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
2009 to the sixth bimonthly period of 2009—that is, from October 2009
to December 2009. These entities are singled out as Rising Stars in their
respective fields.
The Rising Stars among the scientists are listed in the table below:
Scientist
Field
GALVEZ, A
Agricultural Sciences
SCHLUTER, D
Biology & Biochemistry
NOROUZI, P
Chemistry
STEVENSON, M
Clinical Medicine
MCWILLIAM, H
Computer Science
GRIFFITH, DA
Economics & Business
CHRISTENSEN, TH
Engineering
STURM, M
Environment/Ecology
ZHANG, ZM
Geosciences
NGUYEN, T
Immunology
CUI, Y
Materials Science
LI, SX
Mathematics
ZHANG, ZQ
Microbiology
SCORRANO, L
Molecular Biology & Genetics
MILINSKI, M
Multidisciplinary
CASTELLANOS, FX
Neuroscience & Behavior
JHOTI, H
Pharmacology & Toxicology
TITOV, M
Physics
SCHELLER, HV
Plant & Animal Science
CHUN, MM
Psychiatry/Psychology
CRIMMINS, E
Social Sciences, general
The institutions named as Rising Stars in their fields are as follows:
Institution
Field
NANJING AGR COLL
Agricultural Sciences
PHARMACIA & UPJOHN INC
Biology & Biochemistry
GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC
Chemistry
UNIV TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANTONIO
Clinical Medicine
UNIV COLL DUBLIN
Computer Science
UNIV LEEDS
Economics & Business
NATL INST TECHNOL
Engineering
UNIV EXTREMADURA
Environment/Ecology
CHINESE ACAD GEOL SCI
Geosciences
UNIV COLOGNE
Immunology
UNIV TEXAS DALLAS
Materials Science
UNIV PISA
Mathematics
BERNHARD NOCHT INST TROP MED
Microbiology
AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV
Molecular Biology & Genetics
CALTECH
Multidisciplinary
MED UNIV VIENNA
Neuroscience & Behavior
GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC
Pharmacology & Toxicology
HARBIN INST TECHNOL
Physics
UNIV AGR FAISALABAD
Plant & Animal Science
UNIV BASEL
Psychiatry/Psychology
GERMAN INST HUMAN NUTR
Social Sciences, general
UNIV PARIS DIDEROT
Space Science
Serbia has been named as a Rising Star in multiple fields. The full list of
countries is given in the following table:
Country
Field
JORDAN
Agricultural Sciences
SERBIA
Biology & Biochemistry
SERBIA
Chemistry
SERBIA
Clinical Medicine
SERBIA
Computer Science
ESTONIA
Economics & Business
SERBIA
Engineering
IRAN
Environment/Ecology
SRI LANKA
Geosciences
MOZAMBIQUE
Immunology
SERBIA
Materials Science
SERBIA
Mathematics
GHANA
Microbiology
GAMBIA
Molecular Biology & Genetics
CROATIA
Multidisciplinary
SERBIA
Neuroscience & Behavior
SERBIA
Pharmacology & Toxicology
SERBIA
Physics
PAKISTAN
Plant & Animal Science
TANZANIA
Psychiatry/Psychology
MALAWI
Social Sciences, general
SLOVENIA
Space Science
The Nature Publishing Group of journals is well represented this period,
with five journals on the list. Nature Photonics is enjoying a
repeat visit to the listing, along with Astrophysical Journal
Letters. The full list of journals achieving Rising Star status is
below: