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Fast Moving Fronts
  
 

 
Essential Science Indicators from Thomson Scientific contains data on Research Fronts (see Research Front Methodology) which are updated every two months. As part of this bimonthly processing, Special Topics identifies the Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly in each of the 22 major fields covered by Essential Science Indicators. Fast Moving Fronts are those having the largest percentage increase in number of core papers from one period to the next in their respective fields. The rate of increase in citations to the core papers is also used as a criterion. An individual front can increase in size by either internal growth or by merging with one or more other fronts.

For details on each front, their core papers and other statistical characteristics, see the Research Fronts section of Essential Science Indicators. Some Fast Moving Fronts contain comments - mini-interviews," from the author(s) of the paper! 

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2008
     January 2008 with a Fast Moving Front Maps from Materials Science, and Pharmacology & Toxicology.

2007
November 2007 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Mathematics. September 2007 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Molecular Biology & Genetics. July 2007 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Geosciences.
May 2007 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Neuroscience & Behavior. March 2007 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Computer Science.  January 2007 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Economics & Business.

2006
November 2006 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Molecular Biology & Genetics. September 2006 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Space Science. July 2006 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Immunology.
May 2006 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Plant & Animal Science. March 2006 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Psychiatry/Psychology.   January 2006 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Social Sciences, general.

2005
November 2005 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Biology & Biochemistry. September 2005 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Computer Science. July 2005 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Engineering.
May 2005 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Chemistry. March 2005 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Chemistry. January 2005 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Microbiology.

2004
November 2004 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Physics. September 2004 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Space Science. July 2004 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Chemistry.
May 2004 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Microbiology. March 2004 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Space Science. January 2004 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Microbiology.

2003
November 2003 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Space Science. September 2003 with a Fast Moving Front Map from Physics. July 2003
May 2003 March 2003 January 2003

2002
November 2002 September 2002 July 2002
May 2002 March 2002 January 2002

2001
November 2001

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