This Global Map of Science is based on research-front data for the six-year period ending in
April 2009. The map shows the major component areas of the field linked together in a
network based on the same principles as our research-front maps showing highly
cited papers. To create a field map, we first identify all research fronts in
Essential Science IndicatorsSM
from Thomson
Reuters pertaining to the main field, and then compute the linkage
between fronts based on how often they are co-cited—that is, the frequency that
current papers jointly cite two given fronts. A clustering process then groups
fronts into larger aggregates. Thus, each circle on the map represents a group,
or cluster, of research fronts on a broad topic within the main field.
Annotations have been added to this map which represent the
main research themes. These appear as labels attached to specific regions on the
maps.
Additional information about Research Fronts.
Research Fronts
Label: 16 SU11248 INHIBITS HUMAN SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER PRECLINICAL MODEL KIT-PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR BETA; HUMAN EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2-POSITIVE METASTATIC BREAST CANCER ADMINISTERED Discipline: Clinical Medicine; Molecular Biology & Genetics Level 2 Docs: 38 Tot. Cites: 143161; Uniq. Cites: 118907 Mean Year: 2005.50
Label: 167 PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION USING ROSETTA; 3D-JURY PROTEIN STRUCTURE PREDICTION IMPROVEMENT SIMPLE APPROACH; PROTEIN 3D STRUCTURE PREDICTION; GLOBAL DOWNHILL PROTEIN FOLDING; UNIMODAL DOWNHILL PROTEIN FOLDING Discipline: Chemistry; Biology & Biochemistry Level 2 Docs: 8 Tot. Cites: 15356; Uniq. Cites: 14140 Mean Year: 2005.20
Label: 34 ESTIMATING DIVERGENCE TIMES USING MULTIPLE GENE LOCI; MANAGEMENT UNITS USING POPULATION GENETIC DATA; 21 NONCODING CHLOROPLAST DNA SEQUENCES PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; SPECIES PHYLOGENY USING ESTIMATED GENE TREE DISTRIBUTIONS; ADAPTIVE GENETIC DIVERGENCE Discipline: Environment/Ecology; Computer Science Level 2 Docs: 6 Tot. Cites: 15063; Uniq. Cites: 13211 Mean Year: 2005.20
Label: 168 BRIGHT BOSE-EINSTEIN GAP SOLITONS; SURFACE GAP SOLITONS; EFIMOV QUANTUM STATE CAESIUM ATOM ULTRACOLD GAS EVIDENCE; ULTRACOLD QUANTUM GAS HANBURY BROWN TWISS EFFECT; MATTER-WAVE GAP SOLITONS Discipline: Physics Level 2 Docs: 4 Tot. Cites: 13540; Uniq. Cites: 13017 Mean Year: 2005.60
Label: 280 COPPER CENTER ELECTRON TRANSFER; LONG-RANGE PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PROTEIN ELECTRON TRANSFER; LONG-RANGE ELECTRON TRANSFER; PLANT ANTENNA PROTEIN Discipline: Chemistry Level 2 Docs: 3 Tot. Cites: 5564; Uniq. Cites: 5393 Mean Year: 2005.20
Label: 264 LTQ ORBITRAP HYBRID MASS SPECTROMETER MASS ACCURACY; EARLY DRUG DISCOVERY USING HIGH-RESOLUTION LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/QUADRUPOLE TIME-OF-FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY Discipline: Computer Science Level 2 Docs: 2 Tot. Cites: 5294; Uniq. Cites: 5194 Mean Year: 2005.90
Label: 41 QUALITY REPORTING AFFECT HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; US HEALTH CARE SPENDING; HOSPITAL QUALITY ALLIANCE PROGRAM US HOSPITAL CARE; ADDRESS HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES; HEALTH CARE PROVIDER EDUCATIONAL INTERVENTIONS Discipline: Social Sciences, general; Clinical Medicine Level 2 Docs: 4 Tot. Cites: 3344; Uniq. Cites: 3176 Mean Year: 2005.30
Label: 379 WOMEN UNDERGOING SCREENING MAMMOGRAPHY PROSPECTIVE BREAST CANCER RISK PREDICTION MODEL; GASTRIC CANCER EXTENDED LYMPH NODE DISSECTION RANDOMIZED DUTCH GASTRIC CANCER GROUP TRIAL; BILATERAL PROPHYLACTIC MASTECTOMY REDUCES BREAST CANCER RISK Discipline: Clinical Medicine Level 2 Docs: 2 Tot. Cites: 3109; Uniq. Cites: 3030 Mean Year: 2006.30
Label: 59 EVIDENCE-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH; IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE Discipline: Social Sciences, general Level 2 Docs: 2 Tot. Cites: 2136; Uniq. Cites: 2093 Mean Year: 2005.00
Label: 81 MECHANICALLY VENTILATED CRITICALLY ILL INTENSIVE CARE PATIENT (AWAKENING-BREATHING CONTROLLED TRIAL) VENTILATOR-WEANING PROTOCOL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT PATIENTS; AUSTRALIAN INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC DRUG TREATMENT Discipline: Social Sciences, general Level 2 Docs: 2 Tot. Cites: 1322; Uniq. Cites: 1284 Mean Year: 2005.40