SPECIAL TOPICS

Biofuels - August 2008

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Read interviews, first-person essays, profiles, and other features about people in a wide variety of fields, along with information on journals & institutions in the topic of Biofuels. All of the author comments below are also listed in the site-wide Author Commentaries listings (available by month/year or alphabetically).

	October 2008 Arthur Ragauskas; According to our Special Topics analysis on Biofuels, one of the most-cited papers in the Research Front Map on Ethanol Biofuels is "The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials" (Ragauskas AJ, et al., Science 311[5760]: 484-9, 27 January 2006), with 174 cites. In this interview, ScienceWatch.com talks with lead author Professor Arthur Ragauskas about this paper and recent advances in the biofuels industry. View Article
	September 2008 Daniel Kammen & Richard Plevin; In our Special Topic on Biofuels, the paper "Ethanol can contribute to energy and environmental goals," (Farrell AE, et al., Science 311[5760]: 506-8, 27 January 2006) is a core paper in the Research Front Map of "Ethanol Biofuels." ScienceWatch.com talks with two of the paper's authors, Daniel Kammen and Richard Plevin, both from the University of California, Berkeley, about the paper and its impact on the biofuels movement. View Article
	September 2008 Roel Hammerschlag; In our Special Topic on Biofuels, the paper "Ethanol's energy return on investment: A survey of the literature 1990-present," (Environ. Sci. Technol. 40[6]: 1744-50, 15 March 2006) is a core paper in the Biofuels Special Topic Research Front Map of "Ethanol Biofuels." ScienceWatch.com talks with author Roel Hammerschlag about the paper and how it has influenced biofuels legislation. View Article
	August 2008 Milford Hanna; In the Special Topics analysis of biofuels research over the past decade, the work of Dr. Milford Hanna of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ranks at #1 by total citations. According to Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, Dr. Hanna's work ranks in the top 1% among researchers worldwide in the field of Agricultural Sciences. He has also been named a Highly Cited Researcher in this field. View Article
	August 2008 Gerhard Knothe; According to our Special Topics analysis of biofuels research over the past decade, the work of Dr. Gerhard Knothe ranks at #3 by total number of papers. Dr. Knothe is a Research Chemist in the Food and Industrial Oil Research unit of the USDA's National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research in Peoria, Illinois. View Article