In these interviews and essays, ScienceWatch.com from
Thomson Reuters offers
a behind-the-scenes glimpse at research coming out of highly cited
institutions and organizations. In addition, ScienceWatch.com
provides selected overall and field rankings as well as pertinent
statistics on the principles behind the
data.
Featured Institutions in 2008:
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July 2008
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Istituto
Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
In this month's
Rising
Star analysis, ScienceWatch.com
recognizes the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e
Vulcanologia (INGV) as having the highest percent increase
in total citations in the field of Geosciences from
December 2007 to February 2008. The INGV consists of
several research sections located throughout Italy, and
includes monitoring networks for earthquakes, volcanoes,
and other geophysical phenomena. In this interview,
President Enzo Boschi talks with us about the INGV's
history and citation achievements.
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June 2008
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Top
20 Institutions in Social Sciences, general
ScienceWatch.com presents a listing of the top 20
institutions which, as of the first bimonthly update of
Essential Science IndicatorsSM (January
1, 1998-February 29, 2008) attracted the highest total
citations to their papers published in
Thomson
Reuters-indexed Social Sciences journals. These
institutions are the top 20 out of a pool of 563
institutions comprising the top 1% ranked by total citation
count in this field.
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May
2008
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University
of Maribor
A recent analysis of data from Essential Science
Indicators from Thomson Reuters named the University
of Maribor a New Entrant in the field of Physics. The
University's current citation record in Physics includes
511 papers cited 4,580 times. This month, Prof. Dr. Natasa
Vaupotic, the Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and
Mathematics, talks with ScienceWatch.com about the
development of physics research at the University of
Maribor.
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April 2008
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Top
20 Institutions in Plant & Animal Science
This month, ScienceWatch.com presents a listing of
the top 20 institutions which, as of the sixth bimonthly
update of Essential Science Indicators from
Thomson Scientific, attracted the highest total citations
to their papers published in Thomson Scientific-indexed
Plant & Animal Science journals. These institutions are
the top 20 out of a pool of 768 institutions comprising the
top 1% ranked by total citation count in this field.
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March
2008
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University of Rochester
According to a recent analysis of Essential Science
Indicators from Thomson Scientific, the University of
Rochester has moved into the top 1% of the database in the
field of Geosciences. In this interview, Professor Fehn
talks with ScienceWatch.com about the history and
current activities of Geosciences at Rochester.
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February 2008
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Georgia
Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology is wielding an increasing
impact in the field of Economics & Business, having
achieved the highest percent increase in total citations in
this field according to a recent analysis of Essential
Science Indicators data. Georgia Tech’s current
citation record in Economics & Business includes 338
papers cited a total of 2,278 times to date.
Representatives of the Georgia Tech College of Management
talk to ScienceWatch.com about the school’s
history and citation achievements.
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