i10 Productivity
Rankings

European Southern Observatory 81 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,392,995 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,455 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
Germany
Rob Ivison
Astronomy
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
439
0.665
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Leonardo Testi
Astronomy astrophysics physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
338
0.753
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Vincenzo Mainieri
AGN
Galaxy evolution
IFU instrumentation
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
190
0.779
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Carlos De Breuck
Submm astronomy
High redshift radio galaxies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
182
0.768
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Luca Pasquini
spectroscopy
chemical composition
exoplanets
Sandage test
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
122
0.560
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Ferdinando Patat
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
124
0.725
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Magda Arnaboldi
Extragalactic Astronomy
Dynamics and Evolution of Galaxies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
98
0.628
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Paolo Padovani
astronomy
AGN
blazars
high-energy astrophysics
astroparticle
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
86
0.566
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Rüdiger Kneissl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
100
0.671

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Antoine Mérand
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Optical Interferometry
Stellar Physics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
100
0.699
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Robert Ae (Bob) Fosbury
astrophysics vision colour
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
42
0.307
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Ralf Siebenmorgen
Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
56
0.412
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Tony Mroczkowski
AtLAST
ALMA
SZ effect from galaxy clusters
observational cosmology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
104
0.782
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Germany
Francisca Kemper
astronomy
astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
93
0.732
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Elizabeth M George
Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Detectors
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
103
0.817
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Joël Vernet
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical instrumentation
Spectroscopy
High redshift radio galaxies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
88
0.704
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Evanthia Hatziminaoglou
Active Galactic Nuclei
Star forming galaxies
Infrared astronomy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
82
0.678
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Olivier R. Hainaut
Solar System
Comets
Asteroids
TNOs
Interstellar Object(s)
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
64
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Gaspare Lo Curto
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
76
0.644
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Jorge Lillo-Box
Astrophysics
exoplanets
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
107
0.915
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Markus Wittkowski
Interferometry
Stellar Astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
56
0.528
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Gianni Marconi
astrophysics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
36
0.356
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Rob Ivison
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
660
439
0.665
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Leonardo Testi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
449
338
0.753
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Vincenzo Mainieri
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
244
190
0.779
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Carlos De Breuck
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
237
182
0.768
Submm astronomy
High redshift radio galaxies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Luca Pasquini
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
218
122
0.560
spectroscopy
chemical composition
exoplanets
Sandage test
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Ferdinando Patat
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
171
124
0.725
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Harald Kuntschner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
168
106
0.631
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Magda Arnaboldi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
98
0.628
Extragalactic Astronomy
Dynamics and Evolution of Galaxies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Paolo Padovani
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
86
0.566
astronomy
AGN
blazars
high-energy astrophysics
astroparticle
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Rüdiger Kneissl
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
100
0.671

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Antoine Mérand
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
143
100
0.699
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Optical Interferometry
Stellar Physics
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Robert Ae (Bob) Fosbury
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137
42
0.307
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ralf Siebenmorgen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136
56
0.412
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Tony Mroczkowski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
133
104
0.782
AtLAST
ALMA
SZ effect from galaxy clusters
observational cosmology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Francisca Kemper
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
93
0.732
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Elizabeth M George
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
103
0.817
Astrophysics
Instrumentation
Detectors
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joël Vernet
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125
88
0.704
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Astronomical instrumentation
Spectroscopy
High redshift radio galaxies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Evanthia Hatziminaoglou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
82
0.678
Active Galactic Nuclei
Star forming galaxies
Infrared astronomy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Olivier R. Hainaut
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
64
0.538
Solar System
Comets
Asteroids
TNOs
Interstellar Object(s)
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Gaspare Lo Curto
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118
76
0.644
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jorge Lillo-Box
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
107
0.915
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Xavier Barcons
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
33
0.284
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Markus Wittkowski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
56
0.528
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert J De Rosa
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
95
0.941
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gianni Marconi
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
101
36
0.356