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According
to ESI, Dr.
Tim Salthouse’s
paper, "The processing speed theory of adult
age differences in cognition," (Psychol.
Rev. 103[3]: 403-28, July 1996), is among the
10 most-cited papers in the field of Psychology
from January 1995-June 2005. Dr. Salthouse
currently has 64 papers cited a total of 1,468
times to date in our database. Dr. Salthouse is
the Brown-Forman Professor of Psychology at the
University of Virginia in Charlottesville. In this
interview, he talks...
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Dr.
C. Jeffrey Brinker achieved
the highest percent increase in the total
citations in the field of Chemistry. Dr. Brinker is a Fellow of Sandia
National Laboratories and Professor of Chemical
and Nuclear Engineering at the University of New
Mexico in Albuquerque. In this interview, he
discusses his highly cited research. Also,
according to a recently published in-cites
analysis, the work of Dr. Brinker achieved the
highest...
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According
to a recent analysis of ESI, the
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
has achieved the highest
percent increase in total citations in the
field of Microbiology from the first to the second
bimonthly period of 2005. In this interview,
Professor Brendan Wren, Professor of Microbial
Pathogenesis and Head of the Pathogen Molecular
Biology Unit in the Department of Infectious and
Tropical Diseases, talks about the School’s...
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Progress
in Nuclear Energy
is having a growing
impact in the field of Engineering, according to a
recent analysis of ESI. The journal’s
current record in this field includes 495 papers
cited a total of 591 times to date. In the
comments below, compiled by Publishing Editor
Diana Spencer, the editors of Progress in
Nuclear Energy, Donald Dudziak and Derek
Beynon, talk about the journal’s citation
achievements...
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 The 20 most-cited countries in
Space Science
for 1995-June 30, 2005 according to the ISI Essential Science
Indicators Web product...
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The
100 Most-Cited Scientists in:
Biology
& Biochemistry, Chemistry,
Economics
& Business, Immunology,
Microbiology, Molecular
Biology & Genetics, Neuroscience,
Pharmacology &
Toxicology, Physics.
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Presents the Hottest
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published the greatest number of Hot Papers over the
preceding two years.
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