Table 3.

Top 20 most relevant authors and co-cited authors related to CAR-based immunotherapy.

Rank	Author	Counts	Total citations	Citations per article	Rank	Co-cited author	Total citations	Centrality	Burstiness strength
1	June, Carl H	104	22985	221.01	1	Maude, Shannon L	2868	0.04	–
2	Dotti, Gianpietro	98	9797	99.97	2	Kochenderfer, James N	2848	0.02	50.56
3	Abken, Hinrich	80	4126	51.58	3	Brentjens, Renier J	2118	0.04	77.84
4	Brentjens, Renier J	68	9711	142.81	4	Lee, Daniel W	1886	0.02	–
5	Cooper, Laurence JN	64	4216	65.88	5	Porter, David L	1855	0.02	85.42
6	Savoldo, Barbara	60	7139	118.98	6	Rosenberg, Steven A	1807	0.03	65.99
7	Sadelain, Michel	59	12791	216.80	7	Morgan, Richard A	1787	0.01	80.94
8	Jensen, Michael C	58	7525	129.74	8	Neelapu, Sattva S	1441	0.01	–
9	Gottschalk, Stephen	53	3164	59.70	9	Turtle, Cameron J	1349	0.02	–
10	Brenner, Malcolm K	49	6685	136.43	10	Sadelain, Michel	1226	0.01	32.14
11	Grupp, Stephan A	49	9528	194.45	11	Grupp, Stephan A	1213	0.01	91.7
12	Rosenberg, Steven A	48	13476	280.75	12	Davila, Marco L	1127	0.01	43.95
13	Riddell, Stanley R	46	7788	169.30	13	Schuster, Stephen J	1064	0.03	–
14	Rooney, Cliona M	46	6835	148.59	14	Kalos, Michael	999	0.00	131.97
15	Maus, Marcela V	43	4328	100.65	15	Brudno, Jennifer N	996	0.01	–
16	Heslop, Helen E	42	6617	157.55	16	Chmielewski, Markus	960	0.01	–
17	Han, Weidong	42	2055	48.93	17	June, Carl H	945	0.01	–
18	Maher, John	41	1589	38.76	18	Kershaw, Michael H	907	0.01	73.79
19	Wels, Winfried S	41	3061	74.66	19	Gattinoni, Luca	905	0.01	42.02
20	Forman, Stephen J	40	3850	96.25	20	Brown, Christine E	899	0.02	–

-, the burstiness strength was missing because the threshold of maintenance of co-cited authors was set to 3 years.