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 | Clifford A. Shaffer | Virginia Tech | 0.1667 | 33 | 246 |
| 2 | Feiya Luo | University of Alabama | 0.1667 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Amanda Peel | New Mexico State University | 0.1667 | 15 | 39 |
| 4 | Helen H. Hu | Westminster University | 0.1667 | 16 | 91 |
| 5 | Irene Lee | New Mexico State University | 0.1667 | 17 | 65 |
| 6 | Michelle Len | University of California, Santa Barbara | 0.1667 | 2 | 2 |