Total 2,384,773 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,456 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
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Tendons
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
1,016
0.745
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Sports Medicine
Knee surgery
meniscus
sports injury
ACL
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
576
503
0.873
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Occupational & Sports Medicine
Social Medicine and Health Services Research
Environmental Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
273
0.616
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
sports medicine
tendinopathies
physical activity for health
physiotherapy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
306
0.783
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
University Professor - Exercise Physiology
soccer training
fitness training
Ramadan & Sport
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
340
0.888
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
sports medicine
sports injury prevention
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363
318
0.876
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Sports Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
334
0.946
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sports medicine
orthopedics
musculoskeltal health
pain
function
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
302
0.873
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Exercise and nutrition immunology
sports nutrition
exercise physiology
exercise science
sports medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
234
0.682
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Alignment
Sports medicine
Arthroplasty
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
151
0.467
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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
ACL
muscle
orthopaedics
sports medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
176
0.707
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Sports medicine
infectious disease epidemiology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
109
0.441
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Sports Medicine
Hip Arthroscopy
Hip Preservation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
198
0.850
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sports Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
168
0.760
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
sports medicine and arthroscopy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
187
0.862
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kardiorespiratorische Fitness
Gefässfunktion
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
148
0.725
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sports Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
159
0.820
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sports Medicine
Biomechanics
Injury Prevention
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
165
0.859
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
sports medicine
arthroscopic surgery
groin injury
hip arthroscopy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
153
0.884
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
146
0.849
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Concussion
mTBI
sport psychology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
151
0.893
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Young Athletes
Youth Sports
Long-term Athlete Development
Pediatric Exercise Science
Pediatric
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
115
0.689
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
152
0.921
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sports Biomechanics
Sports Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
141
0.865
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sports Medicine
Exercise Science
Preventive Medicine
Exercise Immunology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
100
0.649
Nicola Maffulli
Keele University
Keele, United Kingdom
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,364
1,016
0.745
Musculoskeletal Medicine
Orthopaedics
Sports Medicine
Tendons
Robert F LaPrade
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Minneapolis, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
576
503
0.873
Sports Medicine
Knee surgery
meniscus
sports injury
ACL
David Groneberg
Goethe University Frankfurt
Frankfurt, Germany
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
443
273
0.616
Occupational & Sports Medicine
Social Medicine and Health Services Research
Environmental Medicine
Karim M Khan
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
391
306
0.783
sports medicine
tendinopathies
physical activity for health
physiotherapy
Karim Chamari
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
383
340
0.888
University Professor - Exercise Physiology
soccer training
fitness training
Ramadan & Sport
Roald Bahr
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
363
318
0.876
sports medicine
sports injury prevention
Jorge Chahla
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
353
334
0.946
Ewa M Roos
University of Southern Denmark
Tianjin, Denmark
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
346
302
0.873
Sports medicine
orthopedics
musculoskeltal health
pain
function
David Nieman
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
343
234
0.682
Exercise and nutrition immunology
sports nutrition
exercise physiology
exercise science
sports medicine
Yong Seuk Lee
Gachon University
Seongnam, South Korea
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
323
151
0.467
Alignment
Sports medicine
Arthroplasty
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William E Garrett
Duke University
Durham, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
249
176
0.707
ACL
muscle
orthopaedics
sports medicine
Toomas Timpka
Linköping University
Linköping, Sweden
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
247
109
0.441
Sports medicine
infectious disease epidemiology
Joshua D Harris
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
198
0.850
Sports Medicine
Hip Arthroscopy
Hip Preservation
Joe Hart
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
221
168
0.760
Chunbao Li
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
217
187
0.862
sports medicine and arthroscopy
Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss
Universität Basel
Basel, Switzerland
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
148
0.725
Kardiorespiratorische Fitness
Gefässfunktion
Eric J Strauss
New York University
New York, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
194
159
0.820
Kevin R Ford
High Point University
High Point, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
192
165
0.859
Sports Medicine
Biomechanics
Injury Prevention
Per Hölmich
Region Hovedstaden
Kopenhag, Denmark
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
173
153
0.884
sports medicine
arthroscopic surgery
groin injury
hip arthroscopy
Theodore Ganley
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
172
146
0.849
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Anthony P Kontos
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
151
0.893
Concussion
mTBI
sport psychology
Joey C Eisenmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167
115
0.689
Young Athletes
Youth Sports
Long-term Athlete Development
Pediatric Exercise Science
Pediatric
Peter Chalmers
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
152
0.921
Shoulder & Elbow Surgery
Sports Medicine
Orthopaedic Surgery
Glenn S Fleisig
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
163
141
0.865
Sports Biomechanics
Sports Medicine
Perikles Simon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
100
0.649
Sports Medicine
Exercise Science
Preventive Medicine
Exercise Immunology