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Materials Science;
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Neuroscience & Behavior
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-August 2003

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Plant & Animal Science
-August 2003

Keiichi Hiramatsu;
Microbiology
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-August 2003

James S. Wright;
Agricultural Sciences
-August 2003

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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:

This Month's Special Topic:
Earthquakes§

A R C H I V E S from July 2001 to present:
Alzheimer's Disease
   April 2003		 Hepatitis C
   September 2002
Antibiotic Resistance
   February 2003		   Mad Cow & Other Prion Diseases§
   August 2003
Apoptosis
   May 2002		 Magnesium Diboride Superconductors
   August 2002
Arabidopsis and Plant Disease Resistance
   January 2003		 Molecular Self-Assembly
   April 2002
Aryl Halide Chemistry§
   May 2003		 Nanotechnology
   October 2001
Branes
   February 2002 		 Neutrinos
   December 2002
Breast Cancer
   July 2001		 Obesity
   December 2001
Conducting Polymers
   July 2001		 Optoelectronics
   August 2001
Coronaviruses§
   June 2003		 Osteoporosis
   November 2002
Diabetes
   March 2002		 Photonics
   March 2003
Embryonic Stem Cells
   November 2001		 Quantum Cryptography
   September 2001
Fuel Cells§
   July 2003		 Quantum Dots
   October 2002
Genetically Modified Crops
   June 2002		 Schizophrenia
   July 2001
Global Warming
   January 2002		 West Nile Virus
   July 2002
§ = 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 - September 2003
     Comments & Interviews by:
"Comments/Mini-interviews," from the author(s) of the paper!
David R. Engelke;
Biology & Biochemistry		 Dr. Bertrand M. Hochwald;
Computer Science		 Darren S. Madgwick;
Space Science
Brian K. Shoichet;
Chemistry 

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

"Comments/Mini-interviews," from the author(s) of the paper!
Tom Abel;
Space Science		 Stephen Baylin;
Molecular Biology & Genetics 		Philippe Bougeault;
Geosciences
Curt D. Furberg;
Clinical Medicine		 M. Brian Maple;
Physics 		 Timothy Read;
Microbiology
Steven Salzberg;
Microbiology 		Dennis Selkoe;
Neuroscience & Behavior		 Ullrich Scherf;
Material Sciences
Terry Speed;
Mathematics 		Daniel F. Veber;
Chemistry 		Bronek Wedzicha & Donald Mottram;
Agricultural Sciences
Forest M. White;
Biology & Biochemistry

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