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 This
month, in-cites presents a listing of the top 20
papers which, as of the third bimonthly update of Essential
Science Indicators, attracted the highest total citations
in the field of Materials
Science. These
papers are the top 20 out of a pool of 3,401
papers comprising the top 1% as determined by citation
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 Dr. Hemai
Parthasarathy, the Managing Editor of PLoS Biology,
talks about the journal’s citation record. PLoS Biology had the highest percent increase in total citations in the field of Biology &
Biochemistry. The journal’s current record in this field includes 549 highly cited papers cited a total of 4,359 times to date.
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 According to
Essential Science Indicators, Dr. Lawrence Saul's work in the field of Engineering includes 8 papers cited a total of 304 times. Dr. Saul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. In this interview, he talks with in-cites about his highly cited work. |
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Professor Mark Brigham of the
University of
Regina's
Biology Department talks about the University’s citation record in the field Plant & Animal Science. The University of Regina recently entered the top 1% in this field, and its current citation record in
Essential Science Indicators includes 136 papers cited a total of 1,260 times. |
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UPDATED:
NOVEMBER 1, 2006
The
100 Most-Cited Scientists in:
Biology
& Biochemistry, Chemistry,
Economics
& Business, Immunology,
Microbiology, Molecular
Biology & Genetics, Neuroscience,
Pharmacology &
Toxicology, Physics.
Time period: 1996-June 30, 2006.
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