Read interviews, first-person essays, profiles, and other features about
people in a wide variety of fields, along with information on journals
& institutions in the topic of Astrochemistry. All of the author
comments below are also listed in the site-wide
Author Commentaries listings
(available by month/year or alphabetically).
July
2008
Professor Tom
Millar; Our
Special Topics analysis of astrochemistry research over the
past decade Professor Tom Millar ranks at #1 by
cites/paper, #3 by cites, and #9 by number of papers.
Professor Millar is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and
Physical Sciences and Professor of Astrophysics in the
School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s
University, Belfast, in Northern Ireland.
June 2008
Pascale Ehrenfreund; According to our
April 2008 Special Topic on Astrochemistry, the work of
Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund ranks at #5 by total cites,
with 20 papers cited a total of 445 times. In
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters, Prof. Ehrenfreund's record includes two Highly
Cited Papers in the fields of Chemistry and Space Science.
Prof. Ehrenfreund is currently a Research Professor at the
Space Policy Institute at George Washington University's
Elliot School of International Affairs.
May
2008
Katharina Lodders; Dr. Katharina Lodders' work
ranks at #6 in our April 2008 Special Topic on
astrochemistry, and she also authored the paper at #1 on
our 10-year list. This paper is also a Highly Cited Paper
in the field of Space Science in
Essential Science IndicatorsSM from
Thomson
Reuters. Dr. Lodders is an Associate Research Professor
in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at
Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
April
2008
Eric Herbst; According to our April 2008
Special Topic on Astrochemistry, the scientist whose work
ranks at #9 by total citations is Dr. Eric Herbst, with 23
papers cited a total of 273 times. In Essential Science
IndicatorsSM from Thomson Scientific, Dr.
Herbst's citation record includes 129 papers, mostly
classified in the field of Space Science. He is also a
Highly Cited Researcher in Space Sciences.
April
2008
Ewine van Dishoeck; Prof. Dr. Ewine van
Dishoeck ranks at #1 by both total citations and total
papers in our Special Topic on astrochemistry, with 43
papers cited a total of 687 times. Prof. Dr. van Dishoeck's
record includes 179 papers, the majority of which are
classified in the field of Space Science, cited a total of
3,663 times. She discusses her highly cited research on
both basic chemistry in space and the formation of stars
and planets.