As of January 1, 2002, ISI Essential Science Indicators data were updated to cover a 10-year plus 10-month period, from January 1991 to October 31, 2001. With this update, the data pool expanded to include an additional 1,298 scientists; 207 institutions; 12 countries; and 24 journals that are either entirely new to ISI Essential Science Indicators, or new to one of the database’s 22 fields. In-cites identifies here those that broke into the charts with the highest number of citations.

Of the 1,298 new additions to the Scientists category of ISI Essential Science Indicators, the following 24 researchers have amassed the highest citation totals in each of the 22 fields covered by the database. Two researchers each in both the fields of Neuroscience & Behavior and Psychiatry/Psychology had identical citation totals. These 24 scientists are shown in the table below:

Among new institutions in the database, Stockholm University, Wageningen University, and the USDA have achieved distinction, recording the highest citation totals of any new entrant in more than one field each. The most-cited new entrants in each of ISI Essential Science Indicators’ 22 fields are listed below:

The 11 new countries in ISI Essential Science Indicators are listed below, each in the field in which they have garnered the most citations:

Of the 24 journals entering various fields of the database, the 15 with the highest citations are listed below:

For details on citation scores, papers, and time-series performance for these new entrants, see the ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product. View the Product Tour for ISI Essential Science Indicators!

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