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ISI Essential Science Indicators - Special Topics

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Summarized Publication and Citation Data from ISI for the Analysis of Research Trends & Performance
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he ESI Special Topics Web site is designed to complement  ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product in providing citation analyses and commentary for selected scientific research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest. Each topic is prefaced with a description of its relation to the main ISI Essential Science Indicators rankings and the methodology used to assemble the data from the ISI Essential Science Indicators database. A new topics is added monthly. The data presented for each topic include citation rankings for scientists, institutions, nations, and journals. Most Special Topics also feature interviews and essays by prominent scientists in the area. In addition, Special Topics also spotlights New Hot Papers, Fast Breaking Papers (both have some with comments/mini-interviews), Emerging Research Fronts, and Fast Moving Fronts, all of which deal with current and emerging trends in specialized areas of research. Methodologies for the various entities and commentary on data interpretation are also included.


Featured Special Topics:
Molecular Self-Assembly - April 2002  §
Diabetes - March 2002  §
Branes - February 2002  §
Global Warming - January 2002  § § §
Obesity - December 2001  §
Embryonic Stem Cells - November 2001
Nanotechnology - October 2001
Quantum Cryptography - September 2001
Optoelectronics - August 2001
Breast Cancer - July 2001
Conducting Polymers - July 2001  §
Schizophrenia - July 2001
§ = new interview added to that Special Topic this month!

Menu for all Interviews and Essays of Special Topics listed above

Fast Breaking Papers - April 2002
     Comments & Interviews by:
Professor Doron Aurbach Professor Doron Aurbach;
Engineering		 Stephen G. Ferguson at John P Robarts Res. Inst. Stephen G. Ferguson;
Pharmacology & Toxicology		 Joan Fung-Tomc, Ph. D.;
Microbiology
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kirschning;
Chemistry		 Dr. David Stensrud;
Geosciences		 Jack Xin Jack Xin;
Mathematics

Complete Menu for all past Fast Breaking Papers
comments and mini-interviews

(Fast Breaking Papers are updated bi-monthly)

New Hot Papers - March 2002
     Comments & Interviews by:
Mark P. Baldwin Mark P. Baldwin;
Geosciences		 Jeffrey A. Bluestone Jeffrey A. Bluestone; Immunology

D. John Faulkner D. John Faulkner; Chemistry
Professor Tony Hunter Proff. Tony Hunter;
Molecular Biology & Genetics		 Frank R. Kschischang Frank R. Kschischang;
Computer Science		 Charles M. Lieber Charles M. Lieber; Materials Science
Dr. Henry Milgrom Dr. Henry Milgrom; Clinical Medicine Axel Ockenfels Axel Ockenfles;
Economics & Business		 Dr. Tracy Palmer; Microbiology
Dr. Philippe Reymond Dr. Philippe Reymond; Plant & Animal Science G. David Tilman G. David Tilman;
Environment/
Ecology 		 Hubert Vaudry Hubert Vaudry; Pharmacology & Toxicology

Menu of all past New Hot Papers
comments and mini-interviews

(New Hot Papers are updated bi-monthly)
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