| | Author | Impact Score (1996-2000) | Author | Impact Score (2001-2005) | | Author | Impact Score (2006-2010) | | Author | Impact Score (2011-2015) | |
| 1 | Kim, Kap Hwan | 3.82 | Kim, Kap Hwan | 3.75 | - | Celik, Metin | 9.05 | - | Wang, Shuaian | 34.45 | - | 2 | Bennett, P | 2.44 | Suryanata, K | 1.65 | ▲ | Chou, Chien-Chang | 8.37 | - | Meng, Qiang | 31.03 | ▲ | 3 | Peterson, K | 1.52 | Peterson, K | 1.52 | - | Notteboom, Theo | 7.79 | ▲ | Notteboom, Theo | 17.98 | - | 4 | Lei, J | 1.45 | Lei, J | 1.45 | - | Er, I. Deha | 6.54 | ▲ | Lam, Jasmine Siu Lee | 14.10 | - | 5 | Zhou, JJ | 1.45 | Zhou, JJ | 1.45 | - | Kim, Kap Hwan | 6.22 | ▼ | Fagerholt, Kjetil | 12.40 | ▲ | 6 | Hartmann, Soenke | 1.44 | Hartmann, Soenke | 1.44 | - | Ding, Ji-Feng | 5.86 | - | Song, Dong-Ping | 11.55 | - | 7 | Hemp, P | 1.37 | Imai, Akio | 1.41 | ▲ | Lai, Kee-hung | 5.83 | - | Zhen, Lu | 9.98 | - | 8 | Matthews, HS | 1.35 | Nishimura, Etsuko | 1.41 | ▲ | Petering, Matthew E. H. | 5.79 | ▲ | Lee, Chung-Yee | 9.66 | - | 9 | Hart, R | 1.23 | Papadimitriou, Stratos | 1.41 | ▲ | Lee, Der-Horng | 5.40 | ▲ | Kim, Kap Hwan | 9.38 | ▼ | 10 | Wang, Jin | 1.08 | Lillie, N | 1.38 | ▲ | Roso, Violeta | 4.41 | - | Lee, Loo Hay | 8.85 | - |
| 11 | Holden, H | 1.00 | Hemp, P | 1.37 | ▼ | Imai, Akio | 3.81 | ▲ | Akyuz, Emre | 7.63 | - | 12 | Gierloff-Emden, HGR | 0.96 | Matthews, HS | 1.35 | ▼ | Song, Dong-Wook | 3.79 | - | Dong, Jing-Xin | 7.31 | ▲ | 13 | van Driel, Hugo | 0.93 | Oakley, Susan | 1.29 | - | Vis, Iris F. A. | 3.74 | - | Ng, ManWo | 7.17 | - | 14 | Suryanata, K | 0.89 | Hart, R | 1.23 | ▼ | Hummels, David | 3.43 | - | Yang, Zaili | 7.05 | - | 15 | Umemoto, KN | 0.89 | Karlsen, A | 1.17 | - | Chen, Jiang Hang | 3.42 | - | Kujala, Pentti | 6.98 | - | 16 | Krasnopolsky, VM | 0.89 | Cullinane, Kevin | 1.15 | ▲ | Roe, Michael | 3.33 | - | Tovar, Beatriz | 6.94 | - | 17 | Schiller, H | 0.89 | Wang, Jin | 1.13 | ▼ | Lu, Chin-Shan | 3.32 | ▼ | Ducruet, Cesar | 6.74 | ▲ | 18 | Lillie, N | 0.88 | Ng, WC | 1.08 | - | Goodchild, Anne V | 2.99 | - | Chew, Ek Peng | 6.57 | - | 19 | Zhang, CQ | 0.85 | Holden, H | 1.00 | ▼ | Ducruet, Cesar | 2.95 | - | Wilmsmeier, Gordon | 6.56 | - | 20 | Jetlund, AS | 0.84 | Gierloff-Emden, HGR | 0.96 | ▼ | Papadimitriou, Stratos | 2.80 | ▼ | Ng, Adolf K. Y. | 6.42 | ▲ |
| 21 | Karimi, IA | 0.84 | van Driel, Hugo | 0.93 | ▼ | Hirashima, Yoichi | 2.79 | - | Celik, Metin | 6.28 | ▼ | 22 | Fossen, Thor I. | 0.82 | Umemoto, KN | 0.89 | ▼ | Fremont, Antoine | 2.77 | - | Liu, Zhiyuan | 6.21 | - | 23 | Park, YM | 0.82 | Liu, Jiyin | 0.89 | - | Demaria, Federico | 2.75 | - | Yang, Yi-Chih | 5.99 | - | 24 | Ronen, D. | 0.80 | Wan, Yat-wah | 0.89 | - | Fagerholt, Kjetil | 2.74 | ▲ | Cariou, Pierre | 5.85 | - | 25 | Jacobson, A | 0.80 | Krasnopolsky, VM | 0.89 | ▼ | Kozan, Erhan | 2.69 | - | Monios, Jason | 5.69 | - | 26 | Farrell, JA | 0.79 | Schiller, H | 0.89 | ▼ | Asteris, Michael | 2.67 | - | Rudd, Murray A. | 5.68 | - | 27 | Li, W | 0.79 | Tongzon, Jose | 0.85 | - | Meng, Qiang | 2.67 | - | Talley, Wayne K. | 5.67 | - | 28 | Lee, RM | 0.78 | Zhang, CQ | 0.85 | ▼ | Paulauskas, Vytautas | 2.67 | - | Sun, Zhuo | 5.65 | - | 29 | Linn, RJ | 0.76 | Legato, Pasquale | 0.84 | ▲ | Meisel, Frank | 2.63 | - | Laporte, Gilbert | 5.65 | - | 30 | Imai, Akio | 0.76 | Jetlund, AS | 0.84 | ▼ | Ng, Adolf K. Y. | 2.61 | - | Pisinger, David | 5.56 | - |
| 31 | Nishimura, Etsuko | 0.76 | Karimi, IA | 0.84 | ▼ | Vasiliauskas, Aidas Vasilis | 2.55 | - | Psaraftis, Harilaos N. | 5.52 | - | 32 | Papadimitriou, Stratos | 0.76 | Ronen, D. | 0.80 | ▼ | Sharma, Mithun J. | 2.53 | - | Petering, Matthew E. H. | 5.43 | ▼ | 33 | Ausloos, M | 0.76 | Jacobson, A | 0.80 | ▼ | Yu, Song Jin | 2.53 | - | Lee, Paul Tae-Woo | 5.37 | - | 34 | Ivanova, K | 0.76 | Lu, Chin-Shan | 0.79 | - | Nishimura, Etsuko | 2.51 | ▼ | Goerlandt, Floris | 5.34 | - | 35 | Fagerholt, Kjetil | 0.75 | Farrell, JA | 0.79 | ▼ | Lee, Yusin | 2.50 | - | Wang, Hua | 5.24 | - | 36 | Fairlie, DP | 0.73 | Li, W | 0.79 | ▼ | Konings, Rob | 2.47 | - | Hvattum, Lars Magnus | 4.98 | - | 37 | Lucke, AJ | 0.73 | Donderi, DC | 0.78 | - | Saeed, Naima | 2.43 | - | Yip, Tsz Leung | 4.92 | - | 38 | Singh, Y | 0.73 | McFadden, S | 0.78 | - | Merrick, Jason R. W. | 2.43 | - | Christiansen, Marielle | 4.91 | - | 39 | Tyndall, JDA | 0.73 | Lee, RM | 0.78 | ▼ | Ramirez-Marquez, Jose Emmanuel | 2.33 | - | Hanninen, Maria | 4.89 | - | 40 | Fung, Michael K. | 0.72 | Bish, EK | 0.77 | ▲ | Kahraman, Cengiz | 2.29 | - | Wang, Jin | 4.83 | ▼ |
| 41 | Bish, EK | 0.67 | Linn, RJ | 0.76 | ▼ | Hastings, Justin V. | 2.27 | - | Featherstone, David | 4.82 | - | 42 | Yun, JE | 0.67 | Ausloos, M | 0.76 | ▼ | Cebi, Selcuk | 2.18 | - | Lee, Der-Horng | 4.77 | ▼ | 43 | Marin, PL | 0.66 | Ivanova, K | 0.76 | ▼ | Panayides, Photis M | 2.18 | - | Hu, Zhi-Hua | 4.77 | - | 44 | Sicotte, R | 0.66 | Umemoto, K | 0.76 | - | Goulielmos, Alexander M. | 2.11 | - | Kontovas, Christos A. | 4.76 | - | 45 | Legato, Pasquale | 0.66 | Sciomachen, Anna | 0.75 | - | Cao, Jin Xin | 2.10 | - | Knapp, Sabine | 4.52 | - | 46 | Bhargava, HK | 0.66 | Koutsavdis, E | 0.74 | - | Park, Changkyu | 2.09 | - | Luo, Meifeng | 4.51 | ▼ | 47 | Snoap, KJ | 0.66 | Rhee, SH | 0.74 | - | Seo, Junyong | 2.09 | - | Nathan Huynh | 4.50 | - | 48 | Altiok, T | 0.64 | Fairlie, DP | 0.73 | ▼ | Wu, Wei-Ming | 2.07 | - | Yeo, Gi-Tae | 4.43 | - | 49 | Cullinane, Kevin | 0.63 | Lucke, AJ | 0.73 | ▼ | Fossen, Thor I. | 2.05 | ▼ | Meisel, Frank | 4.41 | ▼ | 50 | Gold, C | 0.62 | Singh, Y | 0.73 | ▼ | Low, Joyce M. W | 2.03 | - | Bell, Michael G. H. | 4.40 | - |
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