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 first bimonthly period of
2009 to the second bimonthly period of 2009—that is, from February
2009 to April 2009. These entities are singled out as Rising Stars in their
respective fields.
The 22 institutions named as Rising Stars are listed in the table below:
Institution
Field
SO YANGTZE UNIV
Agricultural Sciences
LA JOLLA INST ALLERGY & IMMUNOL
Biology & Biochemistry
CENT CHINA NORMAL UNIV
Chemistry
CELL GENESYS INC
Clinical Medicine
WHITEHEAD INST BIOMED RES
Computer Science
SIMON FRASER UNIV
Economics & Business
KONKUK UNIV
Engineering
NATURE CONSERVANCY
Environment/Ecology
UNIV S CAROLINA
Geosciences
UNIV DUNDEE
Immunology
UNIV MAINE LE MANS
Materials Science
LOS ALAMOS NATL LAB
Mathematics
BERNHARD NOCHT INST TROP MED
Microbiology
UNIV LYON 1
Molecular Biology & Genetics
KYOTO UNIV
Multidisciplinary
TECH UNIV DRESDEN
Neuroscience & Behavior
UNIV STRASBOURG 1
Pharmacology & Toxicology
UNIV POLITECN VALENCIA
Physics
ROYAL SOC PROTECT BIRDS
Plant & Animal Science
UNIV QUEBEC
Psychiatry/Psychology
RADBOUD UNIV NIJMEGEN
Social Sciences, general
INAF
Space Science
Iran, Serbia, and Tunisia have been named in multiple fields of the
database. The full list of institutions named as Rising Stars is as
follows:
Country
Field
TUNISIA
Agricultural Sciences
IRAN
Biology & Biochemistry
SERBIA
Chemistry
SERBIA
Clinical Medicine
PAKISTAN
Computer Science
LITHUANIA
Economics & Business
SERBIA
Engineering
IRAN
Environment/Ecology
MONACO
Geosciences
TUNISIA
Immunology
SERBIA
Materials Science
SERBIA
Mathematics
IRAN
Microbiology
VIETNAM
Molecular Biology & Genetics
IRELAND
Multidisciplinary
SERBIA
Neuroscience & Behavior
ETHIOPIA
Pharmacology & Toxicology
SERBIA
Physics
IRAN
Plant & Animal Science
LEBANON
Psychiatry/Psychology
TURKEY
Social Sciences, general
SLOVENIA
Space Science
Several journals are enjoying a repeat visit to this listing. They include:
Astrophysical Journal Letters, Autoimmunity Reviews, Biological
Invasions, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Emotion, Journal of
Physical Chemistry C, PLoS Pathology, and Nature Protocols.
The complete list of journals with Rising Star status is given in the
following table: