What's Inside ScienceWatch.com This Month
December 2011
Found in the tabs below are contents for all new features added to ScienceWatch.com from Thomson Reuters during the month of December 2011 (unless otherwise stated). This also includes late entries from prior months received after the calendar month of the catergory. Data and source dates for ScienceWatch.com content vary. Details for each analysis and feature are given on the specific pages.
The Essential Science Indicators database has been updated as of November 1, 2011 to cover a 10-year + 8 month period, January 1, 2001-August 31, 2011 (fourth bimonthly period of 2011). Data is updated bimonthly (six times a year). This is the fourth bimonthly period of 2011.
- Featured Interviews
- Analyses
- Special Topics
- Data & Rankings
- Papers
- Research Fronts
- Sci-Bytes (Updated Weekly)
- About
FEATURED INTERVIEWS
SPECIAL TOPICS
Special Topic of the Month: Supersymmetry (Nov./Dec. 2011)
ALL SPECIAL TOPIC INTERVIEWS MENU
- Kenneth Aldape on Gene Expression Profiling in Glioblastoma; Glioblastoma
- Jean-Pierre Després on the Role of Visceral Fat in Metabolic Syndrome; Metabolic Syndrome
- Virginia Lee & John Trojanowski on the Protein Roadmap to Alzheimer's; Alzheimer's Disease
- Keith Olive on Possibilities for Supersymmetric Dark Matter; Supersymmetry
ALL DATA & RANKINGS FEATURES
- Current Classic Papers (Dec. 2011/Jan. 2012)
- Emerging Research Fronts (see "Research Fronts" tab above for a detailed commentary menu for this month)
- Fast Breaking Papers (see "Papers" tab above for a detailed commentary menu for this month)
- Top 20 Countries in ALL FIELDS, 2001-August 31, 2011; Country Feature
- New Entrants
- Research Front Maps
- Top Topics (Dec. 2011/Jan. 2012)
ALL PAPER FEATURES
- Current Classic Papers (Dec. 2011/Jan. 2012)
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Fast Breaking
Papers & Commentary
- Jean Dénarié on Molecular Signaling between Plants & Fungal Symbionts; Plant & Animal Science
- Darren Martin on RDP3, a Program for Analyzing Recombination; Computer Science
- Pardeep Pall & Myles Allen on Modeling Damaging Weather Events; Geosciences
-
Frank
L. van de Veerdonk on Immune Responses to M. Tuberculosis;
Immunology
(Commentary for August 2011 [late entry])
RESEARCH FRONTS
- Top Topics; (Dec. 2011/Jan. 2012)
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Emerging Research
Fronts & Commentary
- Richard Allan on the Consequences of Intense Rainfall; Geosciences
- Hellmut Augustin Discusses the Angiopoietin-Tie System; Molecular Biology & Genetics
- James Cole on a Tool for the Taxonomic Classification of rRNA Genes; Microbiology
- Joern Fischer on Landscape Patterns & Terrestrial Biodiversity; Environment/Ecology
- Chris Harrod on the Impact of Climate Change in Fish Communities; Plant & Animal Science
- Yu-Ming Lin on High-Performance Graphene Transistors; Physics
- Julio Rozas on Software for DNA Polymorphism Analyses; Computer Science
- Frank Schwierz on the Potential of Graphene Devices for Electronics; Materials Science
- Barry Zimmerman Discusses Self-Regulated Learning Processes; Social Sciences, general
SCI-BYTES - WHAT'S NEW IN RESEARCH
SCI-BYTES MAIN MENU (Sci-Bytes is updated weekly)
December 4, 2011
- Highlighted Journals: Energy & Fuels
- Canadian Institutions: Highest Impact in Oceanography, 2005-09
- Hot Paper in Biology
December 11, 2011
- U.S. Institutions with Highest Concentrations in Pharmacology & Toxicology, 2005-09
- Science in the Netherlands
- Hot Paper in Chemistry
December 18, 2011
- U.S. Institutions: Most Prolific in Dermatology, 2005-09
- Highlighted Journals: Acoustics
- Hot Paper in Physics
December 25, 2011
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The Essential Science Indicators database has been updated as of November 1, 2011 to cover a 10-year + 8 month period, January 1, 2001-August 31, 2011 (fourth bimonthly period of 2011). Data is updated bimonthly (six times a year). This is the fourth bimonthly period of 2011.
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