i10 Productivity
Rankings

Thünen Institute Scientists i10 Productivity Rankings 2025

Productivity Rankings is a unique service offered only by “AD Scientific Index”. This is a ranking system derived from the i10 index in order to show the productivity of the scientist in publishing scientific articles of value. Productivity Rankings is an instrument that lists productive scientists in a given area, discipline, university, and country and can guide the development of meaningful incentives and academic policies. The world rankings, regional rankings, and university rankings of scientists in this table are developed based on the total i10 index. Additionally, click to view the special rankings based on Productivity Rankings: last 6 years' i10 index", Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Total i10 Index), Universities Rankings 2024 (Sort by : Last 6 Years i10 Index) "Art and Humanities Rankings" and "Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings"

* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Germany
Reinhard Well
Stickstoff im Boden
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
88
0.807
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Germany
Reinhold Hanel
fish biology and evolution
aquaculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
85
0.780
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Germany
Axel Don
Soil organic carbon
Biogeochemical cycling
Global Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
104
0.963
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Germany
Andreas Bolte
Forest Ecology
Ecophysiology
Root Ecology
Adaptive Forest Management
Climate Change
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
66
0.717
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Germany
Nicolas Lampkin
organic farming
agricultural policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
40
0.449
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Germany
Susanne Padel
Agriculture
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
43
0.512
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Germany
Vanessa Stelzenmüller
marine spatial planning
risk assessment
marine conservation
fisheries
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
60
0.845
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Germany
Andreas Krause
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
43
0.632
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Germany
Ulrike Kammann
Environmental chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
41
0.621
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Germany
Birgit Kersten
Tree genomics and transcriptomics
Bioinformatics
NGS data analysis
Sex determination in trees
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Germany
Gerold Rahmann
Organic Agriculture System Research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
20
0.351
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Germany
Kai Schwärzel
soil and forest hydrology
soil physics
land-use management
sustainable development
watershed management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Germany
Sarah Bm Kraak
fisheries management
human behaviour
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
23
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Germany
Marc Taylor
marine ecology
resource management
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
39
0.886
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Germany
Peter Elsasser
forest economics
environmental economics and policy
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
20
0.476
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Germany
Ralf Doering
Fisheries Economics
Natural Resource Economics
Ecosystem Services
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Germany
Andreas Klärner
sociology
social inequalities
rural poverty
social network analysis
qualitative and mixed methods
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Germany
Stefan Schwarze
Evaluation of Rural Development Projects and Policies
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
23
0.605
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Germany
Alexander Gocht
Agricultural Policy
Quantative Modelling
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Germany
Tanja Sanders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Germany
Casper Kraan
Fisheries Impact on Benthic Ecosystems
Marine Ecology
Spatial modeling
Ecology
Species Distributions
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Germany
Jürn Sanders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
15
0.500
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Germany
Patrick Küpper
rural areas
regional development
multilevel governance
basic service provision
food retailing
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
* Total i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Germany
Hermann Neumann
benthic ecology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Reinhard Well
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
88
0.807
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Reinhold Hanel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
85
0.780
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Axel Don
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
104
0.963
Soil organic carbon
Biogeochemical cycling
Global Change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Bolte
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
92
66
0.717
Forest Ecology
Ecophysiology
Root Ecology
Adaptive Forest Management
Climate Change
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Nicolas Lampkin
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
40
0.449
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Susanne Padel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
84
43
0.512
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vanessa Stelzenmüller
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
60
0.845
marine spatial planning
risk assessment
marine conservation
fisheries
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Andreas Krause
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68
43
0.632
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Ulrike Kammann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
66
41
0.621
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Birgit Kersten
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
34
0.596
Tree genomics and transcriptomics
Bioinformatics
NGS data analysis
Sex determination in trees
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gerold Rahmann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
20
0.351
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christian Brümmer
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
51
0.981
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Kai Schwärzel
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
38
0.745
soil and forest hydrology
soil physics
land-use management
sustainable development
watershed management
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sarah Bm Kraak
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
23
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Marc Taylor
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
44
39
0.886
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Peter Elsasser
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
20
0.476
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ralf Doering
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
26
0.634
Fisheries Economics
Natural Resource Economics
Ecosystem Services
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Andreas Klärner
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39
29
0.744
sociology
social inequalities
rural poverty
social network analysis
qualitative and mixed methods
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stefan Schwarze
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38
23
0.605
Evaluation of Rural Development Projects and Policies
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Alexander Gocht
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
27
0.730
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tanja Sanders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Casper Kraan
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
22
0.688
Fisheries Impact on Benthic Ecosystems
Marine Ecology
Spatial modeling
Ecology
Species Distributions
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jürn Sanders
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30
15
0.500
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Patrick Küpper
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29
22
0.759
rural areas
regional development
multilevel governance
basic service provision
food retailing
* Total i10 Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Hermann Neumann
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27
22
0.815