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 December 2004-October 31, 2010, and the previous period of September 2004-August 31, 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 author(s) of the comments below have also sent along accompanying images/descriptions of their work.

Field	Research Front Name
Agricultural Sciences	ALGERIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS EXTRACTS CONTAINING PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS MEASURED; TOTAL PHENOLIC CONTENTS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Harold Corke on Natural Sources of Antioxidants."
Biology & Biochemistry	RAPID DIRECTED EVOLUTION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION DRIVES; LABORATORY EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ENZYMES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ENZYMES
Chemistry	ELECTROCHEMICALLY FUNCTIONALIZED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE GAS SENSOR; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES DECORATED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE HYDROGEN SENSOR; CHEMICALLY FUNCTIONALIZED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Robert C. Haddon on New Advancements on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes."
Clinical Medicine	TEA POLYPHENOLS; DIETARY POLYPHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS ANTIOXIDANTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; PLANT POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS
Computer Science	SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAVELING-WAVE EQUATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; FRACTAL TIME SERIES-A TUTORIAL REVIEW; STOCHASTIC TRAFFIC BOUND
Economics & Business	PUBLIC RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS; ANALYSING KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER CHANNELS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTIONS; ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INDUSTRY Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Aldo Geuna Talks About University Patenting."
Engineering	SYSTEMIC YOYO STRUCTURES; SYSTEMIC YOYOS; MERIDIAN FIELDS; RING-SHAPED COMPOSITE FIELDS; QUARK STRUCTURES
Environment/ Ecology	METALLIC IRON FILTERS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ZERO-VALENT IRON PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; CLOFIBRIC ACID REMOVAL; FE-0-H2O SYSTEMS
Geosciences	2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; 2004 TSUNAMI; DISTINGUISHING SANDY TSUNAMI; STORM DEPOSITS USING MODEM EXAMPLES
Immunology	DENDRITIC CELLS; CD4(+) T CELL POPULATIONS LACKING HELPER FUNCTION; T HELPER TYPE 1-POLARIZING PROGRAM; FULL DENDRITIC CELL ACTIVATION; SELECTED TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST COMBINATIONS SYNERGISTICALLY TRIGGER
Materials & Science	ULTRAFAST GRAPHENE PHOTODETECTOR; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE MODE-LOCKED ULTRATAST LASER; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST RELAXATION DYNAMICS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Alexander Star on Nanoelectronic Carbon Dioxide Sensors."
Mathematics	MASS EQUIDISTRIBUTION; ARITHMETIC QUANTUM UNIQUE ERGODICITY; INVARIANT MEASURES; HECKE EIGENFORMS; CENTRAL VALUES
Microbiology	MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION-TIME; POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE PELLETS; POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE BROTHS; DIRECT BACTERIAL IDENTIFICATION Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Catherine Lozupone & Rob Knight on Developing UniFrac."
Molecular Biology & Genetics	COLLECTIVE CANCER CELL INVASION; COLLECTIVE CELL MIGRATION; FIBROBLAST-LED COLLECTIVE INVASION; CARCINOMA CELLS; TUMOR CELLS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Peter Friedl & Katarina Wolf on Invading Cancer Cells."
Multidisciplinary	COMPARING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; HUMAN FOREARM SUPERFICIAL SKIN BACTERIAL BIOTA; SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY VARIATION; COMPARING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
Neuroscience & Behavior	MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; DELAYED INTERFERON BETA-1B TREATMENT; INTERFERON BETA-1B DELAYS CONVERSION; REBIF VS GLATIRAMER ACETATE IN RELAPSING MS DISEASE [REGARD] STUDY
Pharmacology & Toxicology	CADMIUM CARCINOGENESIS; CADMIUM TOXICITY; CADMIUM TOXICOLOGY; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; CELLULAR SIGNALING CASCADES
Physics	GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORIES; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; STOCHASTIC GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BACKGROUND; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; STOCHASTIC BACKGROUND
Plant & Animal Science	DETOXIFICATION ENZYMES; METABOLIC ENZYMES ASSOCIATED; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ANALYSIS
Psychiatry/ Psychology	DUAL CASCADE MODEL LINKING COMPETENCE; 20 YEARS; CHILDHOOD; LINKING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CASCADE MODELS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " D.M. Fergusson Discusses the Consequences of Conduct Problems in Childhood."
Social Sciences, general	LARGE-COHORT GENETIC RESEARCH; DISCLOSING INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RESULTS; MANAGING INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH; RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Vardit Ravitsky on Whether Research Participants Should Know Their Results."
Space Science	INTERPRETING SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; GLIMPSE DATA; YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS; FITTING OBSERVED SEDS; 70 MU M Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Remy Indebetouw Discusses His Work in Space Science."
(2004-2010_5)