THOMSON SCIENTIFIC TAKES A SNAPSHOT OF GLOBAL INNOVATION

Pick of 2005 Identifies Top Researchers, Journals and Technology Areas

Philadelphia, PA, USA - London, UK — January 20, 2006 — Thomson Scientific, a business of The Thomson Corporation, has just published its “Pick of 2005”. The review features hot research and technology areas, high impact journals, and 2005 patenting statistics—providing a snapshot of global innovation. It also provides insight into the wide range of scientific and technical information sources, tools and technologies available from Thomson Scientific. You can view the Pick of 2005 on the Thomson Scientific web site.

The Thomson Scientific Pick of 2005 includes a look at:

  • Hot research areas/researchers – authors who have published highly-cited papers recently, and the top ten most cited researchers of 2005
  • Doctors of the decade – two epidemiologists from Harvard take the top slots
  • in a look at the most highly cited authors in Clinical Medicine from 1995 to 2005
  • Most cited countries – the United States leads the way with almost five times
  • the number of papers and citations than second-placed England
  • Most prolific/highest impact journals – observing that the journal that publishes most prolifically is not, on average, the most highly cited
  • The countries that have filed the most number of patent applications in 2005
  • Up and coming technology areas, identified by numbers of patents and customer feedback
  • Top selling standards of 2005, with global events perhaps spurring the sale of the bestseller standard from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): ASCE 7-02, Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures.

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