i10 Productivity
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World 11,694 Scientists Agriculture & Forestry / Plant Science i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,395,742 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,448 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
Msu Herbarium
Plant Collections
Systematics
Taxonomy
Lichens
Biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
571
0.496
* 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
962
523
0.544
* 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
729
265
0.364
* 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
656
421
0.642
* 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
587
412
0.702
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
United Kingdom
John Raven
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
570
285
0.500
* 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
565
386
0.683
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Belgium
Dirk Inze
Planten biologie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
381
0.689
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
China
Jian-Kang Zhu
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
534
479
0.897
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
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
513
389
0.758

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* 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
503
237
0.471
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
United States
Richard Dixon
Plant biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
306
0.611
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
United States
Chua NH
Plant Biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
239
0.491
* 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
455
243
0.534
* 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
449
399
0.889
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Matthias C Rillig
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
395
0.902
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Switzerland
Christian Körner
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
284
0.648
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
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
438
221
0.505
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Switzerland
Bernhard Schmid
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
335
0.777
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Italy
Maria Lodovica Gullino
Plant pathology
sustainable crop protection
plant biosecurity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
228
0.531
* 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
423
325
0.768
* 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
423
190
0.449
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pakistan
Mushtaq Ahmad
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
353
0.840
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
United Kingdom
Jonathan D Jones
plant disease and immunity
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
282
0.673
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
United Kingdom
Christine H Foyer
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
302
0.726
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Msu Herbarium
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,151
571
0.496
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
962
523
0.544
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
729
265
0.364
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
656
421
0.642
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
587
412
0.702
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
570
285
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Richard Gf Visser
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
565
386
0.683
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
553
381
0.689
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jian-Kang Zhu
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
534
479
0.897
Gene editing
Epigenetic
Plant stress biology
Gene Therapy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Marcel Dicke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
513
389
0.758
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomology

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Donald Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
503
237
0.471
Plant-microbe interactions
plant growth stimulating rhizobacteria
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Dixon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
501
306
0.611
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Chua NH
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
239
0.491
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Robert Henry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
455
243
0.534
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
449
399
0.889
plant ecophysiology
volatile organic compound emission
adaptation
stress biology
global change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Matthias C Rillig
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
395
0.902
soil ecology
mycorrhiza
fungal ecology
biodiversity
ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Christian Körner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
284
0.648
Plant ecology
ecophysiology
alpine plant ecology
treeline
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Judith Brown
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
438
221
0.505
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: 19
Bernhard Schmid
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
431
335
0.777
Plants
Ecology
Evolution
Biogeography
Biodiversity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maria Lodovica Gullino
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
429
228
0.531
Plant pathology
sustainable crop protection
plant biosecurity
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Xiao E Yang
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
423
325
0.768
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
423
190
0.449
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Mushtaq Ahmad
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
420
353
0.840
Plant Biodiversity
Applied Botany
Plant Taxonomy
Ethnobotany
Biodiesel
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Jonathan D Jones
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
419
282
0.673
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Christine H Foyer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
416
302
0.726
Redox biology
photosynthesis
stress
respiration
carbon/nitrogen interactions