Natural Sciences

World Scientist and University Rankings 2024

New Zealand Scientists Natural Sciences Rankings in New Zealand 2024

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Total 910 scientist, 1 country, 27 institution

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David Krofcheck ⁱ

Best Scientist in University/Institution

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Physics

experimental nuclear physics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 1

Region:

# 5

World:

# 330

H-Index

Total:

211

Last 6 Year:

142

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.673

i10 Index

Total:

1,046

Last 6 Year:

859

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.821

Citation

Total:

229,897

Last 6 Year:

103,359

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.450

Philip Butler ⁱ

University of Canterbury

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Physics

Mathematical physics

medical physics

high energy physics

physics education

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 2

Region:

# 9

World:

# 520

H-Index

Total:

197

Last 6 Year:

134

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.680

i10 Index

Total:

884

Last 6 Year:

749

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.847

Citation

Total:

207,054

Last 6 Year:

95,840

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.463

Robert Poulin

University of Otago

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Evolutionary ecology of parasitism

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 9

Region:

# 216

World:

# 5,739

H-Index

Total:

110

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.555

i10 Index

Total:

580

Last 6 Year:

386

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.666

Citation

Total:

48,748

Last 6 Year:

17,011

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.349

William A Denny

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

Cancer Biology and Therapy

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 4

Country:

# 11

Region:

# 231

World:

# 6,002

H-Index

Total:

109

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.413

i10 Index

Total:

596

Last 6 Year:

243

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.408

Citation

Total:

42,010

Last 6 Year:

8,592

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.205

Matt Visser

Victoria University of Wellington

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences

General relativity

black holes

cosmology

quantum field theory

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 19

Region:

# 487

World:

# 11,229

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.609

i10 Index

Total:

300

Last 6 Year:

230

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.767

Citation

Total:

31,310

Last 6 Year:

12,413

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.396

S Wratten

Lincoln University Canterbury

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Ecology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 20

Region:

# 494

World:

# 11,300

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.554

i10 Index

Total:

359

Last 6 Year:

187

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.521

Citation

Total:

37,612

Last 6 Year:

13,477

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.358

L Ferguson ⁱ

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

nutrigenomics

genetics

cancer

epigenetics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 11

Country:

# 28

Region:

# 600

World:

# 13,267

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.557

i10 Index

Total:

367

Last 6 Year:

170

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.463

Citation

Total:

36,074

Last 6 Year:

13,082

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.363

Bruce Baguley

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

Cancer Biology and Therapy

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 13

Country:

# 30

Region:

# 610

World:

# 13,448

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.375

i10 Index

Total:

403

Last 6 Year:

127

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.315

Citation

Total:

28,213

Last 6 Year:

5,296

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.188

Edward N Baker

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

Protein structure

X-ray crystallography

metalloproteins

enzymes

bacterial proteins

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 14

Country:

# 31

Region:

# 640

World:

# 14,009

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.391

i10 Index

Total:

280

Last 6 Year:

137

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.489

Citation

Total:

28,785

Last 6 Year:

5,215

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.181

Alexei J Drummond

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Phylogenetics

Evolutionary Biology

Molecular Evolution

Computational Biology

Computer Science

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 15

Country:

# 32

Region:

# 683

World:

# 14,852

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.671

i10 Index

Total:

135

Last 6 Year:

121

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.896

Citation

Total:

120,047

Last 6 Year:

55,736

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.464

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David Penny

Massey University

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

molecular evolution

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 4

Country:

# 51

Region:

# 874

World:

# 18,123

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.395

i10 Index

Total:

223

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.408

Citation

Total:

25,212

Last 6 Year:

3,429

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.136

Mark Weatherall

University of Otago

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences

Statistical analysis

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 11

Country:

# 54

Region:

# 928

World:

# 19,340

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.582

i10 Index

Total:

296

Last 6 Year:

205

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.693

Citation

Total:

21,703

Last 6 Year:

9,068

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.418

Peter Schwerdtfeger

Massey University

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

Chemistry

Physics

Mathematics

Theoretical Chemistry

Theoretical Physics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 5

Country:

# 57

Region:

# 995

World:

# 20,512

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.436

i10 Index

Total:

313

Last 6 Year:

147

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.470

Citation

Total:

21,095

Last 6 Year:

6,031

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.286

Robin Kearns

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Geography

Health geography

social geography

cultural geography

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 26

Country:

# 60

Region:

# 1,104

World:

# 22,193

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.526

i10 Index

Total:

226

Last 6 Year:

152

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.673

Citation

Total:

17,695

Last 6 Year:

5,945

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.336

Garth JS Cooper

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics

Diabetes

dementia

peptide hormones

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 29

Country:

# 70

Region:

# 1,179

World:

# 23,309

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.480

i10 Index

Total:

252

Last 6 Year:

132

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.524

Citation

Total:

24,087

Last 6 Year:

5,077

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.211

Matt S McGlone

Landcare Research Ltd

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Palaeoecology

biogeography

ecology

geology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 2

Country:

# 79

Region:

# 1,227

World:

# 24,220

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.541

i10 Index

Total:

187

Last 6 Year:

112

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.599

Citation

Total:

20,198

Last 6 Year:

5,976

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.296

Judi Hewitt

National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Benthic ecology

statistical ecology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 1

Country:

# 82

Region:

# 1,295

World:

# 25,417

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.521

i10 Index

Total:

187

Last 6 Year:

142

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.759

Citation

Total:

15,999

Last 6 Year:

5,186

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.324

Mike Steel

University of Canterbury

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences

Mathematical biology

stochastic processes

combinatorics

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 4

Country:

# 83

Region:

# 1,296

World:

# 25,446

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.507

i10 Index

Total:

227

Last 6 Year:

113

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.498

Citation

Total:

20,588

Last 6 Year:

5,342

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.259

Neil J Gemmell

University of Otago

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Biological Science

Evolutionary Biology

Genetics

Genomics

Reproductive Biology

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 18

Country:

# 97

Region:

# 1,547

World:

# 30,035

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.652

i10 Index

Total:

207

Last 6 Year:

150

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.725

Citation

Total:

19,202

Last 6 Year:

9,349

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.487

Keith C Gordon

University of Otago

New Zealand

Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences

Physical Chemistry - Spectroscopy

H-Index Rankings

University / Institution:

# 20

Country:

# 105

Region:

# 1,645

World:

# 31,736

H-Index

Total:

Last 6 Year:

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.559

i10 Index

Total:

302

Last 6 Year:

192

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.636

Citation

Total:

18,457

Last 6 Year:

6,710

Last 6 Year/Total:

0.364

				AD Scientific Index - World Scientists Rankings - 2024				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University / Institution	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University / Institution	Subject	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total
1	1	5	330	David Krofcheck ⁱ	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Physics experimental nuclear physics \|	211	142	0.673	1,046	859	0.821	229,897	103,359	0.450
1	2	9	520	Philip Butler ⁱ	New Zealand	University of Canterbury	Natural Sciences / Physics Mathematical physics \| medical physics \| high energy physics \| physics education \|	197	134	0.680	884	749	0.847	207,054	95,840	0.463
2	9	216	5,739	Robert Poulin	New Zealand	University of Otago	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Evolutionary ecology of parasitism \|	110	61	0.555	580	386	0.666	48,748	17,011	0.349
4	11	231	6,002	William A Denny	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Cancer Biology and Therapy \|	109	45	0.413	596	243	0.408	42,010	8,592	0.205
2	19	487	11,229	Matt Visser	New Zealand	Victoria University of Wellington	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences General relativity \| black holes \| cosmology \| quantum field theory \|	92	56	0.609	300	230	0.767	31,310	12,413	0.396
2	20	494	11,300	S Wratten	New Zealand	Lincoln University Canterbury	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Ecology \|	92	51	0.554	359	187	0.521	37,612	13,477	0.358
11	28	600	13,267	L Ferguson ⁱ	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics nutrigenomics \| genetics \| cancer \| epigenetics \|	88	49	0.557	367	170	0.463	36,074	13,082	0.363
13	30	610	13,448	Bruce Baguley	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Cancer Biology and Therapy \|	88	33	0.375	403	127	0.315	28,213	5,296	0.188
14	31	640	14,009	Edward N Baker	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Protein structure \| X-ray crystallography \| metalloproteins \| enzymes \| bacterial proteins \|	87	34	0.391	280	137	0.489	28,785	5,215	0.181
15	32	683	14,852	Alexei J Drummond	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Phylogenetics \| Evolutionary Biology \| Molecular Evolution \| Computational Biology \| Computer Science \|	85	57	0.671	135	121	0.896	120,047	55,736	0.464
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4	51	874	18,123	David Penny	New Zealand	Massey University	Natural Sciences / Biological Science molecular evolution \|	81	32	0.395	223	91	0.408	25,212	3,429	0.136
11	54	928	19,340	Mark Weatherall	New Zealand	University of Otago	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Statistical analysis \|	79	46	0.582	296	205	0.693	21,703	9,068	0.418
5	57	995	20,512	Peter Schwerdtfeger	New Zealand	Massey University	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Chemistry \| Physics \| Mathematics \| Theoretical Chemistry \| Theoretical Physics \|	78	34	0.436	313	147	0.470	21,095	6,031	0.286
26	60	1,104	22,193	Robin Kearns	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Geography Health geography \| social geography \| cultural geography \|	76	40	0.526	226	152	0.673	17,695	5,945	0.336
29	70	1,179	23,309	Garth JS Cooper	New Zealand	University of Auckland	Natural Sciences / Molecular Biology & Genetics Diabetes \| dementia \| peptide hormones \|	75	36	0.480	252	132	0.524	24,087	5,077	0.211
2	79	1,227	24,220	Matt S McGlone	New Zealand	Landcare Research Ltd	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Palaeoecology \| biogeography \| ecology \| geology \|	74	40	0.541	187	112	0.599	20,198	5,976	0.296
1	82	1,295	25,417	Judi Hewitt	New Zealand	National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA)	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Benthic ecology \| statistical ecology \|	73	38	0.521	187	142	0.759	15,999	5,186	0.324
4	83	1,296	25,446	Mike Steel	New Zealand	University of Canterbury	Natural Sciences / Mathematical Sciences Mathematical biology \| stochastic processes \| combinatorics \|	73	37	0.507	227	113	0.498	20,588	5,342	0.259
18	97	1,547	30,035	Neil J Gemmell	New Zealand	University of Otago	Natural Sciences / Biological Science Evolutionary Biology \| Genetics \| Genomics \| Reproductive Biology \|	69	45	0.652	207	150	0.725	19,202	9,349	0.487
20	105	1,645	31,736	Keith C Gordon	New Zealand	University of Otago	Natural Sciences / Chemical Sciences Physical Chemistry - Spectroscopy \|	68	38	0.559	302	192	0.636	18,457	6,710	0.364