As of March 1, 2008, the
Essential Science
IndicatorsSM from
Thomson Scientific data
were updated to cover an 11-year period, from January 1997 to December 31,
2007. With this update, the data pool expanded to include an additional
1,914 scientists, 202 institutions, 20 countries, and 42 journals that are
either entirely new to Essential Science Indicators, or new to one
of the database’s 22 fields. ScienceWatch.com presents a
listing of those New Entrants who showed the greatest total citations.
Of the 1,914 scientists or research groups new to the database or its
fields, the following had the highest total citations in each of the 22
fields:
Scientist
Field
HAYTOWITZ, DB
Agricultural Sciences
MALEK, JA
Biology & Biochemistry
NOBLE, RD
Chemistry
DIABETES PREVENTION PROGRAM RES G
Clinical Medicine
HUBER, T
Computer Science
GEYSKENS, I
Economics & Business
MOJUMDAR, SC
Engineering
RANDERSON, JT
Environment/Ecology
CHANGNON, SA
Geosciences
BETTELLI, E
Immunology
WILLIAMS, RS
Materials Science
GINZBURG, V
Mathematics
ZHANG, ZQ
Microbiology
LI, XM
Molecular Biology & Genetics
ZHU, H
Multidisciplinary
LEE, SY
Neuroscience & Behavior
PETERSEN, DR
Pharmacology & Toxicology
EGGLETON, BJ
Physics
BHARTI, AK
Plant & Animal Science
STROUP, TS
Psychiatry/Psychology
ALTMAN, DG
Social Sciences, general
CONSELICE, CJ
Space Science
The institutions new to a field of the database are as follows:
Institution
Field
TECH UNIV DRESDEN
Agricultural Sciences
SUNG KYUN KWAN UNIV
Biology & Biochemistry
FUZHOU UNIV
Chemistry
RADBOUD UNIV NIJMEGEN
Clinical Medicine
STOCKHOLM UNIV
Computer Science
UNIV MANNHEIM
Economics & Business
NARUTO UNIV EDUC
Engineering
SUNY BUFFALO
Environment/Ecology
FISHERIES & OCEANS CANADA
Geosciences
SWEDISH INST INFECT DIS CONTROL
Immunology
HEWLETT PACKARD CORP
Materials Science
BEIJING NORMAL UNIV
Mathematics
GESELL BIOTECHNOL FORSCH MBH
Microbiology
UNIV MEDITERRANEE
Molecular Biology & Genetics
CHILDRENS HOSP
Multidisciplinary
UNIV NAPLES FEDERICO II
Neuroscience & Behavior
UNIV FED SANTA CATARINA
Pharmacology & Toxicology
UNIV MARIBOR
Physics
BRITISH TRUST ORNITHOL
Plant & Animal Science
UNIV MAINZ
Psychiatry/Psychology
UNIV SHERBROOKE
Social Sciences, general
UNIV FLORIDA
Space Science
The 12 countries entering the top 50% in their fields are given below:
Country
Field
ECUADOR
Agricultural Sciences
COTE IVOIRE
Biology & Biochemistry
SENEGAL
Chemistry
BANGLADESH
Computer Science
SUDAN
Microbiology
YUGOSLAVIA
Multidisciplinary
ARMENIA
Neuroscience & Behavior
ALGERIA
Pharmacology & Toxicology
SERBIA MONTENEG
Physics
PERU
Psychiatry/Psychology
URUGUAY
Social Sciences, general
COLOMBIA
Space Science
The journals in the table below have entered the database with the highest
total citations:
Journal
Field
INT J FOOD PROP
Agricultural Sciences
J RADIAT RES
Biology & Biochemistry
IND ENG CHEM RES
Chemistry
RESPIR RES
Clinical Medicine
ACM TRANSACT DES AUTOMAT EL S
Computer Science
REV ECON DYN
Economics & Business
PATTERN ANAL APPL
Engineering
CLIMACTERIC
Geosciences
SOFT MATTER
Materials Science
INFIN DIMENS ANAL QUANTUM P R
Mathematics
ANTIVIR CHEM CHEMOTHER
Microbiology
BMC GENOMICS
Molecular Biology & Genetics
THESCIENTIFICWORLDJOURNAL
Multidisciplinary
DRUG FUTURE
Pharmacology & Toxicology
SCANNING
Physics
FISHERIES MANAG ECOL
Plant & Animal Science
J CONSUM PSYCHOL
Psychiatry/Psychology
LANGUAGE
Social Sciences, general
C R MEC
Space Science
For details on citation scores, papers, and time-series performance for
these New Entrants, see Essential
Science Indicators.