i10 Productivity
Rankings

University of Otago/ ScientistsNatural Sciences / Biological Science i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as Scientists Last 6 Years' i10 Index, Universities Total i10 Index Rankings 2025, Universities Last 6 Years' i10 Index Rankings 2025, Art and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings, and Social Sciences and Humanities i10 Productivity Rankings.

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
New Zealand
Robert Poulin
Evolutionary ecology of parasitism
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
409
0.699
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
New Zealand
Samiullah Khan
Limnology
Lake Ecosystems
Fatty acids in aquatic food webs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
481
0.875
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
New Zealand
Neil J Gemmell
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Reproductive Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
159
0.743
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
New Zealand
Jonathan M Waters
Ecology
Evolution
Genetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
142
0.780
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
New Zealand
Steve Dawson
Dolphins and whales
Bioacoustics
Conservation Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
112
0.772
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
New Zealand
Ian G Jamieson
Conservation Biology
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Molecular Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
60
0.455
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
New Zealand
Hamish Spencer
Genetics
Evolution
Eugenics
Phylogenetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
70
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
New Zealand
David Burritt
Plant Biology
Plant Biotechnology
Food Science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
95
0.754
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
New Zealand
Yolanda van Heezik
Conservation Biology
urban ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
74
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
New Zealand
Gerard Closs
Freshwater Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
65
0.565
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
New Zealand
Lloyd S Davis
Science Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Penguin Biology
Conservation Biology
Science Diplomacy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
48
0.421
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
New Zealand
David Wharton
environmental physiology
cold tolerance
anhydrobiosis
nematode biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
38
0.336
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
New Zealand
Alison Cree
ecophysiology
reproductive biology
thermal biology
herpetology
conservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
58
0.527
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
New Zealand
Christoph D Matthaei
Aquatic ecology
multiple stressors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
80
0.762
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
New Zealand
Carolyn W Burns
freshwater ecology
limnology
lakes
invertebrate biology and taxonomy
conservation ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
47
0.475
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
New Zealand
mark lokman
Reproductive biology and aquaculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
52
0.627
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
New Zealand
Phillip J Bishop
amphibians
conservation biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
41
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
New Zealand
Stephanie Godfrey
Ecology
Social Networks
Parasitology
Behavioural Ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
New Zealand
Candida Savage
marine ecology
biogeochemistry
coastal ecosystems
carbon burial
benthos
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
43
0.878
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
New Zealand
Keith Ireton
cellular microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
signal transduction
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
35
0.729
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
New Zealand
Michael Knapp
Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Genomics
Biogeography
Biological Anthropology
ancient DNA
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
New Zealand
Megan J Wilson
Developmental biology
gene regulation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
34
0.756
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
New Zealand
David Allan Orlovich
Mycology
systematics
taxonomy
plants
botany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
21
0.467
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
New Zealand
Peter D Mace
Structural Biology
Signal Transduction
Cell Death
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
New Zealand
Carolina Loch
Evolutionary oral biology and dental morphology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Poulin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
585
409
0.699
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Samiullah Khan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
550
481
0.875
Limnology
Lake Ecosystems
Fatty acids in aquatic food webs
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Neil J Gemmell
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
214
159
0.743
Evolutionary Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Reproductive Biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jonathan M Waters
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182
142
0.780
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Steve Dawson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
112
0.772
Dolphins and whales
Bioacoustics
Conservation Biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ian G Jamieson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
132
60
0.455
Conservation Biology
Evolution
Animal Behavior
Molecular Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Hamish Spencer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
130
70
0.538
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
David Burritt
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
95
0.754
Plant Biology
Plant Biotechnology
Food Science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yolanda van Heezik
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
74
0.632
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gerard Closs
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
65
0.565
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lloyd S Davis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
48
0.421
Science Communication
Behavioral Ecology
Penguin Biology
Conservation Biology
Science Diplomacy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
David Wharton
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
38
0.336
environmental physiology
cold tolerance
anhydrobiosis
nematode biology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Alison Cree
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
58
0.527
ecophysiology
reproductive biology
thermal biology
herpetology
conservation
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Christoph D Matthaei
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
80
0.762
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Carolyn W Burns
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99
47
0.475
freshwater ecology
limnology
lakes
invertebrate biology and taxonomy
conservation ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
mark lokman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
83
52
0.627
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Phillip J Bishop
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
41
0.612
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Stephanie Godfrey
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
46
0.793
Ecology
Social Networks
Parasitology
Behavioural Ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Candida Savage
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
43
0.878
marine ecology
biogeochemistry
coastal ecosystems
carbon burial
benthos
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Keith Ireton
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
35
0.729
cellular microbiology
bacterial pathogenesis
signal transduction
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Michael Knapp
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
45
0.978
Molecular Ecology and Evolution
Conservation Genomics
Biogeography
Biological Anthropology
ancient DNA
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Megan J Wilson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
34
0.756
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
David Allan Orlovich
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
21
0.467
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Peter D Mace
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
41
0.932
Structural Biology
Signal Transduction
Cell Death
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Carolina Loch
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
38
0.884
Evolutionary oral biology and dental morphology