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 | Patrick P. Edger | Michigan State University | 0.0266 | 58 | 203 |
| 2 | Glennis A. Logsdon | National Center for Biotechnology Information | 0.0255 | 32 | 100 |
| 3 | Igor V. Grigoriev | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory | 0.0254 | 120 | 856 |
| 4 | Robert J. Schmitz | University of Georgia | 0.0233 | 79 | 351 |
| 5 | Katherine M. Munson | University of Washington | 0.0225 | 45 | 116 |
| 6 | C. Robin Buell | University of Georgia | 0.0214 | 96 | 389 |
| 7 | Mitchell R. Vollger | University of Utah | 0.0206 | 37 | 96 |
| 8 | John P. Hamilton | University of Georgia | 0.0205 | 50 | 197 |
| 9 | Jonathan F. Wendel | Iowa State University | 0.0200 | 106 | 428 |
| 10 | Todd P. Michael | Salk Institute for Biological Studies | 0.0199 | 62 | 228 |