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Fast Moving Fronts
January 2004
  Read comments by: 

Robert Benezra;
Mol. Bio. & Gen.
Ka Yee Yeung;
Com. Sci.

Scott Pomeroy and Todd R. Golub;
Cli. Med.
Yoshi Uchida;
Physics

Mietek Jaroniec;
Mat. Sci. 		•>Research Front Map from Microbiology
Emerging Research Fronts
December 2003
  Read comments by:

Rosa P. Gomariz
 Neu. & Beh.
Roger J. Hajjar
Bio. & Bio.
Robert Martienssen
Mol. Bio. & Gen.

Thomas P. Novak & Donna L. Hoffman
Eco. & Bus.
Patrick W. Serruys
 Cli. Med.
Ben Zhong Tang
Mat. Sci.

•>Research Front Map from Biology & Biochemistry.

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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 topic 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.

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This Month's Special Topic: 
Bose-Einstein Condensates §

A R C H I V E S from July 2001 to present:
Alzheimer's Disease
   April 2003		 Earthquakes §
   September 2003		 Neutrinos
   December 2002
Antibiotic Resistance
   February 2003		 Embryonic Stem Cells
   November 2001		 Obesity
   December 2001
Apoptosis
   May 2002		 Fuel Cells
   July 2003		 Optoelectronics
   August 2001
Arabidopsis and Plant Disease Resistance
   January 2003		 Gene Silencing §
   December 2003		 Osteoporosis
   November 2002
Aryl Halide Chemistry
    May 2003		 Genetically Modified Crops
   June 2002		 Photonics
   March 2003
Branes
   February 2002 		 Global Warming
   January 2002		 Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) §
   November 2003
Breast Cancer
   July 2001		 Hepatitis C
   September 2002		 Quantum Cryptography
   September 2001
Conducting Polymers
   July 2001		 Mad Cow & Other Prion Diseases
   August 2003		 Quantum Dots
   October 2002
Coronaviruses
   June 2003		 Magnesium Diboride Superconductors
   August 2002		 Schizophrenia
   July 2001
Deep Vein Thrombosis
   October 2003		 Molecular Self-Assembly
   April 2002		 West Nile Virus
   July 2002
Diabetes
   March 2002		 Nanotechnology
   October 2001
§ = new interview added to that Special Topic this month!

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ESI Special Topics also spotlights New Hot Papers, Fast Breaking Papers (both have some comments/mini-interviews and are updated bi-monthly), 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.
New Hot Papers - January 2004
     Comments & Interviews by:
"Comments/Mini-interviews," from the author(s) of the paper!
Philip C. Calder;
Agricultural Sciences 		Christopher H. Contag and Michael H. Bachmann;
Engineering  		Greg Cope;
Biology & Biochemistry
Raymond J. Deshaies;
Biology & Biochemistry 		David D. Ginty;
Neuroscience & Behavior 		Martin Grueble;
Multidisciplinary
Raoul Herbrecht;
Clinical Medicine		 En Ma & Yinmin Wang;
Material Sciences 		Patrick D. McGorry;
Psychology/
Psychiatry
Peder Norberg;
Space Science		 Thanu Padmanabhan;
Physics 		Vijay Pande;
Multidisciplinary
Nils Chr. Stenseth;
Environment/
Ecology		 John D. Storey;
Mathematics 		Claus Wasternack and Ivo Feussner;
Plant & Animal Science
Masahiro Yamamoto & Shizuo Akira;
Immunology

Menu of all past New Hot Papers,
comments and mini-interviews.
Fast Breaking Papers - December 2003
     Comments & Interviews by:

"Comments/Mini-interviews," from the author(s) of the paper!
Philip C. Calder;
Agricultural Sciences 		Christopher H. Contag;
Engineering  		Steve Goodburn;
Microbiology
Samer S. Hattar & King-Wai Yau;
Neuroscience & Behavior		 Peter Jackson;
Social Sciences, general 		Wolfgang Ketterle;
Physics
Ingrid Lönnstedt;
Mathematics 		Chad A. Mirkin;
Chemistry  		Bernd Nilius;
Biology & Biochemistry
Wei Pan;
Computer Science		 Susan M. Poutanen, Donald Low, and Allison McGeer;
Clinical Medicine		 Kristin Saltonstall;
Plant & Animal Science
Pauline L. Smedley and David G. Kinniburgh;
Geosciences		 Inder M. Verna;
Immunology 		En Ma & Yinmin Wang;
Material Sciences
Jing Zhou;
Molecular Biology & Genetics

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comments and mini-interviews
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