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ISI Essential Science Indicators - Special Topics

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Gabriele Hegerl Philip J. Currie answers a few questions about this period's fast moving front in the field of Multidisciplinary.
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Emerging Research Fronts
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Dr. rer. nat. Oliver P. Ernst; Pharmacology & Toxicology

Gary King; Psychiatry/
Psychology

Professor Peter Taylor;
Social Sciences, general
New Hot Papers
Fast Breaking Papers
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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.

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Featured Special Topics:
Quantum Dots - October 2002 §
Hepatitis C - September 2002 §
Magnesium Diboride Superconductors - August 2002 §
West Nile Virus - July 2002 
Genetically Modified Crops - June 2002
Apoptosis - May 2002 §
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
ESI 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.
Fast Breaking Papers - October 2002
     Comments & Interviews by:
Dr. Ralf Einspanier;
Agricultural Sciences 		Dr. Klement Tockner, PhD;
Environment/
Ecology		 Lena Alexopoulou, Ph.D.;
Immunology
Dr. Martin Bohner;
Mathematics 		Giulio Superti-Furga;
Multidisciplinary		 Dr. Bruce S. McEwen;
Neuroscience & Behavior
Martha E. Shenton, Ph.D.;
Psychology/
Psychiatry 		Dr Matthew Colless;
Space Science

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

(Fast Breaking Papers are updated bi-monthly)
New Hot Papers - September 2002
     Comments & Interviews by:
Aaron Bruner;
Environment/
Ecology		 Frank Caruso;
Material Sciences		 Professor Max Coltheart;
Psychology / Psychiatry
Dr.Ola Gudmundsen;
Agricultural Sciences		 Dr. John M. Hoenig;
Mathematics		 Dr. S.G.O. Johansson;
Immunology
Professor Eugenia Kalnay;
Geosciences		 Dr Maggie Leckie;
Clinical Medicine		 Professor Steven V. Ley;
Chemistry 
Dr.Thomas Tuschl;
Molecular Biology & Genetics		 Dr. Angelo L. Vescovi;
Neuroscience & Behavior		 Dr. Athina Zouni;
Biology & Biochemistry 

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

(New Hot Papers are updated bi-monthly)
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