The process of computing pagerank-index.

<p>Stage I involves running pagerank algorithm on the citation network and obtaining a pagerank value for each paper. Stage II involves assigning a suitably weighted proportion of each pagerank value to the authors of the corresponding paper. Stage III involves summing all pagerank value ‘shares’ an author has obtained, comparing it with other authors in the community and assigning a percentile value to that author accordingly. The considered community could be the world scientific community at large, or a subset thereof.