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 According
to the Essential
Science Indicators database, the #1 paper published over
the past decade in the field of Agricultural
Sciences is, "Polyphenols: chemistry, dietary
sources, metabolism, and nutritional
significance," (Nutr. Rev. 56[11]: 317-33,
Nov. 1998) by Dr. Laura Bravo,
with 403 citations to date. Dr.
Bravo’s record in this field includes 17 papers
with a total of 639 citations to date. Dr. Bravo
is currently the Vice Director of the Instituto
del Frío in Madrid, Spain. In this
interview, she talks about her highly cited paper
and her work with polyphenols. |
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 New
Journal of Physics (NJP) is an
open-access journal published jointly by the
Institute of Physics and the German Physical
Society. This month, in-cites talks with Publisher
Dr. Tim Smith and Editor-in-Chief Professor
Eberhard Bodenschatz about NJP’s citation
record.
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 Professor Barry J. Huebert
talks about his highly cited work in the field of
Geosciences. Dr. Huebert’s work was singled out
by Essential
Science Indicators as having the highest percent increase
in total citations in July 2006. His current
record in Geosciences includes 36 papers cited a
total of 851 times to date. Dr. Huebert is a
Professor in the Department of Oceanography at the
University of Hawai’i at Manoa. |
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 Dr.
Dietmar Bisch, the Chair of the Vanderbilt
University Department of Mathematics,
talks about their highly cited work in this field.
According to a recent analysis of the Essential Science Indicators
database, Vanderbilt University now ranks in the
top 1% in terms of total citations in the field of
Mathematics. Their current record in this field
includes 368 highly cited papers cited a total of
1,334 times to date. |
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