SPECIAL TOPICS

Astrochemistry - April 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 Astrochemistry. All of the author comments below are also listed in the site-wide Author Commentaries listings (available by month/year or alphabetically).

	July 2008 Professor Tom Millar; Our Special Topics analysis of astrochemistry research over the past decade Professor Tom Millar ranks at #1 by cites/paper, #3 by cites, and #9 by number of papers. Professor Millar is Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Mathematics and Physics at Queen’s University, Belfast, in Northern Ireland.
	June 2008 Pascale Ehrenfreund; According to our April 2008 Special Topic on Astrochemistry, the work of Professor Pascale Ehrenfreund ranks at #5 by total cites, with 20 papers cited a total of 445 times. In Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, Prof. Ehrenfreund's record includes two Highly Cited Papers in the fields of Chemistry and Space Science. Prof. Ehrenfreund is currently a Research Professor at the Space Policy Institute at George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs.
	May 2008 Katharina Lodders; Dr. Katharina Lodders' work ranks at #6 in our April 2008 Special Topic on astrochemistry, and she also authored the paper at #1 on our 10-year list. This paper is also a Highly Cited Paper in the field of Space Science in Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters. Dr. Lodders is an Associate Research Professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
	April 2008 Eric Herbst; According to our April 2008 Special Topic on Astrochemistry, the scientist whose work ranks at #9 by total citations is Dr. Eric Herbst, with 23 papers cited a total of 273 times. In Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Scientific, Dr. Herbst's citation record includes 129 papers, mostly classified in the field of Space Science. He is also a Highly Cited Researcher in Space Sciences.
	April 2008 Ewine van Dishoeck; Prof. Dr. Ewine van Dishoeck ranks at #1 by both total citations and total papers in our Special Topic on astrochemistry, with 43 papers cited a total of 687 times. Prof. Dr. van Dishoeck's record includes 179 papers, the majority of which are classified in the field of Space Science, cited a total of 3,663 times. She discusses her highly cited research on both basic chemistry in space and the formation of stars and planets.