i10 Productivity
Rankings

World Scientists Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: 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
United States
Msu Herbarium
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,129
605
0.536
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Australia
Michael GK Jones
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
538
0.565
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Belgium
Marc Van Montagu
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
297
0.409
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Japan
Kazuki Saito
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
434
0.669
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Australia
Hans Lambers
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
417
0.733
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United Kingdom
John Raven
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
564
295
0.523
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Netherlands
Richard Gf Visser
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
404
0.721
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Belgium
Dirk Inze
Planten biologie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
395
0.719
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Netherlands
Marcel Dicke
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
407
0.803
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
United States
Richard Dixon
Plant biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
317
0.635
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Canada
Donald Smith
Plant-microbe interactions
plant growth stimulating rhizobacteria
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497
245
0.493
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
United States
Chua NH
Plant Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
258
0.532
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Australia
Robert Henry
Plant genetics
product quality
plant biotechnology
cereal chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
258
0.573
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Estonia
Ülo Niinemets
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
397
0.906
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
United States
Judith Brown
badnaviruses
Bemisia tabaci cryptic species biology & evolution
biology & functional genomics of plant virus-insect vector int
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
239
0.548
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Matthias C Rillig
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
393
0.916
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Switzerland
Christian Körner
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
297
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Italy
Maria Lodovica Gullino
Plant pathology
sustainable crop protection
plant biosecurity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
249
0.585
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Switzerland
Bernhard Schmid
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
343
0.807
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
China
Xiao E Yang
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
335
0.800
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
David G Robinson
Plant Cell Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
198
0.473
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
United Kingdom
Jonathan D Jones
plant disease and immunity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
292
0.704
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
United Kingdom
Christine H Foyer
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
306
0.743
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Pakistan
Mushtaq Ahmad
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
349
0.857
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Msu Herbarium
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,129
605
0.536
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Michael GK Jones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
953
538
0.565
plant biotechnology
transgenic plants
plant pathology
plant nematodes
plant viruses
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marc Van Montagu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
727
297
0.409
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Kazuki Saito
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
649
434
0.669
Plant Science
Plant Biology
Functional Genomics
Metabolomics
Plant Biochemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Hans Lambers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
569
417
0.733
Plant ecophysiology
plant mineral nutrition
phosphorus
root exudation
Proteaceae
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
John Raven
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
564
295
0.523
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Gf Visser
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
560
404
0.721
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dirk Inze
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
395
0.719
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Marcel Dicke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
507
407
0.803
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Richard Dixon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
499
317
0.635
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Donald Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
497
245
0.493
Plant-microbe interactions
plant growth stimulating rhizobacteria
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Chua NH
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
485
258
0.532
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Jian-Kang Zhu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
475
435
0.916
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Henry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
450
258
0.573
Plant genetics
product quality
plant biotechnology
cereal chemistry
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ülo Niinemets
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
397
0.906
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Judith Brown
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
436
239
0.548
badnaviruses
Bemisia tabaci cryptic species biology & evolution
biology & functional genomics of plant virus-insect vector int
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Matthias C Rillig
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
393
0.916
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Christian Körner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
297
0.692
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Maria Lodovica Gullino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
249
0.585
Plant pathology
sustainable crop protection
plant biosecurity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bernhard Schmid
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
343
0.807
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xiao E Yang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
335
0.800
plant nutrition
environmental ecology
soil science
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
David G Robinson
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
198
0.473
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jonathan D Jones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
415
292
0.704
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Christine H Foyer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
412
306
0.743
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Mushtaq Ahmad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
407
349
0.857
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel