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Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung/ 129 Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings - 2025

Total 2,403,032 scientists, country 221, and institutions 24,466 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
Ottmar Edenhofer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
174
0.672
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Germany
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
Physics
Complexity
Environment
Sustainability
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
147
0.588
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Germany
Christoph Müller
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
164
0.906
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Germany
Alexander Popp
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
158
0.883
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Germany
Elmar Kriegler
Climate Economics
Integrated Assessment
Decision Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
138
0.863
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Germany
Stefan Rahmstorf
ocean circulation
sea level
climate change
paleoclimate
extreme events
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
106
0.663
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Germany
Anders Levermann.
Climate
Physics
Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
114
0.770
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Germany
Anders Levermann
Climate dynamics
Adaptation strategies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
114
0.770
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Germany
Wolfgang Lucht
Earth System Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
103
0.715
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Germany
Hermann Lotze-Campen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
110
0.791

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* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Germany
Jan C Minx
climate change mitigation
carbon dioxide removal
evidence synthesis
data science for evidence synthesis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
115
0.852
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Germany
Jonathan F. Donges
Earth system analysis
complex socio-ecological systems
climate and social tipping dynamics
complex networks
nonlinear data a
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
112
0.903
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Germany
Juergen Peter Kropp
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
85
0.714
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Germany
Nico Bauer
Energy Markets
Climate Change Mitigation
Model Coupling
Land-Use
Resource Rents
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
83
0.709
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Germany
Kirsten Thonicke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
88
0.863
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Germany
Dim Coumou
Extreme Weather
Atmospheric Circulation
Climate Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
83
0.892
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Germany
Katja Frieler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
76
0.826
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Germany
Benjamin Leon Bodirsky
Nitrogen
Agriculture
Climate Change
Food
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
88
0.978
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Germany
Serhiy Yanchuk
nonlinear dynamics
time delay
adaptive networks
machine learning
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
65
0.747
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Germany
Werner Von Bloh
Astrobiology
Earth System Modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
49
0.576
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Germany
Christopher Reyer
Adaptation
Climate Change
Ecology
Forestry
Global Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
75
0.915
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Germany
Florian Humpenöder
land-use modelling
land-based mitigation
bioenergy
afforestation
integrated assessment modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
75
0.962
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Germany
Ricarda Winkelmann
Climate System Analysis - Greenland and Antarctic Ice Dynamics - Sea-Level Rise - Tipping Elements in the Earth System
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
74
0.961
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Germany
Sibyll Schaphoff
ecology
DGVM
permafrost
agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
63
0.863
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ottmar Edenhofer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259
174
0.672
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
250
147
0.588
Physics
Complexity
Environment
Sustainability
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Christoph Müller
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
181
164
0.906
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Alexander Popp
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
158
0.883
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Elmar Kriegler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
138
0.863
Climate Economics
Integrated Assessment
Decision Analysis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Stefan Rahmstorf
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
106
0.663
ocean circulation
sea level
climate change
paleoclimate
extreme events
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Anders Levermann.
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
114
0.770
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Anders Levermann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
114
0.770
Climate dynamics
Adaptation strategies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Wolfgang Lucht
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
144
103
0.715
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Hermann Lotze-Campen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
139
110
0.791

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* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Jan C Minx
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
115
0.852
climate change mitigation
carbon dioxide removal
evidence synthesis
data science for evidence synthesis
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jonathan F. Donges
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
112
0.903
Earth system analysis
complex socio-ecological systems
climate and social tipping dynamics
complex networks
nonlinear data a
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Juergen Peter Kropp
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
85
0.714
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nico Bauer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
83
0.709
Energy Markets
Climate Change Mitigation
Model Coupling
Land-Use
Resource Rents
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Andrey Ganopolski
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
77
0.740
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Kirsten Thonicke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
88
0.863
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Dim Coumou
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
83
0.892
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Katja Frieler
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
76
0.826
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Benjamin Leon Bodirsky
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
88
0.978
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Serhiy Yanchuk
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
65
0.747
nonlinear dynamics
time delay
adaptive networks
machine learning
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Werner Von Bloh
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
49
0.576
Astrobiology
Earth System Modelling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Christopher Reyer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
82
75
0.915
Adaptation
Climate Change
Ecology
Forestry
Global Change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Florian Humpenöder
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
78
75
0.962
land-use modelling
land-based mitigation
bioenergy
afforestation
integrated assessment modelling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Ricarda Winkelmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77
74
0.961
Climate System Analysis - Greenland and Antarctic Ice Dynamics - Sea-Level Rise - Tipping Elements in the Earth System
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Sibyll Schaphoff
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
73
63
0.863