i10 Productivity
Rankings

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is an exclusive service provided by AD Scientific Index. This ranking system, derived from the i10 index, highlights the productivity of scientists in publishing impactful scientific articles. Productivity Rankings serves as a tool to identify highly productive scientists across specific areas, disciplines, universities, and countries, and supports the creation of effective incentives and academic policies. The global, regional, and institutional rankings of scientists in this table are calculated based on their total i10 index. Moreover, you can explore special rankings derived from Productivity Rankings, such as 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
Belgium
Zoltan T. Nagy
biology
zoology
herpetology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
355
0.559
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Belgium
Koen Martens
Evolutionary Biology
Ostracoda
Limnology
aquatic ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
140
0.511
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Belgium
Wim Van Neer
archaeozoology
zooarchaeology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
110
0.430
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Belgium
Thierry Backeljau
Taxonomy
phylogeny
population genetics
malacology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
113
0.485
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Belgium
Steven Degraer
marine ecology and management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
127
0.635
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Belgium
Erik Verheyen
Afrotropical vertebrates
phylogeny
evolution
ecology
zoonoses
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
87
0.617
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Belgium
Thierry Smith
Paleontology
Vertebrate paleontology
Mammalian evolution
Paleoanthropology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
85
0.685
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Belgium
Hendrik Segers
biodiversity
policy development
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
40
0.348
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Belgium
Olivier Lambert
paléontologie
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
79
0.868
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Belgium
Mietje Germonpré
archaeozoology
palaeontology
domestication
Palaeolithicum
Pleistocene
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
69
0.775
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Belgium
Patrick Martin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
41
0.577
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Belgium
Maurice Leponce
ecology
biodiversity
conservation
ants
canopy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
55
0.786
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Belgium
Koen Deforce
environmental archaeology
palaeoecology
archaeobotany
palynology
anthracology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
45
0.652
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Belgium
Vera Van Lancker
sediment- and morphodynamics
habitat mapping
resource management
geological and geophysical data management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
41
0.612
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Belgium
Francis Kerckhof
Taxonomy of marine invertebrates
Cirripedia
Mollusca
Introduced species
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
45
0.692
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Belgium
Claude De Broyer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
35
0.538
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Belgium
Patrick Semal
paleoanthropology
collections
3D digitization
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
37
0.638
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Belgium
Cédric D'Udekem D'Acoz
Crustacea
Amphipoda
Decapoda
Systematics
Antarctica
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
23
0.418
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Belgium
Michael Fettweis
sediment dynamics
physical oceanography
measurements
modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Belgium
Jean-Luc Boevé
chemical ecology
entomology
sawflies
Hymenoptera
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
15
0.313
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Belgium
Dejonghe Léon
Metallogeny
geological mapping
tectonics
petrography
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
10
0.213
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Zoltan T. Nagy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
635
355
0.559
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Koen Martens
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
274
140
0.511
Evolutionary Biology
Ostracoda
Limnology
aquatic ecology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wim Van Neer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
256
110
0.430
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Thierry Backeljau
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
113
0.485
Taxonomy
phylogeny
population genetics
malacology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Steven Degraer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
127
0.635
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Erik Verheyen
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
87
0.617
Afrotropical vertebrates
phylogeny
evolution
ecology
zoonoses
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Thierry Smith
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
124
85
0.685
Paleontology
Vertebrate paleontology
Mammalian evolution
Paleoanthropology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Hendrik Segers
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
40
0.348
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Pascal Godefroit
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
73
0.646
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jan Vanaverbeke
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106
75
0.708
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Olivier Lambert
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
79
0.868
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Mietje Germonpré
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
69
0.775
archaeozoology
palaeontology
domestication
Palaeolithicum
Pleistocene
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Frederik Hendrickx
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
50
0.562
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Patrick Martin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
41
0.577
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Maurice Leponce
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
55
0.786
ecology
biodiversity
conservation
ants
canopy
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Koen Deforce
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
45
0.652
environmental archaeology
palaeoecology
archaeobotany
palynology
anthracology
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vera Van Lancker
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
67
41
0.612
sediment- and morphodynamics
habitat mapping
resource management
geological and geophysical data management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Francis Kerckhof
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
45
0.692
Taxonomy of marine invertebrates
Cirripedia
Mollusca
Introduced species
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Claude De Broyer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
35
0.538
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Patrick Semal
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58
37
0.638
paleoanthropology
collections
3D digitization
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Cédric D'Udekem D'Acoz
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
23
0.418
Crustacea
Amphipoda
Decapoda
Systematics
Antarctica
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Michael Fettweis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
sediment dynamics
physical oceanography
measurements
modelling
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jean-Luc Boevé
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
15
0.313
chemical ecology
entomology
sawflies
Hymenoptera
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Dejonghe Léon
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
10
0.213
Metallogeny
geological mapping
tectonics
petrography
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Anton Van De Putte|Anton Pieter Van de Putte
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45
37
0.822