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    <description>in-cites.com, ESI-Topics.com, and ScienceWatch.com offer readers entry into a virtual community of scientists engaged in writing what is, in effect, the history of current and recent science, in addition to detailed analyses of special topics. Each featured special topic provides citation analyses and commentary for selected scientific research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest.</description>
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      <title>Mohammad Koohmaraie - Papers (in-cites)</title>
      <description>Dr. Mohammad Koohmaraie discusses his highly cited paper, &quot;Correlation of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 prevalence in feces, hides, and carcasses of beef cattle during processing&quot; (Elder RO, &lt;i&gt;et al., PNAS USA&lt;/i&gt; 97[7]: 2999-3003, 28 March 2000). An animal physiologist, Dr. Koohmaraie is the Director of the US Meat Animal Research Center in Clay Center, Nebraska.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:02 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Martha Shenton - Schizophrenia - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>An INTERVIEW with Martha Shenton.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <title>Todd Gould - Scientists (in-cites)</title>
      <description>Dr. Todd Gould&apos;s record in the field of Psychiatry &amp; Psychology includes five papers cited a total of 496 times. Dr. Gould is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. In this interview, he talks about his highly cited work.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:03 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Molecular Nutrition &amp; Food Research - Journals (in-cites)</title>
      <description>According to an analysis of &lt;i&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Molecular Nutrition &amp; Food Research&lt;/i&gt; is having a growing impact in the field of Agricultural Sciences-an impressive achievement for a journal that is only three years old. The journal&apos;s current citation record includes 337 papers cited a total of 875 times. In this interview, in-cites talks with Editor-in-Chief Peter Schreier and Associate Editor Hans-Ulrich Humpf about the journal&apos;s publication history and citation achievements.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:03 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Stanford University - Institutions (in-cites)</title>
      <description>From a recent analysis of &lt;i&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/i&gt; data, Stanford University has entered the top 1% in terms of total citations in the field of Space Science. Stanford&apos;s current record in this field includes 913 papers cited a total of 12,909 times. in-cites talks with Emeritus Professor of Physics Robert Wagoner and some of his colleagues about Stanford&apos;s work in this field.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:08 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>20 Most Cited Countries in ALL FIELDS- Countries (in-cites)</title>
      <description>The sixth annual presentation of the 20 most-cited countries in ALL FIELDS from&lt;i&gt; Essential Science Indicators&lt;/i&gt; sorted by citations, papers, and cites per paper.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:09 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Current Classics</title>
      <description>Papers featuring the greatest absolute increase in citations from: January 1, 1997 - June 30, 2007, the previous bimonthly period (third of 2007) to January 1, 1997 - August 31, 2007, the fourth bimonthly period of 2007.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:09 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Podcast with Ibrahim Dincer, from the University of Ontario Institute of Technology</title>
      <description>Professor Dincer discusses how the use of exergy combines the conservation of mass and conservation of energy principles together with the second law of thermodynamics for the design, analysis, and performance improvement of energy systems. (Podcast added December &apos;07). &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/media/&quot;&gt;View all podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt; (C) The Thomson Corporation. From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:10 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Podcast with Matias Zaldarriaga, Professor of Astronomy and Physics at Harvard University</title>
      <description>In this podcast, he discusses 21 centimeter cosmology and the theoretical framework for a new frontier in observational cosmology. (Podcast added December &apos;07). &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/media/&quot;&gt;View all podcasts&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt; (C) The Thomson Corporation. From the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>100 Most-Cited Scientists in...</title>
      <description>Annual update of the 100 Most-Cited Scientists in: Biology &amp; Biochemistry, Chemistry, Economics &amp; Business, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology &amp; Genetics, Neuroscience, Pharmacology &amp; Toxicology, Physics. Time period: 1997-June 30, 2007.&lt;br&gt; November 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:11 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Artificial Neural Networks - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>From ESI Special Topics: December&apos;s Special Topic is Artificial Neural Networks.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:12 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Outi Hovatta - Stem Cells - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>An INTERVIEW with Outi Hovatta.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:13 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Chunhui Xu - Stem Cells - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>An INTERVIEW with Chunhui Xu.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:14 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Carlo Taliani - Organic Thin Film Transistors - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>An INTERVIEW with Carlo Taliani.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:14 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Alastair Cardno - Schizophrenia - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>An INTERVIEW with Alastair Cardno.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:15 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Jacob de Boer - Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers - (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>An INTERVIEW with Jacob de Boer.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:16 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Emerging Research Fronts (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>From the database of Essential Science IndicatorsSM, this list of Emerging Research Fronts has been generated by a comparison of the data sets for the current period of September 2001-August 31, 2007, and the previous period of July 2001-June 30, 2007 (sliding 6-year period). Of the 5,398 Research Fronts in the September 2001-August 31, 2007 file, a total of 857 (16%) were new. The Research Front on PLANT CHLOROPLAST PHYLOGENIES from the field of Plant &amp; Animal Science was selected for mapping.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:17 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Fast Breaking Papers (Special Topics)</title>
      <description>The following Fast Breaking Papers had the highest percentage increase in citations in Essential Science Indicators from the third bimonthly period of 2007 to the fourth bimonthly period of 2007.&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:18 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Top Topics</title>
      <description>From the database of &lt;i&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/i&gt;, the list below of Top Topics has been generated for current period of September 30, 2001-August 31, 2007 (sliding 6-year period).&lt;br&gt; December 2007 update of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/a-prod/esi.html&quot;&gt;Essential Science Indicators&lt;/a&gt; editorial &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.in-cites.com/editorials.html&quot;&gt;Web sites&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 3 Dec 2007 10:13:21 -0500</pubDate>
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