This week the world rankings were announced by AD Scientific Index 2025. The Bournemouth University (BU) rankings can be found here! As it previous years the highest ranking BU academic is Dimitrios Buhalis, Professor in Marketing, Strategy and Innovation, followed by Jian Jun Zhang, Professor of Computer Animation, and Edwin van Teijlingen, Professor of Reproductive Health. AD Scientific Index evaluates the academic productivity and efficiency of scientists and institutions based on the h-index, i10 index, and citation counts. In addition to total h-index rankings, you can also explore rankings and analyses by “Scientists Last 6 Years H-index” and by discipline /subject.
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