Table 5.
Authors ranked by the H index, with the top 10 being the most influential.
| Author | H Index | G Index | Times citeda, n | Scientific productions, n | First year published | Country |
| Margaret Verkuyl | 9 | 16 | 268 | 21 | 2016 | Canada |
| Shujuan Liao | 7 | 13 | 250 | 13 | 2014 | China |
| Daria Romaniuk | 7 | 9 | 183 | 9 | 2016 | Canada |
| Hilde Eide | 6 | 10 | 124 | 10 | 2011 | Norway |
| Sharon L Farra | 6 | 7 | 114 | 7 | 2013 | United States |
| Michelle Hughes | 6 | 9 | 147 | 9 | 2017 | Canada |
| Paula Mastrilli | 6 | 10 | 165 | 10 | 2016 | Canada |
| Michelle Aebersold | 5 | 5 | 126 | 5 | 2015 | United States |
| Lynda Atack | 5 | 7 | 137 | 7 | 2016 | Canada |
| Luciana Mara Monti Fonseca | 5 | 8 | 68 | 8 | 2014 | Brazil |
aWeb of Science Core Collection times cited count.