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 fifth bimonthly period of
2007 to the sixth bimonthly period of 2007—that is, from October 2007
to December 2007. These entities are singled out as Rising Stars in their
respective fields.
The 22 scientists named as Rising Stars in their fields are given in the
table below:
In the last update, the University of Zurich was named a Rising Star in
Mathematics; this month, the university is a Rising Star in the field of
Social Sciences. The full list of institutions that are Rising Stars is as
follows:
Ecuador, Ethiopia, and Iran have achieved Rising Star status in multiple
fields. The complete list of countries named as Rising Stars is given
below:
Country
Field
CAMEROON
Agricultural Sciences
KAZAKHSTAN
Biology & Biochemistry
SERBIA MONTENEG
Chemistry
IRAN
Clinical Medicine
BAHRAIN
Computer Science
BURKINA FASO
Economics & Business
ECUADOR
Engineering
BANGLADESH
Environment/Ecology
ETHIOPIA
Geosciences
PERU
Immunology
PAKISTAN
Materials Science
GUADELOUPE
Mathematics
SLOVENIA
Microbiology
IRAN
Molecular Biology & Genetics
NORWAY
Multidisciplinary
JORDAN
Neuroscience & Behavior
TANZANIA
Pharmacology & Toxicology
ECUADOR
Physics
LUXEMBOURG
Plant & Animal Science
TRINID & TOBAGO
Psychiatry/Psychology
ETHIOPIA
Social Sciences, general
IRAN
Space Science
Among the journals named as Rising Stars in multiple updates are
Astrobiology, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, Small, Cell Cycle,
FEBS Journal, Developmental Science, and Optics Express. The
full list of Rising Stars in the journals category is in the table below: