Read interviews, first-person essays, profiles, and other features about
people in a wide variety of fields, along with information on journals
& institutions in the topic of Biofuels. All of the author comments
below are also listed in the site-wide
Author Commentaries listings
(available by month/year or alphabetically).
October
2008
Arthur Ragauskas; According to our Special Topics
analysis on Biofuels, one of the most-cited papers in the
Research Front Map on
Ethanol
Biofuels is "The path forward for biofuels and
biomaterials" (Ragauskas AJ, et al., Science
311[5760]: 484-9, 27 January 2006), with 174 cites. In this
interview, ScienceWatch.com talks with lead author
Professor Arthur Ragauskas about this paper and recent advances
in the biofuels industry. View
Article
September
2008
Daniel Kammen & Richard Plevin; In our Special
Topic on Biofuels, the paper "Ethanol can contribute to energy
and environmental goals," (Farrell AE, et al., Science
311[5760]: 506-8, 27 January 2006) is a core paper in the
Research Front Map of
"Ethanol
Biofuels." ScienceWatch.com talks with two of the
paper's authors, Daniel Kammen and Richard Plevin, both from
the University of California, Berkeley, about the paper and its
impact on the biofuels movement. View
Article
September
2008
Roel Hammerschlag; In our Special Topic on
Biofuels, the paper "Ethanol's energy return on investment: A
survey of the literature 1990-present," (Environ. Sci.
Technol. 40[6]: 1744-50, 15 March 2006) is a core paper in
the Biofuels Special Topic Research Front Map of
"Ethanol
Biofuels." ScienceWatch.com talks with author Roel
Hammerschlag about the paper and how it has influenced biofuels
legislation. View
Article
August
2008
Milford Hanna; In the Special Topics analysis of
biofuels research over the past decade, the work of Dr. Milford
Hanna of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ranks at #1 by
total citations. According to
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters, Dr. Hanna's work ranks in the top 1% among
researchers worldwide in the field of Agricultural Sciences. He
has also been named a Highly Cited Researcher in this
field. View
Article
August
2008
Gerhard Knothe; According to our Special Topics
analysis of biofuels research over the past decade, the work of
Dr. Gerhard Knothe ranks at #3 by total number of papers. Dr.
Knothe is a Research Chemist in the Food and Industrial Oil
Research unit of the USDA's National Center for Agricultural
Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. View
Article
