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University of Maryland/ 23 Scientists Natural Sciences / Geography i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,509,841 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,479 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: 2
United States
Roberto Cesar Izaurralde
Agriculture
Soils
Climate Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
133
0.639
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
United States
John Townshend
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
United States
Kuishuang Feng
Ecological Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
174
0.972
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
United States
Ralph Dubayah
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
141
0.820
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United States
Erle C Ellis
Global Ecology
Anthropocene
Land use change
Landscape Ecology
Sustainable Land Management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
133
0.842
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
United States
Chengquan Huang
Remote sensing
land change
vegetation dynamics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
122
0.847
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
United States
John Rennie Short
Human geography
geopolitics
urban geography
urban studies
history of cartography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
56
0.589
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
United States
Kathleen Stewart
Geospatial data science
geospatial health
spatiotemporal data modeling
GIScience
mobility
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
33
0.485
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
United States
Dongdong Wang
quantitative remote sensing
Earth radiation and energy balance
climate change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
56
0.875

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Jon Alan Yeakley
urban ecology
watershed hydrology
riparian ecology
plant ecology
biogeochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Fernando Sedano
Remote sensing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
26
0.722
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
United States
Ritvik Sahajpal
Environmental Science
Agriculture
Biofuels
Carbon
Land Use
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
United States
Julie A Silva
economic geography
uneven development
human-environment geography
global environmental change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
United States
Matthew Fagan
Conservation science
remote sensing
landscape ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
29
0.967
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
United States
Margaret Buck Holland
forest conservation
land tenure
protected areas
human dimensions of land use change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
27
0.931
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
United States
Xiaona Chen(陈晓娜)
Cryosphere Climate Change
Energy Budget
Remote Sensing
Land Surface Albedo
Snow Cover
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
United States
Alexander Krylov
Remote Sensing
Forestry
Forest Health
Forest Fire
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
21
0.778
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
United States
Ariane De Bremond
Land system science (LSS)
land governance
land-use and conflict
knowledge co-production
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
United States
Evan Andrew Ellicott
wildfire
remote sensing
land cover
land use
change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
United States
Weishu Gong
remote sensing
forest disturbance
carbon budget model
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
United States
Yolanda Valencia|Yolanda González Mendoza
racial capitalism
migration
communal relationality
Anti-colonial praxis
Latinx geographies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Shunlin Liang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
377
0.776
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Roberto Cesar Izaurralde
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
133
0.639
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John Townshend
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
Remote Sensing
Environment
GIS
Land cover
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kuishuang Feng
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
174
0.972
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ralph Dubayah
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
141
0.820
Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle
Biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Erle C Ellis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
133
0.842
Global Ecology
Anthropocene
Land use change
Landscape Ecology
Sustainable Land Management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chengquan Huang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
122
0.847
Remote sensing
land change
vegetation dynamics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
John Rennie Short
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
56
0.589
Human geography
geopolitics
urban geography
urban studies
history of cartography
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Kathleen Stewart
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
33
0.485
Geospatial data science
geospatial health
spatiotemporal data modeling
GIScience
mobility
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Dongdong Wang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
56
0.875
quantitative remote sensing
Earth radiation and energy balance
climate change

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Michelle Hofton
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
52
0.867
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jon Alan Yeakley
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
26
0.605
urban ecology
watershed hydrology
riparian ecology
plant ecology
biogeochemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Fernando Sedano
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
26
0.722
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Ritvik Sahajpal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36
30
0.833
Environmental Science
Agriculture
Biofuels
Carbon
Land Use
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Julie A Silva
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
29
0.906
economic geography
uneven development
human-environment geography
global environmental change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthew Fagan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
29
0.967
Conservation science
remote sensing
landscape ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Margaret Buck Holland
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
27
0.931
forest conservation
land tenure
protected areas
human dimensions of land use change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Xiaona Chen(陈晓娜)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26
20
0.769
Cryosphere Climate Change
Energy Budget
Remote Sensing
Land Surface Albedo
Snow Cover
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Alexander Krylov
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
21
0.778
Remote Sensing
Forestry
Forest Health
Forest Fire
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ariane De Bremond
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25
21
0.840
Land system science (LSS)
land governance
land-use and conflict
knowledge co-production
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Evan Andrew Ellicott
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
15
0.882
wildfire
remote sensing
land cover
land use
change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Weishu Gong
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14
12
0.857
remote sensing
forest disturbance
carbon budget model
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Yolanda Valencia|Yolanda González Mendoza
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
racial capitalism
migration
communal relationality
Anti-colonial praxis
Latinx geographies
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