Fast Moving Fronts> March 2011
Year 2011
From the database of Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate, this list of Fast Moving Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of December 2004-October 31, 2010, and the previous period of September 2004-August 31, 2010 (sliding 6-year period).
As part of this bimonthly processing, Special Topics identifies the Research Fronts that are growing most rapidly in each of the 22 major fields covered by Essential Science Indicators. Fast Moving Fronts are those having the largest percentage increase in number of core papers from one period to the next in their respective fields. Some author(s) of the comments below have also sent along accompanying images/descriptions of their work.
Field | Research Front Name |
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Agricultural Sciences |
ALGERIAN MEDICINAL PLANTS EXTRACTS CONTAINING
PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS MEASURED; TOTAL
PHENOLIC CONTENTS; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT
CAPACITY Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Harold Corke on Natural Sources of Antioxidants." |
Biology & Biochemistry | RAPID DIRECTED EVOLUTION; DIRECTED EVOLUTION DRIVES; LABORATORY EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ENZYMES; ENANTIOSELECTIVE ENZYMES |
Chemistry |
ELECTROCHEMICALLY FUNCTIONALIZED SINGLE-WALLED
CARBON NANOTUBE GAS SENSOR; PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES
DECORATED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE HYDROGEN SENSOR;
CHEMICALLY FUNCTIONALIZED SINGLE-WALLED CARBON
NANOTUBES Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Robert C. Haddon on New Advancements on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." |
Clinical Medicine | TEA POLYPHENOLS; DIETARY POLYPHENOLS; POLYPHENOLS ANTIOXIDANTS; HEALTH EFFECTS; PLANT POLYPHENOLIC COMPOUNDS |
Computer Science | SPECIFIC DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TRAVELING-WAVE EQUATIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; FRACTAL TIME SERIES-A TUTORIAL REVIEW; STOCHASTIC TRAFFIC BOUND |
Economics & Business |
PUBLIC RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS; ANALYSING
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER CHANNELS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERACTIONS;
ACADEMIC RESEARCH; INDUSTRY Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Aldo Geuna Talks About University Patenting." |
Engineering | SYSTEMIC YOYO STRUCTURES; SYSTEMIC YOYOS; MERIDIAN FIELDS; RING-SHAPED COMPOSITE FIELDS; QUARK STRUCTURES |
Environment/ Ecology | METALLIC IRON FILTERS; CRITICAL REVIEW; ZERO-VALENT IRON PERMEABLE REACTIVE BARRIERS; CLOFIBRIC ACID REMOVAL; FE-0-H2O SYSTEMS |
Geosciences | 2004 INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; GEOARCHAEOLOGICAL TSUNAMI DEPOSITS; 2004 TSUNAMI; DISTINGUISHING SANDY TSUNAMI; STORM DEPOSITS USING MODEM EXAMPLES |
Immunology | DENDRITIC CELLS; CD4(+) T CELL POPULATIONS LACKING HELPER FUNCTION; T HELPER TYPE 1-POLARIZING PROGRAM; FULL DENDRITIC CELL ACTIVATION; SELECTED TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR AGONIST COMBINATIONS SYNERGISTICALLY TRIGGER |
Materials & Science |
ULTRAFAST GRAPHENE PHOTODETECTOR; EPITAXIAL
GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE MODE-LOCKED ULTRATAST LASER; ULTRAFAST
CARRIER DYNAMICS; ULTRAFAST RELAXATION DYNAMICS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Alexander Star on Nanoelectronic Carbon Dioxide Sensors." |
Mathematics | MASS EQUIDISTRIBUTION; ARITHMETIC QUANTUM UNIQUE ERGODICITY; INVARIANT MEASURES; HECKE EIGENFORMS; CENTRAL VALUES |
Microbiology |
MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION
TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER
DESORPTION IONIZATION-TIME; POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE PELLETS;
POSITIVE BLOOD CULTURE BROTHS; DIRECT BACTERIAL
IDENTIFICATION Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Catherine Lozupone & Rob Knight on Developing UniFrac." |
Molecular Biology & Genetics |
COLLECTIVE CANCER CELL INVASION; COLLECTIVE CELL
MIGRATION; FIBROBLAST-LED COLLECTIVE INVASION; CARCINOMA
CELLS; TUMOR CELLS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Peter Friedl & Katarina Wolf on Invading Cancer Cells." |
Multidisciplinary | COMPARING MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DIVERSITY; HUMAN FOREARM SUPERFICIAL SKIN BACTERIAL BIOTA; SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY VARIATION; COMPARING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES |
Neuroscience & Behavior | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; DELAYED INTERFERON BETA-1B TREATMENT; INTERFERON BETA-1B DELAYS CONVERSION; REBIF VS GLATIRAMER ACETATE IN RELAPSING MS DISEASE [REGARD] STUDY |
Pharmacology & Toxicology | CADMIUM CARCINOGENESIS; CADMIUM TOXICITY; CADMIUM TOXICOLOGY; CELLULAR MECHANISMS; CELLULAR SIGNALING CASCADES |
Physics | GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORIES; GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTORS; STOCHASTIC GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE BACKGROUND; GRAVITATIONAL RADIATION; STOCHASTIC BACKGROUND |
Plant & Animal Science | DETOXIFICATION ENZYMES; METABOLIC ENZYMES ASSOCIATED; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ANALYSIS |
Psychiatry/ Psychology |
DUAL CASCADE MODEL LINKING COMPETENCE; 20 YEARS;
CHILDHOOD; LINKING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CASCADE
MODELS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " D.M. Fergusson Discusses the Consequences of Conduct Problems in Childhood." |
Social Sciences, general |
LARGE-COHORT GENETIC RESEARCH; DISCLOSING
INDIVIDUAL GENETIC RESULTS; MANAGING INCIDENTAL FINDINGS;
HUMAN SUBJECTS RESEARCH; RESEARCH PARTICIPANTS Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Vardit Ravitsky on Whether Research Participants Should Know Their Results." |
Space Science |
INTERPRETING SPECTRAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS;
GLIMPSE DATA; YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS; FITTING OBSERVED SEDS;
70 MU M Fast Moving Front Commentary: " Remy Indebetouw Discusses His Work in Space Science." |
(2004-2010_5) |
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Featured Image:
"Modes and transitions of cell migration."
An image from a Fast Moving Front (Molecular Biology & Genetics)
commentary titled:
"
Peter Friedl & Katarina Wolf on Invading Cancer Cells."