From the database of Essential Science Indicators^SM from Clarivate, this list of Fast Moving Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of July 2004-June 30, 2010, and the previous period of May 2004-April 30, 2010 (sliding 6-year period).

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. Some fronts may have been mapped. This symbol indicates that the author(s) of the comments below have also sent along accompanying images/descriptions of their work.

Field	Research Front Name
Agricultural Sciences	FOOD-CHAIN SELENIUM; SELENIUM UPTAKE; HUMAN HEALTH; SPECIATION; TRANSLOCATION
Biology & Biochemistry	PROTEIN INTERFACE METAL TEMPLATED DESIGN; HUMAN COPPER TRANSPORTER HCTR1; COPPER ACQUISITION; COPPER TRANSPORTERS; COPPER UTILIZATION
Chemistry	N '-(2; N '-(2-CHLOROBENZYLIDENE)-2-HYDROXY-3-METHYLBENZOHYDRAZIDE; N '-[1-(5-BROMO-2-HYDROXYPHENYL)ETHYLIDENE]-3; 4-CHLORO-N '-[(Z)-4-NITROBENZYLIDENE]BENZOHYDRAZIDE MONOHYDRATE
Clinical Medicine	ABDOMINAL OBESITY; POPULATION-BASED PROSPECTIVE STUDY; GLOBAL CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; 57 PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; CANCER MORTALITY
Computer Science	SCIENTIFIC WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT-KEPLER SYSTEM ASSOCIATION; SCIENTIFIC WORKFLOW SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW SYSTEM FEATURES; WORKFLOW ENVIRONMENT
Economics & Business	CREATIVE CLASS; RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS; CREATIVE CITIES; CREATIVE MILIEU Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Alessandra Faggian & Philip McCann
Engineering	DISTILLATION CURVE METHOD; COMPOSITION-EXPLICIT DISTILLATION CURVES; AVIATION FUEL AVGAS 100LL; SYNTHETIC AVIATION FUEL S-8; CHEMICALLY AUTHENTIC SURROGATE MIXTURE MODEL
Environment/ Ecology	NON-EQUILIBRIUM WATER FLOW; WATER FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESSES USING HYDRUS; PREFERENTIAL FLOW DESCRIPTIONS; MODELING NONEQUILIBRIUM FLOW
Geosciences	NEW ZEALAND HIKURANGI MARGIN COLD SEEP FAUNAL COMMUNITY INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION; NEW ZEALAND DEEP-WATER METHANE COLD SEEP; NEW ZEALAND COLD SEEP BENTHOS; GAS SEEPS OFFSHORE NEW ZEALAND; HIKURANGI MARGIN (NEW ZEALAND)
Immunology	TETRAVALENT MENINGOCOCCAL GLYCOCONJUGATE VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCAL SEROGROUP C CONJUGATE VACCINE; UNIVERSAL VACCINE; SEROGROUP B MENINGOCOCCUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Materials & Science	EXCHANGE BIAS PHENOMENOLOGY; EXCHANGE BIAS EFFECT; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MNO NANOPARTICLES; CORE/SHELL NANOPARTICLES; DOUBLY INVERTED CORE-SHELL SYSTEM Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Josep Nogués
Mathematics	CRITICAL 2D DISSIPATIVE QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC EQUATION; CRITICAL DISSIPATIVE QUASI-GEOSTROPHIC EQUATION; NONLOCAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; GLOBAL WELL-POSEDNESS; FRACTIONAL LAPLACIAN Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Alexander Kiselev & Fedor Nazarov
Microbiology	BACILLUS CEREUS FOOD POISONING; BACILLUS CEREUS ASSOCIATED; TOXIGENIC BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SPORES; FOOD POISONING TOXINS
Molecular Biology & Genetics	CHIMPANZEE DIVERGENCE POPULATION GENETICS; ESTIMATING POPULATION SIZES; RECENT DIVERGENCE; DIVERGENCE TIME; POPULATION PARAMETERS
Multidisciplinary	TRANSCRIPTIONALLY ACTIVE PROMOTER CYCLICAL DNA METHYLATION; NEURONAL ACTIVITY-INDUCED GADD45B PROMOTES EPIGENETIC DNA DEMETHYLATION; PLURIPOTENCY REQUIRES AID-DEPENDENT DNA DEMETHYLATION; PROMOTER DNA; TRANSIENT CYCLICAL METHYLATION
Neuroscience & Behavior	ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE BRAIN; ANTIOXIDANT VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT USE; ANTIOXIDANT THERAPY LIGHTS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; AUTOMATED DOCKING Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Dengke Ma
Pharmacology & Toxicology	INFECTIOUS DISEASES SOCIETY; NO ESKAPE; NO DRUGS; AMERICA; COMMON MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT GRAM-NEGATIVE BACILLI
Physics	GAUGE THEORY LOOP OPERATORS; AN-1 CONFORMAL TODA FIELD THEORY CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; N=2 GAUGE THEORY; CONFORMAL N=2 SU(N) QUIVER GAUGE THEORIES; N=2 SYM THEORY
Plant & Animal Science	IRON OXIDES; NANOPARTICULATE IRON OXIDE MINERALS; GEOCHEMICAL NANOVECTORS; SOIL-RIVER SYSTEMS; GEOCHEMICAL CONTROL Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Lisa Levin
Psychiatry/ Psychology	INTERGROUP CONTACT THEORY; SOUTH AFRICA; RACIAL CONTACT; SOUTH AFRICAN STUDENTS; INTERRACIAL CONTACT Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Thomas F. Pettigrew
Social Sciences, general	HISTORICAL DIVISIONS SHAPE POLITICAL CLEAVAGES; NATIONAL POLITICAL SPACE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLITICAL SPACE; PERSISTENT POLITICAL DIVIDES; WESTERN EUROPE Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Jamie Peck
Space Science	EARLY-TYPE GALAXY EVOLUTION; EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES; GALAXY ZOO; ENVIRONMENT; ULTRAVIOLET COLOR-MAGNITUDE RELATION Fast Moving Front Commentary by: Kevin Schawinski
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