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takes you behind the scenes of highly cited research in these
interviews, essays, and rankings featuring researchers in a variety of
fields. Author commentaries come from all areas of
ScienceWatch.com. There are also interviews with authors
featured within every Special Topic
and corresponding Research Front Map. In addition, there are comments
from authors who have papers featured in
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Fast-Moving Fronts,
New Hot Papers,
Fast-Breaking Papers,
Current Classics, and
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November
2008
Albert-László Barabási &
Réka Albert; "This is a theoretical
paper, and its essence is a model that we proposed to
explain the origin of the power laws seen in various
complex networks. The model, based on the idea that
networks grow by the addition of new nodes, and these new
nodes have a tendency to link..."
Featured Paper Interview
November
2008
Steve Beeby; "This paper considered the
possibility of combining screen-printed thick-film
piezoelectric layers with micromachined silicon structures
for use in MEMS. It was an extensive practical exploration
of the compatibility of micromachining process with the
deposited films. This included common wet and dry
etching..."
Featured Scientist Interview
November
2008
Bradley E. Bernstein; "The paper describes the
development and application of a new sequencing-based
technology for obtaining genome-wide views of chromatin
structure. The technology is of general interest across
different fields, and the acquired datasets and biological
findings are also relevant to several areas of
biology..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Brian Burke; "This paper was the first
meta-analysis—or quantitative summary—of the
research on motivational interviewing (MI), a relatively
new treatment for substance abuse (and other problem
behaviors) that combines humanistic principles of change
with cognitive-behavioral techniques. The central
idea..."
Special Topic of
Underage/College
Drinking
November
2008
Xiaoyuan Chen; "The conjugation chemistry
described in this paper is robust and highly reproducible,
which has become essentially the standard method of
nanoparticle modification. The study addresses several key
issues related to the in vivo application of
quantum dots and other nanomaterials..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Stuart A. Cunningham; "Our paper has been
highly cited because, for the first time, we have
demonstrated that continuous in situ ocean
observations are able to measure the
AMOC on a
daily basis. These observations will directly address key
uncertainties in the response of Earth's climate to
global warming..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Andrew E. Derocher; "The paper was a timely
overview and synthesis of the possible impacts of climate
warming on polar bears. The paper has been used by a wide
variety of scientists working on other Arctic marine
mammals, sea ice dynamics, and climate warming, as a global
biodiversity issue..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
John R. Hughes; "The paper showed that NRT
medications used for self-treatment as OTCs were not only
effective, but equally effective as getting NRT by
prescription from a doctor. The paper uses a well-accepted
statistical method (meta-analysis) to collate results
across studies of whether OTC NRT is more..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Steven Johnson; "That paper describes an
efficient computational technique to find the allowed
behaviors of light in a complicated three-dimensional
structure, such as a three-dimensional photonic crystal or
a traditional dielectric waveguide. A large part of the
impact of this paper is due to the fact that it..."
Special Topic of
Photonic
Crystals interview
November
2008
Bruce Logan; "The topic of bioenergy
production has been a very hot topic lately. This paper
provides useful information on developing an architecture
for bioelectricity production using microbial fuel cells.
This concerns a new discovery about how to make a high
surface area electrode (anode)..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Nikos K. Logothetis & Brian A. Wandell;
"The paper describes both a number of seminal studies that
made fMRI possible and the new physiological/MRI studies
that address the nature of the BOLD fMRI signal. We tried
to describe various measurement methods and synthesize our
understanding of the similarities..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Ian Mackenzie; "The purpose of the present
study was to better characterize TDP-43 pathology in ALS.
The only problem in performing the study was accumulating
sufficient numbers of cases with SOD1 mutations, which are
quite rare. A greater problem has been having the results
accepted by the ALS research community..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
JoAnn Manson; "The study describes a new
discovery that estrogen treatment was associated with lower
levels of subclinical coronary artery disease (coronary
artery calcium by noninvasive CT imaging) in women aged
50-59 in the WHI estrogen-alone trial. The key findings are
summarized..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Walter Neupert & Johannes M. Herrmann;
"Mitochondria are by far not as autonomous as
originally believed. They strongly rely on the import of
proteins, metabolites, metal ions etc., from the residual
cell. These transport processes were studied in the
past to quite some detail..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Gerald J. Niemi & Michael E. McDonald;
"The article reviews the current thinking about ecological
indicators and, to a lesser extent, design considerations
for answering important questions about the condition of
the environment. Our paper was a synthesis of knowledge and
it highlights what has..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Ghislain Opdenakker; "This review challenges a
number of prevailing views on matrix metalloproteinases
(MMPs), brings together an enormous amount of information
in a critical way, and has an important positive message
for the future development of matrix metalloproteinase
inhibitors (MMPIs)..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Marcia Ory, Patricia Jordan & Terry
Bazarre; "This paper sets the stage for
understanding the processes by which health behavior change
theories and approaches could be translated into successful
intervention strategies. It addresses the challenges and
opportunities for behavioral health interventions..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Lourens Poorter; "The paper addresses the
importance of wood characteristics for the life history
variation of tropical trees. Wood density is emerging as a
core trait in functional plant ecology, because of its
importance for the biomechanics, architecture, water
relations, and carbon gain of trees..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Hollis A. Skaife; "Our paper explains the
internal control reporting requirements of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and identifies and documents
the firm characteristics that are associated with the
existence and reporting of internal control problems, which
can reduce the reliability of firms' financial..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Lawrence Steinman; "We show that a guardian
protein is attacked and that this attenuates the healing of
an organ like the brain, when under autoimmune attack. The
same protein can be administered to attenuate the
autoimmune attack and thus attenuate the 'attack against
the guardian'..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Galen Stucky; "...mesoporous materials, the
work of Dr. Galen Stucky from the University of California,
Santa Barbara, ranked at #2 by total citations, #7 by total
papers, and #1 by cites/paper, based on 61 papers cited a
total of 9,833 times. In this interview, he talks about his
work in mesoporous materials...."
Special Topic of
Mesoporous
Materials
November
2008
Theoharis Theoharides; "...is Professor of
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at the Tufts
University. Here he discusses the mandatory role played by
neurogenic inflammation in the development of a number of
diseases.
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November
2008
David Tong; "...we have seen many advances in
the field of quantum information. Numerous implementations
to build quantum phase gates have been proposed, one of
which is using trapped neutral atoms which offer many
advantages: there are already well-developed techniques for
the cooling and trapping..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
November
2008
Henry Wechsler; "Heavy alcohol use has been
present at colleges since Colonial days. It remains so.
During the period of the College Alcohol Study, binge
drinking has remained at a remarkably consistent 44%
overall, and has been level at the 119 participating
colleges, where it ranges from 1% to almost 80%..."
Special Topic of
Underage/College
Drinking
November
2008
Patrick Wincker; "This paper provides a
reference genome sequence for the grapevine. It gives
direct access to the genes of this highly valuable crop,
and as such is of importance for researchers dealing with
molecular aspects of grape cultivation and wine making. A
second contributing factor is that this genome
sequence..." New Hot Paper,
November
2008
November
2008
Zhonghe Zhou; "The article is highly cited
largely because there is such widespread interest in the
exciting discoveries of exceptional fossils that have been
made in the lacustrine Lower Cretaceous deposits of
northeastern China. These finds have contributed
significantly to shaping our views..." Fast Moving Front,
November
2008
(Additional
interviews/commentaries may be added during November
2008.)