A scientometric analysis of neuroblastoma research

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Top 10 contributing authors in field of neuroblastoma research

Rank	Author	Number of publications	H index	G Index	M Index	Articles Fractionalized	Average citation per item	Sum of time cited ( without self citation)	PY start
1	Berthold F	169	45	80	1.3	27.6	43.4	7420 (6838)	1986
2	Matthay KK	165	63	113	2.2	21.4	81.0	13,373 (12,305)	1992
3	Cheung NKV	160	50	76	1.4	33.4	42.53	6975 (61645)	1986
4	Maris JM	158	56	110	2.2	19.0	79.8	12,661 (11,878)	1995
5	Cohn SL	156	54	96	1.6	20.4	64.2	10,016 (9434)	1987
6	Nakagawara A	118	33	67	0.9	17.8	40.9	4954 (4685)	1986
7	Seeger RC	116	57	108	1.6	–	100.2	11,725 (11,368)	1986
8	Speleman F	116	39	72	1.5	–	48.4	5614 (5132)	1994
9	Tonini GP	116	27	54	0.8	18.4	29.3	3429 (3163)	1987
10	Hero B	112	39	68	1.5	–	44.7	5014 (4673)	1995

Affiliation of the highly cited authors
Berthold F: University of Cologne, Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany
Matthay KK: Department of Pediatrics and Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Cheung NKV: Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
Maris JM: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Oncology, Philadelphia, USA
Cohn SL: Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago
Nakagawara A: Saga Medical Center Koseikan, Saga, Japan
Seeger RC: Division of Hematology/Oncology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
Speleman F: Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Medical Research Building 1, Ghent, Belgium
Tonini GP: Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Italian Neuroblastoma Foundation, Pediatric Research Institute, Fondazione Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
Hero B: University of Cologne, Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University of Cologne, Koeln, Germany

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