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 | Igor V. Grigoriev | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 0.0352 | 120 | 856 |
| 2 | Joseph R. Ecker | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 0.0294 | 168 | 532 |
| 3 | Glennis A. Logsdon | National Center for Biotechnology Information | 0.0283 | 32 | 100 |
| 4 | Katherine M. Munson | University of Washington | 0.0265 | 45 | 116 |
| 5 | John P. Hamilton | University of Georgia | 0.0255 | 50 | 197 |
| 6 | Mitchell R. Vollger | University of Utah | 0.0245 | 37 | 96 |
| 7 | C. Robin Buell | University of Georgia | 0.0244 | 96 | 389 |
| 8 | Robert Riley | United States Department of Energy | 0.0224 | 59 | 225 |
| 9 | Patrick P. Edger | Michigan State University | 0.0203 | 58 | 203 |
| 10 | Rachel J. O’Neill | University of Connecticut | 0.0201 | 47 | 222 |