Table 4. Rank of researchers publishing articles on tuberculosis with Brazilian authors, 1995–2010, according to the “betweeness” centrality measure.
| Rank | Researcher | Betweenness |
| 1 | Kritski, Afranio Lineu | 424364 |
| 2 | Palaci, Moises | 281152 |
| 3 | Suffys, Philip | 273810 |
| 4 | Netto, Antonio Rufino | 215079 |
| 5 | Leao, Sylvia Cardoso | 177922 |
| 6 | Basso, Luiz Augusto | 131645 |
| 7 | Dietze, Reynaldo | 130094 |
| 8 | Santos, Diogenes Santiago | 121802 |
| 9 | Sant'Anna, Clemax Couto | 108843 |
| 10 | Caceres, RafaelAndrade | 106431 |
| 11 | Vargas, P.A. | 99306 |
| 12 | da Costa, P. Albuquerque | 92166 |
| 13 | Saldiva, P. H. N. | 88560 |
| 14 | Albuquerque, M.F.P.M. | 88396 |
| 15 | Hijjar, Miguel Aiub | 85941 |
| 16 | Silva, Celio Lopes | 79736 |
| 17 | Capelozzi, Vara Luiza | 75932 |
| 18 | Chaisson, Richard E. | 73861 |
| 19 | Cuevas, Luis Eduardo | 73779 |
| 20 | Conde, Marcus Barreto | 69841 |
| 21 | Fonseca, Leila S. | 67021 |
| 22 | Rodrigues, Laura Cunha | 62399 |
| 23 | Ribeiro, Marta Osorio | 60738 |
| 24 | Ferrazoli, Luciaine | 56111 |
| 25 | Lapa e Silva, José Roberto | 54310 |