The rankings included in the article come from ISI's Hot Papers Database and ISI's Web of Knowledge. ISI is part of Thomson Reuters.
Once again Science Watch takes its annual look back at the hottest of recent research. Table 1 (in the article) are the researchers who, according to citations recorded during 2009, posted the highest numbers of Hot Papers published over the preceding two years. Table 2 (also in the article) lists the papers published in 2009 that were most cited by year’s end.
The list of researchers is striking for the number of authors who’ve returned from last year’s compilation—or who’ve reappeared following brief absences—as well as for particular topics that remain highly active and highly cited.
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Among 2009’s most-cited papers, the physical sciences make a strong showing, notably in reports from the five-year release of data from the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, accounting for three of the top ten papers. Cosmic rays and dark matter also figure among the year’s hottest reports.
And by now it’s customary to remark on the strong showing of the New England Journal of Medicine: 11 of the 44 featured papers.
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