Table 2.
Published documents and research impact of top 20 authors in this survey.
| Ranked | Element | PD | h_index | g_index | m_index | TC | PY_start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blanch A | 12 | 10 | 12 | 0.357 | 1003 | 1994 |
| 1 | Kim Y | 12 | 7 | 12 | 0.304 | 495 | 1999 |
| 2 | Kim H | 11 | 7 | 11 | 0.269 | 207 | 1996 |
| 3 | Kim J | 10 | 6 | 9 | 0.316 | 91 | 2003 |
| 5 | Gomez-Gil B | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0.292 | 500 | 1998 |
| 6 | Kim M | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0.192 | 62 | 1996 |
| 7 | Wang Y | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0.389 | 181 | 2004 |
| 8 | Choi S | 8 | 7 | 8 | 0.438 | 255 | 2006 |
| 9 | Lee K | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0.5 | 236 | 2006 |
| 10 | Colwell R | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0.35 | 228 | 2002 |
| 11 | Kong I | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0.4 | 105 | 2007 |
| 12 | Lee J | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0.5 | 85 | 2010 |
| 13 | Lee S | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0.3 | 145 | 2002 |
| 14 | Nishibuchi M | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0.226 | 731 | 1991 |
| 15 | Okoh A | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0.357 | 178 | 2008 |
| 16 | Oliver J | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0.304 | 307 | 1999 |
| 17 | Wang X | 7 | 4 | 7 | 0.182 | 65 | 2000 |
| 18 | Zhang X | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0.294 | 72 | 2005 |
| 19 | Igbinosa E | 6 | 5 | 6 | 0.357 | 172 | 2008 |
| 20 | Jung Y | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0.857 | 75 | 2015 |
Abbreviations: PD, number of published documents; TC, total citation.
Ranked based on the PD.