Ranked by in-field PageRank — how central a professor is in this subfield's co-authorship network. Compare against h-index to spot influential researchers that citation counts alone would miss.
| # | Professor | Institution | PageRank | h-index | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pamela S. Soltis | Florida Museum of Natural History | 0.2139 | 195 | 1478 |
| 2 | Douglas E. Soltis | Florida Museum of Natural History | 0.1682 | 48 | 160 |
| 3 | Michael J. Moore | Washington University in St. Louis | 0.0712 | 48 | 144 |
| 4 | Jun Wen | Smithsonian Institution | 0.0712 | 66 | 427 |
| 5 | Emma C. Teeling | University College Dublin | 0.0712 | 63 | 243 |
| 6 | Sonja C. Vernes | Andrews University | 0.0712 | 39 | 175 |
| 7 | Robert K. Jansen | Carnegie Department of Plant Biology | 0.0624 | 85 | 337 |
| 8 | Matthew A. Gitzendanner | University of Florida | 0.0613 | 36 | 92 |
| 9 | Martin F. Wojciechowski | Montana State University | 0.0460 | 41 | 129 |
| 10 | Richard G. Olmstead | University of California, Los Angeles | 0.0307 | 88 | 280 |