Rising Stars> Janaury 2012
SCIENTISTS, INSTITUTIONS, COUNTRIES, & JOURNALS WITH THE LARGEST INCREASE IN TOTAL CITATIONS
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 second bimonthly period of
2011 to the third bimonthly period of 2011—that is, from June 2011 to
August 2011. These entities are singled out as Rising Stars in their
respective fields.
Select from the tabs above to view the list of Rising Stars for January 2012.
For full citation details on all these Rising Stars, please see Essential Science Indicators.
SCIENTISTS
The Rising Stars among the scientists for this period are given in the table below:
| Scientist | Field |
|---|---|
| YANG, B | Agricultural Sciences |
| BARBE, V | Biology & Biochemistry |
| LI, N | Chemistry |
| TURNBAUGH, PJ | Clinical Medicine |
| VOLBERDA, HW | Economics & Business |
| CHENG, S | Engineering |
| CHARNOCK, JM | Environment/Ecology |
| BOETIUS, A | Geosciences |
| CHANDLER, P | Immunology |
| BAUGHMAN, RH | Materials Science |
| ZHOU, Y | Mathematics |
| BOND, DR | Microbiology |
| SMITH, RD | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| COLLINGE, J | Multidisciplinary |
| FRISTON, KJ | Neuroscience & Behavior |
| ZHU, CZ | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| MAJUMDAR, A | Physics |
| WORM, B | Plant & Animal Science |
| WATSON, JM | Psychiatry/Psychology |
| MCGLOIN, JM | Social Sciences, general |
| MORSELLI, A | Space Science |
INSTITUTIONS
The institutions singled out as Rising Stars are as follows:
| Institution | Field |
|---|---|
| UNIV SAINS MALAYSIA | Agricultural Sciences |
| N CAROLINA STATE UNIV | Biology & Biochemistry |
| NATL CTR NANOSCI & TECHNOL | Chemistry |
| MEIR MED CTR | Clinical Medicine |
| PEKING UNIV | Economics & Business |
| UNIV CALIF SANTA CRUZ | Engineering |
| ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIV LONDON | Environment/Ecology |
| AERODYNE RES INC | Geosciences |
| MED COLL GEORGIA | Immunology |
| UNIV TEXAS DALLAS | Materials Science |
| UNIV HELSINKI | Mathematics |
| UNIV JENA | Microbiology |
| UNIV S DENMARK | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| NEW YORK UNIV | Multidisciplinary |
| MED UNIV VIENNA | Neuroscience & Behavior |
| SUN YAT SEN UNIV | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| UNIV MISSISSIPPI | Physics |
| DALHOUSIE UNIV | Plant & Animal Science |
| UNIV MANNHEIM | Psychiatry/Psychology |
| UNIV ROVIRA & VIRGILI | Social Sciences, general |
| STOCKHOLM UNIV | Space Science |
COUNTRIES
Serbia's citation rise continues, as it achieves the highest percent citation increase in six fields. Pakistan also distinguishes itself with Rising Star status in three fields. The full list is as follows:
| Country | Field |
|---|---|
| SERBIA | Agricultural Sciences |
| SERBIA | Biology & Biochemistry |
| LUXEMBOURG | Chemistry |
| SERBIA | Clinical Medicine |
| REUNION | Computer Science |
| PERU | Economics & Business |
| SERBIA | Engineering |
| MADAGASCAR | Environment/Ecology |
| COLOMBIA | Geosciences |
| PAKISTAN | Immunology |
| IRELAND | Materials Science |
| MALAYSIA | Mathematics |
| PAKISTAN | Microbiology |
| YUGOSLAVIA | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| INDONESIA | Multidisciplinary |
| UGANDA | Neuroscience & Behavior |
| PAKISTAN | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| SERBIA | Physics |
| SAUDI ARABIA | Plant & Animal Science |
| SERBIA | Psychiatry/Psychology |
| REP OF GEORGIA | Social Sciences, general |
| VATICAN | Space Science |
JOURNALS
In this period, Nature Chemistry topples ACS Nano off its pedestal, claiming the Rising Star slot among journals in Chemistry. Other journals enjoying repeat visits this month include Nature Geoscience, the Journal of Proteome Research, BMC Plant Biology, Nature Protocols, Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, and the Journal of Statistical Software. The full list of journals named as Rising Stars is given below:
| Journal | Field |
|---|---|
| FOOD BIOPROCESS TECHNOL | Agricultural Sciences |
| NAT PROTOC | Biology & Biochemistry |
| NAT CHEM | Chemistry |
| NAT METHODS | Clinical Medicine |
| J STAT SOFTW | Computer Science |
| TECHNOL ECON DEV ECON | Economics & Business |
| PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA | Engineering |
| ENERGY ENVIRON SCI | Environment/Ecology |
| NAT GEOSCI | Geosciences |
| CLIN VACCINE IMMUNOL | Immunology |
| NAT NANOTECHNOL | Materials Science |
| ANN APPL STAT | Mathematics |
| VIROL J | Microbiology |
| J PROTEOME RES | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| SCI AMER | Multidisciplinary |
| BMC NEUROSCI | Neuroscience & Behavior |
| MOL PHARM | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| JPN J APPL PHYS | Physics |
| BMC PLANT BIOL | Plant & Animal Science |
| PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA | Psychiatry/Psychology |
| J PHYS ACT HEALTH | Social Sciences, general |
| ASTROPHYS J LETT | Space Science |
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