Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL is a prestigious institution university established in 2013 in Switzerland. It is represented by 190 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Natural Sciences (53 scientists), Agriculture & Forestry (39 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (20 scientists).

* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arthur Gessler
Tree Physiology
Tree Ecophysiology
Plant physiological ecology
stable Isotopes
Plant Ecophysiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
65
0.714
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Catherine H. Graham
Biogeography
Community Ecology
Ornitholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
58
0.817
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Rigling
Forest dynamics
dendroecology
climate change impact
forest management
interdisciplinarit
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
52
0.743
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin M. Gossner
Biodiversity
Arthropod communities
functional diversity
alien species
ecosystem processe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
51
0.823
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marco Moretti
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Trait-based ecology
Functional ecology
Urban ecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
50
0.820
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vitasse Yann
Functional ecology
ecophysiology
phenology
forestr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
48
0.906
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patrick Fonti
Dendrochronology
wood anatomy
plant ecology
plant hydrauli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
48
0.814
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rolf Siegwolf
Ecophysiology of plants
Carbon and water relations
Stable isotopes in ecology
Tree physiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
46
0.582
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Wohlgemuth
Forest ecology
tree regeneration
seed mast
bioiversity
plant species richnes
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
44
0.746

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* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Katrin Meusburger
soil water
soil erosion
isotope tracing
environmental modellin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Steffen Boch
vegetation ecology
bryophytes
lichens
biological conservatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
44
0.800
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Beat Frey
soil microbial diversity
soil microbiome
cryosphere
global chang
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
44
0.688
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eckehard Brockerhoff
entomology
biodiversity
biological invasions
forest ecology
forestr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
43
0.717
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brian Mcardell
Debris flows
runout modelling
shallow landslide
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
42
0.824
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Konrad Steffen
sea level rise
arctic climatology
ice sheet
micro-climatolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
39
0.557
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Georg Von Arx
dendrochronology
tree growth
quantitative wood anatomy
structure-function relationships
forest ecolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Volodymyr Trotsiuk
forest ecosystems
forest ecology
dendrochronology
modelin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marcus Schaub
Ecophysiology
forest ecosystems
experimental monitorin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
82
0.739
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Arthur Gessler
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
65
0.714
Tree Physiology
Tree Ecophysiology
Plant physiological ecology
stable Isotopes
Plant Ecophysiolog
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Catherine H. Graham
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
58
0.817
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Andreas Rigling
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
52
0.743
Forest dynamics
dendroecology
climate change impact
forest management
interdisciplinarit
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Martin M. Gossner
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
51
0.823
Biodiversity
Arthropod communities
functional diversity
alien species
ecosystem processe
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Marco Moretti
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
50
0.820
Biodiversity
Community ecology
Trait-based ecology
Functional ecology
Urban ecolog
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Vitasse Yann
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
48
0.906
Functional ecology
ecophysiology
phenology
forestr
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Patrick Fonti
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
48
0.814
Dendrochronology
wood anatomy
plant ecology
plant hydrauli
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Rolf Siegwolf
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
46
0.582
Ecophysiology of plants
Carbon and water relations
Stable isotopes in ecology
Tree physiolog
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Thomas Wohlgemuth
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
59
44
0.746
Forest ecology
tree regeneration
seed mast
bioiversity
plant species richnes

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* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Katrin Meusburger
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
44
0.863
soil water
soil erosion
isotope tracing
environmental modellin
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Steffen Boch
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55
44
0.800
vegetation ecology
bryophytes
lichens
biological conservatio
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Beat Frey
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64
44
0.688
soil microbial diversity
soil microbiome
cryosphere
global chang
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Eckehard Brockerhoff
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
43
0.717
entomology
biodiversity
biological invasions
forest ecology
forestr
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Conedera Marco
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
43
0.694
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Dirk Nikolaus Karger
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
42
0.875
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Anita C. Risch
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54
42
0.778
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Hagedorn F
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
65
42
0.646
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Brian Mcardell
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
42
0.824
Debris flows
runout modelling
shallow landslide
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Maihe Li (李迈和)
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
39
0.750
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Konrad Steffen
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70
39
0.557
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Georg Von Arx
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
38
0.905
dendrochronology
tree growth
quantitative wood anatomy
structure-function relationships
forest ecolog
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Volodymyr Trotsiuk
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
37
1.000
forest ecosystems
forest ecology
dendrochronology
modelin
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Marcus Schaub
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
37
0.740
Ecophysiology
forest ecosystems
experimental monitorin
* Last 6 Years H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Felix Kienast
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
37
0.617