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Updated March 1, 2010
Hot Papers Thresholds, February 2008 -
December 2009
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Field
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2008
-1
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2008
-2
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2008
-3
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2008
-4
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2008
-5
|
2008
-6
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2009
-1
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2009
-2
|
2009
-3
|
2009
-4
|
2009
-5
|
2009
-6
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Agricultural Sciences
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Biology & Biochemistry
|
21
|
11
|
12
|
12
|
13
|
9
|
13
|
9
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
|
Chemistry
|
12
|
12
|
12
|
11
|
12
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
|
Clinical Medicine
|
15
|
13
|
13
|
12
|
13
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
9
|
7
|
4
|
6
|
|
Computer Science
|
9
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
|
Economics & Business
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
|
Engineering
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
Environment/
Ecology
|
11
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
6
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
|
Geosciences
|
9
|
11
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
|
Immunology
|
17
|
14
|
25
|
14
|
18
|
15
|
12
|
13
|
13
|
27
|
7
|
4
|
|
Materials Science
|
10
|
9
|
8
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
|
Mathematics
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
|
Microbiology
|
9
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
10
|
9
|
9
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
|
Molecular Biology & Genetics
|
24
|
26
|
28
|
21
|
24
|
17
|
22
|
16
|
12
|
8
|
8
|
5
|
|
Multidisciplinary
|
15
|
10
|
13
|
16
|
17
|
11
|
15
|
10
|
19
|
22
|
10
|
5
|
|
Neuroscience & Behavior
|
13
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
|
Pharmacology & Toxicology
|
12
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
11
|
9
|
10
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
|
Physics
|
8
|
8
|
11
|
8
|
17
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
|
Plant & Animal Science
|
7
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
Psychiatry/
Psychology
|
8
|
10
|
8
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
|
Social Sciences, general
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
9
|
|
Space Science
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
11
|
16
|
16
|
55
|
16
|
21
|
16
|
9
|
7
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