Table 3.
Top 10 authors in terms of number of publications, the corresponding institutions and total link strength.
| Rank | Author | Publications | Institutions | Total link Strength |
| 1 | Kaplan, Mariana J. | 67 | National Institutes of Health(USA) | 247 |
| 2 | Herrmann, Martin | 51 | University Hospital Erlangen(Germany) | 361 |
| 3 | Knight, Jason S. | 49 | University of Michigan(USA) | 257 |
| 4 | Von Koeckritz-Blickwede, Maren | 47 | University of Veterinary Medicine(Germany) | 149 |
| 5 | Nizet, Victor | 41 | University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy(USA) | 112 |
| 6 | Wagner, Denisa D. | 36 | Boston Children’s Hospital(USA) | 136 |
| 7 | Hermosilla, Carlos | 32 | Justus Liebig University(Germany) | 129 |
| 8 | Taubert, Anja | 32 | Justus Liebig University(Germany) | 134 |
| 9 | Nakazawa, Daigo | 31 | Hokkaido University(Japan) | 166 |
| 10 | Ritis, Konstantinos | 31 | Democritus University of Thrace(Greece) | 191 |