Table 4.

Scientometric profiles of the most productive and impactful authors in research on stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes during 1999–2020

S.no	Author	Affiliation	TP	TC	CPP	HI	ICP (%)	RCI
Most productive authors
1	P. Florina	Harvard Medical School, USA	22	1239	56.3	14	21 (95.5)	1.7
2	C.E.B. Couri	University of Sao Paulo, Brazil	19	978	51.5	11	7 (36.8)	1.5
3	M. Trucco	University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Children’s Hospital, USA	18	374	20.8	10	1 (5.6)	0.6
4	J.C. Voltarelli	University of Sao Paulo, Brazil	16	961	60.1	10	5 (31.3)	1.8
5	G.P. Fadini	Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy	16	938	58.6	13	6 (37.5)	1.7
6	C. Ricordi	Diabetes Research Unit, Miami, USA	15	393	26.2	12	10 (66.7)	0.8
7	A.M.J. Shapiro	University of Alberta, Canada	15	360	24.0	8	3 (20.0)	0.7
8	A. Avogaro	Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy	14	895	63.9	12	5 (35.7)	1.9
9	R.T. Lakey	University of California, Irvine, USA	13	371	28.5	9	9 (69.2)	0.8
10	M. Ben Nasr	Harvard Medical School, USA	12	162	13.5	6	12 (100.0)	0.4
Most impactful authors
1	D.A. Melton	Harvard University, USA	11	1162	105.6	8	2 (18.2)	3.1
2	R. Abdi	Harvard Medical School, USA	10	918	91.8	8	6 (60.0)	2.7
3	B.P. Simoes	University of Sao Paulo, Brazil	12	890	74.2	8	7 (58.3)	2.2
4	M. Albiero	Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy	10	699	69.9	10	5 (50.0)	2.1
5	A. Avogaro	Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy	14	895	63.9	12	5 (35.7)	1.9
6	M.A. Atkinson	University of Florida, USA	20	1223	61.2	13	7 (35.0)	1.8
7	J.C. Voltarelli	University of Sao Paulo, Brazil	16	961	60.1	10	5 (31.3)	1.8
8	G.P. Fadini	Universita degli Studi di Padova, Italy	16	938	58.6	13	6 (37.5)	1.7
9	P. Florina	Harvard Medical School, USA	22	1239	56.3	14	21 (95.5)	1.7
10	C.E.B. Couri	University of Sao Paulo, Brazil	19	978	51.5	11	7 (36.8)	1.5

Abbreviations: TP, total publications; TC, total citations; CPP, citations per publication; HI, Hirsch Index; ICP, international collaborative publications; RCI, relative citation index