TABLE 2.
Top 30 highly cited authors examined with author cocitation analysis.
| Citation rank | Author name | Times cited as first author | Node number | Specialty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peiris, Joseph S. Malik | 1,936 | 219 | F2: SARS |
| 2 | Woo, Patrick Chiu-Yat | 1,757 | 296 | F6: other outbreaks and F7 |
| 3 | Drosten, Christian | 1,700 | 96 | F2: SARS |
| 4 | Huang, Chao-Lin | 1,629 | 147 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 5 | Ksiazek, Thomas G. | 1,330 | 161 | F2: SARS |
| 6 | Lau, Susanna K. P. | 1,265 | 169 | F7: viruses in bats |
| 7 | Page, G. S. | 1,170 | 216 | F4: RNA transcription |
| 8 | Rota, Paul A. | 1,086 | 240 | F2: SARS |
| 9 | Li, Wenhui | 1,008 | 179 | F2: SARS and F9 vaccine |
| 10 | Wang, Da-Wei | 994 | 284 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 11 | Guan, Wei-Jie | 948 | 124 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 12 | Zaki, Ali M. | 931 | 315 | F3: MERS |
| 13 | Marra, Marco A. | 918 | 195 | F2: SARS |
| 14 | Chen, Nanshan | 918 | 70 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 15 | Chan, Jasper Fuk-Woo | 903 | 64 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 16 | Zhu, Na | 891 | 323 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 17 | Zhou, Peng | 760 | 322 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 18 | Memish, Ziad A. | 728 | 199 | F3: MERS |
| 19 | Lee, Nelson | 714 | 171 | F2: SARS |
| 20 | Makino, Shinji | 692 | 194 | F4: RNA transcription |
| 21 | Snijder, Eric J. | 656 | 258 | F5: replication |
| 22 | Li, Qun | 640 | 177 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 23 | Assiri, Abdullah | 623 | 42 | F3: MERS |
| 24 | Lai, M. M. | 606 | 167 | F4: RNA transcription |
| 25 | Cavanagh, D. | 599 | 61 | F18: avian |
| 26 | Guan, Yi | 580 | 125 | F2: SARS |
| 27 | Sturman, L. S. | 577 | 264 | F8: internalization |
| 28 | Zhou, Fei | 558 | 321 | F1: COVID-19 |
| 29 | Thiel, Volker | 556 | 274 | F15: 3CL protease as target |
| 30 | Du, Lanying | 513 | 97 | F17: spike protein as target |