenetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
132
0.660
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Anna K Behrensmeyer
Taphonomy
paleoecology
vertebrate evolution
sedimentology
human evolution
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
125
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Bruce Collette
ichthyology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
69
0.437
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
Helene C Muller-Landau
community ecology
tropical forests
ecosystem ecology
theoretical ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
129
0.921
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Edward Allen Herre
Evolutionary Ecology of mutualism and parasitism
figs
endophytic fungi
mycorrhizae
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
82
0.739

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
United States
Louise H Emmons
Mammalogy
Zoology
Tropical Ecology
Conservation Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
46
0.469
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Jonathan D Ballou
Conservation genetics
Conservation biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
44
0.473
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Jared Stabach
Conservation Biology
Animal Movement Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
37
0.949
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Matthew Ogburn
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Animal Behavior
Restoration
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
29
0.784
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Haw Chuan Lim
molecular ecology
phylogeography
birds
population genetics
phylogenetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Hongbo Yang
Sustainability
Conservation Biology
Coupled human and natural systems
Lanscape Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Briana Pobiner
human evolution
zooarchaeology
taphonomy
paleoecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
César Jaramillo
Herpetology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
14
0.438
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Carlos David de Santana
Ichthyology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Evolution
Genomic
Phylogeography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
11
0.355
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Melissa TR Hawkins
Evolutionary Biology and Biogeography
specializing in mammalian systems
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Carly Muletz-Wolz
Biology
Amphibian Conservation
Microbial Ecology
Disease Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Ellen Welti
community ecology
plant-insect interactions
grasslands
herbivores
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United States
Valentine Herrmann
Conservation biology
Forest Ecology
Stopover Ecology
Population dynamic
tree size
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United States
Jessica L Deichmann
Conservation Biology
Tropical Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Janine L Brown
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
352
215
0.611
Reproductive Physiology
Elephant Biology
Animal Welfare
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
S Joseph Wright
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
341
280
0.821
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert Fleischer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
140
0.547
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carlos Jaramillo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
206
174
0.845
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
W John Kress
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
132
0.660
Botany
Evolutionary Biology
Ecology
Conservation
Phylogenetics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Anna K Behrensmeyer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
125
0.714
Taphonomy
paleoecology
vertebrate evolution
sedimentology
human evolution
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Bruce Collette
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
69
0.437
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Helene C Muller-Landau
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
140
129
0.921
community ecology
tropical forests
ecosystem ecology
theoretical ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Sean R Connolly
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
108
0.831
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Edward Allen Herre
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
82
0.739
Evolutionary Ecology of mutualism and parasitism
figs
endophytic fungi
mycorrhizae

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Louise H Emmons
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
46
0.469
Mammalogy
Zoology
Tropical Ecology
Conservation Biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jonathan D Ballou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
44
0.473
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jared Stabach
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
37
0.949
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Matthew Ogburn
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
29
0.784
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Animal Behavior
Restoration
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Haw Chuan Lim
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
molecular ecology
phylogeography
birds
population genetics
phylogenetics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hongbo Yang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35
35
1.000
Sustainability
Conservation Biology
Coupled human and natural systems
Lanscape Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Briana Pobiner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34
27
0.794
human evolution
zooarchaeology
taphonomy
paleoecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Grant Connette
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33
28
0.848
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
César Jaramillo
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
14
0.438
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Carlos David de Santana
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31
11
0.355
Ichthyology
Phylogenetic Systematics
Evolution
Genomic
Phylogeography
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Melissa TR Hawkins
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
28
0.966
Evolutionary Biology and Biogeography
specializing in mammalian systems
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Carly Muletz-Wolz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
27
1.000
Biology
Amphibian Conservation
Microbial Ecology
Disease Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ellen Welti
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
26
0.963
community ecology
plant-insect interactions
grasslands
herbivores
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Valentine Herrmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
22
0.917
Conservation biology
Forest Ecology
Stopover Ecology
Population dynamic
tree size
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jessica L Deichmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24
18
0.750