Wageningen University & Research Centre is a prestigious public university established in 1918 in Netherlands. It is represented by 1,933 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Agriculture & Forestry (329 scientists), Natural Sciences (296 scientists), and Engineering & Technology (284 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Willem M De Vos
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
132
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Edith Feskens
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
75
0.517
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marten Scheffer
stability of complex system
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
93
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marcel Dicke
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
71
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ken E Giller
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
77
0.602
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alfons Jm Stams
First interest
Microbial interactions in anaerobic environments. Second interest
isolation and characterization of novel anaerobic mircroorganim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
58
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johanna M Marianne Geleijnse *
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health polic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
82
0.713
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Gf Visser
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
70
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ynte H Schukken
Mastitis
Infectious diseases
statistics
mathematical modeling
veterinary epidemiolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
48
0.436

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lourens Poorter
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forest
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
86
0.789
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Frans Bongers
succession
lianas
functional traits
forest ecology
forest us
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
76
0.697
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hauke Smidt
microbial ecology
microbial genomics
bioremediation
gut microbiom
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
76
0.704
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Oene Oenema
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
68
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Martin Herold
Earth Observatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
83
0.798
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Frank Berendse
ecologie
natuurbeheer
natuurbehoud
biodiversitei
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
52
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vincenzo Fogliano
Food design
Maillard reaction
Functional Foods
Food and healt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
73
0.716
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John Van Der Oost
microbiology
CRISPR
Argonaute
biosenso
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
66
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sander Kersten
nutrition
fasting
lipids
metabolis
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
66
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bart Koelmans
Plastic Debris
Microplastic
Nanoplastic
Water Quality
Ecotoxicolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
80
0.825
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan Dijkstra
dairy cattle
rumen
fermentation
milk production
methan
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
63
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Herbert Prins
Mammals
Savannas
Herbivory
Himalaya
Waterfow
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
51
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Douglas Sheil
Tropical Forest Ecology
Tropical Conservation
Forest Monitoring
Rain Forests
Livelihood
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
67
0.720
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wim De Vries
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
64
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joop Ja Van Loon
entomology
insect-plant interactions
chemical ecology
entomophagy
bioconversio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
61
0.670
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Willem M De Vos
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
213
132
0.620
Microbiology
Microbiome
Microbial Ecology
Bacterial Genetic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Edith Feskens
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
75
0.517
Nutrition
Obesity
Malnutrition
DIetary Assessment
Epidemiolog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marten Scheffer
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
142
93
0.655
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Marcel Dicke
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
135
71
0.526
Plant biology
Insects as Food and Feed
Plant-Insect Interactions
Chemical ecology
Entomolog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Ken E Giller
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
77
0.602
smallholder farmers
systems agronomy
tropical farming systems
tropical legumes
nitrogen fixatio
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Alfons Jm Stams
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
116
58
0.500
First interest
Microbial interactions in anaerobic environments. Second interest
isolation and characterization of novel anaerobic mircroorganim
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Johanna M Marianne Geleijnse *
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
115
82
0.713
Cardiometabolic diseases
nutrition
epidemiology
sustainability
public health polic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Richard Gf Visser
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
70
0.619
Plant Breeding
plant genetics
plant science
plant genomic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Alphons Voragen
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
44
0.389
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ynte H Schukken
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
110
48
0.436
Mastitis
Infectious diseases
statistics
mathematical modeling
veterinary epidemiolog

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lourens Poorter
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
86
0.789
functional traits
ecology
community assembly
species coexistence
secondary forest
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Frans Bongers
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109
76
0.697
succession
lianas
functional traits
forest ecology
forest us
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hauke Smidt
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108
76
0.704
microbial ecology
microbial genomics
bioremediation
gut microbiom
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Oene Oenema
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
105
68
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Martin Herold
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
104
83
0.798
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Frank Berendse
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
52
0.505
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Vincenzo Fogliano
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
73
0.716
Food design
Maillard reaction
Functional Foods
Food and healt
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
John Van Der Oost
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
66
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sander Kersten
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
66
0.673
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bart Koelmans
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
80
0.825
Plastic Debris
Microplastic
Nanoplastic
Water Quality
Ecotoxicolog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jan Dijkstra
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
63
0.663
dairy cattle
rumen
fermentation
milk production
methan
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Herbert Prins
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
95
51
0.537
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Douglas Sheil
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
93
67
0.720
Tropical Forest Ecology
Tropical Conservation
Forest Monitoring
Rain Forests
Livelihood
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Wim De Vries
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
64
0.703
Soil Science
Environmental Science
Climate science
Earth System Scienc
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Joop Ja Van Loon
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
91
61
0.670
entomology
insect-plant interactions
chemical ecology
entomophagy
bioconversio