Following the latest bimonthly update to
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Clarivate,
ScienceWatch.com has produced a listing of the scientists,
institutions, countries, and journals that have achieved the highest
percentage increase in total citations from the sixth bimonthly period of
2008 to the first bimonthly period of 2009—that is, from December
2008 to February 2009. These entities are singled out as Rising Stars in
their respective fields.
The 22 scientists named as Rising Stars in their fields are as follows:
The institutions with the highest percent increase in citations are given
below:
Institution
Field
BOSTON UNIV
Agricultural Sciences
APPL BIOSYST INC
Biology & Biochemistry
TECH UNIV LODZ
Chemistry
CHARLES UNIV PRAGUE
Clinical Medicine
UNIV CALIF SAN FRANCISCO
Computer Science
GEORGE MASON UNIV
Economics & Business
ISLAM AZAD UNIV
Engineering
INT INST APPL SYST ANAL
Environment/Ecology
MET OFF
Geosciences
RIKEN
Immunology
SHARIF UNIV TECHNOL
Materials Science
VIENNA TECH UNIV
Mathematics
CHINESE ACAD SCI
Microbiology
UNIV SO DENMARK
Molecular Biology & Genetics
UNIV ILLINOIS
Multidisciplinary
ELAN PHARMACEUT
Neuroscience & Behavior
GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC
Pharmacology & Toxicology
CITTADELLA UNIV MONSERRATO
Physics
CONSEJO NACL INVEST CIENT & TECN
Plant & Animal Science
ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSP
Psychiatry/Psychology
RADBOUD UNIV NIJMEGEN
Social Sciences, general
INAF
Space Science
Iran, Lithuania, Romania, and Serbia have been named as Rising Stars in
multiple fields. The full table is listed below:
Country
Field
IRAN
Agricultural Sciences
IRAN
Biology & Biochemistry
SERBIA
Chemistry
IRAN
Clinical Medicine
LITHUANIA
Computer Science
LITHUANIA
Economics & Business
SERBIA
Engineering
LEBANON
Environment/Ecology
MALTA
Geosciences
GHANA
Immunology
SERBIA MONTENEG
Materials Science
SERBIA
Mathematics
PAPUA N GUINEA
Microbiology
GAMBIA
Molecular Biology & Genetics
CZECH REPUBLIC
Multidisciplinary
GUADELOUPE
Neuroscience & Behavior
ALGERIA
Pharmacology & Toxicology
ECUADOR
Physics
ROMANIA
Plant & Animal Science
ROMANIA
Psychiatry/Psychology
ROMANIA
Social Sciences, general
PERU
Space Science
LWT-Food Science and Technology and Chemistry &
Biodiversity have been named as Rising Stars in multiple updates. The
full list of journals achieving the highest percent increase in total
citations across the database's 22 fields is as follows: