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talks with
Drs.
Jairton Dupont and John Spencer
about their work on palladacycles. According
to Essential
Science Indicators,
two of their papers on this topic are Highly
Cited Papers in the field of Chemistry with
a combined citation count of 328. Dr. Dupont
is Professor of Chemistry at the Instituto
de Química – Universidade Federal do Rio
Grande do Sul – UFRGS in Brazil. Dr. Spencer
wrote these articles whilst in industry at
the Thrombosis Research Institute and at the
James Black Foundation, and has recently
joined the University of Greenwich.» |
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 Most-Cited Journals in Social Sciences,
as of the most recent bimonthly update of Essential Science Indicators,
attracted the highest total citations from
Thomson Scientific-indexed journals in the
field of Social Sciences—those journals,
which, between January 1,
1997 and August 31, 2007.» |
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 Rankings for
Switzerland
among the 146 top-performing countries in
all fields.» |
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 According
to a recent analysis of Essential
Science Indicators
data, the work of
Dr. X.J. Meng has entered the
top
1% by total citations in the field of
Microbiology, with 31 original articles and
review papers published in the past decade
cited a total of 896 times to date. Dr. Meng
is also in the top 1% of researchers in the
field of Clinical Medicine. Dr. Meng is Professor of
Molecular Virology at Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University in
Blacksburg, Virginia. In this interview, he
talks about his highly cited research.» |
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 The
University of Nottingham
has entered the top 1% of institutions in
the field of Mathematics. Nottingham’s
current record in this field includes 422
papers cited a total of 1,500 times to date.
In this interview, the Head of Nottingham’s
School of Mathematical Sciences talks about
the university’s work in this field.» |
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