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 September 2005-August 31, 2011, and the previous period of July 2005-June 30, 2011 (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	HIGH-OXYGEN PACKAGING ATMOSPHERE; PROTEIN OXIDATION; HIGH-OXYGEN MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING SYSTEM; LIPID; CONSISTENT MEAT QUALITY; MYOGLOBIN OXIDATION; CHILL STORAGE
Biology & Biochemistry	TRAINING SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; WORLD'S LARGEST TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE DATABASE; 100 NS MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; DESIGNING PHOSPHODIESTERASE-5 INHIBITORS; LIGAND-BASED DRUG DESIGN Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Shinichi Nakagawa on Improving Statistical Reporting."
Chemistry	REGIOSELECTIVE C-H BOND CLEAVAGE; ALKENE C-H BOND FUNCTIONALIZATION; CARBOXYLATE-ASSISTED TRANSITION-METAL-CATALYZED C-H BOND FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; SYNTHETICALLY VERSATILE ARYL C-H OLEFINATION; METAL-CATALYSED C-H BOND FUNCTIONALISATION Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Sukbok Chang on the Development of Two New Catalytic Protocols."
Clinical Medicine	MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS COMPLEX; TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING; HIV-ASSOCIATED TUBERCULOSIS; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; RAPID MOLECULAR DETECTION Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Jürgen Rehm on the Global Burden of Alcohol Use on Death & Disease."
Computer Science	FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT-BASED MOBILE LEARNING APPROACH; CONTEXT-AWARE UBIQUITOUS LEARNING; INSTRUCTIONALLY SUPPORTED LEARNING; LEARNING CHINESE; LEARNING ATTITUDES
Economics & Business	SPATIAL AUTOREGRESSIVE MODELS; RETHINKING (NEW) ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY MODELS; PANEL DATA MODELS; GEOGRAPHERS; SIMPLE PANEL UNIT ROOT TEST Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Hashem Pesaran Talks about Analyzing Panel Data in Economics."
Engineering	NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY IGNITION HOHLRAUM ENERGETICS EXPERIMENTS; NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY LASER PERFORMANCE STATUS; NATIONAL IGNITION CAMPAIGN HOHLRAUM ENERGETICS; NIF IGNITION TARGET REQUIREMENTS; NIF IGNITION TARGETS
Environment/ Ecology	CLIMATE CHANGE CASCADES; EUROPEAN MARINE ECOSYSTEMS; LONG TERM CHANGE; EUROPEAN INTERTIDAL ZONE; MARINE LARVAL FISH ASSEMBLAGE
Geosciences	FREE-DRIFTING ANTARCTIC ICEBERG NEAR-FIELD ZOOPLANKTON-ICD-FACE BIOTA-PROXIMAL HYDROGRAPHY; SOUTHERN OCEAN DEEP-WATER CARBON EXPORT ENHANCED; SAMPLING BENEATH FREE-DRIFTING ICEBERGS; SAGE OCEAN FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENT; IRON FERTILIZATION EXPERIMENTS
Immunology	BROADLY NEUTRALIZING H1N1 INFLUENZA ANTIBODY VACCINE INDUCTION; 2009 PANDEMIC H1N1 INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION; HIGHLY CONSERVED INFLUENZA VIRUS EPITOPE; SEVERE PANDEMIC 2009 H1N1 INFLUENZA DISEASE; INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE BASED
Materials & Science	UNIFORM MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; NEAR-INFRARED MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLE SIZE; SIZE-TUNABLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL POROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLES; POLYVALENT NUCLEIC ACID/MESOPOROUS SILICA NANOPARTICLE CONJUGATES Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Daniel Kohane on the Biocompatibility of Mesoporous Silicates."
Mathematics	FALKNER-SKAN BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYER STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; CONVECTIVE SURFACE BOUNDARY CONDITION; MHD VISCOUS FLOW; BOUNDARY-LAYER FLOW
Microbiology	LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS NCFM S-LAYER-PROTEIN-A IMMATURE DENDRITIC CELL-T-CELL FUNCTION REGULATION; PROBIOTIC LACTOBACILLUS GUT-ADAPTIVE RESPONSES; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS GG REVEALS PILI CONTAINING; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM
Molecular Biology & Genetics	EPIGENETIC MODIFICATION THERAPEUTIC TARGETS; SYSTEMATIC PROTEIN LOCATION MAPPING REVEALS FIVE PRINCIPAL CHROMATIN TYPES; DROSOPHILA CELLS; DROSOPHILA MODENCODE; HUMAN GENOME
Multidisciplinary	HISTONE DEACETYLASE SIRT6 GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS HIF1 ALPHA REGULATION; SIRT6 LINKS HISTONE H3 LYSINE 9 DEACETYLATION; MAMMALIAN SIRT6; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 2 ALPHA SIGNALING; STRESS-RESPONSIVE DEACETYLASE SIRTUIN 1
Neuroscience & Behavior	DYNAMIC MICROTUBULE DENDRITIC SPINE MORPHOLOGY-SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY REGULATION; DYNAMIC PROTEIN NETWORK CONTROLS; NEURONAL POLARITY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; AXON-DENDRITE POLARITY
Pharmacology & Toxicology	GEMCITABINE-RESISTANT PANCREATIC CANCER CELLS; RESECTABLE PANCREATIC CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER CELLS; BLADDER CANCER CELLS; MIR-200 EXPRESSION REGULATES EPITHELIAL-TO-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION
Physics	OBSERVED TOP QUARK FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY AXIGLUON NONEXPLANATION; TOP PAIR FORWARD-BACKWARD ASYMMETRY; TOP QUARK PAIR PRODUCTION; TOP QUARK PRODUCTION; TOP QUARK CROSS SECTION
Plant & Animal Science	BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; MODEL AVERAGING; STEPWISE MODEL FITTING; AIC MODEL SELECTION Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Mark Whittingham & His Colleagues on Stepwise Analyses."
Psychiatry/ Psychology	RECOGNITION HEURISTIC; RECOGNITION JUDGMENTS; MERE RECOGNITION; COLLECTIVE RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION INFORMATION
Social Sciences, general	ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; GLOBAL HEALTH 1 GLOBAL BURDEN; BEVERAGE ALCOHOL PRICE; BRIEF ALCOHOL INTERVENTIONS; ALCOHOL USE
Space Science	CHANDRA CARINA COMPLEX PROJECT VIEW; CARINA NEBULA CLUSTER TRUMPLER 16; CARINA NEBULA IDENTIFIED; CHANDRA X-RAY SOURCES; CARINA OB STARS
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