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 | Frank T. Burbrink | American Museum of Natural History | 0.3475 | 53 | 166 |
| 2 | R. Alexander Pyron | George Washington University | 0.2942 | 56 | 176 |
| 3 | Todd A. Castoe | The University of Texas at Arlington | 0.0726 | 52 | 184 |
| 4 | H. Bradley Shaffer | University of California, Los Angeles | 0.0357 | 73 | 318 |
| 5 | Daniel G. Brown | University of Washington | 0.0357 | 64 | 525 |
| 6 | Li Li | Virginia Commonwealth University | 0.0357 | 44 | 220 |
| 7 | S. Blair Hedges | Zoological Society of London | 0.0357 | 86 | 329 |
| 8 | Shi Wang | Nanjing Agricultural University | 0.0357 | 52 | 399 |
| 9 | Kevin J. Peterson | Mayo Clinic in Arizona | 0.0357 | 63 | 146 |
| 10 | Jack W. Sites | Brigham Young University | 0.0357 | 56 | 297 |