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 | Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási | Brigham and Women's Hospital | 0.2321 | 153 | 662 |
| 2 | Tina Eliassi‐Rad | University of Vermont | 0.1976 | 38 | 222 |
| 3 | Jure Leskovec | Stanford University | 0.1481 | 138 | 632 |
| 4 | Le Song | Epson (United States) | 0.1481 | 45 | 165 |
| 5 | Santo Fortunato | Northeastern University | 0.0987 | 59 | 204 |
| 6 | M. E. J. Newman | Analytical Engineering (United States) | 0.0642 | 103 | 323 |
| 7 | David F. Gleich | Purdue University West Lafayette | 0.0222 | 34 | 218 |
| 8 | Luciano da Fontoura Costa | University of Alabama at Birmingham | 0.0222 | 55 | 706 |
| 9 | Peter J. Mucha | Dartmouth College | 0.0222 | 49 | 329 |
| 10 | Roger Guimerà | Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats | 0.0222 | 37 | 149 |